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Northern Spy

By: Flynn Berry

Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Reese’s Book Club Pick
Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Thriller of 2021
A Washington Post Top 10 Thriller or Mystery of 2021
 
“If you love a mystery, then you’ll devour [Northern Spy] . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book.” —Reese Witherspoon

“A chilling, gorgeously written tale . . . Berry keeps the... Read more

That Librarian

By: Amanda Jones

Narrated by: Amanda Jones

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents That Librarian written and read by Amanda Jones.

“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she’s not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories.”—Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards

"Amanda Jones clearly... Read more

Buried Deep and Other Stories

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Nicholas Guy Smith, Imani Jade P...

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set.

From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning... Read more

Black Pill

By: Elle Reeve

Narrated by: Elle Reeve

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Polarized—reveals how the battle between the right and left is spilling out from the darkest corners of the internet into the real world with often tragic consequences.

Award-winning journalist and CNN correspondent Elle Reeve was not surprised by the... Read more

Mortal Follies

By: Alexis Hall

Narrated by: Nneka Okoye

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A young noblewoman must pair up with an alleged witch to ward off a curse in this irresistible sapphic romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material.

“Fresh and delightful . . . All the interpersonal drama of Jane Austen meets all the complex treachery of Greek mythology.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK... Read more

Red at the Bone

By: Jacqueline Woodson

Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Pet...

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2019 by LitHub and The Millions.

Called one of the Top 10 Literary Fiction titles of Fall by Publishers Weekly.

An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl... Read more

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

By: Mackenzi Lee

Narrated by: Christian Coulson

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kirkus Prize nominee with five starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! 2018 Audie Award® nominee for Best Male Narrator!Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library!""The queer teen historical you didn’t know was missing from your life.”—Teen Vogue""A stunning powerhouse of a story.""—School Library... Read more

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man... Read more

Tuesday Mooney Talks To Ghosts

By: Kate Racculia

Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang

Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A handsome stranger. A dead billionaire. A citywide treasure hunt. Tuesday Mooney’s life is about to change in ways she—and no reader—could never expect in this ""rollicking"" (Star Tribune), award-winning novel. ¶ A Kirkus Reviews Best Book · An Indie Next Pick · A Library Reads Selection · A New York Post Best Book of the Week · A Publishers... Read more

The Prophets

By: Robert Jones, Jr.

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Best Book of the Year
NPR • The Washington Post • Boston Globe • TIME • USA Today • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Parade • Buzzfeed • Electric Literature • LitHub • BookRiot • PopSugar • Goop • Library Journal • BookBub • KCRW

• Finalist for the National Book Award
• One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year
• One of the New York... Read more

The Witch King

By: H.E. Edgmon

Narrated by: Dani Martineck

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens 2021

To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the royal fiancé he left behind.

In Asalin, fae rule and witches like Wyatt Croft…don’t. Wyatt’s betrothal to fae prince Emyr North was supposed to change that. But when Wyatt lost control of his magic one devastating night, he... Read more

Girly Drinks

By: Mallory O'Meara

Narrated by: Mallory O'Meara

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist

From Los Angeles Times bestselling author Mallory O’Meara comes a lively and engrossing feminist history of women drinking through the ages

Strawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. These are the cocktails that come in... Read more

Coraline

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Neil Gaiman

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film""Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house....""When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But... Read more

The Windsor Knot

By: SJ Bennett

Narrated by: Jane Copland

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.”  – New York Times Book Review“[A] pitch-perfect murder mystery… If The Crown were crossed with Miss Marple…, the result would probably be something like this charming whodunnit.”  – Ruth Ware, author of One by OneThe... Read more

The Pull of the Stars

By: Emma Donoghue

Narrated by: Emma Lowe

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews).

In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down... Read more

A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Sarah J. Maas

Narrated by: Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Amanda Forstrom, ...

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

"The epic third story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit.... Read more

The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick

By: Abi Daré

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! 

“Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A celebration of girls who dare to dream.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah’s Book Club pick)
 
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and recommended by The New York... Read more

The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir

Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by author and narrator Mary Robinette Kowal, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.

Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that’s sure to keep you awake at night.

Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not... Read more

A Long Petal of the Sea

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.

“One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and... Read more

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

By: Fredrik Backman

Narrated by: Joan Walker

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove.

Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her... Read more

Axiom's End

By: Lindsay Ellis

Narrated by: Abigail Thorn & Stephanie Willis

Length: 16 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The alternate history first contact adventure Axiom's End is an extraordinary debut from Hugo finalist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis.

Truth is a human right.

It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to... Read more

Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

By: Alexandra Potter

Narrated by: Sally Phillips

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiration for NOT DEAD YET, ABC’s “Most Watched Comedy Debut in More Than Four Years” (Deadline)“The new Bridget Jones for our time.”—Telegraph“Will have you laughing whether you’re twenty, forty, or eighty.”—Heat (UK)A Zibby Magazine Top 10 Book of the YearA funny and heartfelt novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here and... Read more

The Cold Millions

By: Jess Walter

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Gary Farmer, Marin Ireland, ...

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the most captivating novels of the year.” – Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Library Reads Pick • An Indie Next Pick A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg | Boston Globe | Chicago Public Library | Chicago Tribune | Esquire | Kirkus | New York Public Library | New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) | NPR's Fresh Air | O... Read more

The Family Remains

By: Lisa Jewell

Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn, Bea Holland, Hugh Quarshie, J...

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Other authors are at a ten out of ten, for me, and Lisa is a solid hundred.” —Gillian McAllister, The Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell weaves a “simply masterful” (Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author)... Read more