Bookseller picks

The Book of Magic

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hoffman certainly knows how to enchant” (The New York Times Book Review) in this breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series—a spellbinding and bewitching novel that asks how far will you go to change your fate?

For over three-hundred years a curse has kept the Owens family from love—but all of that is about to change. The novel begins... Read more

I Must Betray You

By: Ruta Sepetys

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Ruta Sepetys

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times Bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal!

A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray.

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across... Read more

Practice Makes Perfect

By: Sarah Adams

Narrated by: Will Peters & Jorjeana Marie

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A small-town sweetheart and an emotionally unavailable bad boy try to find some common ground in this chemistry-filled romance from the author of The Cheat Sheet and When in Rome.

A POPSUGAR AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements her... Read more

Survivor Song

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award–winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.“Absolutely riveting.” — Stephen KingIn a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. But unlike rabies, the... Read more

Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri & Ali Nasser

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

“Behind You Is the Sea fearlessly confronts stereotypes about Palestinian culture, weaving a remarkable portrait of life's intricate moments, from joyous weddings to heart-wrenching funerals, from shattered hearts to hidden truths—I wept and grew alongside this family. This is a story that challenges perceptions, offering a heartfelt glimpse... Read more

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

Narrated by: Alex Singh & Sarah Ovens

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"A total, rollicking delight. Gwen & Art gave me the same cheeky, swoony, giddy, irresistible high of the first time I saw A Knight’s Tale. Lex Croucher is one of my favorite romcom authors, and they should be yours, too." - Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Kissed Shara Wheeler

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in... Read more

How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

By: Anna Montague

Narrated by: Cynthia Nixon

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Less and Remarkably Bright Creatures comes a funny and moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road tripMost days, Magda is fine. She has her routines. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits. She has her longtime colleagues, whose playful bickering she mediates.... Read more

Lost & Found

By: Kathryn Schulz

Narrated by: Kathryn Schulz

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “profound and beautiful” (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn... Read more

American Prometheus

By: Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 26 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.American Prometheus is the first full-scale... Read more

Liberation Day

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi ...

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

MacArthur "genius" and Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December

The “best short story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores... 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

The Real Lolita

By: Sarah Weinman

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness.” —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower MoonVladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of... Read more

Monstrous Regiment

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Stephen Briggs

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett explores the inanity of war, sexual politics, and why the best man for the job is often a woman in this acerbically funny and poignant Discworld novel.In the small country of Borogravia, there are strict... Read more

The Thirty Names of Night

By: Zeyn Joukhadar

Narrated by: Samy Figaredo & Lameece Issaq

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction
Winner of the ALA Stonewall Book Award—Barbara Gittings Literature Award
Named Best Book of the Year by Bustle
Named Most Anticipated Book of the Year by The Millions, Electric Literature, and HuffPost

​​From the award-winning author of The Map of Salt and Stars, a new novel about three... Read more

Do Your Worst

By: Rosie Danan

Narrated by: Shane East & Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

Sparks fly when an occult expert and a disgraced archeologist become enemies-with-benefits in this steamy romance from "go-to author" Rosie Danan (The New York Times Book Review).

Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family’s knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she’s hired to break the... Read more

We're Going to Need More Wine

By: Gabrielle Union

Narrated by: Gabrielle Union

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkNamed a Best Book of the Year by The RootChosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir“A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced.” — Lena Dunham, Lenny LetterIn the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind... Read more

The Librarian of Burned Books

By: Brianna Labuskes

Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt, Eleanor Caudill & Karissa Vacker

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. 
Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation... Read more

I Am, I Am, I Am

By: Maggie O'Farrell

Narrated by: Daisy Donovan

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"I Am I Am I Am is a gripping and glorious investigation of death that leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful, and fully alive. Maggie O’Farrell is a miracle in every sense. I will never forget this book."
—Ann Patchett

An extraordinary memoir—told entirely in near-death experiences—from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of... Read more

A Natural History of Dragons

By: Marie Brennan

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Marie Brennan begins a thrilling new fantasy series in A Natural History of Dragons, combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age.

You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's... Read more

The Night She Disappeared

By: Lisa Jewell

Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2022 Audie Award Finalist

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True comes “her best thriller yet” (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) about a young couple’s disappearance on a gorgeous summer night, and the mother who will never give up trying to find them.

On a beautiful summer night in a charming... Read more

Crossroads

By: Jonathan Franzen

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 24 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator David Pittu superbly transports the listener into the lives of the Hildebrandts, a family with many secrets." - AudioFile Magazine

This program includes a bonus conversation between the author, Jonathan Franzen, and the narrator, David Pittu.

Jonathan Franzen’s gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social... Read more

The Goose Girl - Abridged

By: Shannon Hale

Narrated by: Cynthia Bishop & a full cast

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Princess Anidori-Kiladra of Kildenree was born with a word on her tongue and a secret magic. Though she is raised in luxury, she is never quite comfortable with who she is or what she is to become. Then she is sent on a journey to marry an unknown prince. The trip is difficult, and before it is finished all her expectations are overturned.... Read more

You Should See Me in a Crown

By: Leah Johnson

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by a staggeringly talented new writer.Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever:... Read more

Finding Freedom

By: Erin French

Narrated by: Erin French

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of mouthwatering food descriptions." -- AudioFile... Read more