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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
By: Lauren Hough
Narrated by: Cate Blanchett & Lauren Hough
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A memoir in essays about so many things—growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to be. Hough’s writing will break your heart." —Roxane Gay, author of... Read more
View audiobookI 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
The Swimmers
By: Julie Otsuka
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER • From the award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel that "starts as a catalogue of spoken and unspoken rules for swimmers at an aquatic center but unfolds into a powerful story of a mother’s dementia and her daughter’s love" (The... Read more
View audiobookLady in the Lake
By: Laura Lippman
Narrated by: Susan Bennett
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
SOON TO BE A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!A New York Times Bestseller2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Thriller/SuspenseThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the... Read more
View audiobookYou Got Anything Stronger?
By: Gabrielle Union
Narrated by: Gabrielle Union
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
“Funny, tender, and so good.” —Mindy Kaling, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me?Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided We’re Going to Need More Wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, You Got Anything Stronger? I promise to continue to make you laugh, but with this... Read more
View audiobookTwisted Games
By: Ana Huang
Narrated by: Aiden Snow & Cindy Kay
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules . . . until her.
Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he... Read more
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley
By: Courtney Walsh
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 10 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness.Isadora Bentley follows the rules. Isadora Bentley likes things just so. Isadora Bentley believes that happiness is something that flat-out doesn’t exist in her life—and never will.As a university researcher, Isadora keeps to herself as much as possible. She avoids the students... Read more
View audiobookThe Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
Length: 20 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
This “intricately plotted, epic” (The Times, London) international bestseller—in the vein of the vivid novels of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry—follows an orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England as she searches for answers about her long-dead mother.
Cornwall, 1730: A young girl known only as Red travels with her father... Read more
Master and Commander
By: Patrick O'Brian
Narrated by: Patrick Tull
Length: 16 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, is promoted to command of H.M.S. Sophie?, an old, slow brig unlikely to make his fortune. But Captain Aubrey is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure and victory immense. With the aid of his friend... Read more
View audiobookEvery Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
By: Catherine Mack
Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for.
"Quick, captivating, and oh-so-much-fun! This delicious mystery is as spellbinding as Knives Out."—Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of the Finlay Donovan series
"Evans demonstrates her talent for accents and finds voices that capture the... Read more
He Who Drowned the World
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 18 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Natalie Naudus is an admirable guide through a complicated plot with multiple points of view...She illuminates the few tender moments amid the overall violence and sets a quick, smooth pace that never lags." —AudioFile
The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping... Read more
Sirens & Muses
By: Antonia Angress
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut
National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree • “Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one... Read more
All the Lonely People
By: Mike Gayle
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping). In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Birdpaints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But... Read more
View audiobookDid Ye Hear Mammy Died?
By: Séamas O'Reilly
Narrated by: Séamas O'Reilly
Length: 5 hours
Abridged: No
A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles. Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the... Read more
View audiobookChildren of Ash and Elm
By: Neil Price
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
Length: 17 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive history of the Vikings—from arts and culture to politics and cosmology—by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise
The Viking Age—from 750 to 1050—saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to... Read more
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
By: Jessica Townsend
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
From a New York Times bestselling author: our beloved heroine battles a new evil as a strange, frightening illness takes hold of Nevermoor in this captivating and heart-pounding tale. Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and... Read more
View audiobookThe Ferryman
By: Justin Cronin
Narrated by: Scott Brick & Suzanne Elise Freeman
Length: 19 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.”—STEPHEN KING
From the author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia—where the truth isn’t what it seems.
A POLYGON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The islands of Prospera lie in a... Read more
Georgie, All Along
By: Kate Clayborn
Narrated by: Amelie Griffin & Alex Kydd
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
"Perfect for Emily Henry fans. [This] is the love story that proves you can go home again . . . It's so rich and wonderful." —Julia Quinn on The TODAY Show
"A sweet novel that reminds you going back is sometimes the best path forward . . . and that planning is never as rewarding as doing." —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author
... Read more
The Whisper Man
By: Alex North
Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
"Listeners looking for creepy will find it in full force in Alex North's dark thriller, narrated by British actor Christopher Eccleston." -- AudioFile Magazine
"Reader Eccleston...adds flavor to the tale. He reads with a fervor that gives the story a strong sense of suspense." -- Booklist
This program is read by acclaimed British actor Christopher... Read more
NOS4A2
By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
Length: 19 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The spine-tingling, bone-chilling novel of supernatural suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Horns—now an AMC original series starring Zachary Quinto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ashleigh Cummings.""A masterwork of horror.""— TimeVictoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a... Read more
View audiobookThe Lying Life of Adults
By: Elena Ferrante
Narrated by: Marisa Tomei
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Soon to be a NETFLIX Original Series.
A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter.
“There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.”—Elle
Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly,... Read more
The Secrets We Kept
By: Lara Prescott
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell, Mozhan Marnò, Carlotta Brentan...
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago.
At the height of the... Read more
The Survivors
By: Jane Harper
Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets in The Survivors, a thrilling mystery by New York Times bestselling author Jane Harper
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.
The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he... Read more
The Sky on Fire
By: Jenn Lyons
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 17 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Enter a world ruled by dragons…
The Sky on Fire is a daring new fantasy heist adventure that will thrill fans of Temeraire, Fourth Wing, and Dragonriders of Pern
Anahrod lives only for survival, forging her own way through the harsh jungles of the Deep with her titan drake by her side. Even when an adventuring party saves her from capture by a... Read more