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From Bad to Cursed

By: Lana Harper

Narrated by: Meg Price

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Opposites attract in this wickedly charming rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback’s a Witch.

Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and—despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe—also a cuddly animal lover. When she’s not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium’s... Read more

You Can't Be Serious

By: Kal Penn

Narrated by: Kal Penn

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The star of the Harold and Kumar franchise, House, and Designated Survivor recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and guidance counselors and, instead of becoming a doctor or “something practical,” embarked on a surprising journey that has included confronting racism in Hollywood, meeting his future husband, and working in the Obama... Read more

Dinosaurs

By: Lydia Millet

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"Over twelve novels and two collections, Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist, writing vividly about the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction. Her exquisite new novel, the first since A Children’s Bible, tells the story of an Arizona man’s relationship with the family next door, whose house has one... Read more

Slow Horses

By: Mick Herron

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a critically acclaimed series on Apple TV+Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: they’ve screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves.London, England. Slough House is where washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what’s left of their... Read more

Theft by Finding

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiot
An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee

David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.

For... Read more

Begin Again

By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time

James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. What can we learn from his struggle in our own moment?
 
One of the Best Books of the Year:... Read more

White Cat, Black Dog

By: Kelly Link

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Dan Stevens, Dominic Hoffman, K...

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world, from one of today’s finest short story writers—MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble

Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore,... Read more

When in Rome

By: Sarah Adams

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker & Andrew Eiden

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet.

“This modern take on the Hepburn classic Roman Holiday is a quick, fun, slow-burn rom-com.”—Abby Jimenez, bestselling author of The Friend Zone

ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF THE... Read more

Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

Narrated by: Gregory D. Barnett, Sam Slade, Kimberly Bonny, ...

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the macabre mind of a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, this heart-pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense takes a ghost hunting reality TV crew into a world they could never have imagined.

Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly... Read more

Concrete Rose

By: Angie Thomas

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book!If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang... Read more

The Black Echo

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in the first novel of the "thrilling" Harry Bosch series (New York Times Book Review).For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . .... Read more

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

By: Lisa See

Narrated by: Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, Alex Allwine, G...

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, “one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot” (The New York Times Book Review), a moving novel about tradition, tea farming, and the bonds between mothers and daughters.

In their remote mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and... Read more

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here

By: Jeneva Rose

Narrated by: Andi Arndt & Andrew Eiden

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy, shocking, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.”—Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe highly anticipated new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is... Read more

Me

By: Elton John

Narrated by: Elton John & Taron Egerton

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER

In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses... Read more

My Name Is Lucy Barton

By: Elizabeth Strout

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this “spectacular” (The Washington Post) novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.

“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter... Read more

How to Protect Bookstores and Why

By: Danny Caine

Narrated by: Danny Caine

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Why bookstores matter, and how we can help Can bookstores save the world? As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, maybe they can. But only if we protect them and the critical roles they fill in our communities. Danny Caine, author of the... Read more

A Winter's Promise

By: Christelle Dabos

Narrated by: Emma Fenney

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima, and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a... Read more

Commonwealth

By: Ann Patchett

Narrated by: Hope Davis

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed... Read more

The Good House

By: Tananarive Due

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 21 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Tananarive Due, author of The Living Blood (F0061) won the American Book Award and is praised as Stephen King's equal by Publishers Weekly. In The Good House, Due sets a story of ancient powers and modern retribution in a small Pacific Northwest town. When a young woman returns to her grandmother's empty mansion, she is pitted against demonic... Read more

The Witches of Moonshyne Manor

By: Bianca Marais

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bianca Marais is a genius” — Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling author

A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat.

Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor. All eyes turn to the witch in charge, Queenie, who confesses they’ve fallen far behind on their... 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

Ace of Spades

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by the author.

Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.

All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do.... Read more

The Palace Papers

By: Tina Brown

Narrated by: Tina Brown

Length: 18 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises
 
“Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors with sprinkles of Keats.”—The New York Times (Notable Book of... Read more

Idlewild

By: James Frankie Thomas

Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel

Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of... Read more