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The Curse of Pietro Houdini
By: Derek B. Miller
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
A vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult—that “has the ring of truth and the echo of myth…[deserving of] all the lucky readers who discover it” (The Wall Street Journal).
August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is... Read more
Where You End
By: Abbott Kahler
Narrated by: Megan Tusing & Samantha Desz
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
"Tusing keeps listeners' attention from the start. At first, her voice has the quality of an ingenue. Desz, as Jude, sounds dominating, subtle, and quietly terrifying. Their voices align beautifully, with a darkness that entices deeper listening, particularly when motivations aren't clear." —AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)
“A perfectly paced,... Read more
Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment
By: Arushi Avachat
Narrated by: Nikhaar Kishnani
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Save the Date meets Never Have I Ever in this sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when her sister gets engaged.
Shaadi preparations are in full swing, which means lehenga shopping, taste testing, dance rehearsals, and best of all, Arya’s sister Alina is home. The Khannas are together again,... Read more
The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
Narrated by: Samantha Tan
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
In this “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger:... Read more
Yours for the Taking
By: Gabrielle Korn
Narrated by: Jasmin Savoy Brown
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
"Savoy Brown enters the characters fully and makes their emotional changes audible and stunning—doubting to dreamy, bored to curious, saccharine to unhinged."—AudioFile
The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly... Read more
The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS
The New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You Going Through brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection
“I am... Read more
West Heart Kill
By: Dann McDorman
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD • A remote lodge. A stormy night. A shot in the dark. You may think you’ve read this story before. Think again. • Fans of The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and Magpie Murders, look no further.
“Potent. . . . McDorman's knowledge is abundant, as is his cleverness.”—Sarah Weinman, The New York... Read more
The MANIAC
By: Benjamin Labatut
Narrated by: Gergo Danka & Eva Magyar
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Named One of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 • A National Bestseller • A New York Times Editor's Choice pick • Nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
“Captivating and unclassifiable, at once a historical novel and a philosophical foray... Read more
This Dark Descent
By: Kalyn Josephson
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow & Rebecca Norfolk
Length: 12 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Called a "fierce and darkly magical thrill ride" by acclaimed author Ava Reid, NYT bestselling Kalyn Josephson delivers a spellbinding fantasy full of intrigue, romance, and pulse-pounding action, perfect for fans of The Shadows Between Us and The Scorpio Races.
Every ten years, the citizens of Veradell gather for the Illinir, a treacherous horse... Read more
The Six
By: Loren Grush
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
“Vivid.” —The Guardian * “Engrossing.” —Booklist * “Suspenseful, meticulously observed, enlightening.” —Margot Lee Shetterly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures
In this account of America’s first women astronauts “Grush skillfully weaves a story that, at its heart, is about desire: not a nation’s desire to conquer space, but... Read more
The Raging Storm
By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Jack Holden
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
"Holden masterfully conveys the inner struggles of Venn and his team, rounding out the humanity of the investigators. With its twists and turns, the plot keeps listeners engaged. An added bonus is Ann Cleeves speaking directly to listeners about the origin of the Venn series."- AudioFile
"Jack Holden demonstrates his full talents in this... Read more
The Great Transition
By: Nick Fuller Googins
Narrated by: Stacy Carolan & Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
This richly imaginative, immersive, and “electrifyingly relevant” (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel follows a shocking disappearance amid the climate crisis of our near future—perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last Thing He Told Me.
Emi Vargas, whose parents helped save the world, is tired of being... Read more
My Name Is Iris
By: Brando Skyhorse
Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
“Brilliant.” —The Washington Post * “Nuanced and compelling.” —The New York Times
From the PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, an engrossing dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands turn second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens—“a well-imagined allegory of... Read more
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
By: Eddie Ndopu
Narrated by: Eddie Ndopu
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful
Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his mobility. He was told that he wouldn’t live beyond age five and yet, Ndopu thrived. He grew up loving pop... Read more
The Wife App
By: Carolyn Mackler
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Joy Osmanski & Allyson Ryan
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Because every wife deserves a happy ending.
Three best friends decide they’re finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. They’re ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process in this novel that is “fresh, funny, empowering, and totally satisfying” (Judy... Read more
Speak of the Devil
By: Rose Wilding
Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Seven women, inextricably linked by one man, must figure out which of them killed him in order to protect one another in this electrifying debut thriller.
New Year’s Eve, 1999.
Seven women are gathered in a hotel room at midnight; a man's head sits in the center of the floor. They all had a motive to kill Jamie Spellman. They all swear they... Read more
The House Is on Fire
By: Rachel Beanland
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Andi Arndt, Michael Crouc...
Length: 12 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A “wildly entertaining” (NPR), “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night, from the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever.
Richmond, Virginia 1811. It’s the height of the winter social season, the General Assembly is in session,... Read more
My Last Innocent Year
By: Daisy Alpert Florin
Narrated by: Sarah Bierstock
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"The youthful-sounding Sarah Bierstock is an excellent choice to narrate this coming-of-age novel... Bierstock creates a likable character in Isabel, and listeners will want her to find her path--even if takes an affair with a professor to eliminate the bad options."- AudioFile
An incisive, deeply resonant debut novel about a nonconsensual... Read more
Pandora
By: Susan Stokes-Chapman
Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 Sunday Times BestsellerA Library Journal Best Book of 2023“Lush, evocative and utterly irresistible.”—Jennifer Saint, author of AriadnePrepare to lift the lid on a lush reimagination of the mythological Pandora….Susan Stokes-Chapman’s atmospheric debut, PANDORA, immerses the reader in the dangerous, mysterious world of ancient antiquities... Read more
View audiobookPoetry Unbound
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
Narrated by: Pádraig Ó Tuama
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and... Read more
View audiobookThe Many Daughters of Afong Moy
By: Jamie Ford
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim, Cindy Kay, Mirai, Natalie Naudus,...
Length: 13 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick
The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations in “one of the most beautiful books of motherhood and what we pass on to those that come... Read more
The Last White Man
By: Mohsin Hamid
Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ”
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, VOGUE, AND NPR
“Perhaps Hamid’s most remarkable work yet … an extraordinary vision of human possibility.” –Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies
“Searing, exhilarating … reimagines Kafka’s iconic The Metamorphosis for our racially charged... Read more
Elsewhere
By: Alexis Schaitkin
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
"The audiobook narrated by Ell Potter is riveting." -- Buzzfeed on Elsewhere
Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply,... Read more
Love Radio
By: Ebony LaDelle
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt & JaQwan J. Kelly
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
“Readers won’t be able to get enough of these dope-ass characters.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, author of Clap When You Land
Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this “mega swoon-worthy, effortlessly cool” (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author) novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a popular radio segment who believes he can... Read more