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William

By: Mason Coile

Narrated by: Honey St. Dennis

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read—a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI.

Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career—he’s created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William.

No... Read more

My Salty Mary

By: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows

Narrated by: Nneka Okoye

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

My Lady Jane fixed Jane Grey’s tragic past—and now My Salty Mary will do the same for the infamous pirate Mary Read!Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, New York Times bestselling authors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows are back with a fantastical, romantical, and piratical historical... Read more

The North Wind

By: Alexandria Warwick

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan & Travis Tonn

Length: 16 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone, this lush and enchanting enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Scarlett St. Clair.

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it’s Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive... Read more

A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga.Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge.But her... Read more

Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us—and the ones we carry inside.The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn’t fit among them. For Violet Hart—whose family is about to move into... Read more

Sugar, Baby

By: Celine Saintclare

Narrated by: Sara Novak

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare, read by Sara Novak.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY VOGUE, ELLE, NYLON, NPR, PURE WOW, SHONDALAND, BOOK RIOT and more!

In the vein of Luster and Queenie, an unflinching portrayal of high-paid sex work in the age of the internet—an intoxicating, bold debut from a dazzling new voice.

Sugar,... Read more

The Good Liars

By: Anita Frank

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sunday Times bestselling new historical fiction novel: an atmospheric tale of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s… ‘Ingenious’ Sunday Times ‘The Good Liars is not only a superb book, it’s a clever book… claustrophobic, addictive and utterly compelling; I... Read more

Chef's Choice

By: TJ Alexander

Narrated by: Nicky Endres

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2024 Lambda Literary Award Finalist

One of the 50 Best Romance Novels to Read Right Now by Time

“Urgent and intimate.” —The New York Times Book Review

A fake dating arrangement turns to real love in this deliciously delightful queer rom-com from the author of the sweetly satisfying Chef’s Kiss.

When Luna O’Shea is unceremoniously fired from... Read more

Atalanta

By: Jennifer Saint

Narrated by: Beth Eyre

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Eyre's British accent gives the production the feeling of a literary classic..."- AudioFile

From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne, a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world’s most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts

Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero

When Princess... Read more

The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

Narrated by: Susan Dalian

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairytale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.

“Narrator Susan Dalian viscerally conveys the gruesome body horror while deftly capturing the lush imagery.” - Library Journal

“This brilliant novella is not... Read more

Enter the Body

By: Joy McCullough

Narrated by: Joy McCullough, Valerie Rose Lohman, Annie Q & ...

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse gives Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia the chance to tell their own stories full of passion, justice, sisterhood, and love. Simply... Read more

The God of Endings

By: Jacqueline Holland

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 16 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"Maarleveld's narration takes the exquisite prose of this story and elevates it to a lyrical listening experience. Her consistently skilled delivery moves through a variety of accents and time periods. This audiobook is a fascinating story told by a masterful performer."- AudioFile

By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first... Read more

Madame Restell

By: Jennifer Wright

Narrated by: Mara Wilson

Length: 14 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history—Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.Madame Restell is a sharp, witty Gilded Age medical history which introduces us to an iconic, yet tragically overlooked, feminist heroine: a... Read more

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In a wonderfully life-affirming and surprising story of human connection and second chances, a shy sixty-something postman opens his heart to love again, transforming the lives of those around him.Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a... Read more

She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & Valentina Ortiz

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this New York Times bestselling hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from the coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick.

Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not... Read more

Listening Still

By: Anne Griffin

Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls)

From Anne Griffin, the bestselling author of When All is Said, comes Listening Still, a refreshing new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead—a talent which is both a gift and a curse.

Jeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the recently dead and give voice to their final wishes and... Read more

The Starless Crown

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: James Rollins & Nicola Barber

Length: 22 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"The story touches on many familiar fantasy plot points — magic, an ancient language, an ability to commune with wild creatures, a climactic battle between the forces of good and evil — yet manages to be satisfying. It’s aided by a capable reading from Barber, who invests Rollins’ characters with a variety of British accents that help make each... Read more

Brown Girls

By: Daphne Palasi Andreades

Narrated by: Tashi Thomas

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “boisterous and infectious debut novel” (The Guardian) about a group of friends and their immigrant families from Queens, New York—a tenderly observed, fiercely poetic love letter to a modern generation of brown girls.
 
“An acute study of those tender moments of becoming, this is an ode to girlhood, inheritance,... Read more

Sankofa

By: Chibundu Onuzo

Narrated by: Sara Powell

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The exhilarating story of a mixed-race woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew.

After years of being a daughter, a wife, and a mother, Anna finally has the time to wonder who she really is. But the only person who can tell her—her mother, the only parent who raised her—is dead.

Searching through her mother's belongings... Read more

Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light

By: Helen Ellis

Narrated by: Helen Ellis

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with an “inspiring, hilarious, straight-to-the-point” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of essays on friendship among grown-ass women.

"Ellis' prose is filled with so many laugh lines, you might want to go ahead and book the Botox.” —NPR

When Helen Ellis and her lifelong... Read more

Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You)

By: Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy & Griffin McElroy

Narrated by: Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Griffin McElroy...

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling McElroy Brothers, creators of the hit podcasts My Brother, My Brother and Me and The Adventure Zone, comes a helpful and hilarious how-to podcast guide covering everything you need to know to make, produce, edit, and promote a podcast…and get rich* doing it! (*Results not guaranteed.)Justin, Travis, and... Read more

The Silver Arrow

By: Lev Grossman

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"I loved every page. This is middle grade fiction at its best."-- Ann Patchett
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians comes a must-read, wholly original middle-grade debut perfect for fans of The Chronicles of Narnia and Roald Dahl.

Dear Uncle Herbert,
You've never met me, but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday... Read more

The Appointment

By: Katharina Volckmer

Narrated by: Katharina Volckmer

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“A darkly funny untangling of national and sexual identity.” —The Guardian * “Transgressive...Incendiary.” —The New Yorker * “A furious comic monologue...with a disregard for propriety worthy of Alexander Portnoy.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Sexy, hilarious, and subversive.” —The Paris Review

For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Han... Read more

Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson

Narrated by: Guy Lockard

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD

WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.

For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a... Read more