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How to Keep House While Drowning

By: KC Davis

Narrated by: KC Davis & Dr. Raquel Martin

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR Best Book of 2022
USA TODAY Bestseller

This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home.

If you’re struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably have a good reason: anxiety, fatigue, depression, ADHD, or lack of support. For therapist KC Davis, the birth... Read more

Master of Me

By: Keke Palmer

Narrated by: Keke Palmer

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and includes the original song "Imposter."

From the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2024

Keke Palmer thought she knew who she was. What it means to be a good person and... Read more

The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

By: Colson Whitehead

Narrated by: JD Jackson & Colson Whitehead

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. • "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." —NPR

Nickel Boys, soon to be a major motion... Read more

People We Meet on Vacation

By: Emily Henry

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.

Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears... Read more

The Once and Future Witches

By: Alix E. Harrow

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement. 

In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman... Read more

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

By: Talia Hibbert

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“Absolutely charming... a flawless balance of humor, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page.” – Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Bride TestTalia Hibbert, one of contemporary romance’s brightest new stars, delivers a witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who’s tired of being “boring” and recruits her... Read more

Assistant to the Villain

By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Narrated by: Em Eldridge

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap... Read more

Talking to Strangers

By: Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Pres
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong.
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a... Read more

Nothing to See Here

By: Kevin Wilson

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 Audie  Winner – Best Female Narrator
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland. “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and... Read more

The Warmth of Other Suns

By: Isabel Wilkerson

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 22 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER
LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE... Read more

Sapiens

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill GatesOfficial U.S. edition From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the... Read more

The Bullet That Missed

By: Richard Osman

Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Richard Osman & Steph McGovern

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The third installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders

“The quartet of aging amateur sleuths…remain wonderful company.” —The New York Times Book Review

It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the... Read more

The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

Narrated by: Emma Galvin & Max Meyers

Length: 14 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Pairing is just a delight, thanks to both Galvin’s and Meyers’s game narration — whether in Italian and French accents or in the bedroom."—Vulture

"Emma Galvin is an appealing anchor for the performance while Max Meyers brings emotional depth as the two find their way back to love." — AudioFile

This program features special appearances by the... Read more

Under the Whispering Door

By: TJ Klune

Narrated by: Kirt Graves

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Kirt Groves provides an excellently distinct cast of voices."- Locus

A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea.

Welcome to Charon's Crossing.

The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and... Read more

The Night Circus

By: Erin Morgenstern

Narrated by: Jim Dale

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce... Read more

The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

Narrated by: Christine Lakin & Dawn Harvey

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily

"Propulsive ... a dizzying Gothic whodunit."
—New York Times Book Review

Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to... Read more

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

By: Sara Raasch

Narrated by: Ellis Evans

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky rom-com where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Halloween.

Nicholas “Coal” Claus used to love Christmas. Until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape the... Read more

Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

“This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting—plus, characters willing to risk everything.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club October ’23 Pick)

Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York... Read more

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

By: Sue Lynn Tan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

The acclaimed national and international bestseller“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.""—BookPage, starred reviewA captivating and romantic debut... Read more

The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

Narrated by: Jordan Waunch & Aaliya Warbus

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty yearsJuly 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi’kmaq family arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks... Read more

Stone Blind

By: Natalie Haynes

Narrated by: Natalie Haynes

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023""Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.”—Telegraph (UK)The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered... Read more

Forget Me Not

By: Julie Soto

Narrated by: Callie Dalton & Teddy Hamilton

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A wedding planner and her grumpy ex must work together to plan a celebrity event in this deliciously spicy and funny novel from the creator of Generation Me. 

Ama Torres is an optimistic wedding planner who doesn’t believe in marriage. But weddings? They’re amazing. Elliot Bloom is a brooding florist who hates owning a flower shop…until a... Read more

Network Effect

By: Martha Wells

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since.Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect.You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in... Read more

Harrow the Ninth

By: Tamsyn Muir

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 19 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today bestselling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns agalaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor’s hauntedspace station.Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight anunwinnable war.... Read more