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Southern Lady Code

By: Helen Ellis

Narrated by: Helen Ellis

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"I loved it." —Ann Patchett 

The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts, gunshots, gynecology, and the Calgon-scented, onion-dipped, monogrammed art of living... Read more

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

By: Carlos Hernandez

Narrated by: Anthony Rey Perez

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Rick Riordan Presents a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence that poses this question: What would you do if you had the power to reach through time and space and retrieve anything you want, including your mother, who is no longer living (in this universe, anyway)?

In order to heal after his mother's death, Sal learned how to meditate. But... Read more

Little Faith

By: Nickolas Butler

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this moving new novel from celebrated author Nickolas Butler, a Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church.Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife, Peg, daughter, Shiloh, and six-year... Read more

The Age of Light

By: Whitney Scharer

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle. "A startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse to artist." --Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere

"I'd rather take a photograph than be one," Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris... Read more

Friday Black

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Narrated by: Corey Allen & Carra Patterson

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

PEN/Jean Stein AwardCarnegie MedalA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe acclaimed debut collection from the author of Chain Gang All Stars; a piercingly raw and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and Black in America.From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt... Read more

JELL-O Girls

By: Allie Rowbottom

Narrated by: Allie Rowbottom

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A "gorgeous" (New York Times) memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its facade - told by the inheritor of their stories.

In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn... Read more

Bearskin

By: James A. McLaughlin

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling—filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed.  It’s a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose.  There are very few first novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlin’s writing had me doing just that.” —C.J. Box, #1 NYT bestselling author of... Read more

So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know

By: Retta

Narrated by: Retta

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book feels like a real conversation. When we enter Retta's world we are at the best party and in the hands of a gracious, self-perceptive, and deeply hilarious host." — Amy Poehler

This program is read by the author.

In this hilarious audiobook essay collection, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in... Read more

Tin Man

By: Sarah Winman

Narrated by: Sarah Winman

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Novel Award

Finalist for the 2019 Indies Choice Book Award: Book of the Year

Longlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

Finalist for the 2019 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction

From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating... Read more

The Mars Room

By: Rachel Kushner

Narrated by: Rachel Kushner

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

TIME’S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018

FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

LONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL

An instant New York Times bestseller from two-time National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room earned tweets from Margaret Atwood—“gritty,... Read more

Red Clocks

By: Leni Zumas

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo.

Five women. One question. What is a woman for?

In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers... Read more

Girl in Snow

By: Danya Kukafka

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Kirby Heyborne & Jacques Roy

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

“A perfectly paced and tautly plotted thriller…and an incredibly accomplished debut” (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water), about a beloved high schooler found murdered in her sleepy Colorado suburb and the secret lives of three people connected to her.

How can you love someone who’s... Read more

Fever Dream

By: Samanta Schweblin

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

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"Genius." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker

Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize!

Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream...

A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together,... Read more

Swing Time

By: Zadie Smith

Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner

Length: 13 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“Smith’s thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

“A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire

A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book... Read more

Three Dark Crowns

By: Kendare Blake

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller * New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Kirkus Best Book of the YearFans of acclaimed author Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood will devour Three Dark Crowns, the first book in a dark and inventive fantasy series about three sisters who must fight to the death to... Read more

My Best Friend’s Exorcism

By: Grady Hendrix

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possessionThe year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since the fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act … different. She’s moody. She’s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she’s... Read more

What Happened to the McCrays?

By: Tracey Lange

Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker & William DeMeritt

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Tracey Lange, a poignant story about the resilience of family, the importance of community, and the magic of middle school hockey

When Kyle McCray gets word his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, he returns to his hometown of Potsdam, New York, where he doesn’t expect a warm welcome. Kyle left... Read more

The Shutouts

By: Gabrielle Korn

Narrated by: Gail Shalan

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant queer dystopian novel from the author of Yours for the Taking, following a cast of characters on the margins of a strange and exclusive new society.

The year is 2041, and it's a dangerous time to be a woman driving across the United States alone. Deadly storms and uncontrollable wildfires are pummeling the country while political... Read more

City of Night Birds

By: Juhea Kim

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career. Once the most... Read more

Everybody Is a Liar

By: Liv Constantine

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayr Guthri...

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish delivers another spellbinding story of betrayal and deceit in this audiobook original, Everybody Is a Liar.

When Julie Buckley, a successful mystery writer, suspects her husband of cheating, she turns to her best friend, Darby, for advice. When Darby suggests couples therapy,... Read more

HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy

By: Kathy Lette

Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy by Kathy Lette, read by Jennifer Vuletic.

An outrageously funny, heartbreaking read – when Ruby finds out she has cancer on the brink of her 50th birthday, she decides to start living instead of complying...

Ruby has always been the generous mediator among her friends, family and colleagues,... Read more

A Vile Season

By: David Ferraro

Narrated by: Jackie Meloche

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridgerton meets The Bachelor in this queer regency romance of a vampire competing for the heart of a duke. After being run out of his castle by vampire hunters, Count Lucian encounters the god of vampires, Vrykolakas, while in hiding. Unhappy with how many vampires have been bested by hunters, Vrykolakas gives Lucian a test: Infiltrate the... Read more

The More the Terrier

By: David Rosenfelt

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a David Rosenfelt novel is like sliding into favorite slippers at the end of a long day: One feels the joyful gratification of a perfect fit."—AudioFile on Bark of Night

The next installment in David Rosenfelt’s bestselling Andy Carpenter series brings a lone pup to his doorstep, but when it comes to dogs,... Read more

Wreck My Plans

By: Jillian Meadows

Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor & Patrick Zeller

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweet and spicy holiday romance between a spirited artist who returns to her small town for Christmas and her older brother’s best friend, a serious architect who pushes all her buttons—but whom she can’t seem to stay away from. Now with exclusive bonus content!Lena’s plans are simple. Surprise her family for Christmas, don’t tell them she... Read more