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The Angel Maker
By: Alex North
Narrated by: Rosalie Craig
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
"Narrator Rosalie Craig is especially adept at providing varying voices to assist the listener in identifying characters." - AudioFile Magazine
This program is read by London Evening Standard Award–winning actor Rosalie Craig, who also plays Virginia in Netflix's 1899.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows... Read more
Wolfish
By: Erica Berry
Narrated by: Lessa Lamb
Length: 15 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
"Lessa Lamb narrates with a fine tone and timbre. She inhabits the youthful sound and elegant style of this layered audiobook. Her timing and sense of occasion add richness to its informed foray into all things wolf as she captures the drama, fear, and anxiety that underlie the immersive presentation." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award... Read more
View audiobookImposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim
By: Patricia Park
Narrated by: Felisha Wong
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A multicultural teen struggles to fit into her elite prep school, her diverse Queens neighborhood, and even her own home. A hilarious, poignant, and powerful YA novel from the award-winning author of Re Jane.
“Simply brilliant!” —David Yoon, New York Times best-selling author of FRANKLY IN LOVE
“Scathingly funny.” —Gayle Forman, New York Times... Read more
Last Chance Dance
By: Lakita Wilson
Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
An utterly charming YA romance perfect for fans of Elise Bryant and Leah Johnson.
"An ode to love in all its beautiful chaos. Leila is funny, irreverent, and next-level charming, and her story is an actual joyride. Sheer delight through and through."--Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Leila... Read more
Murder at an Irish Castle
By: Ellie Brannigan
Narrated by: Traci Odom
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Rodeo Drive bridalwear designer Rayne McGrath expected her thirtieth birthday to start with a power lunch and end with champagne, lobster, and a diamond engagement ring from her fiancé. Instead, flat-broke and busted, she’s on a plane to Ireland, where she discovers that she’s inherited a run-down family castle. Uncle Nevin’s will contains a few... Read more
View audiobookBFF
By: Christie Tate
Narrated by: Christie Tate
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
* “A love story about the miracle of friendship.” —Maggie Smith * “Fearless and unflinching.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *
From the author of Group, a New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick, a poignant, funny, and emotionally satisfying memoir about Christie Tate’s lifelong struggle to sustain female friendship, and the... Read more
The Black Queen
By: Jumata Emill
Narrated by: Angel Pean & Erin Spencer
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.
Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead. Murdered the night of her coronation, her body found the... Read more
Locust Lane
By: Stephen Amidon
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
"This is a plot that uncovers many secrets, and Campbell treats them all evenhandedly with no hints that give away the identity of the murderer before the mystery's reveal."- AudioFile
For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Audible Hall of Fame narrator Cassandra Campbell delivers an electrifying... Read more
The Racism of People Who Love You
By: Samira Mehta
Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
An unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings mixed-race people face in family spaces and intimate relationships across their varying cultural backgrounds
In this emotionally powerful and intellectually provocative blend of memoir, cultural criticism, and theory, scholar and essayist Samira Mehta reflects on many facets of being... Read more
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Narrated by: Brian Nishii & June Angela
Length: 4 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
"You should be here; he's simply magnificent." These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the kaiju (Japan's giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. "The Return to Monsterland" opens Where We Go... Read more
View audiobookTread of Angels
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 4 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca... Read more
View audiobookThey're Going to Love You
By: Meg Howrey
Narrated by: Meg Howrey
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE • A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los Angeles. • "Beautiful...Howrey, a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, proves herself a talented choreographer in her own right...[A] finger-trap puzzle of a... Read more
View audiobookThe Rewind
By: Allison Winn Scotch
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & MacLeod Andrews
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick
One of Amazon's Best Romances of November!
Two exes wake up together with wedding bands on their fingers—and no idea how they got there. They have just one New Year’s Eve at the end of 1999 to figure it out in this big-hearted and nostalgic rom-com from New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch.
When... Read more
The Luminaries
By: Susan Dennard
Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Caitlin Davies brings her talents to this NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. Davies captures the magic of Dennard's exciting world and illuminates each character. While this audiobook is intended for a YA audience, it will keep listeners of all ages enthralled and spooked."- AudioFile
From Susan Dennard, the New York Times bestselling author... Read more
We Are the Light
By: Matthew Quick
Narrated by: Luke Kirby
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
*“A treasure of a novel…read it and be healed.” —Justin Cronin * “Beautifully written and emotion-packed.” —Harlan Coben *
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook—made into the Academy Award–winning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper—a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a... Read more
How to Excavate a Heart
By: Jake Maia Arlow
Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Stonewall Honor author Jake Maia Arlow delivers a sapphic Jewish twist on the classic Christmas rom-com in a read perfect for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Casey McQuiston.It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru.Attempted vehicular manslaughter was not part of Shani’s plan. She was supposed to be focusing on... Read more
View audiobookWhen the Angels Left the Old Country
By: Sacha Lamb
Narrated by: Donald Corren
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn’t have a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but
pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When... Read more
Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One
By: Maggie Horne
Narrated by: Tara Sands
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A “must-read for tweens and their parents"" (SLJ, starred review), this funny, feminist, and queer contemporary middle grade debut follows 12-year-old loner Hazel Hill, who after one of her classmates is harassed online, devises a plan to catch the school's golden boy in the act. Seventh grader Hazel Hill is too busy for friends. No, really. She... Read more
View audiobookWaxing On
By: Ralph Macchio
Narrated by: Ralph Macchio
Length: 5 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times Bestseller!
Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, there hasn’t been a week Ralph Macchio hasn’t heard friendly shouts of “Wax on, wax off” or “Sweep the leg!” Now, with Macchio reprising his role as Daniel LaRusso in the #1 ranked Netflix show Cobra Kai, he is... Read more
Dying of Politeness
By: Geena Davis
Narrated by: Geena Davis
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, the surprising tale of her “journey to badassery”—from her epically polite childhood to roles that loaned her the strength to become a powerhouse in Hollywood.At three years old, Geena Davis announced she was going to be in movies. Now, with a slew of iconic roles and awards under... Read more
View audiobookUndercover Latina
By: Aya de León
Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Aya de León
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a fast-paced middle-grade debut from a seasoned author of contemporary crime fiction.
In her debut for younger readers, Aya de León pits a teen spy against the ominous workings of a white nationalist. Fourteen-year-old Andréa Hernández-Baldoquín hails... Read more
Station Eternity
By: Mur Lafferty
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Length: 15 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries, from the Hugo-nominated author of Six Wakes.
From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban... Read more
The Door of No Return
By: Kwame Alexander
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winning author Kwame Alexander, comes the first book in a searing, breathtaking trilogy that tells the story of a boy, a village, and the epic odyssey of an African family.
In his village in Upper Kwanta, 11-year-old Kofi loves his family, playing oware with his grandfather and swimming in the... Read more
Rust in the Root
By: Justina Ireland
Narrated by: Jordan Cobb
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbinding historical fantasy set at the crossroads of race and power in America.It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided—between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event... Read more
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