Local bookseller recommendations

All the Lonely People

By: Mike Gayle

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping). In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Birdpaints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But... Read more

Dear Miss Metropolitan

By: Carolyn Ferrell

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Introducing an extraordinary and original writer whose first novel explores the intersections of grief and rage, personal strength and healing—and what we owe one another.

Fern seeks refuge from her mother’s pill-popping and boyfriends... Read more

Together We Will Go

By: J. Michael Straczynski

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dan Bittner, Neo Cihi, Mi...

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Breakfast Club meets The Silver Linings Playbook in this powerful, provocative, and heartfelt novel about twelve strangers who come together to make the most of their final days, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski.

Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at thirty, is... Read more

Blackout

By: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Ston...

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks,...

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

2022 Audie Award Winner!Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. This full-cast audio edition is performed by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks,... Read more

The Woman They Could Not Silence

By: Kate Moore

Narrated by: Kate Moore

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today.1860: As the clash between the states rolls... Read more

Songs in Ursa Major

By: Emma Brodie

Narrated by: Kristen Sieh

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A scintillating debut from a major new voice in fiction, Songs in Ursa Major is a love story set in 1969, alive with music, sex, and the trappings of fame.

Raised on an island off Massachusetts by a mother who wrote songs for famous musicians, Jane Quinn is singing in her own band before she's old enough to even read music. When folk legend Jesse... Read more

Morningside Heights

By: Joshua Henkin

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur & Shane Baker

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Book • When Ohio-born Pru Steiner arrives in New York in 1976, she follows in a long tradition of young people determined to take the city by storm. But when she falls in love with and marries Spence Robin, her hotshot young Shakespeare professor, her life takes a turn she couldn’t have anticipated.
 
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Blood Like Magic

By: Liselle Sambury

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 16 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

“High stakes, big heart, and lots of Black Girl Magic…unputdownable.” —Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys

A rich, dark urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the... Read more

Hola Papi

By: John Paul Brammer

Narrated by: John Paul Brammer

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

LGBTQ advice columnist John Paul Brammer writes a “wise and charming” (David Sedaris) memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey from a queer, mixed-race kid in America’s heartland to becoming the “Chicano Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation.

“A master class of tone and tenderness.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“Should be... Read more

An Unlikely Spy

By: Rebecca Starford

Narrated by: Jane Collingwood

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“A beguiling tale of espionage."" -- Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphans Tale and The Lost Girls of ParisA twisting, sophisticated World War II novel following a spy who goes undercover as a part of MI5—in chasing the secrets of others, how much will she lose of herself?Evelyn Varley has always been ambitious and clever. As a girl, she earned a... Read more

Ace of Spades

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by the author.

Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.

All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do.... Read more

Bewilderness

By: Karen Tucker

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in rural, poverty-stricken North Carolina, this “beautiful, gritty, and piercing” novel follows two young women—best friends—as they “journey through the highs and lows of friendship, love, and addiction,” perfect for readers of Julie Buntin’s Marlena (Erika Carter, author of Lucky You).

Irene, a lonely nineteen-year-old in rural North... Read more

How to Become a Planet

By: Nicole Melleby

Narrated by: Rachel Jacobs

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2021
One of The Nerd Daily's “Anticipated Queer Book Releases You Can’t Miss in 2021”
One of Lambda Literary's “May’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature”

“Gorgeous.” —BuzzFeed

The two most important things to know about Pluto Timoney:  (1) she’s always loved outer space (obviously); and (2) her favorite... Read more

Aetherbound

By: E.K. Johnston

Narrated by: Ashley Eckstein

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka.

Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination.

Pendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their... Read more

Tokyo Ever After

By: Emiko Jean

Narrated by: Ali Ahn

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Ali Ahn gives this young adult rom-com fun doses of personality and sass...Ahn's accents and Japanese pronunciations ring true as she clearly differentiates characters of different ages and nationalities." -- AudioFile Magazine

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK!

The Princess Diaries meets Crazy Rich Asians in Emiko... Read more

Second Place

By: Rachel Cusk

Narrated by: Kate Fleetwood

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting fable of art, family, and fate from the author of the Outline trilogy.

A woman invites a famous artist to use her guesthouse in the remote coastal landscape where she lives with her family. Powerfully drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision might penetrate the mystery at the center of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets... Read more

The Woman with the Blue Star

By: Pam Jenoff

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Emily Lawrence & Nancy Pet...

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"An emotional novel that you will never forget." —Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal

From the author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II -- Now a New York Times bestsller!

1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto... Read more

Summer on the Bluffs

By: Sunny Hostin

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller!The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard.Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern... Read more

Let's Talk About Hard Things

By: Anna Sale

Narrated by: Anna Sale

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the host of the popular WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money, Let’s Talk About Hard Things is “like a good conversation with a friend” (The New Yorker) where “no topic is off-limits when it comes to creating meaningful connection” (Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone).

Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You... Read more

The Newcomer

By: Mary Kay Andrews

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

"Kathleen McInerney gives an engaging narration of this entertaining and suspenseful beach listen." -- AudioFile Magazine

Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next summer listen with The Newcomer.

In trouble and on the run...

After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her... Read more

The Music of Bees

By: Eileen Garvin

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
A Good Morning America BUZZ PICK | A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick | IndieNext Pick | LibraryReads Pick | Recommended by People ∙ The Washington Post ∙ Woman's World ∙ NY Post ∙ BookRiot ∙ Bookish ∙ Christian Science Monitor ∙ Nerd Daily ∙ The Tempest ∙ Midwestness ∙ The Coil ∙ Read It Forward ∙ and more!

“An... Read more

Popisho

By: Leone Ross

Narrated by: Leone Ross

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

An uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross's Popisho conjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits.

Everyone in Popisho was born...with a little something...The local name for it was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift, nah? Yes. From the gods: a thing that felt so inexpressibly your... Read more

Mirrorland

By: Carole Johnstone

Narrated by: Katie Leung

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

“Unnerving.” —People
“Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” —Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10

“Beautifully written and told with a watchmaker’s precision” (Stephen King), Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological... Read more

Hot Stew

By: Fiona Mozley

Narrated by: Nneka Okoye

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST ELMET

“Stunningly clever . . . A deliciously spicy stew indeed.” —Entertainment Weekly

“A story about money and power, love and art, sex work and gentrification . . . Enjoyable and impressive on every page.” —USA Today

In the middle of the bustle of London’s Soho, among the theaters and sex shops and... Read more