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Paperback Jack
By: Loren D. Estleman
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
1946. Fresh from the War in Europe, hack writer Jacob Heppleman discovers a changed world back home. The pulp magazines he used to write for are dying, replaced by a revolutionary new publishing racket: paperback novels, offering cheap excitement for the common man and woman. Although scorned by the critics, the tawdry drugstore novels sell like... Read more
View audiobookThe Wilderwomen
By: Ruth Emmie Lang
Narrated by: Anna Caputo
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Anna Caputo draws listeners into Lang's novel immediately, suggesting that this story has more depth than the plot at first might lead one to believe."- AudioFile
"Exquisitely drawn characters imbue Lang’s unconventional plot with verisimilitude and heart, inspiring readers to ponder whether the world is stranger and more beautiful... Read more
Dawnlands
By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
Length: 19 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Palace intrigue, defiant heroism, and a long-awaited love fulfilled from New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory in her Fairmile series.
It is 1685 and England is on the brink of a renewed civil war. King Charles II has died without an heir and his brother James is to take the throne. But the people are bitterly divided, and many do... Read more
Blackwater Falls
By: Ausma Zehanat Khan
Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Girls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act and the fates of the missing girls are largely disregarded. At last, the calls for justice become too
loud to ignore when the body of a star student and refugee—the Syrian teenager Razan Elkader—is... Read more
Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man
By: Emily J. Edwards
Narrated by: Stephanie Willing
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city’s top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. The clients can be frustrating, and none more maddening than fabulously wealthy Tallmadge Blackstone, who demands Tommy tail his daughter, Tallulah, and find out why she won’t marry his business partner, a man forty years her senior. It... Read more
View audiobookWhiteout
By: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Ston...
Narrated by: Danielle Shemaiah, Nic Stone, Shayna Small, Bah...
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance—by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout!As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic... Read more
View audiobookThe Prisoner
By: B.A. Paris
Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
With Behind Closed Doors, New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris took the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she’ll hold you captive with THE PRISONER—a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions.
Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it... Read more
Ocean's Echo
By: Everina Maxwell
Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
Length: 17 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
"Listeners will relish the interstellar politicking and Corkhill's talent for voicing unforgettable personalities."- AudioFile
Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit.
Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking... Read more
Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble
By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Ewan Goddard
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
From the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material comes a sweet and scrumptious romantic comedy about facing your insecurities, finding love, and baking it off, no matter what people say.
Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster. Despite his passion for baking, his cat, and his classics degree, constant self-doubt and second-guessing have... Read more
Toad
By: Katherine Dunn
Narrated by: Christina Delaine
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"Delaine has the perfect deadpan narration that conveys the hopelessness of our protagonist."- Booklist
Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world.
She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore mysteries, polishing the doorknobs, waxing the floors. Her only companions are a vase of goldfish, a garden toad, and the door-to-door salesman who... Read more
The Labyrinth of Doom
By: Stuart Gibbs
Narrated by: Gibson Frazier, Lamarr Gulley, Aden Hakimi & La...
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Now with a reimagined look! Knight-in-training Tim and his best friend, Belinda, embark on a quest to save Princess Grace in the laugh-out-loud funny, highly illustrated second book of the New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Tim chapter book series from Spy School author Stuart Gibbs.
Prince Ruprecht is VERY UPSET that knights-in-training, Tim... Read more
My First Popsicle
By: Zosia Mamet
Narrated by: Zosia Mamet, Sian Clifford, Kaley Cuoco, Ted Da...
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
From a spectrum of talented authors, a collection of essays on food, and its entwinement with our emotions and our lives.
Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food is a vast treasure trove of memory and of sensory experience. Food is a portal to culture, to times past, to disgust, to comfort, to love: no matter... Read more
The Enchanted April
By: Elizabeth von Arnim
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Two unhappily married women, Rose Arbuthnot and Lotty Wilkins, respond to an advertisement offering a month’s rental of a small medieval Italian castle. In order to defray the not inconsiderable cost of such a venture, two other ladies, Lady Caroline Dester and the formidable Miss Fisher, are invited to join them, and thus the four embark on... Read more
View audiobookMadly, Deeply
By: Alan Rickman
Narrated by: Alfred Enoch, Bonnie Wright, Rima Horton & Stev...
Length: 19 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Steven Crossley elevates the book with his excellent reading, providing personality and a sharp, biting sarcasm appropriate to the material. A foreword by Emma Thompson is voiced by Bonnie Wright, and editor Taylor’s prologue is read by Alfred Enoch. Rickman’s wife, Rima Horton, provides a touching afterword." - Library Journal
“Emma... Read more
README.txt
By: Chelsea Manning
Narrated by: Chelsea Manning
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
"Manning reads her book in a sharp voice that is clearly accustomed to marshaling information..."- Washington Post
"[Manning's] text and performance create a blistering autobiography that is both observant and instructive."- AudioFile
"In both content and narration, Manning displays a keen ability to imbue this detailed account of her life and... Read more
Somebody Feed Phil the Book
By: Phil Rosenthal
Narrated by: Phil Rosenthal
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Wherever I travel, be it a different state, country, or continent, I always call Phil when I need to know where and what to eat. He’s the food guru of the world.” —Ray Romano
The ultimate collection of must-have recipes, stories, and behind-the-scenes photos from the beloved Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil.
Phil... Read more
Greywaren (The Dreamer Trilogy #3)
By: Maggie Stiefvater
Narrated by: Will Patton
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The majestic conclusion to Maggie Stiefvater’s Dreamer Trilogy.The war between dreams and reality intensifies... with Ronan at its center. Read more
View audiobookLong Shadows
By: David Baldacci
Narrated by: Kyf Brewer & Orlagh Cassidy
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The latest riveting thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series. Read more
View audiobookSomewhere Sisters
By: Erika Hayasaki
Narrated by: VyVy Nguyen
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Identical twins Isabella and Hà were born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world, each knowing little about the other’s existence, until they were reunited as teenagers, against all odds.
The twins were born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in 1998, where their mother struggled to care for them. Hà was taken in by their biological aunt,... Read more
Declassified
By: Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch
Narrated by: Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The best masterclass in classical music you never knew you needed.
Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch’s life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. She’s loved classical music her whole life. But she’s also hated classical music her whole life. After... Read more
Savor
By: Fatima Ali & Tarajia Morrell
Narrated by: Nikhaar Kishnani & Deepa Samuel
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in Savor, an “inspiring” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to Manhattan and beyond.
“Ali’s strength and passion for food and her culture shines... Read more
Don't Look Back
By: Achut Deng & Keely Hutton
Narrated by: Nedra Marie Taylor
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.
I want life.
After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in... Read more
When the Dark Spoke to Me
By: Christabelle Marbun
Narrated by: Christabelle Marbun
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A profound poetry collection shrouded in tenderness and empathy, created to comfort the growing pains we all experience in life.
Teen breakout poet Christabelle Grace Marbun brings her latest collection When the Dark Spoke to Me to life through words wise beyond her years. Her uniquely positive perspective on life, death, and everything in... Read more
Nerd
By: Maya Phillips
Narrated by: Maya Phillips
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
In the vein of You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) and Black Nerd Problems, this witty, incisive essay collection from New York Times critic at large Maya Phillips explores race, religion, sexuality, and more through the lens of her favorite pop culture fandoms.
From the moment Maya Phillips saw the opening scroll of Star Wars, Episode V:... Read more