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Why We Love Football

By: Joe Posnanski

Narrated by: Joe Posnanski

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of the Fall

A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author of Why We Love Baseball

After his bestselling home run books Why We Love Baseball and The Baseball 100, Joe Posnanski turns from the national pastime to the number one... Read more

Misinterpretation

By: Ledia Xhoga

Narrated by: Morgan Hallett

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ struggles: Alfred’s nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to... Read more

Bringer of Dust

By: J. M. Miro

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 24 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ben Onwukwe deeply engages the listening audience with this electrifying dark fantasy. The novel's impeccable attention to detail vividly comes alive through Onwukwe's tone and resonant timbre" —AudioFile on Ordinary Monsters

"A sprawling romp on audio." —Buzzfeed on Ordinary Monsters

In this highly anticipated second book in the Talents Trilogy,... Read more

The Lies We Conjure

By: Sarah Henning

Narrated by: Barrett Leddy & Kristen DiMercurio

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Knives Out meets The Inheritance Games with magic in this standalone supernatural thriller by Sarah Henning: thirteen witches, a locked-room murder, and two non-magical sisters trapped in a deadly whodunit.

Ruby and her sister, Wren, are normal, middle-class Colorado high school students working a summer job at the local Renaissance Fest to... Read more

Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist

By: Ali K Mulford & K. Elle Morrison

Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Nikki Grey & Jake Bordeaux

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready for a bewitching tale of love, laughter, and supernatural shenanigans in the heart of Maple Hollow!The last thing apothecary witch, Jordyn, had on her mind was romance, but when she got witchy-wasted, she cracked open the coffin of her love life and conjured the ghost of her ex-girlfriend. Jordyn is in for a spell of trouble now that... Read more

The Deaf Girl

By: Abigail Heringer

Narrated by: Abigail Heringer

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring story of hearing loss and hope from The Bachelor’s first deaf contestantAbigail Heringer made her television debut as an instant fan-favorite on season 25 of The Bachelor. Stepping out of the limousine, she approached her bachelor with a playful declaration: she would be staring at his lips all night for two compelling reasons—her... Read more

Bright I Burn

By: Molly Aitken

Narrated by: Avena Mansergh-Wallace

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK • IRISH BESTSELLER • A fierce, electrifying novel inspired by the true story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland

In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared.

Alice, the daughter of a wealthy innkeeper in Kilkenny, grows up watching her mother wither under the constraints... Read more

Magically Black and Other Essays

By: Jerald Walker

Narrated by: Aaron Goodson

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this engaging follow up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of PEN New England Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National Book Award sharply examines and explains Black life and culture with equal parts candor and humor.In Magically Black and Other Essays Jerald Walker elegantly blends personal revelation and... Read more

Not Another Banned Book

By: Dana Alison Levy

Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Dana Alison Levy

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A ripped from the headlines middle grade novel about a group of students who must fight book banning at their school to save their club...and their world as they know it.

No matter what was going on in Molly's life at home, she always had book club at school. Whether she's dealing with a death in the family or her parent's breaking the news they... Read more

Guillotine

By: Delilah S. Dawson

Narrated by: Elisabeth Ashby

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.



Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine. When he invites her to his family's big Easter reunion at their... Read more

Kwame Crashes the Underworld

By: Craig Kofi Farmer

Narrated by: Joshua Quinn

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong and Amari and the Night Brothers.

Twelve-year-old Kwame Powell isn't ready to deal with losing his grandmother, even as he and his family head to Ghana for her celebration of life.

He's... Read more

You Can't Have It All

By: Stassi Schroeder

Narrated by: Stassi Schroeder

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The two-time New York Times bestselling author, OG Vanderpump Rules star, and host of the successful chart-topping podcast Stassi is back and better than ever with a candid guide to rethinking the girlboss life, taking the pressure off, and lessons she’s learned since becoming a mom of two.

Before she wrote Off... Read more

Out of My Dreams

By: Sharon M. Draper

Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Melody flies to London to speak at a convention about differently abled kids in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling middle grade novels Out of My Mind and Out of My Heart.

When Melody saves an elderly back-in-the-day actress’s life, the woman is so grateful—and impressed by Melody—that she nominates Melody to be a US... Read more

The Unfinished

By: Cheryl Isaacs

Narrated by: Julie Lumsden

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In her stunning debut, Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk) pulls the reader into an unsettling tale of monsters, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay submerged.When small-town athlete Avery’s morning run leads her to a strange pond in the middle of the forest, she awakens a horror the townspeople of Crook’s Falls have long forgotten.The black water has... Read more

Our Green Heart

By: Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Narrated by: Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger’s life’s work as a botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown—and then do our part to plant and protect... Read more

The Cottage Around the Corner

By: D. L. Soria

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A feisty witch and a handsome mage must put their heated business rivalry aside to save their small town from supernatural forces in this charming contemporary fantasy romcom from the author of Thief Liar Lady.

“Delightful and sweet . . . the magic and the romance both sizzle on the page.”—Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, author of Witch of Wild... Read more

Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

Narrated by: Jennifer Blom, Jess Nahikian, Matt Godfrey & Ro...

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration.

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker.

“Don’t talk to day about what we do at night.”

When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production... Read more

When Haru Was Here

By: Dustin Thao

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loneliness, complicated friendships, and what it means to let go.

After the death of his best friend, Eric Ly creates imaginary scenarios in his head to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes real when a boy he met last summer in Japan finds his way back into his life. When he least... Read more

Popcorn

By: Rob Harrell

Narrated by: Em Grosland

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The beloved author of Wink is back with a hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety on a day when everything is going wrong

Andrew’s just trying to make it through Picture Day, which is easier said than done when it seems like the whole world is out to get him—from a bully to a science experiment gone wrong to a someone else’s juice... Read more

The Fallen Fruit

By: Shawntelle Madison

Narrated by: Robin Miles & Adenrele Ojo

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining history and fantasy, a sweeping multi-generational epic in the vein of Kindred and The Time Traveler's Wife about a woman who travels through time to end a family curse that has plagued her ancestors for generations.On a rainy day in May 1964, history professor Cecily Bridge-Davis begins to search for the sixty-five acres of land she... Read more

Songlight

By: Moira Buffini

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish, Saffron Coomber, Sam Crerar, J...

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutally unforgiving world make this first in a trilogy utterly unforgettable.We’re two songs joined. And there’s a word for that. A harmony.Elsa is used to hiding the most important parts of herself—her feelings for Rye, her distaste for a world ruled by men, and, most crucially, her gift... Read more

Hot Hex Boyfriend

By: Carly Bloom

Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating & Zion Jang

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to love, hex marks the spot in this enchanting romance that will delight fans of Practical Magic and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. . .
 
As a child, Delia Merriweather believed with all her heart that she was a witch. Because all Merriweather women were witches. There was just one problem: they had no magic. As an... Read more

The Lost Souls of Benzaiten

By: Kelly Murashige

Narrated by: Mirai

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“I wish to become one of those round vacuum cleaner robots.” That’s what Machi prays for at the altar of Japanese goddess Benzaiten. Ever since her two best friends decided they want nothing to do with her, Machi hasn’t been able to speak. After months of online school and a carousel of therapists, she can no longer see the point of being human.... Read more

Empresses of Seventh Avenue

By: Nancy MacDonell

Narrated by: Gail Shalan

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"This audiobook is perfect not only for people in love with fashion, but also for anyone interested in fashion as art, obsession, and ever-present societal phenomenon."—Booklist

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nancy MacDonell... Read more