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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

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

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

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

Giovanni's Room

By: James Baldwin

Narrated by: Matt Bomer & Kevin Young

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction.

Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed... 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

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

Talking to Strangers

By: Fiona Barton

Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister, Jayne Entwistle & Steve West

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who insists on doing her own investigation in this nail-biting mystery from the author of Local Gone Missing.

When Karen Simmons is murdered on Valentine’s Day, Detective Elise King wonders if she was killed by a man she met online. Karen was all over the... Read more

The Traitor's Daughter

By: Roxana Spicer

Narrated by: Roxana Spicer

Length: 20 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The masterful narration of a daughter's decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin's Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity—but never revealed her darkest secrets.

As a child, Roxana Spicer would sometimes wake to the... Read more

Not Nothing

By: Gayle Forman

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Gayle Forman

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“The book we all need at the time we all need it.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award–winning author of The One and Only Ivan

In this multigenerational middle grade novel of hope, compassion, and forgiveness from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman that is as timely as it is timeless, a boy who has been assigned to spend his... Read more

The Cheesemaker's Daughter

By: Kristin Vukovic

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

When Marina’s father summons her to their Croatian island from New York—and away from her evaporating marriage—to help him save his failing cheese factory, she must face her rocky past and an uncertain future.How do you begin again when the past threatens to drown you?In the throes of an unraveling marriage, New Yorker Marina Maržic returns to... Read more

Someone in the Attic

By: Andrea Mara

Narrated by: Jessica Regan

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From a #1 internationally bestselling author comes an atmospheric, chilling novel about a family who thinks there's someone hiding in their attic

“Andrea Mara is a star.” —Lee Child

You thought you were home alone.

Anya is enjoying a relaxing bath when she hears a noise coming from the ceiling. Through the open bathroom door, she sees the attic... Read more

Heavy Hitter

By: Katie Cotugno

Narrated by: Callie Dalton & Andrew Eiden

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of Birds of California hits it out of the park with this smart, sexy, thrilling take on the celebrity-athlete story—a funny, sizzling, ripped-from-the-headlines romance between an international pop star and a major league baseball player who thought his best days were behind him.Taylor and Travis.... Read more

Merkel's Law

By: Melissa Eddy

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Notorious RBG, a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most powerful woman in the world, based on more than a decade’s worth of coverage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy.

Angela Merkel is a boss. A trailblazer. An icon of colorful suits. Formerly the new... Read more

Till There Was You

By: Lindsay Hameroff

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Named Most Anticipated by: The Nerd Daily・ Culturess・ Zibby Magazine​・ and more

"Witty, warm, and charming...Fans of Emily Henry and Robinne Lee’s The Idea of You are going to go crazy for this one!” ―Jennifer Close, author of Marrying the Ketchups

A recipe for love that hits all the right notes

Culinary student Lexi Berman, 24, has one goal: to... Read more

The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame

Narrated by: Callum Hale & Dylan Allcock

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Mole, Ratty, Badger and, of course, Mr Toad on their adventures by the Riverbank.Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of friendship, nature, and fast cars and fast living, is lovingly brought to life in this new production, performed by Callum Hale with sound effects and beautiful music by Dylan Allcock that truly immerses you in the world of the... Read more

Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Max Meyers

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.

"Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface is Diana Urban’s best yet."—Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times... Read more

Burn

By: Peter Heller

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence

Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving... Read more

Rebel Summer

By: Cindy Steel

Narrated by: Marli Watson

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Every good summer has a little bad… I wasn’t supposed to be in Sunset Harbor for more than a weekend. But thanks to—let’s just call it—an unforeseen act of stupidity on my part, I’m here for the whole summer. And for the first time in my life, I’m in a whole lot of trouble. The sentence? Community service paid toward the person I accidentally... Read more

Worst Case Scenario

By: T.J. Newman

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario.

When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which... Read more

I Need You to Read This

By: Jessa Maxwell

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This “super creepy” (The Washington Post) and “perfectly plotted whodunnit” (Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author) follows an advice columnist searching for answers about her predecessor’s murder—from the bestselling author of The Golden Spoon.

Years ago, Alex Marks escaped to New York City for a fresh start. Now, aside from trips to her... Read more

The Hypocrite

By: Jo Hamya

Narrated by: Claire Kinson

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • DAKOTA JOHNSON’S TEATIME PICTURES SEPTEMBER BOOK CLUB PICK ● From a fiercely talented writer poised to be a new generation’s Rachel Cusk or Deborah Levy, a novel set between the London stage and Sicily, about a daughter who turns her novelist father’s fall from grace into a play, and a father who increasingly fears... Read more

Mistress of Lies

By: K. M. Enright

Narrated by: Christine Allado

Length: 15 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A villainous, bloodthirsty heroine finds herself plunged into the dangerous world of power, politics and murder in the court of the vampire king in this dark romantic fantasy debut.

Fate is a cruel mistress. 

The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeC laire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magic, building her... Read more