Tina's Picks

Fayne

A Novel

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Narrated by: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Length: 30 hours 53 minutes

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE 2023 PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTION
A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF CBC’S BEST CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS OF 2022

A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magic, love and identity.

In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely... Read more

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

A Novel

By: Roshani Chokshi
Narrated by: Steve West & Sura Siu
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

“This is one of the most surprising books I have ever read - the ending made me want to reread the book immediately with a different perspective of knowing what happens. I went into this book knowing very little about it to be pleasantly enchanted with a lush, seductive, dangerously dark, and masterfully crafted fairytale of loss and love. This... Read more

All the Lonely People

By: Mike Gayle
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

“For fans of Fredrick Backman's Ove, All the Lonely People is all that and MORE. Hubert Bird is cantankerous, opinionated, and lonely. But Hubert has created a whole complicated imaginary life so that his daughter will not worry about him after the death of his wife. On weekly phone calls, he builds the house of cards and she inhabits it.... Read more

Signal Fires

A novel

By: Dani Shapiro
Narrated by: Dani Shapiro
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

“Signal Fires can be warnings to observers that danger is approaching, stay away and conversely, they can be urgent requests for help and demands to be seen. Symbolism abounds in this story of a young family, laying down roots in a suburban neighborhood. I found myself brought to tears frequently and yet not once did I consider putting this book... Read more

Demon Copperhead

A Novel

By: Barbara Kingsolver
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 21 hours 2 minutes

“My favorite book of 2023! Kingsolver’s Appalachian retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield is nothing short of an epic masterpiece. Even as it grapples with heavy emotional themes and complex social problems, the plot races by and I could not put it down. Demon Copperhead moved me like very few novels ever have. Don’t be afraid to let... Read more

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

A Novel

By: Clare Pooley
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

“If you liked Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman) and Anxious People (Fredik Backman), you’ll love Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley. I want to be Iona, and I want all of her fellow commuters to be my friends. This is a cheerful read, laugh out loud funny, and just what I wanted to read in these crazy times.... Read more

The Bandit Queens

A Novel

By: Parini Shroff
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

“I absolutely loved the heart and humor of these characters. You would think a book about women murdering their husbands wouldn’t be funny, but you’d be wrong. 😂 Read more

Thank You For Listening

A Novel

By: Julia Whelan
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

“Funny, tropey, sexy, and oh so, so smart! The moment I closed the ARC I downloaded the audio so the story didn't have to end. Read more

Ithaca

By: Claire North
Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

From the multi-award-winning author Claire North comes a daring reimagining that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men. It’s time for the women of Ithaca to tell their tale . . .

"North brings a powerful, fresh, and unflinching voice to ancient myth.... Read more

Where the Wandering Ends

A Novel of Corfu

By: Yvette Manessis Corporon
Narrated by: Myrto Stylou
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

A vivid, character-driven historical saga set in Greece at the end of WWII and on the verge of the Greek Civil War. Fans of Ariel Lawhon's books about little-known history will love this sweeping, multigenerational story of familial love and loyalty against all odds.Corfu, 1946: Living in a poor village in northern Greece, 10-year-olds Marco and... Read more

The Matchmaker's Gift

A Novel

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky & Gabra Zackman
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

"Eva Kaminsky and Gabra Zackman gloriously perform this charming dual-timeline audiobook." - AudioFile Magazine

Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Matchmaker's Gift is a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to realize their unique talent of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places.

Is finding... Read more

Booth

By: Karen Joy Fowler
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Best Book of the Year
Real Simple • AARP • USA Today • NPR • Virginia Living

Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize

From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth.

In 1822, a... Read more

The Thread Collectors

A Novel

By: Shaunna J. Edwards & Alyson Richman
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“I absolutely loved this book! It does a great job of weaving together the stories of an enslaved family in Louisiana and a Jewish family from New York. Using both music and meaning-filled sewing threads, the authors develop characters whose stories are engaging and, at times, heart-wrenching. As a retired history teacher, I appreciated the... Read more

Greenwood

A Novel

By: Michael Christie
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 18 hours 47 minutes

“Trees: They provide shelter, sustenance, and sanctuary for vast numbers of creatures. They create the very air we breathe. And they are under threat. For generations, the Greenwood family lives with, destroys, fights for, and monetizes these gentle giants until their very existence is absorbed into the class system designed and upheld by the one... Read more

The Great Alone

A Novel

By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 15 hours 19 minutes

“Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone is a powerful, compelling story of survival - survival of the natural elements and of the human spirit. It's 1974, and 13-year-old Leni Allbright lives with her devoted mother, Cora, and abusive father, Ernt, who was a prisoner of war during Vietnam. America is changing after the war, and Ernt thinks their best... Read more

Harry's Trees

By: Jon Cohen
Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
Length: 15 hours 7 minutes

“Harry's Trees is a satisfying, multifaceted story that makes you believe that there is magic in ordinary things. Read more

This Is How It Always Is

A Novel

By: Laurie Frankel
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

*Named one of the top 10 books of 2017 by People Magazine*

“It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.” —Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them.

This is how a family lives... Read more

The Lager Queen of Minnesota

A Novel

By: J. Ryan Stradal
Narrated by: Judith Ivey
Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

“The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal is a wonderful story about beer, family , resiliency and friendship—what else do you want? Sisters grow up together on a small farm in Minnesota but never quite see eye to eye. When an inequitable inheritance estranges the sisters, we learn how each makes her way through young adulthood, marriage... Read more

Virgil Wander

By: Leif Enger
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

“There are very few books these days whose sole purpose is to remind you of the delight to be found in small-town America. Leif Enger, author of Peace Like a River, brings humor and keen insight to a charming set of characters, each of whom remind us of how we can find kindness, forgiveness, and second chances if we make time for each other. A... Read more

Hamnet

By: Maggie O'Farrell
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

“I loved Hamnet in very much the same way I loved Lincoln in the Bardo. This novel explores the way the dead haunt the living—especially how the death of a child haunts their parents—and does it in the context of a fascinating historical figure and time. But we know so much about the Lincolns, and so little about the Shakespeares. Maggie... Read more