Mainely Maine

Skin and Bones

A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery

Mike Bowditch Mysteries

By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

In Skin and Bones, an original short story in the Paul Doiron's bestselling Mike Bowditch series, the killing of a bald eagle unearths ties to a tragic case from mentor Charley Steven’s past.

When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch discovers a bullet-ridden bald eagle in the Maine woods, he is surprised by the memories it brings back for his mentor,... Read more

The Caretaker

A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery

Mike Bowditch Mysteries

By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

In "The Caretaker," an original short story from bestselling author Paul Doiron, Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch tracks down a sinister prowler turning a couple's dream vacation home into a nightmare.

New owners of a dream cottage on a remote Maine lake find themselves taunted, then menaced by an unknown figure. When the local authorities refuse... Read more

Hatchet Island

A Novel

Mike Bowditch Mysteries: Book #13

By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

"Henry Leyva's narration shapes the story wonderfully..." -AudioFile on Hatchet Island

An eerie, windswept island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance in the next thriller from bestselling author Paul Doiron.

A call for help from a former colleague leads Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch and his... Read more

The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau
Narrated by: John Roberts
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

The Maine Woods’ is based on Henry David Thoreau’s lengthy experiences in the forests of Maine in the years 1846, 1853, and 1857. Thoreau describes the area in exquisite detail: the native people and their languages, the loggers and their labors, the rivers, the trees, the plants and the birds. Experiencing all the joys of the woods, he padded... Read more

Oslo, Maine

By: Marcia Butler
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

A moose walks into a rural Maine town called Oslo. Pierre Roy, a brilliant twelve-year-old, loses his memory in an accident. Three families are changed for worse and better as they grapple with trauma, marriage, ambition, and their fraught relationship with the natural world.



Oslo, Maine inspects the strengths and limitations of seven average yet... Read more

The Twentieth Maine

A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War

By: John J. Pullen
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

It was at Little Round Top that the volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, with Joshua Chamberlain in command, performed one of the miracles of the Civil War and saved the left flank of the Union battle line. Outnumbered two to one, their front doubled back to the shape of a horseshoe. And with ammunition gone, the men fixed bayonets, charged,... Read more

Mind of the Raven

Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

By: Bernd Heinrich
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Bernd Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world.... Read more

Down to Earth

By: Betty Culley
Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Counting by 7s meets See You in the Cosmos in this heartwarming coming-of-age story perfect for the budding geologists and those fascinated by the mysteries of the universe.

Henry has always been fascinated by rocks. As a homeschooler, he pours through the R volume of the encyclopedia (to help him identify the rocks he finds). So, when a... Read more

Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley
Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Fans of Jandy Nelson and Marieke Nijkamp will love this deeply moving novel in verse about the aftermath of a gun accident.Life changes forever for Liv when her older brother, Jonah, accidentally shoots himself with his best friend Clay’s father’s gun. Now Jonah needs round-the-clock care just to stay alive, and Liv feels like she’s the only... Read more

Finding Freedom

A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

By: Erin French
Narrated by: Erin French
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

“Erin French's memoir is so impressive, highly engrossing, and also so tough to read. She brings us through her life, all the highest peaks and deepest valleys and emphasizes the tremendous effort she has made to come back from each low point. I often listened to French's narration with bated breath, shocked at how much she has overcome in such a... Read more

Billy Summers

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Paul Sparks
Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Master storyteller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), presents an unforgettable and relentless #1 New York Times bestseller about a good guy in a bad job.

Chances are, if you’re a target of Billy Summers, two immutable truths apply: You’ll never even know what hit you,... Read more

Downeast

Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

By: Gigi Georges
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

In Downeast, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one of the most challenging and geographically isolated regions on the Eastern seaboard. Their stories reveal surprising truths about rural America and offer hope for its future. “It’s almost impossible not to care about these fierce young women and cheer for their hard-won... Read more

The Lowering Days

A Novel

By: Gregory Brown
Narrated by: Nicole Altvater & David Aaron Baker
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

“In The Lowering Days Gregory Brown gives us a lush, almost mythic portrait of a very specific place and time that feels all the more universal for its singularity. There’s magic here.” —Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls and Chances AreA promising literary star makes his debut with this emotionally powerful saga, set... Read more

Five Tuesdays in Winter

Stories

By: Lily King
Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski, various narrators, Mark Bramhall, Christa Lewis, Cassandra Campbell & Bronson Pinchot
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Award-winning Lily King’s first-ever collection of exceptional and innovative short storiesWith Writers & Lovers and Euphoria, Lily King’s books catapulted onto bestseller and best-of-the-year lists across the country and established her as one of our most “brilliant” (New York Times), “wildly talented” (Chicago Tribune), and beloved authors... Read more

Mill Town

Reckoning with What Remains

By: Kerri Arsenault
Narrated by: Kerri Arsenault
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

“This is a beautifully written story about two small towns in Maine and the paper mill that is the foundation of their economy. It tells the much bigger story of the sacrifice of the workers, and the injustices to them and the environment. Arsenault masters the nuances of family and history, which pulled me into the story in the first few pages... Read more

Super Host

By: Kate Russo
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

“Get ready to smile….[A] sweet story and the perfect antidote to the chaos that’s been 2021.” –the Skimm

A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart.

Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated artist who was once a rising star. Now, at age fifty-five, his wife has left him, he hasn't... Read more

Landslide

A novel

By: Susan Conley
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

This beautiful portrait of a family in a fishing village in Maine is "a fresh look at marriage, motherhood, and the wondrous inner lives of teenagers. A truly beautiful and unforgettable love story of a family on the brink” (Lily King, author of Writers & Lovers). A must-read from the critically acclaimed author of Elsey Comes Home.

“I loved... Read more

Dead by Dawn

A Novel

Mike Bowditch Mysteries: Book #12

By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Maine game warden Mike Bowditch finds himself in a life-or-death chase in this next thriller in the bestselling mystery series by Edgar Award nominee Paul Doiron, Dead by Dawn.

Mike Bowditch is fighting for his life. After being ambushed on a dark winter road, his Jeep crashes into a frozen river. Trapped beneath the ice in the middle of nowhere,... Read more