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All the Sinners Bleed

A Novel

By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

“Truly excellent read. Great writing and perfect pacing. Definitely couldn't put it down! I listened to the audio and the narrator, Adam Lazarre-White, did an amazing job. Read more

The Soul of an Octopus

A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

In this astonishing book from the author of the best selling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Read more

Of Time and Turtles

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

“Some indigenous people believe the earth is a turtle. It's also a totem for unity. Sy Montgomery tenderly invites us to learn more and "slip into turtle time" in one of the best new nature books of the year. Beautifully written and well researched! Read more

Chain Gang All Stars: A Read with Jenna Pick

National Book Award Finalist

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch & Lee Osorio
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

“What 1984 did for big government… what Brave New World did for social engineering… what Handmaid’s Tale did for patriarchy… Chain Gang All Stars does for the prison industrial complex and our contemporary obsession with spectacle and violence. Chain Gang’s dystopian vision is haunting and eerily plausible, really just an artful exaggeration of... Read more

The Space Between Worlds

By: Micaiah Johnson
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

“I was thoroughly impressed by this imaginative debut high-concept sci-fi novel about multiverse travel! The protagonist, Cara, is unapologetically Queer, fearless and delightfully snarky! The social commentary is currently relevant and on point! Fans of confronting parallel selves, genre-bending political thrillers and depictions of dystopian... Read more

Swamp Story

A Novel

By: Dave Barry
Narrated by: Dave Barry
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

“Madcap Mayhem with Florida MEN. Lots of them. AND gators, an emotional support boar, pythons, buried treasure, drunk people, reality tv stars, TikTok, mobsters and more! Beloved GOOFBALL Dave Barry knocks it outta the park with this hilarious, thrilling, fast-paced ridiculous Everglades tale. Raising Arizona vibes. Read more

The Paradox Hotel

A Novel

By: Rob Hart
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

“Time travel, murder, corruption, restless baby dinosaurs, and a snarky robot named Ruby collide in this excellent, noir-inflected, humor-infused, science-fiction thriller.”—The Boston Globe
 
An impossible crime. A detective on the edge of madness. The future of time travel at stake. From the author of The Warehouse . . .

FINALIST FOR THE... Read more

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

By: Ashley Herring Blake
Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

“So fun and sweet. I loved this enemies to lovers romance about a prickly photographer who returns to her hometown for her estranged stepsister's wedding only to fall for one of the stepsister's best friends. It was light and fresh and entirely sexy and I cannot wait to listen to the sequel! Read more

Kiss Her Once for Me

A Novel

By: Alison Cochrun
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

“Love can be a messy affair, especially when you agree to fake marry an attractive man for money and have to spend the holidays with his family, not knowing that his sister is your ex and the sister's best friend was your fiance's ex. Oh boy! Love is in the air, holiday traditions are everywhere, and everyone is a bit of a mess. This is a fun... Read more

The Rain Heron

A Novel

By: Robbie Arnott
Narrated by: Jessica Douglas-Henry & Zoe Carides
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

A gripping novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship, from an award-winning Australian author.

Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup d'état. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting, farming, trading, and forgetting the contours of what was once a normal life. But her quiet... Read more

Ruthie Fear

A Novel

By: Maxim Loskutoff
Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

As a child in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Its presence haunts her throughout her youth. Raised in a trailer by her stubborn, bowhunting father, Ruthie develops a powerful connection with the natural world but struggles to find her place in a society shaped by men.... Read more

How Far the Light Reaches

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler
Narrated by: Sabrina Imbler
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“Imbler’s full-length debut is as much about their personal evolution as a queer, mixed race writer as it is an exploration of the deep sea creatures whose eccentricities inspire them. Imbler's tender approach and tactile prose toggles between expansive aquatic research and personal experiences, expanding the portrait of our world as we know it... Read more

The Light Pirate

By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

“A survivor of a book. In the not-too-distant future, Florida is hurricane central, and Wanda (a hurricane namesake) is in the eye of this story that wraps around you; you’ll hold on for dear life, with everybody else. Read more

Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

“The best sapphic, fantasy, noir-style, mystery, thriller you’ll ever read! I was instantly transported to the novel’s dark, brooding, magic-filled Chicago streets and I was hooked from the very first second. It really speaks to the amazing skill of C.L. Polk as a storyteller. Read more

The Endless Vessel

A Novel

By: Charles Soule
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

Combining the wonder of The Midnight Library , the inventiveness of Ready Player One, and the artistry of Cloud Atlas, this novel by the bestselling author of The Oracle Year and Anyone explores the way we’re all connected—and what can happen when we lose our capacity for joy.   A few years from now, in a world similar to ours, there exists a... Read more

Rubicon

By: J. S. Dewes
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 16 hours 20 minutes

"Eunice Wong smoothly differentiates a diverse cast in this edgy military thriller."- AudioFile

J. S. Dewes, author of The Last Watch and The Exiled Fleet, returns with another science fiction space opera, Rubicon, that melds elements of Scalzi's Old Man's War with Edge of Tomorrow.

Sergeant Adriene Valero wants to die.

She can't.

After enduring a... Read more

Wayward

A Novel

Wanderers: Book #2

By: Chuck Wendig
Narrated by: Xe Sands & Dominic Hoffman
Length: 34 hours 26 minutes

“If King had written a sequel to The Stand, it might look something like this monumental epic of a story.”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones

“As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better.”—Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones

Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the... Read more

I Miss You When I Blink

Essays

By: Mary Laura Philpott
Narrated by: Mary Laura Philpott
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“Mary Laura Philpott writes about today’s American woman in her marvelously frank and witty book of essays, I Miss You When I Blink. Women of all ages will nod their heads when reading about the decision to have babies (or not), the pitfalls of volunteering, the difficulty of getting a cat out from under the bed, the reward of crossing things off... Read more

The Last Watch

The Divide Series: Book #1

By: J. S. Dewes
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden & Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

"Both readers are brilliant and nail the characterization in a way that instantly connects them to the listener..Everything here is top-notch." -- Booklist, starred review

The Expanse meets Game of Thrones in J. S. Dewes's fast-paced, sci-fi adventure The Last Watch, where a handful of soldiers stand between humanity and annihilation.

The... Read more

How to Resist Amazon and Why

The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!

By: Danny Caine
Narrated by: Danny Caine
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

“As someone looking to enter into a market that Amazon dominates, I found this book so incredibly eye-opening as it pertains to their business practices and strategies. It got me all fired up to do my part to be local, personal, and independent! Read more