Favorite Fiction Picks

Wild Dark Shore

A Novel

By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld & Steve West
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

“With the passion for the natural world of her earlier novels, Charlotte McConaghy plunges readers into the threatened and hostile environment of Shearwater Island near Antarctica, where Dominic Salt and his three children are the only people left to shelter the seed bank that might eventually save the world’s plants and its civilization. When a... Read more

James

A Novel

By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

“Let's return to the time of Huckleberry Finn; the time of active slavery; the time of lazy summer days floating away down quiet rivers. Oh, I know, I know... you've heard this story before. Most people have. But this time, we're going to hear the story as told by Jim - enslaved but full of feeling and friendship and love for life. We'll get on... Read more

The Wedding People

A Novel

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

“A moving story about two women who find themselves entwined at a wedding in Newport, Rhode Island. Phoebe has come to Newport to end her life, while Lila is there to have the most perfect wedding. Over the course of the week, both discover what true friendship and love looks like. I know I will thinking about this book for a long time. Read more

Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)

By: Clare Leslie Hall
Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

“Broken Country is one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking books I have ever listened to. You would think with a love triangle that you would dislike one or even two of those involved but you can’t help but love and feel really sorry for all involved, because there was definitely heartbreakingly true love and loss. This is a story that you... Read more

The Jackal's Mistress

A Novel

By: Chris Bohjalian
Narrated by: Marni Penning & Chris Bohjalian
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“This is an incredible piece of tense historical fiction. Chris Bohjalian must be some sort of literary wizard. Read more

All the Light We Cannot See

A Novel

By: Anthony Doerr
Narrated by: Zach Appelman
Length: 16 hours 2 minutes

“I picked this up thinking to escape the world I find myself living in, and while the French countryside and German villages are beautifully rendered, this was no easy escape. Werner’s struggles with being complicit in the madness and cruelty surrounding him ring painfully true, and Marie-Laure’s fight for survival is anything but restful. Read more

GO AS A RIVER

A Novel

By: Shelley Read
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSet amid Colorado’s wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic and uplifting novel of love and loss, family and survival—and hope—for readers of Great Circle, The Four Winds, and Where the Crawdads Sing.Seventeen-year-old... Read more

Dreaming in Cuban

By: Cristina García
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Marisa Blake, Anthony Lee Medina & Angel Harper
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

“Impressive . . . [Cristina García’s] story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the ‘sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond,’ as rhythmic as the music of Beny Moré.”—Time
 
Cristina García’s acclaimed book is the haunting,... Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

A Novel

By: Bonnie Garmus
Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus & Pandora Sykes
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

“I loved Elizabeth Zott! She's a quirky, dynamic, headstrong heroine who is, above all else, a brilliant chemist. She struggles to be taken seriously but refuses to bow to the expectations and societal norms for women in the sixties. The story is funny, profound, entertaining, brazenly feminist, and Elizabeth has the BEST dog ever, Six-Thirty!... Read more

Heartwood (A Read with Jenna Pick)

By: Amity Gaige
Narrated by: Justine Lupe, Alma Cuervo, Rebecca Lowman, Ali Andre Ali, Cary Hite & Helen Laser
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

“Wholly captivating and richly layered, Heartwood follows a missing hiker, a determined game warden, and a retired birdwatcher turned sleuth. A heartfelt story with a thriller twist, it explores motherhood, resilience, and the call of the wild. Read more