Indie Next List

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

A Novel

By: Jamie Ford
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim, Cindy Kay, Mirai, Natalie Naudus, Sura Siu, Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu & Jamie Ford
Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

“Besides the excellent historical research Ford incorporates, what makes this book unusual is Ford's compassion for his characters, from Dorothy Moy back through her ancestry. As Dorothy reaches back through generations, finding life-changing events that turn out to be echoes of even earlier events, she begins to realize that along with the... Read more

The Wild Hunt

By: Emma Seckel
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

The islanders have only three rules: don't stick your nose where it's not wanted, don't mention the war, and never let your guard down during October.



Leigh Welles has not set foot in on the island in years, but when she finds herself called home from a disappointing life on the Scottish mainland by her father's unexpected death, she is... Read more

Shutter

Rita Todacheene: Book #1

By: Ramona Emerson
Narrated by: Charley Flyte
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook.As a lone portal to... Read more

The Last Karankawas

A Novel

By: Kimberly Garza
Narrated by: Adriana Sananes, André Santana, Becca Q. Co & Reggie De Leon
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

“The Last Karankawas is a tribute to the people of Texas. Garza weaves together their strength and tenderness in an heartfelt prose. Read more

Bookish People

By: Susan Coll
Narrated by: Alexa Morden
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

A perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer week—narrated by two very different women and punctuated by political turmoil, a celestial event, and a perpetually broken vacuum cleaner.Independent bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is burned out on books. Mourning the death of her husband, the... Read more

Delphi

A Novel

By: Clare Pollard
Narrated by: Emma Lowndes
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

A Guardian Best Book of 2022 * “Clever and surprising.” —BuzzFeed * “Brilliantly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Ingenious.”—The Millions * “Powerful.” —Harper’s Bazaar

A captivating debut novel about a classics professor immersed in research for a new book on a prophecy in the ancient world who confronts chilling questions about her own... Read more

The Devil Takes You Home

A Novel

By: Gabino Iglesias
Narrated by: Jean-Marc Berne
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

From an award-winning author comes a genre-defying thriller about a father desperate to salvage what's left of his family—even if it means a descent into violence. Buried in debt due to his young daughter’s illness, his marriage at the brink, Mario reluctantly takes a job as a hitman, surprising himself with his proclivity for violence. After... Read more

Just Like Home

By: Sarah Gailey
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

"...it’s compulsively listenable. That’s thanks in part to Sands’ intense narration, whether she’s playing the inscrutable Vera or her wretched mother asking for yet another glass of lemonade." -Vulture

"The audiobook narrated by Xe Sands is a genuinely nail-biting listen." - Buzzfeed

"Gailey wisely unfurls this story at a delightfully... Read more

Husband Material

London Calling: Book #2

By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

“Return to the world of Boyfriend Material, when Luc and Oliver's friends are getting married and they try to decide whether or not they should do the same. Hall's brilliant sequel has you crying with laughter one page and sucking in a shocked breath the next. Sly humor and pointed social commentary combine into a simply lovely read that allows... Read more

Stories from The Tenants Downstairs

By: Sidik Fofana
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nile Bullock, Sidik Fofana, Dominic Hoffman, DePre Owens, André Santana, Bahni Turpin & Jade Wheeler
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

“The distinct voices of each narrator are the shining achievement of this collection of gently linked stories. Brought to life by a truly excellent cast of narrators on audiobook. Read more

A Map for the Missing

A Novel

By: Belinda Huijuan Tang
Narrated by: Austin Ku
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize!

“Belinda Huijuan Tang’s debut novel is a beautifully drawn, sensitively rendered portrait of a man desperately searching for his father—and for reconnection to the past and people he once knew and loved. Both rich in historical detail and timeless in scope, A Map for the Missing... Read more

The Kingdoms of Savannah

A Novel

By: George Dawes Green
Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Jeanette Illidge, Karen Commins, Kathleen McInerney & Lee Osorio
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

“Mixing history and fiction, Green has created a delicious story of power, corruption, and evil pervading Savannah. As the lives of the powerful, the wealthy, and the homeless weave in and around each other, many secrets unfold. With wonderful characters and unexpected plot turns, this tale of good versus evil captivates and delights Read more

The Last to Vanish

By: Megan Miranda
Narrated by: Alex Allwine
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Visitors come to Cutter’s Pass to disappear into nature…not vanish into thin air. Don’t miss this “eerie thriller [that] can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining” (Booklist) about a disappearing journalist, unsolved mysteries and a mountain town with more... Read more

Dirtbag, Massachusetts

A Confessional

By: Isaac Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Isaac Fitzgerald
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER



USA TODAY BESTSELLER



Winner of the New England Book Award for Nonfiction



"The best of what memoir can accomplish . . . pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy." —Esquire, "Best Memoirs of the Year"



A TIME Best Book of the Season * A Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick * A... Read more

Properties of Thirst

By: Marianne Wiggins
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill & Gabra Zackman
Length: 19 hours 5 minutes

A National Bestseller
A New Yorker Best Book of 2022

Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a “big, bold book” (USA TODAY) destined to be an American classic: a sweeping masterwork set during World War II about the meaning of family and the... Read more

The Rabbit Hutch

A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

By: Tess Gunty
Narrated by: Tess Gunty, Scott Brick, Suzanne Toren, Kirby Heyborne & Kyla Garcia
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

“The Rabbit Hutch is an inventive and lyrical tale of Midwestern decay, environmental destruction, and toxic masculinity. John Brandon meets Lauren Groff with the occasional experimental aside. An ambitious and assured debut. Read more

Mercury Pictures Presents

A Novel

By: Anthony Marra
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

“Mercury Pictures Presents is an utterly satisfying novel, full of rich characters and a beautifully choreographed plot told with wry humor, great love, and writing so smart you’ll want to underline every paragraph. Read it! Read more

Calling for a Blanket Dance

By: Oscar Hokeah
Narrated by: Oscar Hokeah & Rainy Fields
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

“This is an incredible family epic in sleek, unpretentious form. Hokeah uses his characters as crisp prisms through which we see the nature of family: vicious and precious, mournful and joyful, everything in-between. A remarkable debut! Read more

The Book Eaters

By: Sunyi Dean
Narrated by: Katie Erich
Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

“A deliciously different approach to the vampire story about the power of love and motherhood and the lengths one young mother goes to when she realizes her diet of fairytales is not enough and discovers her insular existence in a patriarchal world is filled with unexpected monsters. It asks what makes for a monster? What does good mean? Who is... Read more

The Last White Man

A Novel

By: Mohsin Hamid
Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

“I loved this book! Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West stands up as one of my favorites, even years later. His newest delivers just as brilliantly. Themes of race and bigotry, couched in almost fable-like storytelling, feel timely, yet enduring. Read more