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Creation Lake

A Novel

By: Rachel Kushner
Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

“This is an extraordinary novel, in terms of its unique and intricate plot, interwoven with ruminations on the history of humans. But what makes it so memorable is Kushner's spot-on reading. I have listened to this book twice and found it even richer the second time. Read more

Colored Television (A GMA Book Club Pick)

A Novel

By: Danzy Senna
Narrated by: Kristen Ariza
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“This is one of those stories that you politely DEMAND people read! The jokes landed each and every time! As always, there was much needed commentary that makes you want to talk about this story with anyone who will listen. This should be an Instant buy for any book club, because you are going to want to discuss this! Read more

Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

“Every Elizabeth Strout book introduces to characters I love. When she reintroduced many of those characters again in Tell Me Everything I welcomed them into my world - and listened as Strout seamlessly allowed them to tell stories of amazing and resilient people. Or help re-frame another's story for the best outcome. She notes that memory is... Read more

Entitlement

A Novel

By: Rumaan Alam
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“In Entitlement, Rumaan Alam’s prose is at its most effortless, his storytelling at its most engrossing, his pacing at its most propulsive. Questions of race, class, generosity, and obsession weave through a thoroughly unpredictable story. Read more

Intermezzo

A Novel

By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Éanna Hardwicke
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

“Rooney’s dazzling masterpiece explores the hidden depths of our relationships to one another. Peter and Ivan grieve the recent loss of their father. Never close, they struggle to avoid estrangement while navigating their very different lives. Read more

The Empusium

A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

“The Empusium is a sardonic tale that holds nothing back, taking institutional misogyny to task in a world on the brink of World War I. Tokarczuk brings all her brilliance and creates a poignant narrative that’s eerily reminiscent of modern day. Read more

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Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous

By: Gillian Anderson
Narrated by: Anonymous & Gillian Anderson
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

“A really thoughtful and moving exploration of sexuality, fantasy, and desire. This book is a collection of anonymous essays featuring true stories about women and nonbinary people. What do people have to say about sex when no one can hear? In what ways are feminine presenting people expected to perform in the bedroom? And what do they really... Read more

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Stories

By: Mariana Enriquez
Narrated by: Lee Osorio, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Sol Madariaga & Maria Liatis
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “Buenos Aires’s sorceress of horror” (Samanta Schweblin, The New York Times)

“Entertaining, political and exquisitely gruesome, these stories summon terror against the backdrop of everyday horrors. . . . A queen... Read more

Small Rain

A Novel

By: Garth Greenwell
Narrated by: Garth Greenwell
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

“Such deeply touching narration by the author. I love this audiobook. I could relate to so many parts about what a person goes through after becoming ill and the recovery process. Highly recommend. Read more

The Life Impossible

A Novel

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Joanna Lumley & Jordan Stephens
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“Another magical book by Matt Haig. It encourages all of us to cherish every natural thing because we are all connected. The darkness in life is how we are able to see the light, the happy times, and to remember the good memories to help us through the bad. Matt Haig reminds us once again how life is important and to hold tight each beautiful... Read more

The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

“I love listening to nonfiction narrated by the author! In these essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates demonstrates a concept we should all practice; that is, the ability to unlearn what we've always believed to be true when presented with new facts. He accomplishes this through the lens of storytelling and its power to change people. The most profound... Read more

The Mighty Red

A Novel

By: Louise Erdrich
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

“A fantastic read! Set over the course of 2008 and 2009, The Mighty Red is a novel rich with characters and sense of place. At its core, it is a book about choices and the repercussions of those choices over time. I'll go out on a limb and say this is Erdrich's best novel yet! The narrator was pitch perfect, too. Read more

Rejection

Fiction

By: Tony Tulathimutte
Narrated by: Micky Shiloah, Allyson Ryan, Quincy Surasmith, Dan Bittner, André Santana, Marcha Kia, Eunice Wong & Madeleine Maby
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR""A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire."" —Giles Harvey, The New York Times Magazine From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens... Read more

What I Ate in One Year

(and related thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci
Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Delightful with Stanley Tucci narrating, like his other book! I enjoyed learning more about his family life, his love of fashion, guests arriving on time (not early), and his many delightful meals made for his family. The book made me crave risotto for dinner every night! Read more

What If We Get It Right?

Visions of Climate Futures

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Ayisha Siddiqa, Jacqueline Woodson & Steve Connell
Length: 21 hours 54 minutes

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.

Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data... Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“Can a book be cozy, loving, encouraging, compassionate AND a threat to the brutal and cutthroat consumer capitalism of our era? I present to you Robin Wall Kimmerer’s first book since her surprise mega bestselling sleeper hit Braiding Sweetgrass. The Serviceberry is a bushy, under appreciated fruit tree native to Eastern North America that... Read more

Before We Forget Kindness

A Novel

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series: Book #5

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

In the fifth book in the sensational, cozy Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests: The father who could not allow his daughter to get married A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one A boy who wants... Read more

We're Alone

Essays

By: Edwidge Danticat
Narrated by: Edwidge Danticat
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

“One of my favorite authors is Edwidge Danticat; her writing is beautiful. She does a great job of narrating this book of essays. Danticat covers a lot of ground; from her childhood, to current events in Haiti. If you'd like to gain a sense of Haitian history and what it's like to be an immigrant from Haiti, this book is enlightening. From the... Read more

Madwoman

By: Chelsea Bieker
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

“Clove has been living a lie. She has realized her vision of the perfect life – a good husband, two children, a beautiful home. But now it is on the verge of crumbling around her. A letter arrives, bringing back the past she has worked so hard to escape. Soon after, she meets Jane, a woman she is immediately drawn to. These two occurrences begin... Read more

Health and Safety

A Breakdown

By: Emily Witt
Narrated by: Emily Witt
Length: 9 hours

A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NEW YORKER, PITCHFORK, AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • From the New Yorker staff writer and acclaimed author of Future Sex comes a memoir about drugs, techno, and New York City

"The first great book about what it was like to live through the Trump presidency"—Emily Gould, The Cut

In the summer of 2016, a... Read more