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Maureen

A Harold Fry Novel

By: Rachel Joyce
Narrated by: Penelope Wilton
Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

“A touching tale about heartbreak and healing . . . If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryand The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, make time to read this finale to the trilogy.”—Good Housekeeping
 
Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife,... Read more

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

By: K.M. Jackson
Narrated by: Tyla Collier
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

USA Today bestselling author K.M. Jackson delivers a hilarious road-trip rom-com perfect for fans of Meet Cute and When Harry Met Sally. Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot. What?! How could the world's perfect boyfriend and forever bachelor, Keanu not realize that making a move... Read more

Washington Black

A novel

By: Esi Edugyan
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

“Epic in scope, ranging from a brutal slave plantation in Barbados to scenes in the Arctic, antebellum America, and London, plus a thoughtful denouement in the Moroccan desert, Edugyan’s novel explores the complex relationship between slave and master, the hubris of good intentions, and the tense life of a runaway in constant flight with a Javert... Read more

The Orientalist

Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

By: Tom Reiss
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 15 hours 56 minutes

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany. 

Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian... Read more

The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani
Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country

It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much... Read more

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

By: Colleen Oakley
Narrated by: Sara Sheckells
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

“This is the hopeful book we all need right now. I loved it!”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lies That Bind

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A Southern Living Best Beach Read * A PopSugar Best Book of May * An Us Weekly Summer Beach Staple * A Frolic Under-the-Radar Book of May * An OK Magazine Best Summer Beach Read * An... Read more

The Homewreckers

A Novel

By: Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love.

"Narrator Kathleen McInerney exudes beach-read energy in this entertaining audiobook....Listeners will be swept up in the complicated plot and enjoy the entire wild ride." -AudioFile on The Homewreckers

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Wish You Were Here

A Novel

By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

“This book was very well written, and although I enjoyed the writing itself, I was disappointed with the political-ness of the storyline. Did not like the big plot twist half way through. It was far fetched and took away from the where the story line was headed. That being said, I thought the narrator was great. She did an amazing job of bringing... Read more

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

By: Hiro Arikawa
Narrated by: George Blagden
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

“I finished The Travelling Cat Chronicles while I was getting ready for work. I had to reapply my makeup because I had mascara streaming down my face. This book is witty, charming, emotional and poignant. It provides an absolutely beautiful commentary on human nature and relationships. Make sure you have your tissues ready. Even if you are not a... Read more

The Penderwicks

A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

The Penderwicks: Book #1

By: Jeanne Birdsall
Narrated by: Susan Denaker
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

“Winner of the National Book Award, the first story takes place in Arundel, where the Penderwicks go for their summer vacation. Their normal vacation spot is booked, so they rent a small cottage on the property of a large house. Before you know it, the four sisters are up to their noses in adventures involving, at times, rabbits, the boy next... Read more

The Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer

By: Timothy B. Shutt
Narrated by: Timothy B. Shutt
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

One of the Modern Scholar's most popular professors, Timothy B. Shutt, brings his literary acumen and trademark enthusiasm to the study of the epic poems that sit at the very wellspring of Western culture. The earliest surviving works of Greek literature, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey exert a continuing influence on modern culture, even today... Read more

The Hobbit

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. Bilbo Baggins, a gentle hobbit who loves the comforts of home, reluctantly joins a company of dwarves on a journey to recover plundered gold from a fierce dragon. It's a tale of high adventure and astonishing courage—and a magical prelude to the Lord of the Rings... Read more

The Club Dumas - Abridged

By: Arturo Reverte & Sonia Soto
Narrated by: David Warner
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Middle-aged Lucas Corso is a tired and cynical book detective, a mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. Soon the... Read more

Silent Winds, Dry Seas

A Novel

By: Vinod Busjeet
Narrated by: Mahesh Jadu
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR •A sweeping debut novel that explores the intimate struggle for independence and success of a young descendant of Indian indentured laborers in Mauritius, a small multiracial island in the Indian Ocean.
 
"The beauty of Busjeet's splendid, often breathtaking book is, like the best stories of journeys to young... Read more

Middlesex

A Novel

By: Jeffrey Eugenides
Narrated by: Kristoffer Tabori
Length: 21 hours 19 minutes

Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Audie Award for best unabridged fiction, Middlesex marks the fulfillment of a huge talent, named one of America's best young novelists by both Granta and The New Yorker.

In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school, Grosse Pointe, MI, finds herself drawn to a... Read more

Madeline

Madeline

By: Ludwig Bemelmans
Narrated by: Jean Richards
Length: 7 minutes

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis. Read more

Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

A Novel

By: Andrew Sean Greer
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

“What would you do if you found yourself at the precipice of your 50th birthday with nothing to say for yourself other than your long term relationship with a famous author, now former relationship? Maybe Arthur Less can fall back on his own writing, which has been poorly received, or maybe he can fall back into the arms of his lover, who has... Read more

Come Fly The World

The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

By: Julia Cooke
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

“Come Fly the World is just the book my wander loving heart needed during this time when we haven’t been able to travel anywhere. I absolutely cannot recommend it enough for all my travel loving friends, aviation fans, and history buffs. Read more

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Magical Car

The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Series: Book #1

By: Ian Fleming
Narrated by: David Tennant
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

"Crackpot" is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised—except for the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name, and she tells them what it is! Then they find out that she can fly … and swim.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car on a mission to stop a criminal gang in its... Read more

Can You Keep a Secret?

By: Sophie Kinsella
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher and Love Your Life comes a novel with the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism as her beloved Shopaholic series.

“Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter.”—Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver... Read more