Books to Uplift

This is Happiness

By: Niall Williams
Narrated by: Dermot Crowley
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

“A beautiful novel, beautifully read! Gentle, moving, and evocative. Read more

The Book of Delights

By: Ross Gay
Narrated by: Ross Gay
Length: 5 hours

“This is one of my favorite books to recommend, especially for someone looking for a gift. Poet and avid gardener Ross Gay, who also is the fantastic narrator, reflects on what delights him over the course of a year. Lyrical, humorous, philosophical and sometimes heartbreaking, these essays may be bite-sized but they will fill you up. A great way... Read more

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles: Book #1

By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

“This was a wholesome squeal of a novel that I ADORED! It had so much hype around it so I was wary but it immediately drew me in and wouldn't let me go until I finished. I opted for audio since it seemed that was the only way I was going to squeeze it in with my giant TBR list. Once I started, I literally changed my activities to better fit the... Read more

One Italian Summer

A Novel

By: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Lauren Graham
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

“Any time you need a vacation, let Searle take you away! Read more

Less Is Lost

By: Andrew Sean Greer
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

“Laugh out loud as hapless, endearing Arthur Less once again encounters roadblocks to joy, this time in a cross-country trek told in an omniscient narration by his patient partner, Freddy. A sequel to his Pulitzer-winning Less, Andrew Sean Greer includes a pug named Dolly, an unreliable camper van, hilariously mangled German, and a poignant quest... Read more

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

In a wonderfully life-affirming and surprising story of human connection and second chances, a shy sixty-something postman opens his heart to love again, transforming the lives of those around him.

Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a... Read more

Tracy Flick Can't Win

By: Tom Perrotta
Narrated by: Lucy Liu, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jeremy Bobb, Ramona Young, Ali Andre Ali, Pete Simonelli & A Full Cast
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon

“Tom Perrotta is…one of the great writers that we have today. I love this book.” —Harlan Coben

An “engrossing and mordantly funny” (People) novel about ambition, coming-of-age in adulthood, and never really leaving high school politics behind—featuring New York Times bestselling author... Read more

Jeeves and the King of Clubs

A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse

By: Ben Schott
Narrated by: James Lance
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

What ho! A new Jeeves and Wooster novel that is "impossible to read without grinning idiotically" (Evening Standard), penned in homage to P.G. Wodehouse by bestselling author Ben Schott -- in which literature's favorite master and servant become spies for the English Crown.

The misadventures of Bertie Wooster and his incomparable personal... Read more

The Guncle

THE GUNCLE: Book #1

By: Steven Rowley
Narrated by: Steven Rowley
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

“I’m not really sure how to pitch this novel of a has-been (but still very gay) actor taking his young niece and nephew in for the summer after their mother passes away, but I can tell you that I haven’t read something this surprisingly sharp yet delightfully sweet in ages. I giggled, I gasped, I cried, and most of all I fell in love with this... Read more

Super Host

By: Kate Russo
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

“Get ready to smile….[A] sweet story and the perfect antidote to the chaos that’s been 2021.” –the Skimm

A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart.

Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated artist who was once a rising star. Now, at age fifty-five, his wife has left him, he hasn't... Read more

Inciting Joy

Essays

By: Ross Gay
Narrated by: Ross Gay
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

“I consider Ross Gay’s Inciting Joy to be a true masterpiece. Gay repeatedly took my breath away with his quiet emotional power, which dazzles in these essays in a wild, satisfying dance between the personal and political. There were at least a dozen occasions where I wanted to stand up and applaud, or weep, or cheer out loud, or reach out and... Read more

These Precious Days

Essays

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Ann Patchett
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“I loved absolutely everything about this book and did not want it to end. Ann Patchett's narration is magical and I believe is best way to experience her writing. Though these are essays, they are expertly arranged and together feel like a memoir. Patchett talks about everything from life and death to bookstores and book covers and you... Read more

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“A beautiful journey into nature’s reciprocity and abundance when stewardship is prioritized. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s narrates ecological science into poetry. A life changing and inspiring experience. You’ll never look at the outside world the same way again. Read more