Ann's Recent Listens

Sipsworth

By: Simon Van Booy
Narrated by: Christine Rendel
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

“The author skillfully takes us from dark to light and from sorrow to joy. Expect both tears and laughter as an aging Helen returns to the village of her youth after experiencing great loss. She becomes a reclusive creature of habit without hopes or dreams until a wild mouse accidentally finds its way into her home and heart and everything... Read more

Table for Two

Fictions

By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & J. Smith-Cameron
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

“Amor Towles fans will be delighted with this sophisticated, witty, set of six short stories and novella. The stories are filled with memorable, sharply-drawn characters who come vividly to life. These glimpses into the lives of of a varied cast New Yorkers - and of Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility are Towles at his best. Read more

Medea

A Novel

By: Eilish Quin
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

“This retelling of Medea's story has to be one of the most devastating and beautifully written works. As one of Greek mythology's most infamous villain for "ruining" the "hero" Jason. This story tells her story from the beginning and doesn't seek to justify her actions but show her experiences. The book truly broke my heart to pieces but it was... Read more

Rebel Skies

Rebel Skies

By: Ann Sei Lin
Narrated by: Susan Momoko-Hingley
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Ann Sei Lin's enchanting and action-packed debut, first in a series, will sweep readers away to an aerial world of magic, danger and political intrigue. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim, Kalynn Bayron and the films of Studio Ghibli.

Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant onboard the Midori, a flying ship serving the military... Read more

The Long Call

The Two Rivers Series: Book #1

By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Ben Aldridge
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

“I absolutely loved The Long Call. In this new mystery, Ann Cleeves introduces us to Inspector Matthew Venn, who embodies his diagram namesake as a character caught between his past and his future. A murder on a beach in Venn’s hometown on the English coast leads to a kidnapping, and as the pacing picks up, the suspects get ever closer to Venn’s... Read more

The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

A Novel

By: C.L. Miller
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

“A serious mystery of murder, (perceived) deception, and priceless objects. Why did Arthur betray Freya? Who is behind Asim’s ghastly murder? Is Carol as ditzy as she seems? And what exactly is the bird in the box? A classic British mystery! Read more

The American Queen

A Novel Based on the True Story of Appalachia’s Kingdom of the Happy Land

By: Vanessa Miller
Narrated by: Angel Pean
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

AS SEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA: GMA 15 New Books to Read | 2024 American Fiction Award WINNER for African American Fiction AND Historical Fiction | 2025 Audie Awards WINNER for Best Faith-Based Fiction or Non-Fiction"Miller brings to enthralling life a hidden gem in American history." --Publishers Weekly
There is only one known queen who truly... Read more

Slow Down

The Degrowth Manifesto

By: Kohei Saito
Narrated by: Troy Glasgow & Kohei Saito
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

"Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs, and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and... Read more

The Expectant Detectives

A Mystery

Expectant Detectives Mystery: Book #1

By: Kat Ailes
Narrated by: Kitty Kelly
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

“Absolutely charming and hilarious. Pregnancy hormones are the perfect addition to this quaint English village murder mystery. Read more

The Last Party

A Novel

DC Morgan

By: Clare Mackintosh
Narrated by: Chloe Angharad Davies
Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects.



It's the party to end all parties . . . but not everyone is here to celebrate.



On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new... Read more

Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey
Narrated by: Sarah Naudi
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

“Exquisite. It made me feel the way I did reading The Alchemist for the first time, but on a cosmic scale. It is humanity distilled. If this book had existed 30 years ago, would I have been inspired to become an astronaut instead of a bookseller? Apropos of nothing important, Sarah Naudi's American accent is immaculate (and her natural accent... Read more

The Great Divide

A Novel

By: Cristina Henriquez
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

“One of the most beautifully narrated books I have ever listened to! The Great Divide takes place in Panama, around the building of the canal. Featuring several characters with different story lines, this is a fascinating look at the building of the canal from the points of view of the Panamanian people, and the people that traveled there to find... Read more

Murtagh

The World of Eragon

The Inheritance Cycle

By: Christopher Paolini
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle & Christopher Paolini
Length: 24 hours 32 minutes

“If you've been missing the dragons, riders, and magic from Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, then don't miss Murtagh! It starts right where we left Murtagh in a world of shifting power and changing laws of magic. Full of adventure, hardship, new witchy enemies, and finding one's identity in a changing world, Murtagh is a more mature story in the... Read more

The Future

By: Naomi Alderman
Narrated by: Guinevere Turner, Natalie Naudus, Jeremy Bobb, Santino Fontana, Graham Halstead, Lorelei King, Fred Sanders & Naomi Alderman
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

“The Future hits a little close to home with billionaires egos thinking they can run the world instead of solving the world's problems. A tale of the world on the brink. Read more

Sword Catcher

Chronicles of Castellane: Book #1

By: Cassandra Clare
Narrated by: Christian Coulson & Fiona Hardingham
Length: 23 hours 24 minutes

“I loved everything about this book (it was also my first audiobook!). Lin's sassiness and Conors' smirks...This is a great book for people wanting to get into fantasy, and I would say it's also okay for YA readers to delve into as well. I enjoyed the inner dialogue of Kel and Lin throughout the book, hearing their thoughts and decision making... Read more

Making It So

A Memoir

By: Patrick Stewart
Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
Length: 18 hours 49 minutes

“Probably my favorite audiobook of 2023. What a delight to learn about Stewart's life and his journey from a small working class town in England to LA. And you are in for a treat if you grab the audiobook which is narrated by Stewart and features a clip from A Christmas Carol at the very end. Read more

The Changing Man

By: Tomi Oyemakinde
Narrated by: Afolabi Alli & Fola Evans-Akingbola
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school’s decades-old legend in The Changing Man, this debut Young Adult speculative thriller by Tomi Oyemakinde

Face front. Watch your back. BE BRAVE.

If it was left to her, Ife Adebola wouldn’t be starting at Nithercott School. Because despite her being in the Urban... Read more

Gallows Hill

By: Lois Ruby
Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Jess Nahikian
Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he’s outnumbered and distrusted by Salem’s Puritans. And as an orphan without any useful skills, he has nowhere to live and no way to earn his keep. In a stroke of luck?perhaps good, perhaps not?he’s taken in by the aged widow... Read more

Dearborn

By: Ghassan Zeineddine
Narrated by: Sarab Kamoo & Qarie Marshall
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab-American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a... Read more

Bookshops & Bonedust

Legends & Lattes

By: Travis Baldree
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

“This prequel to Legends & Lattes is so DELICIOUSLY COZY that it CURED my common cold - or at the very least it warmed me all the way up, gave me a kiss on the forehead, and made me feel a whole lot better! Wounded in her first venture as a mercenary, a young Viv washes up in a seaside town with a ramshackle bookshop and ends up finding... Read more