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A Court of Silver Flames

Court of Thorns and Roses: Book #5

By: Sarah J. Maas
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
Length: 26 hours 5 minutes

#1 BESTSELLING GLOBAL PHENOMENON

Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly—proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she’s struggled to find a place for herself... Read more

Guardians of Dawn: Zhara

Guardians of Dawn: Book #1

By: S. Jae-Jones
Narrated by: Katharine Chin
Length: 15 hours 58 minutes

"Strong female characters, interesting new magical elements, and creative world-building show off the work of the author of Wintersong. The story is enhanced by Chin's talented narration." - AudioFile

Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy series from S. Jae-Jones, the New York Times... Read more

The Honeymoon Crashers

An Audio Original

The Unhoneymooners

By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Jessica Marie Garcia, Harry Shum Jr., Lee Osorio, Cynthia Farrell, Deacon Lee, Adriana Sananes, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Inés del Castillo, Kimberly Woods, Tim Paige, Jennifer Aquino & Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to their New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners.

Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of... Read more

The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
Narrated by: Robin Miles & Tavia Gilbert
Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

“Imagine how much we could accomplish in this world if we looked past partisan politics, and just rolled up our sleeves and got things done! The second author pairing of Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray dives into the unlikely friendship and extraordinary partnership of Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune, as seen in dual... Read more

The Deep Sky

A Novel

By: Yume Kitasei
Narrated by: Sarah Skaer
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

“The ultimate locked room mystery, with Lord of the Flies vibes, The Deep Sky has a propulsive plot and convincing near-future technology. And then, on another level, it's a wonderful depiction of the things grief drives people to, and stepping up when things go wrong. Read more

The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer, Jennifer Blom & Rob Dircks
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

“A story about how books connect people and change lives. A former librarian erects a little free library, a cat guards it, and Evan a 6th grade boy takes a book that explains mysteries in his small town! Read more

The Wishing Game

A Novel

By: Meg Shaffer
Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs & Paul Boehmer
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

“Takes the “story inside of a story” genre to a whole new level. Heroine Lucy’s lovability is matched by mysterious character Jack Masterson, aka The Mastermind and author of the fictional Clock Island children’s books. Characters are rich and memorable. The plot holds wonderful imagery and wit and is multi-layered and full of mystery. An... Read more

Mr Kato Plays Family

A Novel

By: Milena Michiko Flašar
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

"Tokyo-born-and-raised multilingual Nishii makes an ideal cipher for the recently retired Mr Katō..."- Booklist

Milena Michiko Flašar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You.

Mr Katō—a curmudgeon and recent retiree—finds his only solace during his daily... Read more

Chain Gang All Stars: A Read with Jenna Pick

National Book Award Finalist

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch & Lee Osorio
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

“One of those books that I could not stop thinking about or talking about. The character development, the tension, the darkly satirical commentary on American culture - everything culminates into a bomb of a book. It will leave you reeling. Read more

Fractal Noise

A Fractalverse Novel

Fractalverse

By: Christopher Paolini
Narrated by: Jennifer Hale
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

“This narration of Christopher Paolini's "Fractal Noise" is great; complete with intermittent booms. You can hear each character's voice clearly. A small team of four are sent to Talos VII to study a 50 kilometer pit with perfectly smooth sides and unlimited depth. The wind, electromagnetic pulses and sound requires a journey on foot. Each of the... Read more

Witch King

The Rising World: Book #1

By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Eric Mok
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

“A stunning new fantasy from a fantastic author! This story is filled with incredible world-building, a complex magic system, friendship, trust, and betrayal, and it explores what it takes to win a revolution and then destroy it. Wells' writing makes you feel instantly connected to the characters. The characters themselves are powerful, inhuman,... Read more

The Apology

By: Jimin Han
Narrated by: Kathleen Kim
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

“I ended up loving this book! In the beginning, Jeonga was a bit grating, but the visuals and voices rang true to me. The references to age and family hierarchy seemed spot on! I really liked hearing about North Korea too! But, by far, my favorite part was the after-life! So good, and hopeful! Read more

Pineapple Street

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Jenny Jackson
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

“I was so pleasantly surprised by this book! I delayed reading it for so long because...do I really need to spend any more energy on stories of the 1%? But I'm glad I finally picked it up. It was LOL funny at times, with satisfying character development. And, maybe the biggest attraction for me, narrator Marin Ireland is becoming an absolute... Read more

Old Babes in the Wood

Stories

By: Margaret Atwood
Narrated by: Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey & Allan Corduner
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together

"If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get... Read more

A Morbid Taste for Bones

Chronicles of Brother Cadfael: Book #1

By: Ellis Peters
Narrated by: Patrick Tull
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

On an expedition to acquire a saint’s remains, Brother Cadfael instead finds intrigue and murder

It is 1137, and the ambitious head of the Shrewsbury Abbey wishes to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for the glory of his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to the saint’s final resting place in Wales, where he... Read more

A Novel Proposal

By: Denise Hunter
Narrated by: Jessica Holtan
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

“For your next romance listen, I highly recommend A Novel Proposal by Denise Hunter. The narrator does a great job of portraying Sadie Goodwin's bubbly, outgoing personality. And you can definitely hear Sam's voice as well. It has a fun premise of writing a romance novel and each chapter begins with a romance writing tip that becomes part of the... Read more

When Clouds Touch Us

By: Thanhhà Lai
Narrated by: Brigid Mai Khanh Leahy
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

A Boston Globe–Horn Book Award finalist!Inspired by the author’s own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, the sequel to the award-winning #1 bestseller Inside Out and Back Again, picks up two years after Hà and her family arrive in Alabama as refugees from the Việt Nam War.Hà and her family have worked hard to make a life for themselves in... Read more

The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson
Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis & Sadeqa Johnson
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

“Amazing…I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book.” —Reese Witherspoon

“A triumph of historical fiction” (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese’s Book Club pick, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how... Read more

Daughters of Oduma

Sisters of the Mud

By: Moses Ose Utomi
Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this “absorbing, striking” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy inspired by West African culture, perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones and Creed.

Eat. Dance. Fight.

This is the life of the girls who compete in the Isle’s elite,... Read more

Someone Else's Shoes

A Novel

By: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

“In Someone Else's Shoes, Jojo Moyes has a knack for getting you to love a character on one page and then hate them on the next, and she does so with humor and humanity. The two main characters, Nisha and Sam, are prime examples of this. The story is told from a third person perspective which helped me understand what was going on in each... Read more