Library Lovers Month

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

A Novel

By: Kim Michele Richardson
Narrated by: Katie Schorr
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

“This book captures how reading can touch the soul and connect us with others. I was humbled and moved to tears - of both grief and joy - as I rode with Cussy Mary and her mule through the hills and hollows of Appalachia to deliver books to the isolated people of Troublesome Creek. A courier in the Kentucky Library Project in the 1930s, Cussy... Read more

Running the Books

The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

By: Avi Steinberg
Narrated by: Dustin Rubin
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to Harvard, he has only a senior thesis essay on Bugs Bunny to show for his effort. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, he remains stuck at a crossroads, unable to meet the lofty expectations of his Orthodox Jewish upbringing. And his romantic existence as a freelance... Read more

Quiet, Please

Dispatches from a Public Librarian (10th Anniversary Edition)

Nonsense Series

By: Scott Douglas
Narrated by: Kevin Wagner
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

A humorist and honest look at a life in public service.For most of us, librarians are the quiet people behind the desk, who, apart from the occasional "shush," vanish into the background. But in Quiet, Please, McSweeney's contributor Scott Douglas puts the quirky caretakers of our literature front and center. With a keen eye for the absurd and a... Read more

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu

And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

By: Joshua Hammer
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were crumbling in the trunks of desert farmers. His goal was to preserve this crucial part of the... Read more

The Librarian of Auschwitz

By: Antonio Iturbe
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

*Recommended by Parents' Choice*

This program features an author's note read by Dita Kraus.

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, The Librarian of Auschwitz is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.

Written with touching sensitivity by Antonio Iturbe,... Read more

The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A GMA Book Club Pick

A Novel

By: Fiona Davis
Narrated by: Erin Bennett & Lisa Flanagan
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller!
 
“A page-turner for booklovers everywhere! . . . A story of family ties, their lost dreams, and the redemption that comes from discovering truth.”—Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife 

In New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest... Read more

The Midnight Library

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

“I found this book to be a profound and heartwarming exploration of life's alternate paths. The concept of experimenting with different life choices in our final hour is both imaginative and thought-provoking. The author skillfully handles sensitive subjects, making it clear that readers should be in the right mental space to fully appreciate... Read more

The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

“I dearly loved this historical fiction based on the life of J.P. Morgan's personal librarian. My favorite combination of entertaining and educational! Read more

The World’s Strongest Librarian

A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

By: Josh Hanagarne
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6’7”, competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette’s syndrome. But books are his first love—Josh’s earliest memories involve fantastic adventures between the pages of Gulliver’s Travels and a passionate infatuation with Fern from... Read more

The Starless Sea

A Novel

By: Erin Morgenstern
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman & Various
Length: 18 hours 36 minutes

“Rarely is a book such an absolute feast—for the senses, for the intellect, and, above all, for the soul. Morgenstern dazzles in her latest novel, an intricately wrought tale populated by lovers, mystery, and sumptuous magic. The Starless Sea is an ode to book lovers everywhere, reanimating the excitement as well as the pure possibility felt when... Read more

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Mr. Lemoncello's Library: Book #1

By: Chris Grabenstein
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

THE START OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Can you escape from what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in the world”? Follow along and solve the clues in this interactive adventure! From the co-author of Murdle Jr.: Sleuths on the Loose…

“A worthy successor to the original madman... Read more

The Library of Lost and Found

By: Phaedra Patrick
Narrated by: Imogen Church
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

“This sweet little novel is exactly what you need on a cold winter night. Curl up with an eccentric part-time librarian who just wants to be useful as she discovers herself and her own voice. Living most of her adult life in the remains of her family home, largely untouched since the death of her parents, surrounded by tasks she has taken on to... Read more

The Paris Library

A Novel

By: Janet Skeslien Charles
Narrated by: Nicky Diss, Sarah Feathers, Esther Wane & Janet Skeslien Charles
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

“I can’t think of a more perfect novel to recommend to book lovers than The Paris Library! Not only does it bring to life the true story of the heroic librarians of the American Library in Nazi-occupied Paris, its interwoven narrative of a bereft teenager in 1980s Montana who finds a kindred spirit in her mysterious, reclusive, and book-loving... Read more

The Library Book

By: Susan Orlean
Narrated by: Susan Orlean
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

“The Library Book by Susan Orleans is ostensibly about the Central Los Angeles library fire in 1986 but it is SO much more! Orleans' incredibly well researched and yet personal history and commentary on the public library system in the United States is fascinating on many levels. The mystery surrounding the fire is a story unto itself with an... Read more