Book Club 2023

The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas

Inspiration for the Emmy-Winning Holiday Special

By: James Patterson & Tad Safran
Narrated by: Chinua Hawk
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Move over, Dickens—America’s favorite storyteller has written a gift, “a delightful Christmas story to be shared by the whole family” (Kirkus),destined to become as treasured as A Christmas Carol.
 
At Christmastime, a family of three are missing someone dear to them. Until unexpected guests begin to arrive at their empty house, filling it with... Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

A Novel

By: Bonnie Garmus
Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus & Pandora Sykes
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

“Talented scientist Elizabeth Zott is thwarted at every turn in the male-dominated science world of the 1950s. But Elizabeth will not let anything stop her. Armed with a Number Two pencil piercing her bun, she is determined to complete her research project and enlighten women about the importance of science (even if it appears to be a cooking... Read more

Spare

By: Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Narrated by: Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

“Surprisingly enjoyable, especially on audio. Prince Harry is a smart man, with some pointed insights, and is a delightful narrator. Read more

The Music of Bees

A Novel

By: Eileen Garvin
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

“One of my favorite books of 2021: a moving and uplifting novel about characters overcoming tragedy and loss. Though the characters face challenges, it is not a downer but focuses on the power of friendship and starting over. In addition to the storyline of the human characters, the background info on the social lives of bees is fascinating! Read more

Camp Zero

A Novel

By: Michelle Min Sterling
Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Greta Jung & Emily Tremaine
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick

In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that “delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart”... Read more

The Light Pirate

By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

“A survivor of a book. In the not-too-distant future, Florida is hurricane central, and Wanda (a hurricane namesake) is in the eye of this story that wraps around you; you’ll hold on for dear life, with everybody else. Read more

In Five Years

A Novel

By: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Megan Hilty
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

“Sometimes a book comes along that is exactly what you need at the moment. That's what “In Five Years” was for me last week. Partly because it’s a love story with a bit of magic. Partly because I adored the friendship between the two very different main characters: pragmatic Dannie and whimsical Dannie. This book gave me all the feels, a few... Read more

Maiden Voyages

Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them

By: Siân Evans
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Siân Evans's Maiden Voyages explores how women’s lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between Europe and North America.

During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women,... Read more

The Thin Man

By: Dashiell Hammett
Narrated by: William Dufris
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora Charles, New York’s coolest crime-solving couple.Nick retired from detecting after his wife inherited a tidy sum, but six years later, a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick’s client.Nick can no more resist the case than a... Read more

Unseelie

The Unseelie duology: Book #1

By: Ivelisse Housman
Narrated by: Elena Rey
Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls “reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own.”

“A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment.” —Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed with Us

Iselia... Read more