2024 Event Books

The Whispering Night

Luminaries: Book #3

By: Susan Dennard
Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

“A satisfying, fast-paced conclusion to the Luminaries trilogy! Winnie has forged a tentative friendship with Erica and finds clarity in her relationship with Jay. But at the Nightmare Masquerade an enemy confronts Winnie and threatens to destroy everything Winnie loves. Read more

Hungry Beautiful Animals

The Joyful Case for Going Vegan

By: Matthew C. Halteman
Narrated by: Matthew C. Halteman
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

A heartfelt, humane, and even hilarious account of why rule-obsessed veganism fails and how a focus on flourishing can bring about an abundant future for all

In Hungry Beautiful Animals, philosopher Matthew C. Halteman shows us how—despite all the forces arrayed against going vegan—we can create an abundant life for everyone without using... Read more

In Want of a Suspect

A Lizzie & Darcy Mystery

By: Tirzah Price
Narrated by: Morag Sims & Sam Devereaux
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

“a light hearted, gripping and deliciously silly romp, very loosely set in the regency world of Jane Austen. It includes some stiffs, some girls behaving fearsome and rescued dog. What is captured so well is the humour of Miss Austen; I was so lucky not to have "studied" the texts at school, and I remember roaring with laughter. With this book... Read more

Frozen Lives

The Coroner's Daughter Mysteries: Book #4

By: Jennifer Graeser Dornbush
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Dr. Emily Hartford is back in Frozen Lives, the next thrilling mystery from Jennifer Graeser Dornbush.Chicago surgeon Emily Hartford has never quite shaken off the dust of her hometown in Michigan. She may be a professional success and have a princely boyfriend in the Windy City, but she can’t seem to let go of being “the coroner’s daughter”... Read more

A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor

Food and Spirits Mystery: Book #1

By: Darci Hannah
Narrated by: Charlie Albers
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

It isn't how chef Bridget "Bunny" MacBride imagined her own cooking show unfolding. But, if preparing historic meals with a modern flair is what it takes to get her cooking on the air, she can deliver, even if her dinner guest is a ghost. For their first episode, the Food & Spirits team sets off to investigate Bramsford Manor, a historic... Read more

Haunted to Death

Domestic Partners in Crime Mystery: Book #3

By: Frank Anthony Polito
Narrated by: Frank Anthony Polito
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Kicking off season three of their hit reality TV show Domestic Partners is a home renovation project with an irresistible hook. Woods Hall is a lavish 1913 manor home in the Detroit suburb of Pleasant Woods, once belonging to the town's founding family. It also comes with its own ghost.



Twenty-five years ago during a Halloween night party,... Read more

Blood Test

A Comedy

By: Charles Baxter
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder.

In this fresh take on love and trouble in America, Brock Hobson, an insurance salesman and Sunday-school... Read more

Women's Hotel

A Novel

Women’s Hotel: Book #1

By: Daniel M. Lavery
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

National BestsellerONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED READS—New York Times, Vulture, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, and moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women’s hotel in 1960s New York City.The Biedermeier might be several rungs lower on the ladder than the... Read more

Demon's Bluff

Hollows: Book #18

By: Kim Harrison
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Rachel Morgan must go on a deadly journey—into the past—in the next thrilling Hollows novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time.

Caught between... Read more

Trapped in the Horror Dome (Monsterious, Book 5)

Monsterious: Book #5

By: Matt McMann
Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

This series of terrifying standalone tales that combine monsters + mysteries is perfect for fans of Goosebumps.

“Spine-chilling and creepy!” —Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth, on Escape From Grimstone Manor (Monsterious, Book 1)

When their school wins a state science competition, Rowan, Tinker, and Amari... Read more

Operation Chaos (The Forgotten Five, Book 5)

The Forgotten Five: Book #5

By: Lisa McMann
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

X-Men meets Spy Kids in the fifth installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds.

The Forgotten Five and their friends are reeling in the aftermath of the raid on Magdalia Palacio's campaign rally—an attack masterminded by her corrupt opponent President Fuerte and... Read more

Fear the Wolf: Alex Steward Book 1

Alex Steward

By: Stefanie Gilmour
Narrated by: Tia Rider
Length: 11 hours

From the moment she transformed into a werewolf, Alex was terrified. First, of the man who attacked her—then of herself. If her inner wolf breaks free again, people could die, and she’ll be the one hunted.Alex struggles to keep her savage passenger caged, but life doesn’t make it easy. The Committee ruling the supernatural community would punish... 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 Book of (More) Delights

Essays

By: Ross Gay
Narrated by: Ross Gay
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

“Oh, to have delights again! No one writes about the dearness of our human frailty with the generosity and good humor of Ross Gay. I can’t wait to wear these delights out to the same degree as the first, and become more present in doing so. Read more

Inciting Joy

Essays

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

“Reading Ross Gay makes me feel (to paraphrase Emily Dickinson on poetry) like the top of my head’s been blown off…in the most exciting, nourishing, comforting, challenging ways. Here, he muses on the power of community and connection to incite joy, touching on gardening and grief, mutual aid, masculinity, mental health, even skateboarding and... Read more

Shooting for Stars

By: Christine Webb
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

A charming romantic dramedy from the author of The Art of Insanity

High schooler Skyler Davidson spends most of her time with her pet rat, Five. The daughter of scientists, she’s determined to finish her late mother's research on neutron stars. So she teams up with aspiring videographer, Cooper, to film a submission for a NASA internship—all... Read more

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

A Novel

By: Stacy Sivinski
Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

“This book was exactly what my heart needed in this busy season. Stacy Sivinski is officially on my auto buy list and I want to listen to everything Nikki Massoud narrates. 💜📖 Read more

Cemetery Boys

By: Aiden Thomas
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

“"Listening to Cemetery Boys made me smile. A lot. Aiden Thomas presents a story of persistence, mystery, and finding one’s place in the world. Yadriel, a trans, teenage, latinx boy, lives in a family of brujos and brujas. After coming out as trans his family does not know where he fits within their traditions. With the help of his opinionated... Read more

Counting Miracles

A Novel

By: Nicholas Sparks
Narrated by: Holter Graham & Nicholas Sparks
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.

“Sparks is superb at what he does. The setting is postcard perfect. The characters are immensely likable. . . . This is a tidy miracle... Read more

The Thirteenth Child

By: Erin A. Craig
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Drawing on the Grimm Brothers’ dark fairytale, “Godfather Death,” this new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows is a sweeping, fantastical saga of actions and consequences.

All gifts come with a price.

Hazel Trépas has always known she wasn’t like the rest of her siblings. A thirteenth child, promised away... Read more