Taylor's Reads

The Midnight Library

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

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

“At the end of this book, I cried with life-affirming joy. At the end of this book, you will know with certainty that it is good to be alive, and you will know that you make a difference. Nora Seed is so full of regret and sadness that she wants to end her life. She discovers that between life and death there is the Midnight Library and each... Read more

Carmilla

A Vampyre Tale

By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by: Megan Follows
Length: 3 hours

This was the very first vampire thriller, eventually becoming inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well classics by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this tale of blood and terror, pure innocence becomes the target of age-old evil. Virtuous Laura has grown up in a solitary castle and longs for a close friend. Her wish seems granted with the... Read more

Bookshops & Bonedust

Legends & Lattes

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

“A cozy fantasy with a save-the-bookstore theme that's absolute catnip (griffit-nip?) for book lovers! It's also a prequel to Legends & Lattes (also recommended!) but stands on its own very well. Viv, the battle-weary orc in Legends & Lattes, is a rash young orc convalescing in the seaside town of Murk. With an open-minded knack for... Read more

NOS4A2

A Novel

By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
Length: 19 hours 40 minutes

“Don’t let the sentient malevolent car, the New England wormholes, or the supernatural kid killers fool you. This is not Stephen King, but his son Joe Hill, and he’s scary in a way that King has not been in 10 years (sorry, SK, but it’s true). As a kid, Vic McQueen discovers an ability to ride her bike from her backyard to faraway places. On one... Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

A Novel

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

“Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus is a witty and heartwarming novel that follows Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant but underestimated chemist navigating a male-dominated 1960s society. This charming and insightful story celebrates female empowerment and the power of knowledge, making it a delightful and thought-provoking read. Read more

Do Your Worst

By: Rosie Danan
Narrated by: Shane East & Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

“Occult expert versus archeologist, what more could we ask for?! I loved this book A LOT. There is a bit of mystery and adventure, but most of all there is crazy chemistry between the main characters that heats up the pages like no other. Riley is hired to break a centuries old curse on a Scottish castle, while Clark is hired to make sure any... Read more

The Casquette Girls

The Casquette Girls: Book #1

By: Alys Arden
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 17 hours 39 minutes

“If you love fantasy fiction and New Orleans, this is a super fun series to check out! Vampires and witches etc. Read more

Billy Summers

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Paul Sparks
Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Master storyteller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), presents an unforgettable and relentless #1 New York Times bestseller about a good guy in a bad job.

Chances are, if you’re a target of Billy Summers, two immutable truths apply: You’ll never even know what hit you,... Read more

Gideon the Ninth

Locked Tomb: Book #1

By: Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

“This is everything I wanted in a book and more. Gideon is likable but flawed, Harrow is horrible and unforgettable, and the prose occasionally turns hauntingly beautiful. The narration helps make a complex world become real and the characters friends you may or may not want to invite over to dinner. It depends on whether your folks are there. Read more

The Thursday Murder Club

A Novel

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery: Book #1

By: Richard Osman
Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

“Get ready for a delightful, witty, and incredibly fun mystery! Four septuagenarian sleuths in a peaceful retirement village have a hobby club working to solve old cold cases when there is a mysterious murder of a local developer. These clever senior citizens run hilarious circles around the local police as the murders continue and the personal... Read more

Murder Your Employer

The McMasters Guide to Homicide

By: Rupert Holmes
Narrated by: Neil Patrick Harris & Simon Vance
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

“I started writing this before I even finished listening. I practically could have written it before I even started to listen, I've been so excited about this book. I have never felt so conflicted over laughing so much. And Neil Patrick Harris...I've not heard his narration before, but I'm pretty sure Cliff Iverson was written for him. Absolute... Read more

The Alchemist

By: Paulo Coelho
Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
Length: 4 hours

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES “Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation”A spellbinding audio presentation of the extraordinary bestseller, narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons–Discover the true... Read more

Death on the Nile

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #17

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot.Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries.The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was... Read more

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Court of Thorns and Roses: Book #1

By: Sarah J. Maas
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Length: 16 hours 7 minutes

“A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) is the start of the best-selling series by Sarah J Maas. The story is a loose retelling of the classic Beauty & the Beast as it follows a young human woman taken from the world she knows, but the plot quickly transforms into an enchanting adventure as readers are swept away to the faerie realms of... Read more

Fourth Wing

Empyrean: Book #1

By: Rebecca Yarros
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 21 hours 22 minutes

“This book shows a disabled character as the heroine and love interest without using her disability as a literacy crutch or as something to be overcome, only as something to accommodate and recognize has limited other people's views of her. Filled with high fantasy, romance, and DRAGONS, it is a tale to cherish. Read more

Tender is the Flesh

By: Agustina Bazterrica
Narrated by: Joseph Balderrama
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

“ This was one of the most difficult books I've ever read, right alongside the likes of José Saramago's BLINDNESS. TENDER IS THE FLESH takes the current reality of animal factory-farming, and reimagines a future where we've resorted to and normalized the same practices - but by farming humans. A stark look at what types of violence we find... Read more

The Silent Sister

A Novel

By: Diane Chamberlain
Narrated by: Susan Bennett
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

In The Silent Sister, Riley MacPherson has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager. Now, over twenty years later, her father has passed away and she's in New Bern, North Carolina cleaning out his house when she finds evidence to the contrary. Lisa is alive. Alive and living under a new... Read more

Red Rabbit

A Jack Ryan Novel: Book #9

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 26 hours 19 minutes

It is very early in Jack Ryan’s career—so early that he has not yet even become an analyst for the CIA. But a series of nasty encounters with an IRA splinter group has brought Ryan to the attention of the CIA’s Deputy Director and his British counterpart. They offer him his first job as a freelance analyst, and he readily accepts. Debriefing a... Read more

'Salem's Lot

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes

“A modern horror classic, 'Salem’s Lot features my favorite depictions of vampires ever. Grotesque, hypnotizing, and violent, Kings vampires are scary as hell and stick with you long after reading. Want to read King but don’t know where to start? This is your answer. Read more

Murder on the Orient Express

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #9

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

FROM THE INCOMPARABLE AGATHA CHRISTIE, THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT!

“The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .”

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward... Read more