Staff Picks

Raw Dog

The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus
Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“This is your smart, funny, acerbic, friend talking at you a mile a minute about their latest hyperfixation which, in this case, is hot dogs. This is a cross country travelogue steeped in meat-sweat and post-pandemic uncertainty with detours through such territory as gas station pickles and the politics of competitive eating. This is an... Read more

The Adult

By: Bronwyn Fischer
Narrated by: Emma Love
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

An addictively gripping queer coming-of-age story about an all-consuming, insidious love affair between a college freshman and a mysterious older woman, from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.  Eighteen-year-old Natalie has just arrived at her first year of university in Toronto, leaving her remote, forested hometown for the big, impersonal... Read more

Homebodies

A Novel

By: Tembe Denton-Hurst
Narrated by: Marcella Cox
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

“Tremendous! Mickey’s coming-of-age story is equal parts career decisions and relationship choices. She’s a Black woman in the publishing industry, a writer, who is also a queer woman. Mickey’s story will truly speak to those two demographics but will be so relatable to many. You’ll nod along, get teary-eyed, and oh … not to be forgotten, prepare... Read more

The Rachel Incident

A novel

By: Caroline O'Donoghue
Narrated by: Tara Flynn
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

“As soon as I finished this book, I went back and re-read the first chapter, just to stay with Rachel and James a little longer. O'Donoghue deftly captures all the messy-wonderful intensity of young adulthood and the haven of friendship during turbulent times. Loved it! Read more

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

A Novel

By: Emma Törzs
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

“It's hard for me to put into words how much I love this book. It is beautiful, magical, and top-tier writing. It's a wonderful blend of fantasy and dark academia. In a world where magic is very much real and books hold all the power of magic, there is a thrilling mystery that keeps you reading, but not too fast because you don't want to miss a... Read more

I Will Greet the Sun Again

A Novel

By: Khashayar J. Khabushani
Narrated by: Sean Rohani
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

“[A] masterful debut . . . a novel of survival and longing and love, and in many ways a modern portrait of an artist as a young man . . . a book written for us, we Iranian Americans whom you don’t often hear about.”—Porochista Khakpour, The Washington Post (Best Books of the Year)

“A triumph . . . a book of astonishing accomplishment and... Read more

And Then He Sang a Lullaby

By: Ani Kayode
Narrated by: Michael Obiora
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

The inaugural title from Roxane Gay Books, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is a searingly honest and resonant debut from a 23-year-old Nigerian writer and queer liberation activist, exploring what love and freedom cost in a society steeped in homophobia.

August is a God-fearing track star who leaves Enugu City to attend university and escape his... Read more

The Great Unknown

Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

By: Marcus du Sautoy
Narrated by: Marcus du Sautoy
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

“An engaging voyage into some of the great mysteries and wonders of our world." --Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dream and The Accidental Universe
 
“No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting.” —Bill Bryson

Brain Pickings and Kirkus Best Science Book of the Year

Every week seems to throw up a new discovery, shaking the... Read more

Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick

A novel

By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Told from the first person perspective of a very perceptive "Artificial Friend", Klara and the Sun, brings up questions of what it means to be human and the depths of the human heart. In a future where teenagers are all doing school online (future or present?) and they have required socialization parties and AI who are there to be their... Read more

Stories from The Tenants Downstairs

By: Sidik Fofana
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nile Bullock, Sidik Fofana, Dominic Hoffman, DePre Owens, André Santana, Bahni Turpin & Jade Wheeler
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

“Probably one of my favorite listens (audio book) from this year. Read more

This Time Tomorrow

A Novel

By: Emma Straub
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Emma Straub
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

“Time travel and 1990s teen angst and awkwardness with Emma Straub at the helm? Sign me up! This is the perfect blend of heartbreak and heartfelt laughter that we could all use a dose of right now. Read more

"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Myths Made in America: Book #13

By: Aubrey Gordon
Narrated by: Aubrey Gordon
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

“"YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT" is getting added to my "Required Human Reading" list. Aubrey Gordon concisely tackles 20 myths about fat people that will be mind boggling for some and reaffirming for many. Not only does the book provide facts, narratives, and personal stories from Gordon, it also serves as a guide to instill active change and... Read more

The Death of Jane Lawrence

A Novel

By: Caitlin Starling
Narrated by: Mandy Weston
Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

“I LOVE gothic horror and The Death of Jane Lawrence does not disappoint! Set in an alternate post-war Britain, Jane Shoringfield is an intelligent level headed accountant who is approaching spinsterhood. That is, until she sets her sights on a marriage of convenience to Dr. Augustine Lawrence. He is the local doctor/surgeon and in need of an... Read more

The Archive Undying

The Downworld Sequence: Book #1

By: Emma Mieko Candon
Narrated by: Yung-I Chang
Length: 16 hours 28 minutes

“The Archive Undying has everything you want in a science fiction novel—giant robots, conscious AI cities, a tech-ed out post-apocalyptic desert—but goes so much further than that. It was the stunning prose that first grabbed me, but I stayed for the deeply-flawed but lovable protagonist, the astoundingly unique world-building, and a plot that... Read more