August 2023 Indie Next List

Shark Heart

A Love Story

By: Emily Habeck
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Shaun Taylor-Corbett & Soneela Nankani
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“This story is so full of heartbreak, love and acceptance. You really feel you are right there with them every step of the way. Such a great analogy of life. Read more

Tom Lake

A Novel

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“I'm pretty sure we could listen to Meryl Streep read the phone book. Lucky for us, she is reading the latest novel by the incomparable Ann Patchett. Tom Lake is both a snapshot of time suspended during the pandemic, and a coming of age tale. I couldn't bear to speed up any of it, because the listening experience was so enjoyable. Read more

None of This is True

A Novel

By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Ayesha Antoine, Louise Brealey, Alix Dunmore, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Lisa Jewell, Thomas Judd, Dominic Thorburn, Nicola Walker & Jenny Walser
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

“I enjoy a good thriller - and this one fit the bill! Interesting premise, believable characters, good storytelling and plot twists. The narrators did a great job giving each person a voice, making it pleasurable to listen. Read more

Crook Manifesto

A Novel

By: Colson Whitehead
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

“Colson Whitehead is a singular talent, (talent isn't a big enough word though.) Crook Manifesto is so rich and evocative. With Dion Graham's narration, it's as if we're also seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling and sometimes fearing along with the characters. Whitehead give us an unvarnished look at the people and goings on in 1970's... Read more

The Invisible Hour

A Novel

By: Alice Hoffman
Narrated by: Jessie Mueller
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

“This was my first read from Alice Hoffman, and let me tell you, it was love. The masterful storytelling, the in-depth character development, the vivid pictures that will be painted in your mind as you absorb her words. The way this novel succeeds in weaving Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter into its timeline is simply magical. Speaking... Read more

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

A Novel

By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

“Long and winding with the most omniscient narrator ever. These characters, the times they lived through, the country they belonged to, it is all going to stay with me. Utterly engaging story that captures the nuances of being an American. Read more

The Great Transition

A Novel

By: Nick Fuller Googins
Narrated by: Stacy Carolan & Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

“What a propulsive thriller! I was immediately sucked into this climate story which is full of emotion, adventure and strong characters. Larch (father) and Emi (daughter) are searching for Kristina (mother) who has suddenly gone missing. Told through multiple voices and a great high school history project, the story of how the world almost ended... Read more

Immortal Longings

By: Chloe Gong
Narrated by: Jeena Yi
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, is a “smart, imaginative, and brutal” (Wesley Chu, New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts Saga) collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.

Every year, thousands in the... Read more

The Last Ranger

A novel

Vintage Contemporaries

By: Peter Heller
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

“Yellowstone National Park is the home of Park Ranger Ren who does all he can to protect the park, his friends, and the sometimes careless visitors. This book is thrilling, yet also calming and filled with beautiful details of Yellowstone. A great audiobook! Read more

Mister Magic

A Novel

By: Kiersten White
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman & Kiersten White
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

“This is what nightmares are made of: our favorite children's shows being run by a cult. I literally could not put this book down. I was mesmerized by the '80s and '90s television nostalgia, the cluelessness of Val's character, and the magical power of childhood friendships. White's writing style and the format (c'mon the chapter titles!) was... Read more

Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“Neverton is home to the only gay conversion camp in the country to boast a 100% success rate: Camp Damascus. God-fearing Rose Darling knows all about the camp from the commercials starring the charismatic Pastor Pete Bend. But when Rose starts coughing up flies and getting flashes of a life she doesn't remember living -- and a girl she doesn't... Read more

Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Gisela Chípe
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.

“No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath... Read more

Kala

A Novel

By: Colin Walsh
Narrated by: Frank Blake, Moe Dunford & Seána Kerslake
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

“Colin Walsh’s debut novel, Kala, is a gripping literary thriller (one of my favorite genres). I am a big Tana French fan, and this book hit the mark for my search for another author who can create a dark, moody, 'unputdownable' book. Former friends are reunited after 20 years and must reckon with the events of the summer of 2003, when they were... Read more

The Woman in the Castello

By: Kelsey James
Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

"You'll get lost in the pages of this lush, entertaining story." —Ellen Marie Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Willowbrook



Perfect for readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Kate Morton, this sophisticated, atmospheric debut spins a bewitching web of ruthless ambition, family secrets, and the consequences of forbidden... Read more

The Connellys of County Down

A Novel

By: Tracey Lange
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

"Talented Barrie Kreinik narrates this complicated contemporary story about the hardships of the Connelly family." - AudioFile

From Tracey Lange, the New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans, comes The Connellys of County Down: a story about fierce family loyalty, good intentions gone awry, and the consequences of improbable love.... Read more

The Blonde Identity

A Novel

The Blonde Identity Series: Book #1

By: Ally Carter
Narrated by: Emily Ellet & Andrew Eiden
Length: 9 hours

""A unique, delightful, hilarious, unputdownable romance… I’m wonderstruck by The Blonde Identity!"" — Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisThe New York Times bestselling YA author of the beloved Gallagher Girls series bursts onto the adult scene with a fast-paced, hilarious road trip rom-com about a woman with... Read more

Whalefall

A Novel

By: Daniel Kraus
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

“A completely addictive page turner! I consumed it in one big gulp! Marvelous! Read more

Time's Mouth

By: Edan Lepucki
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Ursa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950s California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women into her orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion in the woods
outside Santa Cruz. Yet... Read more

Prophet

By: Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché
Narrated by: Jake Fairbrother, Ryan Forde Iosco & Charlotte Davey
Length: 17 hours

“A refreshing mix of spies, science fiction, paranormal and love! Read more

Cruel Seduction

Dark Olympus: Book #5

By: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Alex Moorcock & Zara Hampton-Brown
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she's not about to start now—even if that means marrying Olympus's enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. She has a wicked plan to keep her deadly new husband off-balance, seducing the one person he seems to care about most in this world: Pandora, a woman as... Read more