Guests of Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Crying in the Bathroom

A Memoir

By: Erika L. Sánchez
Narrated by: Erika L. Sánchez
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

“I enjoyed listening to this book - I was impressed with the honesty in which the author told even the most difficult stories from her life so far. Love that she narrated it herself too. Read more

Immortal Pleasures

By: V. Castro
Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
Length: 11 hours 1 minute

An ancient Aztec vampire roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love in this seductive dark fantasy from the author of The Haunting of Alejandra.

“Hauntingly rendered and decadently written, Immortal Pleasures is a surprising and fantastical portrait of one of history’s most fascinating (and perhaps most misunderstood) figures.”—Eric... Read more

Triple Sec

A Novel

By: TJ Alexander
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the glamorous world of high-end cocktail bars—from the acclaimed author of the “tender, decadent, and sparklingly funny” (Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author) Chef’s Choice.

As a bartender at Terror & Virtue, a swanky... Read more

Under the Influence

By: Noelle Crooks
Narrated by: Midori Francis & Noelle Crooks
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

The Devil Wears Prada meets The Assistants in this “compulsively readable, frightening, but addictive” (Shelf Awareness) debut following a young woman who takes a job working for an enigmatic influencer and quickly discovers there’s an ugly side to being a #GirlBoss.

After a series of go-nowhere jobs in the New York publishing world, Harper Cruz... Read more

I Have Some Questions for You

A Novel

By: Rebecca Makkai
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & JD Jackson
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

“Rebecca Makkai redefines the campus novel for our current times. This was deftly written with such a fresh perspective and clever deconstruction of a murder case, I walked around my apartment fully immersed, book in hand. Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

A Novel

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

“Loved this book! I laughed out loud, I cried, and it made my blood boil. Elizabeth Zott is one of a kind. I wish she was real and I could travel back in time to watch Supper at Six! Expertly narrated by Miranda Raison. Read more

The Possibilities

A Novel

By: Yael Goldstein-Love
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

A new mother ventures into parallel worlds to find her missing child in this “wildly inventive” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel that turns the joys and anxieties of parenthood into an epic quest, “a powerful page-turner with deep wisdom” (People).

“An original take on motherhood, The Possibilities taps into those primal feelings every nurturer... Read more

The Rachel Incident

A novel

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

“This is pretty much a perfect book. I loved the humour, the characters, the sometimes heartbreaking, always realistic and well-told story. And the audiobook narration was *chefs kiss emoji* This was a fun, smart, deeply satisfying read and I loved every moment. Read more

Unlikeable Female Characters

The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

By: Anna Bogutskaya
Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women from having to be nice.



Female characters throughout history have been burdened by the moral trap that is likeability. Any woman who dares to reveal her messy side has been treated as a cautionary tale. Today, unlikeable female characters are... Read more

Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone
Narrated by: Nic Stone & Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

“It's not often that you get a book that deals with very heavy subjects, like mental illness or alcoholism in teenagers, and yet is at the same time incredibly sweet and heartwarming. Stone has pulled this off, and it's absolutely worth reading, though I recommend it on audio. Stone does a good job with Shelby's narration, but it's Dion Graham... Read more

Age of Vice

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Deepti Kapoor
Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
Length: 19 hours 28 minutes

“Wow! The hype is real. Epic, unrelenting crime drama that pulls no punches. Ruthless, cinematic, totally captivating, the audiobook brings this dark, dangerous world to life. Read more

Viral Justice

How We Grow the World We Want

By: Ruha Benjamin
Narrated by: Ruha Benjamin
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

This audiobook narrated by Ruha Benjamin offers an inspiring and uniquely personal vision of how we can build a more just world one small change at a time"A book as urgent as the moment that produced it."—Jelani Cobb, Columbia Journalism SchoolLong before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and... Read more

The Light Pirate

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

“100% Loved this. Read more

Wandering Souls

A Novel

By: Cecile Pin
Narrated by: Ainsleigh Barber, Aoife Hinds & Ioanna Kimbook
Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

This program includes a multicast narration.

"Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, and Ainsleigh Barber perform this stunning debut historical novel, which follows three orphaned Vietnamese refugees." - AudioFile Magazine

"A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope."—Ocean Vuong

A boldly imagined debut novel about three... Read more

Black Candle Women

A Novel

By: Diane Marie Brown
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show

“If you like Practical Magic… you will love Black Candle Women.” —Jenna Bush Hager

Named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. Magazine, TODAY.com, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot

A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four... Read more

Time's Undoing

A Novel

By: Cheryl A. Head
Narrated by: Jade Wheeler & Ronald Peet
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

“Time’s Undoing is a first-rate story of racial injustice and redemption. Based on the author’s family history, this dual timeline story chronicles a Black man’s death in 1929 and his great-granddaughter’s efforts to uncover the truth in 2019. Read more

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

A Memoir

By: Maggie Smith
Narrated by: Maggie Smith
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“A memoir about the dissolution of marriage is not something I would normally gravitate towards, but I'm so glad I decided to give it a shot. You Could Make This Place Beautiful is about so much more than that - uneven division of household labor, the dismissal of creative careers, the intuitiveness of children, and how to rebuild a life after... Read more

Loki's Ring

By: Stina Leicht
Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Gita Chithra embarks on a mission through space to save the robot she loves as a daughter—or risk losing her in the depths of Loki’s Ring—in this intergalactic space adventure from beloved author Stina Leicht.

Gita Chithra, the captain of the intergalactic ship The Tempest, is used to leading her crew on simple retrieval and assistance missions.... Read more

Stone Cold Fox

By: Rachel Koller Croft
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

“Stone Cold Fox is the wickedly clever story of Bea, a con artist who has decided it is time to settle down and find a rich husband, and It looks like she is about to reach her goal when she meets Colin. When Bea's best friend Gale (who is secretly in love with Colin) tries to stop the match from going ahead, the cat fight starts in earnest. The... Read more

Advika and the Hollywood Wives

By: Kirthana Ramisetti
Narrated by: Rukhmani K Desai
Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

From the author of Dava Shastri's Last Day comes a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid.

At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed screenwriter. To pay the bills and keep her mind off of... Read more