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Strange Practice

A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel

By: Vivian Shaw
Narrated by: Suzannah Hampton
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

The first book in a delightfully witty fantasy series in which Dr. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, must defend London from both supernatural ailments and a bloodthirsty cult.

Greta Helsing inherited her family's highly specialized and highly peculiar medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of... Read more

Gideon the Ninth

Locked Tomb: Book #1

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

“The first in an absolutely electric series brimming with witty humor, swashbuckling adventure, and gothic mysteries. Gideon is quick with a sword and a biting remark, but navigating the complex world of necromantic trials is another story. Prepare yourself for intricate worldbuilding, devotion both toxic and sacred, secrets locked in tombs, and... Read more

Witch King

The Rising World: Book #1

By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Eric Mok
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

“Immerse yourself in this stand alone dark fantasy by the fantastic Martha Wells! Told in two time-lines, it has dense complex world building and a loveable soul sucking demon! I can't wait to start her Murderbot Diaries as my next read! Read more

The Marrow Thieves

By: Cherie Dimaline
Narrated by: Meegwun Fairbrother
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

“This dystopian young adult novel by indigenous author Cherie Dimaline, narrated by Meegwun Fairbrother, explores race, culture, and the devasting effects of colonialism. Dimaline’s fast-paced coming-of-age story is eerily riveting even as she makes clear points about the treatment of native peoples by white power structures. I loved listening to... Read more

The Once and Future Witches

By: Alix E. Harrow
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

“Alix Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January was my favorite book last year, so I had incredibly high expectations when I picked up The Once and Future Witches. This book is very different, but I adore it just as much! Set in the late 1800s in a world with a slightly alternate history from ours, women are fighting for the vote and losing.... Read more

The Mercy of Gods

Captive's War: Book #1

By: James S.A. Corey
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

“The thrilling academic breakthroughs, tense rivalries, and workplace crushes of the scientists on Anjiin suddenly seem petty when the Carryx, terrifying and powerful insectoid aliens, invade and nearly wipe out humanity. But when the scientist team, reunited on the Carryx home planet in a puzzling captivity, are forced to resume similar... Read more

Welcome to Forever

By: Nathan Tavares
Narrated by: Neil Shah
Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Fox is a memory editor—one of the best—gifted in the art of creating real life in the digital world. When he wakes up in the Field of Reeds Center for Memory Recovery, the therapists tell him he was victim of a terrorist bombing by Khadija Banks, the pioneer of memory editing turned revolutionary.
A bombing which shredded the memory archives of... Read more

The Space Between Worlds

By: Micaiah Johnson
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

“I was thoroughly impressed by this imaginative debut high-concept sci-fi novel about multiverse travel! The protagonist, Cara, is unapologetically Queer, fearless and delightfully snarky! The social commentary is currently relevant and on point! Fans of confronting parallel selves, genre-bending political thrillers and depictions of dystopian... Read more

The Spear Cuts Through Water

A Novel

By: Simon Jimenez
Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

“This is it. I've found it. This is my favorite book. Of all time. Listen. Listen to me. If you like books that play around with POV, that is third person omniscient but also first and second person, and tells you the epic tale from as many angles as possible...this is the one. It has everything, it has characters so complex, all pulled together... Read more

The Book of Love

A Novel

By: Kelly Link
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 23 hours 30 minutes

“Laura, Daniel and Mo, three high school students from Lovesend, Massachusetts, go missing one night and leaving their family and friends confused and grieving. A year later they reappear in the classroom of their unremarkable music teacher Mr. Anabin, only to learn that they have been dead and now have a second chance at life. The catch? Only... Read more

When Women Were Dragons

A Novel

By: Kelly Barnhill
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr & Mark Bramhall
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

“The Lottery meets The Handmaid's Tale. Read more

Red Rising

Red Rising: Book #1

By: Pierce Brown
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Length: 16 hours 11 minutes

“Action scenes so intense they are borderline cheesy but in the BEST way! Read more

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

The First Book of Nampeshiweisit

By: Moniquill Blackgoose
Narrated by: Charley Flyte
Length: 16 hours 52 minutes

“Moniquill Blackgoose expertly crafts a world reflective of our own history but also exists in its own right. A world full of myths, science, culture, conflict, and rebellion. For fans of fantasy, dragons, and alternative histories told from indigenous perspectives. My favorite book of the year! Read more

Future Home of the Living God

A Novel

By: Louise Erdrich
Narrated by: Louise Erdrich
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

“Powerful, prophetic, and absolutely pertinent to our times, Louise Erdrich's new novel, Future Home of the Living God, is a horrifying, haunting story about the lengths the government will go to control women's reproductive rights and ensure the success of mankind as we know it. Riveting, repulsive, and revealing at the same time, Erdrich... Read more

The Scourge Between Stars

By: Ness Brown
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

A debut space horror adventure in the vein of Alien, in which a starship captain must keep her crew alive while an unknown intruder hunts them.
As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet.
Faced... Read more

The Ferryman

A Novel

By: Justin Cronin
Narrated by: Scott Brick & Suzanne Elise Freeman
Length: 19 hours 55 minutes

“Unknowingly, I've been waiting for this novel all this time. Cronin's writing style, world building, and character development is deeply immersive - exactly what I was expecting. What I wasn't expecting, the audible gasp when it all clicked. I loved everything about this book. So much so, that words to describe it are failing to come together... Read more

Red Rising - Red Rising 1 (Ungekürzt)

Red Rising: Book #1

By: Pierce Brown
Narrated by: Marco Sven Reinbold
Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

Der junge Darrow lebt in einer Welt, in der die Menschheit die Erde verlassen und die Planeten erobert hat. Bei der Besiedlung des Mars kommt ihm eine wichtige Aufgabe zu, das jedenfalls glaubt Darrow, der in den Minen im Untergrund schuftet, um eines Tages die Oberfläche des Mars bewohnbar zu machen. Doch dann erkennt er, dass er und seine... Read more

Ancestral Night

By: Elizabeth Bear
Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

“Outstanding…Amid a space opera resurgence, Bear’s novel sets the bar high.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime that just might change the universe in this wild, big-ideas space opera from Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear.

Halmey Dz and her partner Connla Kurucz are... Read more

How High We Go in the Dark

A Novel

By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure & Jason Culp
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

“I think I've already found my favorite release for 2022! This dystopian multi perspective scifi book is expertly woven. We jump through time and from character to character experiencing a terrifying pandemic and end of days. Though reading about a pandemic in midst of pandemic seems daunting, Nagamatsu managed to create a heartfelt and... Read more