2023 IDA Bookseller's Picks

Fourth Wing

Empyrean: Book #1

By: Rebecca Yarros
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 20 hours 43 minutes

“It’s hot dragon school summertime! This wild fantasy delivers with deadly dragons, bitter rivalries, treachery, and steamy interludes! If you want engaging escapism, give this first novel in the Empyrean trilogy a ride, then pre-order the next novel in the series, Iron Flame, before its November release. Read more

The Lonely Hearts Book Club

By: Lucy Gilmore
Narrated by: Angie Kane
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't... Read more

House of Ash and Bone

By: Joel A. Sutherland
Narrated by: Veronica Hortiguela
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed Canadian master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland.

Seventeen-year-old Josephine Jagger is a talented writer with special abilities she doesn't fully understand. Over the years she has developed methods to cope with the voices she hears in her head, but... Read more

All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr
Narrated by: Hannah V. Sawyerr
Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her words as her weapon—even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson.
But Pastor Johnson isn’t the holy man everyone thinks he is.
The same voice Amina uses to fight falls quiet the night she is... Read more

Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson
Narrated by: Guy Lockard & Kim Johnson
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

“This book is about so much more than a kid home from juvie trying to connect with his crush and clear his name. Set during COVID, you'll be surprised at the depth of this YA novel as it expounds the complexity of the time for families, teens, students, minorities, communities and the country. Guy Lockard narrates with playfulness, urgency and... Read more

Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

“Come for the gothic horror romance small-town-with-a-dark-past drama... Stay for the dreaming house, its grumpy selfless warden, and the terrified brave woman fed up with everybody's bullshit. An empathetic book about a few people and their desires. Also, monsters! Read more

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

“I loved this book, it was so much fun. It hits a lot notes - it's funny and also has some family drama and a good mystery. I loved Vera Wang! Read more

The Haunting of Alejandra

A Novel by V. Castro

By: V. Castro
Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“Poignant, relatable and perfectly scary. Raquel Beattie's narration was on point. Don't listen late at night! Read more

The Collected Regrets of Clover

A Novel

By: Mikki Brammer
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

“The Collected Regrets of Clover is an absolute masterpiece, containing everything I love in a good book. Positively memorable characters, a unique storyline, and thoughtful bits of dialogue that had me reaching for my notebook to copy down for later reflection - all of this narrated by one of the masters. Listening to this on Libro.fm made my... Read more

Mister Magic

A Novel

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

“Having walked away from Mormonism myself, it wasn't hard to recognize the author's journey...cleverly reframed in this technicolor new horror release. As BOTH religion and television have been referred to as the opiate of the masses, what a brilliant combination we find in Mister Magic.This was a fantastic audio download from Libro.fm; perfectly... Read more

The Quiet Tenant

A novel

By: Clémence Michallon
Narrated by: Gilli Messer, Elena Rey, Valerie Rose Lohman, Amber Battaglia, Reba Buhr, Clémence Michallon, Jess Nahikian, Aure Nash, Milly Sanders, Sara Sheckells & Yu-Li Alice Shen
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

“Intriguing thriller, told from the perspective of women the killer lives with or has encountered. I liked it and was invested all the way throughout. I listened on Libro.fm! Quite a cast! Read more

What Stalks Among Us

By: Sarah Hollowell
Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

From Sarah Hollowell, author of A Dark and Starless Forest, comes a spine-tingling, deliriously creepy YA speculative thriller about two best friends trapped in a corn maze with corpses that look just like them.Best friends and high school seniors Sadie and Logan make their first mistake when they ditch their end-of-year field trip to the... Read more

The Only One Left

A Novel

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Christine Lakin & Dawn Harvey
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

“The Only One Left is a gothic thriller dripping with atmosphere that is so addictive I couldn’t touch another book until I consumed every last word. Sager has, once again, crafted a masterpiece. Read more

The Long Game

A Novel

By: Elena Armas
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo & Shane East
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

“With The Long Game, Queen Elena Armas has gifted us with a woodsy small town romance featuring a strong but sensitive ex-pro footballer opposite a guarded girlboss who doesn’t know her worth. Both are running away and healing from something, whether they like it or not. He’s super competitive; she’s in crisis mode. I absolutely loved the... Read more

Camp Sylvania

Camp Sylvania

By: Julie Murphy
Narrated by: Katie Ladner
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’, comes a hilarious and creepy middle grade summer camp story that takes a bite out of fat camp and diet culture. Perfect for fans of Spooky Stories and Starfish.Magnolia “Maggie” Hagen is determined to be in the spotlight . . . if she can just get over her stage fright. This... Read more

Damsel

By: Evelyn Skye
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

A damsel in distress takes on the dragon herself in this epic twist on classic fantasy—based on a screenplay by Dan Mazeau comes a groundbreaking collaboration between New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye and the team behind the upcoming Netflix film Damsel, starring Millie Bobby Brown.
 
A price must be paid.

Elodie never dreamed of a... Read more

The Counselors

By: Jessica Goodman
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
An INSTANT Indie Bestseller!

"A nervy, intense, and expertly crafted thriller that kept me hooked page after page. Dark secrets? Summer camp setting? Complex teen girls? Murder? Count me in. A simply stunning book." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces, You'd Be Home Now, and The Agathas

From... Read more

Sisters of the Lost Nation

By: Nick Medina
Narrated by: Elva Guerra & Nick Medina
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Barnes and Noble ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ GoodReads ∙ Book Riot ∙ CrimeReads ∙ Ms. Magazine ∙ SheReads ∙ Amazon Editor's Pick ∙ Tor.com ∙ and more!

A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all... Read more

All the Sinners Bleed

A Novel

By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

“S.A. Cosby has given us an early favorite for the best crime fiction novel of the year with All the Sinners Bleed. We are big fans of his two previous books (Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears), and Cosby knocks it out of the park as he writes from the perspective of a town’s first black sheriff and his descent into the mid of a serial... Read more

The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer, Jennifer Blom & Rob Dircks
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

“A charming and gentle story of family, friends, and the importance of books! The authors description of the book club and the way the young boy covered his favorite books with a protective hand was beautiful. Libraries, books, cats, mice, ghosts and mystery! Plus, the cover is gorgeous! The voices of the 3 narrators were perfect! Read more