Past Book Club Picks

Brother Brontë

By: Fernando A. Flores
Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by the Los Angeles Times "Brother Brontë evokes Octavia Butler, William Gibson, and John Steinbeck; these are all my favorites, and with this book, Fernando A. Flores joins the list."—Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore "This crazy cakey world-making of Fernando A. Flores is all of... Read more

Private Rites

A Novel

By: Julia Armfield
Narrated by: Hannah van der Westhuysen
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

“Private Rites delivers all the heightened drama of its source material while perfectly reimagining the contentious daughters of this modern Lear. Haunting, surreal, and gripping from the first page. Read more

Shy Creatures

A Novel

By: Clare Chambers
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

""A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time.""—Holly Gramazio, bestselling author of The Husbands“Infinitely moving, quirky, acutely observed and beautifully written...Confirms Clare Chambers as one of our most... Read more

The Empusium

A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

“The Empusium is a sardonic tale that holds nothing back, taking institutional misogyny to task in a world on the brink of World War I. Tokarczuk brings all her brilliance and creates a poignant narrative that’s eerily reminiscent of modern day. Read more

What I Ate in One Year

(and related thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci
Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Mr. Tucci what do I have to give to cook with you? This memoir, I feel, has to be listened to. The passion he has when talking about food, his family, his friends, and the job carries the short snippets of life that he covers. It feels like you're in the kitchen with him, over several bountiful bowls of pasta - warm, comfortable and inviting. Read more

Nicked

A Novel

By: M. T. Anderson
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

“10th Century Italy: a plague rages on the coast, a lowly monk has a dream, and suddenly we (the monk included) are thrown into the adventure of a lifetime- it is time to travel across the sea to steal the sacred bones of 700-years-dead Saint Nicholas. Reader, this is not just a heist. There are dog-headed men, northern giants, eastern... Read more

No Road Home

A Novel

By: John Fram
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Travis Tonn & Jade Wheeler
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

In this “whip-smart, horror-tinged whodunnit in the style of early Stephen King” (Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author), a young father must clear his name and protect his queer son when his wealthy new wife’s televangelist grandfather is found murdered.

For years, single father Toby Tucker has done his best to keep his sensitive young... Read more

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

A Novel

By: Sarah Brooks
Narrated by: Katie Leung & Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

“Readers will be swept up in this vibrant story. On the train is a cast of deliciously mysterious characters and outside the train is a stunning, effervescent world. It's a strange, adventurous fever-dream that will appeal to fans of Annihilation, Piranesi, and perhaps Murder on the Orient Express. Definitely also gave me Snowpiercer vibes. Read more

The Ministry of Time

A Novel

By: Kaliane Bradley
Narrated by: George Weightman & Katie Leung
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“One of my favorites of 2024. I adored! Read more

The Bullet Swallower

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Narrated by: Lee Osorio
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

“Elizabeth Gonzales James blends horror and humor in her genre-blending, Faustian, western, adventure, family saga, odyssey. The tale is set in Mexico/Texas in two different time frames, focusing on the Sonoro family. I'm so glad I read this! Oh and magical realism! So well produced for audio! Read more

The Other Valley

A Novel

By: Scott Alexander Howard
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“No Spoilers here: The Other Valley left me in a book hangover for days! A heart wrenching coming of age debut that centers around grief. But is so much more: first love, fate, secrets, family expectations, regret. Imagine that your town is the present time. To the east, your town, but 20 years in the future. To the west, your town, but 20 years... Read more

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel: Book #1

By: Hisashi Kashiwai
Narrated by: Hanako Footman
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.

What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?


Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up... Read more

The Last Animal

A Novel

By: Ramona Ausubel
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Whip-smart and compulsively readable. . . both a wildly entertaining adventure story and a meditation on what it means to love your children—fiercely and imperfectly.”—Oprah Daily

“Springs alive to explore questions that stump scientists and families, problems of the head and the heart.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post

“A... Read more

Cacophony of Bone

The Circle of a Year

By: Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Narrated by: Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“A gorgeous, elegiac meditation on time, the natural world, and all the aspects of life that we can only understand through our mind’s eye. Kerri ní Dochartaigh is a gifted writer and Cacophony of Bone is a joy to read. Read more

Land of Milk and Honey

A Novel

By: C Pam Zhang
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

“Zhang’s gorgeous prose sets a stark contrast between a world destroyed and a seemingly pristine utopia. While darkness pervades this literary thrill ride, thoughtful questions about humanity save the reader from total madness. Read more

Western Lane

By: Chetna Maroo
Narrated by: Maya Soroya
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Eleven year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot... Read more

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

A Novel

By: J. Ryan Stradal
Narrated by: Aspen Vincent
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

“This book is delicious and midwestern and will rip out your heart and serve it with a relish tray. Read more

Lone Women

A Novel

By: Victor LaValle
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

“Small historic details and sweeping descriptive vistas place this unusual novel among the most interesting we've read in historical fiction this year. The hell-for-leather plot combined with deeply realized characters make it one of the best, period, and Joniece Abbott-Pratt's unsettlingly calm reading of even the most fantastical elements does... Read more

The Light Pirate

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

“Wanda, a devastating hurricane hits Florida. From it comes a young woman named for the storm, major changes to the landscape and environment and survival challenges for everyone who remains. Rich characters, suspenseful plot, and lush description make this one a really good read. Read more

The Night Ship

A Novel

By: Jess Kidd
Narrated by: Fleur De Wit & Adam Fitzgerald
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“In 1629 the Dutch ship Batavia ran aground and sank off the isolated west coast of Australia. The chaos that followed was exceptionally dire: a mutiny, a marooning, and a massacre. Jess Kidd has brought this tragedy to life with a strange and beautiful combination of dread, hope, and magic, but she has made the story even more real (and... Read more