What Loyalty Staff Listened to & Loved in 2023

Gone Wolf

By: Amber McBride
Narrated by: Ariel Blake
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

"Ariel Blake’s tender narration and youthful delivery will captivate listeners in this remarkable dual-timeline middle-grade audiobook." - Booklist

Award-winning author Amber McBride, whose previous book, Me (Moth), was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America in... Read more

Dyscalculia

A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation

By: Camonghne Felix
Narrated by: Camonghne Felix
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

“Powerful . . . a poetic meditation on how love or attempts at loving can drive us to madness.”—The Boston Globe
 
“We learn about the cracks in Felix’s upbringing, the hurt from the breakup itself, and a pain that spans a lifetime, all through a sharp millennial voice.”—Time

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Chicago Public Library, Electric... 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

The Vanished Birds

A Novel

By: Simon Jimenez
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

“This book has stuck with me in a way that I know can only be attributed to masterful storytelling. In The Vanished Birds, Earth becomes uninhabitable and humankind spreads out into space using technology that is all of our capitalist, designer-baby, smart-everything, social-media-age fears realized. But this new world is also beautifully poetic... Read more

Ayesha at Last

By: Uzma Jalaluddin
Narrated by: Roshni Shukla
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

As seen on The Today Show! One of the best summer romance picks!

One of Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of 2019!

A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.

Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives... Read more

Divine Rivals

A Novel

Letters of Enchantment: Book #1

By: Rebecca Ross
Narrated by: Alex Wingfield & Rebecca Norfolk
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

“A romance set in a world of war, vengeful gods, and magic. Ross seamlessly blends the mundane into her fantastical world. Follow the young and breathless lovers from their work desks to front line trenches. Couldn't turn this off! Looking forward to book #2! Read more

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

A Novel

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

“Reminiscent of Author's like James Baldwin and John Steinbeck, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is a wonderful novel that focuses of racial division, poverty in America, and the importance of community. This was my first time reading McBride, but I will definitely be continuing on to his past works. If you're a character driven reader, I... Read more

Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)

A Novel

By: Angie Kim
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn & Angie Kim
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

“This is a very satisfying read for anyone who likes mysteries and family dynamics. A father has gone missing and the only witness to his disappearance is his non-verbal autistic son. In trying to find their father the family is forced to consider their own biases and assumptions about their autistic brother/son. Happiness Falls is as much about... Read more

World's Worst Time Machine

World's Worst Time Machine: Book #1

By: Dustin Brady
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

“… fast-paced action, humor, and strong characters… Brady has written a great series starter that also has a nice sprinkling of history, a little science, and engaging, fun characters. Highly recommended.” — Jean Little Library
 
When Liam summons Thomas Edison to help him finish his book report, the time machine delivers the wrong one. This... Read more

My Murder

A Novel

By: Katie Williams
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

“Whiplash plot twists and near-poetry descriptions keep readers clutching their headphones during this brainy summer blockbuster. The narrator's repetitions and elaborations, which at first feel unreliable, turn out to be... no, I can't tell you. No spoilers. She's also hilarious, and dizzyingly honest about big themes like postpartum depression,... Read more

Sea Change

A Novel

By: Gina Chung
Narrated by: Jeena Yi
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • An enchanting novel about Ro, a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stable shores with the help of a giant Pacific octopus at the mall aquarium where she works.

“Immersively beautiful.... A kaleidoscope of originality." —Weike Wang, acclaimed author of Joan is... Read more

The Monsters We Defy

By: Leslye Penelope
Narrated by: Shayna Small
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance.

Washington D. C., 1925

Clara Johnson talks to spirits, a gift that saved her during her darkest moments in a... Read more

Banyan Moon

A Novel

By: Thao Thai
Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Catherine Ho & Elyse Dinh
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

“Banyan Moon is a remarkable debut novel from Thao Thai that follows Vietnamese-American Ann, her mother, grandmother, and their connections to generations of women who came before. Moving from the Vietnam war to current day Florida, Thai peels away family secrets like an onion to reveal truth, healing, love and friendship. Read more

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey

Maybe Marisol: Book #1

By: Erin Entrada Kelly
Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera
Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

“Utterly endearing!” —Annie Barrows, New York Times-bestselling author of the Ivy + Bean books ""Hilarious and heart-melting.” —Sara Pennypacker, New York Times-bestselling author of Pax
Introducing eight-year-old Marisol Rainey—an irresistible new character from Newbery Medalist and New York Times–bestselling Erin Entrada Kelly! Maybe, Maybe... Read more

The Goth House Experiment

And Other Stories

By: SJ Sindu
Narrated by: Varun Sathi & SJ Sindu
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

An uncanny and electric story collection from SJ Sindu, Lambda Literary finalist and Publishing Triangle Edmund White Debut Fiction Award–winning author of Blue-Skinned GodsIn “Dark Academia and the Lesbian Masterdoc,” a millennial English professor finds viral fame on TikTok, but her newfound notoriety could wreck her already unstable life. In... Read more

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

A Novel

By: Rita Chang-Eppig
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

“Who doesn't like pirates and who doesn't love a Pirate Queen?! Read more

Blood Debts

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Torian Brackett & Zeno Robinson
Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

“Blood Debts is driven by a richly crafted slow burn mystery steeped in magic and secrets held so tightly their imprint can never be removed completely. Twins Christina and Clement can testify to that. The grand children of the disgraced queen of the Gen Magic Council, Chris and Clem are each struggling with their own demons. After their father’s... Read more

Murder and Mamon

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery: Book #4

By: Mia P. Manansala
Narrated by: Danice Cabanela
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Such a fun listen. Not only is it wonderful to see how Lila's cafe grow and prosper, I love how her relationships are also thriving. Until of course, the murder of one of the calendar crew's niece. Lila and friends, look into the murder as well as the vandalism of their laundromat. And, her and her relationship with Jae deepens as they reach a... Read more

The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“There’s so much about Britney’s life that the public did not know about. This book brings to light WHY she seemed “wild and crazy.” I learned so much about the pop star I loved as a teen and still love today. Michelle Williams narrating it is a big plus! Read more

Congratulations, The Best Is Over!

Essays

By: R. Eric Thomas
Narrated by: R. Eric Thomas
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of “funny and compulsively readable” (Vogue), “hilarious and incisive” (Time) essays about what happens after happily ever after.

“How is it possible that I liked this book even more than his last one? Phenomenal.”—Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of... Read more