Sidetrack Staff Picks

Here We Go Again

A Novel

By: Alison Cochrun
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

“I cried my eyes out a lot during this one because cancer is personally a sensitive subject, but Here We Go Again is also incredibly funny and I loved the mix of the two. I very much want to read Kiss Her Once for Me now. Read more

Last Exit

By: Max Gladstone
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 21 hours 3 minutes

“Last Exit is an apocalypse ongoing tale of a group of friends from college getting back together at the wizened old age of 35 to try to save the world for real this time. It's got the really beautiful prose you might recognize from This is How You Lose the Time War, really well-drawn relationships, and just enough brevity to lighten the mood... Read more

Where the Dark Stands Still

By: A. B. Poranek
Narrated by: Ola Forman
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“An atmospheric, folksy tale full of magic, bargains, secrets, witches, and demons. This cozy tale is interwoven with stories of love in all its forms and is destined to tug at your heartstrings in beautiful and brutal ways. This one slowly and subtly weaves its roots through you, making it hard to shake yourself loose and return to the real... Read more

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

A Novel

By: Katherine Arden
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, January LaVoy & Katherine Arden
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

“Such a captivating story set during WWI that touches on what it means to love someone and what you might give up for that love. This was a novel where the horror is war, real and daunting, and the ghosts were what kept you holding on and living. Katherine Arden has such a beautiful way with words that she pulls you into terrible moments and... Read more

Midnight on Beacon Street

A Novel

By: Emily Ruth Verona
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

“17 year old Amy arrives at Eleanor Mazinski's home to babysit 6 year old Ben and 12 year old Mira.T he night starts off fine with pizza & games...Maybe her boyfriend will stop by to visit, or perhaps someone else will come knocking. Read more

The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick

A Novel

By: Ariel Lawhon
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

“I tend to struggle a little with fiction on audio - I'm always afraid I'll lose the characters or the story! But The Frozen River is an engaging listen that hooked me from the first hour. The story is interesting and a part of history I know little about. The narration is wonderful; I feel like I'm back in 1700s Maine and it's been a great book... Read more

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

Emily Wilde: Book #2

By: Heather Fawcett
Narrated by: Ell Potter & Michael Dodds
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

“Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands puts pain to the phrase ‘the perfect sequel does not exist.’ I’m not exaggerating when I say that since finishing this several days ago, I’ve been staggering around, feeling lost in the borderlands of Faerie myself, wondering what the heck I'm supposed to read next, and how is it ever going to compare to... Read more

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

Fifteen Writers Break the Silence

By: Michele Filgate
Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, Janina Edwards, Emily Ellet, Cynthia Farrell, Soneela Nankani, David Sadzin, Keong Sim & Candace Thaxton
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

“You will devour these beautifully written—and very important—tales of honesty, pain, and resilience” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we don’t talk about with our mothers affects us, for better or for worse.

As an undergraduate, Michele... Read more

Girls Can Kiss Now

Essays

By: Jill Gutowitz
Narrated by: Jill Gutowitz
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

“Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable…every page twinkles with brilliance.” —Refinery29

Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror, a hilarious, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices... Read more

Quietly Hostile

Essays

By: Samantha Irby
Narrated by: Samantha Irby
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

“I'm obsessed with Samantha Irby (in a cute way, not a dangerous way). Her books are hilarious, endearing, and a little gross. Walking around the neighborhood listening to this audiobook got me a lot of weird looks as I gasped, gagged, talked back to her (she narrates all of her audiobooks!), and laughed with wild abandon. Read more

The Dutch House

A Novel

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Tom Hanks
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

“Any novel by Ann Patchett is going to include little sparks of description that catch in the imagination, moments of dialogue so good that you forget later you weren't there, and stories that capture your heart as well as a zeitgeist. In The Dutch House, Patchett creates a narrator standing at the intersection of poverty, dream, privilege, and... Read more

Vampires of El Norte

By: Isabel Cañas
Narrated by: Jose Nateras & Krysta Gonzales
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

“A love story first, vampire story second, we follow two young lovers as they find each other again after a monstrous attack. Amidst the carnage - and vampires - of war in 1840s Mexico, this book has atmosphere to spare. Light on scares, it's a good place to dip your toes into spookier waters. Read more

The Woman in Me

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

“Major props to whoever got Michelle Williams to narrate The Woman in Me - sheer genius! I forgot I wasn’t listening to Britney herself. Michelle Williams perfectly captures Britney’s desperation, sadness, and contradictions, making for an outstanding audio memoir experience. Read more

Dead Eleven

A Novel

By: Jimmy Juliano
Narrated by: Lee Osorio, Tanis Parenteau, Annie Q, Shawn K. Jain, Cindy Piller & Tim Lounibos
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

"An ominously slow burn...Keep the lights on for this one."—A PEOPLE MUST-READ FOR SUMMER
"Very creepy...you've been warned."—R.L. STINE
"Gripping.”—ANA REYES

On a creepy island where everyone has a strange obsession with the year 1994, a newcomer arrives, hoping to learn the truth about her son’s death—but finds herself pulled deeper and deeper... Read more

The Ones We Burn

By: Rebecca Mix
Narrated by: Roisin Rankin
Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

An instant New York Times bestseller!

Love and duty collide in this richly imagined young adult debut about a witch whose dark powers put her at the center of a brewing war between the only family she’s ever known and the enemy who makes her question everything. Featuring a brand-new short story and character art!

Monster. Butcher. Bloodwinn.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built

A Monk and Robot Book

Monk & Robot: Book #1

By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Em Grosland
Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

“Imagine a world with many, many cups of tea. Doesn’t this world sound amazing? Doesn’t it calm you just to think of it? Sibling Dex makes people tea as a way of life, but they are still struggling to find meaning in the world. Just when they think they’re about to figure it out by seeking out the supposedly-extinct cricket song, they stumble... Read more

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

A novel

By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Jennifer Kim & Julian Cihi
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

“This book is worth the hype! The story and the characters are so emotionally complex and stunning that I never wanted this book to end. Absolutely as beautiful as it is heart-wrenching - a read for gamers and non-gamers alike. Read more

Stargazer

By: Laurie Petrou
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

A darkly compelling coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History or Liane Moriarty’s Big Little LiesIt is the fall of 1995 at Rocky Barrens University, hidden amidst the pine trees and starry skies of Northern Ontario. Aurelle Taylor, daughter of a world-famous fashion designer, becomes the closest friend of... Read more

My Monticello

Fiction

By: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Landon Woodson, LeVar Burton, Ngozi Anyanwu & Tomiwa Edun
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

“A dynamic, and timely, debut by a new voice in fiction, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson. This collection is comprised of five short stories and one novella all set in the state of Virginia. As you read these stories, you will experience, and feel, the gamut of human emotion as the voices and themes in each are different. The author explores race,... Read more