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James

A Novel

By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

“One of the greats alternative points of view compared to the original book Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Jim never has an official name as a slave, and Everett humanizes him by naming him James. Reading this book felt like a continuation of Twains original book, with a better point of view. Read more

Funny Story

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“A lovely and humorous love story! Narrated by Julia Whelan, you don't want to miss reading (or listening) to this cute romance about taking chances in unexpected situations, and learning to grow and live on your own terms. This is my new favorite Emily Henry book! Read more

The Busy Body

A Ghostwriter Mystery: Book #1

By: Kemper Donovan
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

In this fresh, fast-paced modern murder mystery—the first in a wildly funny and inventive new series—a ghostwriter is chosen to collaborate on a presidential candidate’s memoir, only to discover just how much trouble a smart woman with time on her hands can get up to …

“I tell other people’s stories for a living. … I’ve always been a snoop where... Read more

Martyr!

A novel

By: Kaveh Akbar
Narrated by: Arian Moayed
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“This novel is so thoroughly modern, and Cyrus is such an American character—a millennial midwesterner with roots in Iran, a man trying to coalesce late-night 7-11 runs, ancient Farsi poetry, ideas of martyrdom, and Craigslist gigs. It's funny, smart, poetic, sad, and slightly weird. And the narration by actor Arian Moayed (from Succession) is... Read more

Wandering Stars

A novel

By: Tommy Orange
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, MacLeod Andrews, Alma Cuervo, Curtis Michael Holland, Calvin Joyal, Phil Ava, Emmanuel Chumaceiro, Christian Young & Charley Flyte
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

“Wandering Stars left me breathless. Relentless in its truth and pain, this family saga takes us from the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 through the years of forced assimilation in government-run Indian schools to present-day Oakland after a shooting at a pow-wow. Told through the lens of one family, this is a painful history lesson of attempted... Read more

The Curse of Pietro Houdini

A Novel

By: Derek B. Miller
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

“Fourteen year-old Massimo is orphaned when the Americans bomb Rome in 1943, and rescued by a mysterious but trustworthy aging man, who calls himself Pietro Houdini. Together they 'lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin' their way to survival, while rescuing priceless masterpieces from the art collection of the abbey of Montecassino. This... Read more

The Fury

By: Alex Michaelides
Narrated by: Alex Jennings
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

“While I certainly don’t want to participate in any of the murderous plots that take place in Michaelides’s stories, I have always wanted to travel to Greece. The Fury takes place on a private Greek island (a common setting for foul play, am I right?) with a limited number of suspects (who all have a past, a secret, etc.). While the setting and... Read more

North Woods

A Novel

By: Daniel Mason
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter & Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

“Wow, Daniel Mason can WRITE. A truly masterful story of one house, one orchard, one forest over the American centuries. A feast of descriptions of the natural world paired with poignant character sketches. I started with the ensemble cast on Libro.fm audio (incredible) and finished by reading the actual book - pick your method; both are amazing. 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

The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese
Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
Length: 31 hours 16 minutes

“Seven decades (in book time!) and more than 700 pages later, I closed The Covenant of Water, the story of a family haunted by drownings. Abraham Verghese has written a spellbinding novel set in a Christian community in India. Verghese draws, as he did in the other two books, on his vast knowledge of medicine, and exhibits his ability to delve... Read more

The River We Remember

A Novel

By: William Kent Krueger
Narrated by: CJ Wilson
Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

“Another big hearted American novel from this talented author which I already know is going to figure among my top reads for 2024! A murder of powerful landowner Jimmy Quinn upsets the equilibrium of this small Minnesota town and old grievances come to the fore. I was engrossed from start to finish. Read more

Maame

A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick

By: Jessica George
Narrated by: Heather Agyepong
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

“Maddie, a 25 year old daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, is living at home with her father in London. Her father has Parkinson’s and her mother mostly lives in Ghana, so she is left to manage her father’s care while trying to start an adult life. I enjoyed the complex relationship between Maddie and her mother and Maddie’s efforts to navigate the... Read more

The Invisible Hour

A Novel

By: Alice Hoffman
Narrated by: Jessie Mueller
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

“Mia's mother joins a cult where among other rules, no reading is allowed. When Mia finds a library, she is able to create a plan to get away and the Scarlet Letter and Nathaniel Hawthorne save her life. The Invisible Hour is a book about the power of reading and how it can literally rescue you from an awful situation. A magical read. Read more

Let Us Descend

A Novel

By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

“When Jesmyn Ward speaks you listen. Her voice in this new novel is so powerful. This novel should be in everyone's hands as it walks you through the life of a young slave girl before the Civil War. Will make a great book club book! Read more

The Unmaking of June Farrow

A Novel

By: Adrienne Young
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

“This book gave me Time Traveler's Wife vibes in all the best ways: time travel plus an epic love story makes for a mind-bending narrative with all the feels. I loved getting to know the Farrow women and spending time in Young's North Carolina with Pressley's heavenly southern accents. Oh, and there's a murder mystery! It kept me guessing to the... Read more

Lone Women

A Novel

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

“Victor LaValle gets better and better with every new novel. A master of literary horror, he takes literal monsters and ghosts - in this case in the historical context of early 20th century Montana homesteaders - and uses them to reflect back on our contemporary society and all of its metaphorical monsters and ghosts. In the harsh and solitary... Read more

Tom Lake

A Novel

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“This book is perfectly read by Meryl Streep! Read more

The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters
Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus & Jordan Waunch
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

“This was one of my favorites of 2024! Read more

Little Monsters

By: Adrienne Brodeur
Narrated by: Jason Culp, Matt Pittenger, Cassandra Campbell, Joy Osmanski, Allyson Ryan & Sura Siu
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

A National Bestseller!

“Juicy…simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.” —The Washington Post * “So alluring…I raced happily through the pages.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Compulsively readable.” —Vogue * “An absolutely captivating read.” —Elin Hilderbrand

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a... Read more

Sea of Tranquility

A novel

By: Emily St. John Mandel
Narrated by: John Lee, Dylan Moore, Arthur Morey & Kirsten Potter
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

“I highly recommend this book! Emily is amazing! I love that this book incorporates characters and elements from her previous two books, but with a completely new plot: time travel. It’s also very meta in that one of the characters is an author who is on a book tour to promote her bestseller about a pandemic. And, as it happens, there is a... Read more