Staff picks from Author's Note booksellers

The God of Endings

A Novel

By: Jacqueline Holland
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 16 hours 45 minutes

“By the end of the first page, I knew I would follow this narrator anywhere, and I would do it again without hesitation. The suspense of how both storylines play out is perfect, the voice is persuasive and vivid. This is a novel to sink into. Read more

Expiration Dates

A Novel

By: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

“I’ll be honest… I’ve not had the best success with Rebecca Searle. Her last one was a DNF for me. Having Julia Whelan as the narrator definitely helped me finish this one. I loved the magical realism concept, and how it unfolded. I loved the LA setting and thought Searle captured the food, culture, and scene of the city quite well. I continued... Read more

Hidden Pictures

A Novel

By: Jason Rekulak
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

“So many creepy smells and twists and turns. TW: addiction Read more

Happy Medium

By: Sarah Adler
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

“Much like the lovely Mrs. Nash's Ashes, Adler gives us a novel with a main character you come to love (a con artist with a heart of gold!), delightful banter between the couple, and - in a new twist - a hilarious ghost sidekick. It's sweet and spicy, funny and touching, and will keep you rooting for Gretchen and Charlie until the very end. The... Read more

The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl
Narrated by: Kiiri Sandy
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

“Perfect listening for foodies or those who love Paris! Read more

After the Forest

By: Kell Woods
Narrated by: Esther Wane
Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of “happily ever after.”

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.

Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother... Read more

Savor It

A Spunes Novel

Spunes: Book #1

By: Tarah DeWitt
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker & Zachary Webber
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

“I never thought I’d be tearing up over a fictional goose, but Savor It changed that! This book had everything one could hope for in a small town romance: meddlesome and lovable neighbors, summer competitions, animals with personality and *so* much more! Tarah DeWitt poured such love into these funny and complicated main characters and it shows.... Read more

One Last Shot

By: Betty Cayouette
Narrated by: Betty Cayouette, Brittany Pressley & Sean Patrick Hopkins
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

This program features an author's note and acknowledgments read by the author.

From the creator of viral TikTok account Betty's Book List, a debut romance about a supermodel and a photographer with a past marriage pact who meet again ten years later on a photoshoot in Cinque Terre, Italy.

From the moment Emerson and Theo met as teenagers, they... Read more

She's Not Sorry

By: Mary Kubica
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

The instant New York Times bestseller that BookTok is calling “absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G” (@hollylovesbooks1519) and “impossible to put down” (@kurryreads), from the author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple

Everyone has secrets, but not everyone has remorse…

A terrible accident.

Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being... Read more

Elatsoe

By: Darcie Little Badger
Narrated by: Kinsale Hueston
Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly every day, like the ability to make an orb of... Read more

A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall
Narrated by: Claire Morgan, Kit Griffiths, Justin Avoth & Joshua Riley
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

“A slow-burn fantasy with a touch of neurodivergent romance. E. and Henery have disappeared from their underwater habitat with no trace. Stunning in its world building, unique in its epistolary format, I cannot wait for the next in the series! Read more

The Unwedding

Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Ally Condie
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

“Ally Condie makes her adult fiction debut with a fantastic thriller! Ellery is celebrating her divorce by spending the dream weekend she planned for her 20th anniversary alone. Sometimes the best way to heal from old trauma is to get through another good bit of tragedy. I enjoyed the gripping story telling, Condi's desciptions of the... Read more

Daughter of Mine

A Novel

By: Megan Miranda
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

“The book started slow but steadily builds into a novel with a fantastic setting, backstory and suspense. Hazel grew up in the town of Mirror Lake where her entire family is in law enforcement. She returns after getting a call that her father has passed away. Following the funeral, a car is found submerged in the lake due to a drought... As the... Read more

Birding to Change the World

A Memoir

By: Trish O'Kane
Narrated by: Cheryl Smith
Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

“O’Kane is an incredible storyteller. Throughout her life she worked in a women’s prison, reported on the frontlines of the Guatemalan independence movement, and lost everything to Hurricane Katrina. O’Kane weaves this story with empathy and moving descriptions while not hesitating to call out her own privilege. She explores how birding entered... Read more