Jammy July Staff Picks

A Walk in the Park

By: Kevin Fedarko
Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

“The lifelong obsession of the Grand Canyon led to Kevin Fedarko’s memoir. It is about him and his bestfriend Pete McBride’s journey along the length ofthe Grand Canyon, a 750 mile path. This was a grand adventure of survival. They had limited access to water and no through trail. They were very unprepared with little hiking experience and they... Read more

Song of Solomon

A Novel

By: Toni Morrison
Narrated by: Toni Morrison
Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Milkman Dead was born shortly after... Read more

The Emerald Mile

The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko
Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
Length: 17 hours 40 minutes

From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary Colorado River flood of 1983.

In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented... Read more

Such Kindness

By: Andre Dubus, III
Narrated by: Andre Dubus, III
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

“A very different sort of book than his earlier House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III’s Such Kindness is the story of one man, Tom Lowe, whose life has gone downhill since a construction accident. Living with chronic pain and estranged from his ex-wife and son, Tom becomes friends with the odd assortment of characters who reside in his... Read more

Silk

A World History

By: Aarathi Prasad
Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2024A Library Journal Selection for Best Nonfiction of 2024A Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read for April“Aarathi Prasad’s Silk: A World History is a love song to this protean material. . . . Beautiful [and] fascinating.” —Wall Street Journal""Aarathi Prasad spins a masterpiece of a story, as luminous,... Read more

A Council of Dolls

A Novel

By: Mona Susan Power
Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day.From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the... Read more

Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry
Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

“Another beautiful book by the amazingly talented Lois Lowry. Read more

The Nightingale's Castle

A Novel of Erzsebet BAthory, the Blood Countess

By: Sonia Velton
Narrated by: Elinor Coleman
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

In the vein of riveting historical novels such as Hamnet and Circe—with a touch of Dracula—a propulsive, feminist reimagining of the story of Erzsébet Báthory, the infamous sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat known as the “Blood Countess”, who was rumored to have murdered hundreds of peasant girls and bathed in their blood.In 1573, Countess... Read more

Holler, Child

Stories

By: LaToya Watkins
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Aaron Goodson, JD Jackson, Lisa Renee Pitts, De'Onna Prince & Kacie Rogers
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

“I loved these beautiful, powerful, sometimes heartbreaking stories set in West Texas. Everyday regular people facing critical moments in their lives due to challenging circumstances or having made poor choices, and their sometimes flawed but very human responses. This is everything a short story collection should be! Read more

A Funny Kind of Paradise

By: Jo Owens
Narrated by: Maggie Huculak
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

“This book is like a spring day. It’s sunny, but there is still a chill in the air. It's hopeful but mindful of the decay that is essential for life to keep going. It’s delightful and thoughtful and a little heartbreaking in the best way. Francesca is living in an old folks home after a stroke left her speechless and partially paralyzed. As the... Read more

Cascade Failure

A Novel

Ambit's Run: Book #1

By: L. M. Sagas
Narrated by: Torian Brackett
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

“Wow Wow Wow!! I love this book so much! I love the chaotic and messy crew of the Ambit, with its snarky, lovable AI captain, grumpy war vet, pragmatic and witty engineer, and secret-cinnamon-roll stowaway soldier. This book is packed with non-stop action, great banter, found family, and a space saga shootout that will have you laughing and... Read more

Big Fish

A Novel of Mythic Proportions

By: Daniel Wallace
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Writer and illustrator Daniel Wallace has published stories in various literary magazines. Big Fish is a novel reminiscent of Garrison Keillor and Mark Twain. It is a surprising work, filled with imagination, homespun humor, and hyperbole. Edward Bloom, an aging salesman, is dying. As his grown son, William, cares for him, the young man tries to... Read more

Did I Ever Tell You?

A Memoir

By: Genevieve Kingston
Narrated by: Genevieve Kingston
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

A true story of a mother’s love, kept alive through gifts, letters, and time.

When Genevieve (Gwen) Kingston lost her mother at age eleven, she was left with more than memories. Her mother had prepared a chest filled with handwritten letters and carefully chosen gifts—for the birthdays and major life milestones they wouldn’t get to share.

As Did... Read more

Middletide

A Novel

By: Sarah Crouch
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspicious death of a beautiful young doctor, with all clues pointing to the reclusive young man who abandoned the community in chase of big city dreams but returned for the first love he left behind. Perfect for fans of All Good... Read more

The Last Love Note

A Novel

By: Emma Grey
Narrated by: Leeanna Walsman
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

“This will break your heart, but it will also make you laugh. A smart, witty read that is sappy in the way all good romances should be. Excellent narration by Leeanna Walsman. Read more

If Only I Had Told Her

By: Laura Nowlin
Narrated by: Tyler Darby & Gina Rogers
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

An intensely emotional and gripping companion novel to Laura Nowlin's USA Today and New York Times bestselling novel If He Had Been With Me about the love that both breaks and heals us. Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Jenny Han.



If only I'd told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn't be here now.



Finn has always loved Autumn. She's... Read more