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The Grace Year

A Novel

By: Kim Liggett
Narrated by: Emily Shaffer
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

“Take themes from The Handmaid’s Tale, The Lord of the Flies, and add a touch of The Hunger Games and you get this tale of a dystopian patriarchal society. This is a feminist story about what happens when everyone seems to embrace the oppressive laws of a society without question, and what happens when one young woman begins to question them and... Read more

Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin
Narrated by: Mia Farrow
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

The classic novel of spellbinding suspense only the mind of Ira Levin could have imagined She is a housewife—young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor—charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sin-filled apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is their dream home—a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare...Enter the chilling world... Read more

The Drowned Woods

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

“Set in a medieval Wales dripping with magic and fae, Mer, the last living water diviner, embarks on an impossible heist. Joined by a wide cast of characters, Mer endeavors to bring down a corrupt prince—but nothing is quite as it seems. Nested in a deeply melancholic and beautiful setting, The Drowned Woods is a novel about the choices that are... Read more

Moonbound

A Novel

By: Robin Sloan
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

“In a post-apocalyptic far-future, where the animals speak and the sky is shrouded, there are no children, save one—a boy meant for more, who must choose between a story written for him, and writing his own. This is pure, old-school adventure, a legend crossing roads and forests, wizards and spaceships, robots, beavers, and scholars, a narrator... Read more

The Empusium

A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

“The Empusium is a sardonic tale that holds nothing back, taking institutional misogyny to task in a world on the brink of World War I. Tokarczuk brings all her brilliance and creates a poignant narrative that’s eerily reminiscent of modern day. Read more

We Solve Murders

A Novel

By: Richard Osman
Narrated by: Nicola Walker
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

“Witty, fast, and charming- the characters and their dynamics were SO fun! I especially loved Rosie D’Antonio. Extremely well-paced throughout, I just couldn’t stop listening! Read more

Dinners with Ruth

A Memoir of Friendship

By: Nina Totenberg
Narrated by: Nina Totenberg
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“The NPR journalist and Supreme Court authority narrates her recollections of time spent over the decades with fiery and beloved Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as well as NPR 'foremother' Linda Wertheimer and journalist Cokie Roberts. You will surely appreciate all these remarkable women and glory in how integral their love for and... Read more

The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, Harry Hamlin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Joseph Mascolo, Richard Hoyt Miller, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Tom Virtue, Edward Asner, Kate Asner, Angela Bettis, Arye Gross, John Kapelos, Robert Machray, Jon Matthews, Johanna McKay, Paul Mercier, Laurel Moglen, Michael Rivkin, Peggy Roeder & Douglas Weston
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Dostoyevsky’s titanic masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov is here adapted into a spellbinding full-cast drama by playwright David Fishelson.

The passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led by their rogue of a father, who entertains himself by drinking, womanizing, and pitting his three sons against each other. The men have plenty to fight... Read more

Oracle

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
Length: 15 hours 20 minutes

From international bestseller Thomas Olde Heuvelt comes Oracle, a supernatural thriller where an omen from our past threatens the return of ancient forces that will change the world forever.

On a foggy winter morning, high school kids Luca and Emma discover the impossible: the wreck of an eighteenth-century ship stranded in a flower field.

Emma... Read more

The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali
Narrated by: Mozhan Navabi & Nikki Massoud
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

“What would we do without women in our lives? Love and friendship are at the center of this book. This book immerses you in a time and place. It makes you want to be strong and powerful. And it makes you want to eat delicious food. Read more

Open Throat

By: Henry Hoke
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days protecting the welfare of a nearby homeless encampment, observing obnoxious hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities... Read more

Their Vicious Games

By: Joelle Wellington
Narrated by: Ariel Blake
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

“A brutally honest and haunting cautionary tale…exposing the lie that is meritocracy and the unrelenting toll that being a final girl takes. A bloody tale spun masterfully…a dark delight.” —Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, New York Times bestselling author of Ace of Spades

A Black teen desperate to regain her Ivy League acceptance enters an elite... Read more

Rosewater

The Wormwood Trilogy: Book #1

By: Tade Thompson
Narrated by: Bayo Gbadamosi
Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

“Want mystery? A vision of near-future, post-alien occupation Earth? Afro-centric? Psychics? A relatable protagonist with a criminal past who is the only hope for saving human kind? How about some zombies and angels? A love story? Rosewater has it all, and somehow it all weaves together into an irresistible, absorbing tale. And the best news?... Read more

The Lindbergh Nanny

By: Mariah Fredericks
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

When the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in New Jersey in 1932, the case makes international headlines. Already celebrated for his flight across the Atlantic, his father, Charles, Sr., is the country’s golden boy, with his wealthy, lovely wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, by his side. But... Read more

Carolina Moonset

By: Matt Goldman
Narrated by: Bradford Hastings
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

An engrossing, breakout, standalone, suspense novel with heart, by New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt GoldmanJoey Green has returned to Beaufort, South Carolina, with its palmettos and shrimp boats, to look after his ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia, while his overstressed mother takes a break. Marshall... Read more

The Unhoneymooners

By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

“Perfect enemies to lovers with fake dating. Will make you laugh out loud! The twin sister of the bride and the guy she hates on the groom's side go on the unrefundable honeymoon and pretend to be a couple. The perfect easy beach read that will keep you entertained the whole way through. Read more

Revenge of the Tipping Point

Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

“Fun return to the Tipping Point. The audio version is great and includes some interesting interviews. Read more

Impossible Creatures

Impossible Creatures: Book #1

By: Katherine Rundell
Narrated by: Samuel West
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

“Impossible Creatures is filled with pure magic, high seas adventure, and unexpected friendships. Readers of all ages will love traveling to Archipelago! Read more

The Odyssey

Penguin Audio Classics

By: Homer
Narrated by: Ian McKellen
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

“Homer's Odyssey was always meant to be heard, not read. This is the best translation with the best reader. Accept no substitutes. Read more

This is Happiness

By: Niall Williams
Narrated by: Dermot Crowley
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

“A beautiful novel, beautifully read! Gentle, moving, and evocative. Read more