Books to listen to in Spring

If You Come Softly

Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Guy Lockard & Jacqueline Woodson
Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

“Told in two voices, this is a teen love story filled with quiet innocence, careful wording, and strong questions. When a young Black boy and Jewish girl meet at school, emotions blossom and these star-crossed lovers will show the world that more comes from love than hate. This beautiful cover matches the narration in tone, timeless. Read more

All Fours

A Novel

By: Miranda July
Narrated by: Miranda July
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“I think the honesty of Miranda July's storytelling is my favorite thing about her. She is raw, emotional, and unapologetically unique. Though her themes can challenge my comfortability, I appreciate the way her complex ideas float around in my mind long after I finish her book. Read more

Welcome Home, Stranger

A Novel

By: Kate Christensen
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

“Rachel lives an independent life. When her mom dies back home in Maine, Rachel’s return opens up wounds that she might finally be able to examine and heal. Complex, insightful and real, this moving story of lifelong relationships is resonant. Read more

A Tale for the Time Being

By: Ruth Ozeki
Narrated by: Ruth Ozeki
Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

A brilliant, unforgettable, and long-awaited novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki

“A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.”

In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before... Read more

All My Rage

A Novel

By: Sabaa Tahir
Narrated by: Deepti Gupta, Kamran R. Khan & Kausar Mohammed
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

“Two thumbs up. I loved how the pacing accelerated as the story unfolded. Intense and heartbreaking, as well as refreshing and angering, in the best of ways. I was hooked, listening to the different voices and learning so much about Pakistani beliefs and traditions. Trigger alerts, though! Also important to hear about how folks live with... Read more

The Sober Lush

A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free

By: Amanda Eyre Ward & Jardine Libaire
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

A sober hedonist's guide to living a decadent, wild, and soulful life--alcohol-free.

In a culture where sipping "rosé all day" is seen as the epitome of relaxation, "grabbing a drink" the only way to network; and meeting at a bar the quintessential "first date," many of us are left wondering if drinking alcohol really is the only way to cultivate... Read more

Late Bloomer

A Novel

By: Mazey Eddings
Narrated by: Ellie Gossage
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

“This sapphic romance novel was impossible to put down, I was invested in the enemies-to-lovers story of Opal and Pepper, their bickering was entertaining and kept me wanting more! Read more

The Spanish Love Deception

A Novel

By: Elena Armas
Narrated by: Scarlette Hayes
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

“After getting burned in a relationship with a power differential, Catalina flees Spain for New York, starting over, climbing the misogynistic corporate ladder, and vowing not to make the same mistake twice. Her family’s pity is suffocating as Lina struggles to trust and avoids romance, but now her sister’s getting married, and the whole family... Read more

The Garden Against Time

In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing
Narrated by: Olivia Laing
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2024 by the BBC, the Observer, Irish Times, the Guardian, and The Millions.



In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we... Read more

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert
Narrated by: Amina Koroma & Jonathan Andrew Hume
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

“THE young adult rom-com of 2023. Talia Hibbert delivers a masterclass in character, voice, and banter, all with an emotionally resonant core. Celine and Bradley are a delight to spend time with - and the audiobook delivers both their rivalry and their romance with feeling and humor. This friends-to-rivals-to-something-else journey is funny and... Read more

Everything Sad is Untrue

(a true story)

By: Daniel Nayeri
Narrated by: Daniel Nayeri
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

“Listener, you are about to enter a world of rose water and saffron, of sheep's blood and mad bulls, of myth and magic carpets, a world of Scheherazade's making, a thousand and one stories that each bend and weave and buoy the next. As a child who had to flee his beloved home and family in Iran, Daniel's warm narration invites us to sit and stay... Read more

Funny Story

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

“If Emily Henry has thousands of fans, I am one of them. If Emily Henry has one fan, I am that one. If Emily Henry has no fans, I am dead. Daphne and Miles are the comfortable reliability of your dinnertime game show & the warmest quilt of eccentricities. A beautiful friends-to-lovers story. Read more

Say You'll Be Mine

A Novel

By: Naina Kumar
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

“I really enjoyed this fake engagement romance! Meghna and Karthik were such opposites that they complimented eachother so perfectly. I loved watching each of them work through their own struggles while growing feeling for one another. The slow burn of their relationship left room for so much pining!!! Read more

A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft
Narrated by: Fran Burgoyne
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

“Between the politics, magic, and romance of this story I can't get enough! You can feel the care and thought of this world seeped into the page. Kit and Niamh's romance is swoon worthy and adorable until the very end. Read more

Ship Wrecked

A Novel

Spoiler Alert: Book #3

By: Olivia Dade
Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro
Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again…Maria’s one-night-stand—the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left... Read more

His Majesty's Dragon

Temeraire: Book #1

By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.

When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from... Read more