2024 Staff Favorites

A Month in the Country

By: J. L. Carr & Michael Holroyd
Narrated by: Christopher Tester
Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

A short, spellbinding novel about a WWI veteran finding a way to re-enter—and fully embrace—normal life while spending the summer in an idyllic English village.  In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a... Read more

The Days of Abandonment

By: Elena Ferrante
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage.With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using... Read more

Woodworm

By: Layla Martinez
Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

The house breathes. The house contains bodies and secrets. The house is visited by ghosts, by angels that line the roof like insects, and by saints that burn the bedsheets with their haloes.



It was built by a smalltime hustler as a means of controlling his wife, and even after so many years, their daughter and her granddaughter can't leave. They... Read more

This Is How You Lose The Time War

By: Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell & Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

“For Science Fiction lovers we have the Nebula awards, released at the end of May each year. Winning Best Novella in 2020, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is one of those books that uses the science-y elements of time travel and other worlds to tell a very familiar story about human nature and the... Read more

What I Ate in One Year

(and related thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci
Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Stanley Tucci reads you his food diary and it's a dreamy and delicious experience. This is an easy read, perfect for when you're cleaning the house, relaxing with a cup of tea, or maybe for a long car ride. At the end of Tucci's year all I can think is what a marvel it would be to sit at his dinner table surrounded by people who love food, each... Read more

Under Your Spell

A Novel

By: Laura Wood
Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

“This book deserves ALL the hype! I squealed. I laughed out loud. I was filled with pure giddiness, and it was exactly what I needed! Our main character is the daughter of a rockstar. She has sworn off all things music (because her dad is not the greatest). She winds up having to babysit a musician...and I'll let you listen to the rest! I love a... Read more

Empire of the Damned

Book Two

Empire of the Vampire: Book #2

By: Jay Kristoff
Narrated by: Damian Lynch & Shakira Shute
Length: 31 hours 34 minutes

This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and actor/director Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Halo).

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the much-anticipated sequel to the #1 international bestselling sensation EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE.

From holy cup... Read more

A Song to Drown Rivers

A Novel

By: Ann Liang
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“Intrigue, romance, and tragedy propel this epic novel inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China. It is a tale of complicated emotions, royal opulence and brutality, and the harsh realities of power struggles. Are there really any winners in war, any differences between one ruler and another, any true peace?... Read more

Heartless Hunter

The Crimson Moth: Book #1

By: Kristen Ciccarelli
Narrated by: Grace Gray
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

"A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history. I couldn't look away." - Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Champion of Fate

Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling... Read more

The Witchwood Knot

Victorian Faerie Tales

By: Olivia Atwater
Narrated by: Alex Picard
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Olivia Atwater returns to the world of Half a Soul with “a sharp and beautiful gothic romance” (Alix E. Harrow). Dive into The Witchwood Knot, and enjoy a dark faerie tale set in a magical version of Victorian England.  The faeries of Witchwood Manor have stolen its young lord. His governess intends to steal him back.  Victorian governess... Read more

When Among Crows

Curse Bearer: Book #1

By: Veronica Roth
Narrated by: Helen Laser, James Fouhey & Tim Campbell
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

“Beautifully well done audiobook! Narrators bring the story to life. Loved the characters! Read more

The Blighted Stars

By: Megan E. O'Keefe
Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
Length: 17 hours 48 minutes

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award‑winning author.

She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found and Naira Sharp thinks she knows the reason why. The... Read more

The Unmaking of June Farrow

A Novel

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

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the author of Spells for Forgetting.

“Come for the fresh twist on time travel; stay for the love story.”—Good Housekeeping

A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND SHE READS BEST BOOK OF THE... Read more

Bluets

By: Maggie Nelson
Narrated by: Maggie Nelson
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color …Since 2009, when it first published, to today, Bluets has drawn scores of readers with its surprising insights into the emotional depths that make us most human—via 240 short pieces, at once lyrical and philosophical, on the color blue. This new edition celebrates Maggie... Read more

Mother Doll

A Novel

By: Katya Apekina
Narrated by: Christina Delaine
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

“One of the best readings of a quirky novel, steeped in Russian history and the contemporary US. Phenomenal character portrayals including nuanced Russian accents. Read more

Tenth of December

Stories

By: George Saunders
Narrated by: George Saunders
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND BUZZFEED • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

NAMED ONE... Read more

In the Dream House

A Memoir

By: Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by: Carmen Maria Machado
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

“Mesmerizing and harrowing, In the Dream House takes the listener through Machado's turbulent, abusive relationship as she were taking you on a tour of a dream house turned nightmare. Both intensely personal and also a deconstruction of literary and pop culture tropes, the author's narration adds a layer to the already insightful, poignant voice... Read more

The Liars' Club

A Memoir

By: Mary Karr
Narrated by: Mary Karr
Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

“Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating, thanks to kick-ass storytelling and a poet's ear.” –Oprah.com
 
The New York Times bestselling, hilarious tale of Mary Karr’s hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation.

The Liars’ Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely... Read more

Demon Copperhead

A Novel

By: Barbara Kingsolver
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 21 hours 2 minutes

“Demon Copperhead is without a doubt one of the best books I've ever read! The narrator is the perfect! Everything about this book is perfection. Pro-tip count how many times you say, "oh no Demon." Read more

David Copperfield, with eBook

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 33 hours 54 minutes

David Copperfield is the quintessential novel by England's most beloved novelist. Based in part on Dickens's own life, it is the story of a young man's journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among its gloriously vivid cast of characters, he encounters his tyrannical... Read more