Spring Favorites

Playworld

A Novel

By: Adam Ross
Narrated by: Adam Ross
Length: 22 hours 9 minutes

“Playworld follows the life of teenager Griffin Hurt as he navigates the alluring, contradictory, and dangerous territories of 1980s New York and the adults who shape his life. Immersive and uncompromising, Playworld will break your heart. Read more

Isaac's Song

A Novel

By: Daniel Black
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

“Wow, just wow! I don’t know how I’m only now discovering the writing of Dr. Daniel Black, but if Isaac's Song is any indication of his talent, I will definitely be adding more of his books to my collection. This novel has such a sense of authenticity; I was captivated from the first page and felt compelled to continue on this journey of healing... Read more

The Library of Lost Dollhouses

A Novel

By: Elise Hooper
Narrated by: Emily Rankin & Caroline Hewitt
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

“I thoroughly enjoyed this historical fiction! It goes between two timelines, the dollhouse maker in the 1910s and a present day librarian who discovers a couple of long lost dollhouses. My mom makes dollhouses and sometimes I help her paint the furniture so I went ahead and bought her the book for Mother’s Day! Read more

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

A Novel

By: Bob the Drag Queen
Narrated by: Bob the Drag Queen
Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

“Bob the Drag Queen has outdone themselves! From weaving a fantastical, introspective tale of what it means to be free to their fabulous narration (not to mention performing two songs mentioned in the novel), I listened to this one straight through! Read more

Blob

A Love Story

By: Maggie Su
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

“Sure, Vi finds a sentient blob outside of a drag show in her Midwest college town, and sure she tries to turn that blob into the perfect boyfriend. But at its core, Blob is about falling back in love with the parts of yourself that you thought you lost forever. Read more

Aflame

Learning from Silence

By: Pico Iyer
Narrated by: Pico Iyer
Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Reading Aflame may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama

From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat

Pico Iyer has made more than one hundred retreats over the past three... Read more

Audition

A Novel

By: Katie Kitamura
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

“Audition, Katie Kitamura’s latest novel, explores through two narratives the roles we play every day. Reality and fiction are intertwined as we get deep into the mind and thoughts of an actress as she learns and plays a new part in a play. The relationships between the characters and their attitude towards one another are very well depicted, and... Read more

The Bones Beneath My Skin

By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

“An excellent blend of social commentary into a cozy fantasy story. Perfect for readers who enjoy found family tropes and LGBTQ+ representation. Read more

Rabbit Moon

A Novel

By: Jennifer Haigh
Narrated by: Katharine Chin & Yu-Li Alice Shen
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mercy Street, a tense, propulsive family drama set in Shanghai, where a fractured American family faces its complicated past
 
Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China... Read more

Memorial Days

A Memoir

By: Geraldine Brooks
Narrated by: Geraldine Brooks
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

“In similar vein to Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, Geraldine Brooks recounts the days following her husband’s death and then alternates between those days and her solo trip 2 years later to really process her grief. Having her narrate her own story made it all the more memorable. Read more

Too Soon

A Novel

By: Betty Shamieh
Narrated by: Betty Shamieh, Jacqueline Antaramian & Lameece Issaq
Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

“This novel follows three complicated women as they navigate a world not made for them. The original matriarch is forced to flee Palestine with her 9 children. Her daughter and granddaughter are then forced to navigate the world through the lens of a people without a country, yet with deep roots to the land they were forced to leave. None of... Read more

The Man Nobody Killed

Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York

By: Elon Green
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

The first comprehensive audiobook about Michael Stewart, the young Black artist and model who was the victim of a fatal assault by police in 1983, from Elon Green, the Edgar Award-winning author of Last Call.

This program, read by award-winning narrator Dion Graham, features a bonus conversation between the author and gallerist Patrick Fox, who... Read more