Read it Before You See It 2024

The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 1

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book #1

By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

“Vengeful and fickle gods! A summer camp of fledgling heroes! Gorgons and cyclopes and hydras and all that junk! This middle-grade fantasy series takes the Greek myths we know and love and presents them contemporarily with humor, teenage hijinks, questionable adult figures, and impossible prophecies. Read more

Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition)

300 Years Before A Game of Thrones

The Targaryen Dynasty: The House of the Dragon

By: George R. R. Martin
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 26 hours 22 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon

“The thrill of Fire & Blood is the thrill of all Martin’s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.”—Entertainment... Read more

Masters of the Air

America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 25 hours 15 minutes

Soon to be a major television event from Apple TV, Masters of the Air is the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II, the story of the young men who flew the bombers that helped bring Nazi Germany to its knees, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald Miller.Masters of the Air is the deeply personal... Read more

Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Bridgertons: Book #4

By: Julia Quinn
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

New York Times Bestseller

A special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, in the fourth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family.

COLIN AND PENELOPE’S... Read more

It Ends with Us

By: Colleen Hoover
Narrated by: Olivia Song
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

“For everyone who ever wonders, why didn’t she just leave? Read more

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem Series: Book #1

By: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

“I finally picked this book up at the behest of our former Commander-in-Chief, who claimed he read it as a way to escape. While certainly this is an immersive book, it is also one that challenges you, forces you to think and learn every moment you are reading it. As a work in translation it is phenomenal, with the translator’s notes prodding you... Read more

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

A Novel

By: Heather Morris
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

“What a great easy read. We just finished it in our store book club and everyone enjoyed it. It’s a different perspective of the consentration camps from a survivors view. It shows humanity in survival mode and yet these two survivors still manage to find love in such a dark place. Read more

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Novel

By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 17 hours 51 minutes

“I believe A Gentleman In Moscow is without dispute a modern day masterpiece. Towles uses exquisite language to tell the story of Count Rostov, a charming and witty "man of intent", who is confined to a fabulous hotel in Moscow for all his days. But that doesn't stop the count from living a sumptuous and meaningful life and he, in turn, ... Read more

Turtles All the Way Down

By: John Green
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES and FRESH AIR

“So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York Times

Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, A.V. Club, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and many... Read more

Dune

Dune (Dutch): Book #1

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Lykele Muus
Length: 23 hours 47 minutes

In twee delen verfilmd met Timothée Chalamet en Zendaya! Kijk nu ook: 'Dune: Prophecy' op MAX, een zesdelige miniserie over de mysterieuze Gene Besserit. Het leven van Paul, van het nobele huis Atreides, verandert drastisch na het vertrek van zijn thuisplaneet Caladan. De keizer heeft zijn vader, Hertog Leto, het gouverneurschap van de... Read more