Audies 2018 Finalists

The Mission Walker

I was given three months to live...

By: Edie Littlefield Sundby
Narrated by: Jaimee Paul
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Audie Award Finalist for best inspirational book!IMAGE AWARD (Native Daughters of the Golden West)"The Mission Walker is a marvelous book, a moving meditation on the relationships between courage and faith, endurance and transcendence." Randall Sullivan, Creator, The Miracle Detective, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)Have you ever wanted to just... Read more

Of Mess and Moxie

Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life

By: Jen Hatmaker
Narrated by: Jen Hatmaker
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Life is messy for each of us. But Jen Hatmaker reminds us that it's okay to admit that we're all in the same boat. Join New York Times bestselling author and honorary big sister Jen as she shares hilarious tales, shameless honesty, and unconditional hope for the woman who's forgotten her moxie.We will endure discouragement, heartbreak, failure,... Read more

Wake Up to the Joy of You

52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life

By: Agapi Stassinopoulos
Narrated by: Agapi Stassinopoulos
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

This is your year of self-discovery, a journey to create a life filled with grace, meaning, zest, peace, and joy.

ONE OF HEALTHLINE’S 8BEST MEDITATION BOOKS OF THE YEAR

With warmth and wisdom from a lifetime of spiritual seeking, inspirational force Agapi Stassinopoulos guides you through fifty-two weeks of letting go of what doesn’t work for you... Read more

We Stood Upon Stars

Finding God in Lost Places

By: Roger W. Thompson
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Get lost... and find what really matters

You are made for freedom and adventure, friendship and romance. Yet too much of your life is spent unfulfilled at work, restless at home, and bored at church. All the while, you know there is something more. You’ll find some of life’s best moments waiting for you over a campfire, on a river — even in that... Read more

Beast

By: Paul Kingsnorth
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Beast plunges you into the world of Edward Buckmaster, a man alone on an empty moor in the west of England. What he has left behind we don't yet know. What he faces is an existential battle with himself, the elements, and something he begins to see in the margins of his vision: some creature that is tracking him, the pursuit of which will become... Read more

House of Names

By: Colm Toibin
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson & Pippa Nixon
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

“A mythical retelling of the Oresteia on lost time, lost innocence, lost relationships. Simple, devastating. Read more

Phineas Finn

By: Anthony Trollope
Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
Length: 28 hours 18 minutes

Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. But despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. Loyalty versus honour, love versus money, and privacy versus prominence: our eponymous hero faces a... Read more

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

By: Pablo Cartaya
Narrated by: Pablo Cartaya
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book

Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? 

For Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a few shifts as... Read more

Patina

Track: Book #2

By: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this New York Times bestselling follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that... Read more

Refugee

By: Alan Gratz
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

“A perfect read for kids who are looking for an emotional story about the world we live in and how children can find their place in hard time. Refugee in particular is a fantastic read with the different readers. Read more

See You in the Cosmos

By: Jack Cheng
Narrated by: Kivlighan de Montebello, Brittany Pressley, Graham Halstead, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Thérèse Plummer, Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, Pete Larkin & Courtney Shaw
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

“Meet Alex, a space obsessed almost 12 year old who has been recording sounds and conversations on his golden iPod to send into space so aliens can know what it’s like here on earth. He’s done his research, has met a bunch of similarly rocket obsessed friends via an online rocket forum and has determined that the place to send his golden iPod... Read more

Wedgie & Gizmo

By: Suzanne Selfors
Narrated by: Johnny Heller & Maxwell Glick
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors’s hilarious new series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets.When a bouncy, barky dog and an evil genius guinea pig move into the same house, the laughs are nonstop! Wedgie is so excited, he can’t stop barking. He LOVES having new... Read more

Restart

By: Gordon Korman
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross, Laura Knight Keating, Ramón de Ocampo, Graham Halstead, Suzy Jackson, John Kroft & Andy Paris
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

#1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman harkens back to his No More Dead Dogs days in this stand-alone that takes a tone more serious than you've ever seen from him before. A boy who's been a bully and hanging out with the wrong friends gets a new start after a memory-loss-inducing accident. But can someone really change who he is, or... Read more

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

A Novel

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan & Robin Miles
Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

“What a great read! Perfect balance of pure gossip and Hollywood drama with a gut-wrenching love story all told from the perspective of a woman who is so flawed and so endearing. This book went somewhere that was so surprising and yet made so much sense. It turns all preconceived notions of Hollywood on their head and certainly makes you question... Read more

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series: Book #5

By: David Lagercrantz
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series continues in this “engrossing” novel (USA Today) as brilliant hacker Lisbeth Salander teams up with journalist Mikael Blomkvist to uncover the secrets of her childhood and take revenge. • Also known as the Millennium series

Lisbeth Salander—obstinate outsider, volatile seeker of... Read more

Magpie Murders

A Novel

Susan Ryeland Series: Book #1

By: Anthony Horowitz
Narrated by: Samantha Bond & Allan Corduner
Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

“Set in England, story and writing reminiscent of Christie. Wonderful! Read more

Telling Tales

A Vera Stanhope Mystery

Vera Stanhope: Book #2

By: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

"Demonstrating singular adeptness with mood and pacing, narrator Julia Franklin shines in this character-rich mystery set in northern England...Franklin's performance is direct and punchy, matching the speed and shrewdness of Vera's first-rate mind." — AudioFile Magazine

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the... Read more

Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & A Good Cry

What We Learn From Tears and Laughter

By: Nikki Giovanni
Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Hear Nikki Giovanni read two extraordinary collections of her own work! A singular listening experience! The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has touched our national consciousness.Love Poems:... Read more

Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

“With a voice like warm milk and honey, Neil Gaiman breathes life into his stories Norse Mythology honors the tale’s past, but still has Neil’s distinctive style. Which is then enhanced by Gaiman reading the story aloud. Gaiman is able to create distinct voices for each of his characters, from the sly and cunning Loki, to the short-tempered,... Read more

This Fight Is Our Fight

The Battle to Save America's Middle Class

By: Elizabeth Warren
Narrated by: Elizabeth Warren
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

"Senator Elizabeth Warren narrates her new audiobook on the state of the nation with passion and conviction...This fascinating and informative audiobook offers an accessible explanation of the development and consequences of our nation's social and economic policies." — AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author.

The fiery U.S. Senator... Read more