Staff Picks

Icebreaker

By: A.L. Graziadei
Narrated by: Tom Picasso
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

“I'm going to level with you - everything I know about sports I either learned against my will or from other queer media (hello, Check, Please!) and I still absolutely loved this enemies-to-lovers college hockey romance. I was not quite expecting the relatable representation of anxiety and depression, or such a poignant exploration of what it... Read more

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

A Monk and Robot Book

Monk & Robot: Book #2

By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Em Grosland
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

“Just as wonderful and as tender as A Psalm for the Wild-Built. A sweet and earthy cup of tea to warm the soul. New and old characters to giggle with, cry with, and just flat out fall in love with. A book that I will return to again and again. Read more

Four Aunties and a Wedding

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Risa Mei
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe—even the mafia—in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties.

Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day has arrived, and she can't wait to marry her college... Read more

A Venom Dark and Sweet

The Book of Tea: Book #2

By: Judy I. Lin
Narrated by: Nancy Wu & Joshua Chang
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

The enthralling conclusion to Judy I. Lin's Book of Tea duology—A Magic Steeped in Poison and A Venom Dark and Sweet—is sure to enchant fans of Adrienne Young and Leigh Bardugo.

A great evil has come to the kingdom of Dàxi. The Banished Prince has returned to seize power, his rise to the dragon throne aided by the mass poisonings that have kept... Read more

Nona the Ninth

Locked Tomb: Book #3

By: Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 17 hours 46 minutes

“A poignant, funny, and above all healing entry in the Locked Tomb series, satisfying everyone’s need to see their faves live out a queer slice-of-life… IN SPACE!, and raising the stakes high enough to impale a cavalier. Readers spooked by the addition of an unexpected book to the series will be easily mollified by Muir’s signature chaotic... Read more

Dickens and Prince

A Particular Kind of Genius

By: Nick Hornby
Narrated by: Alex Jennings
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

“Compares Prince, the musician with Dickens the author--an unlikely comparison yes. But this little book is a delight as it looks at the genius and challenges they both faced and what they can tell us about creativity. Read more

A Master of Djinn

Dead Djinn Universe: Book #1

By: P. Djèlí Clark
Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

“'This is not your grandfather's Cairo.' That's for sure! Clark brings us to his alternate history Cairo where the year is 1912 and djinn roam the earth. When magic is used in a mass murder, Agent Fatma el-Sha’arawi of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities steps in to investigate. So much fun! I've already given this as... Read more

The Charm Offensive

A Novel

By: Alison Cochrun
Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Graham Halstead & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

“Cochrun expertly captures the nuance of falling for someone with mental health issues, while navigating your own identity, sexuality and neurodivergent revelations in way I have never seen before. This book had me all up in my feelings. I've read it all the way through multiple times (maybe six). Read more

Loveless

By: Alice Oseman
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown, Elizaabeth Schenk & Imogen Church
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

“This is the book I needed when I was a teenager. Loveless is the first novel to center on the experience of coming to terms with and coming out as asexual, and it hits every beat. Our protagonist starts college seeking romance—only to find that her experiences aren't matching up with stories, movies, and societal expectations she's been raised... Read more

Yerba Buena

A Novel

By: Nina LaCour
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

“A Nina LaCour Novel (noun): a kiss on your forehead as you're tucked in at night, a cathartic cry in the shower, a perfectly made cup of coffee in your favorite mug, a well-mixed cocktail condensation sweating down the sides of the glass on a hot summer night, a sad song on the radio on a long drive, a familiar face in an unexpected place,... Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy
Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

“This book is laid out in two parts, before and after the death of the author's mother, and each chapter is a short story. The material tends to be on the darker side, but McCurdy does an excellent job of balancing her vulnerability with humor, while giving the listener a clear vision of what she was going through. I am so glad I chose to read... Read more

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

A Novel

By: Kevin Wilson
Narrated by: Ginnifer Goodwin & Kevin Wilson
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

“I truly loved this short, odd little book about two misfit teenagers in the pre-internet 1990s, the art they made, and the town that freaked out about it. It is alternately sad, funny, weird, and deeply moving. If you were a socially awkward, artsy teen in the 1990s you’ll probably appreciate this book. Kevin Wilson has such a delightfully... Read more

Fox Creek

Cork O'Connor Mysteries: Book #19

By: William Kent Krueger
Narrated by: David Chandler
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Cork O'Connor, the retired sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota, is in a race against time to save the people he loves from ruthless mercenaries in this riveting new novel from New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger.

The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to... Read more

The Magic Kingdom

A novel

By: Russell Banks
Narrated by: Danny Campbell & MacLeod Andrews
Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

From one of America’s most beloved storytellers: a dazzling tapestry of love and faith, memory and imagination that questions what it means to look back and accept one’s place in history. In 1971, Harley Mann revisits his childhood, recounting his family's move to Florida’s swamplands—mere miles away from what would become Disney World—to join a... Read more

The Last Chairlift

By: John Irving
Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Raquel Beattie, Cassandra Campbell, Chris Henry Coffey, Piper Goodeve, Em Grosland, Aden Hakimi, Graham Halstead, Chanté McCormick, Natalie Naudus, Aida Reluzco, Pete Simonelli, Natasha Soudek, Travis Tonn, Erin Ruth Walker & Nancy Wu
Length: 32 hours 46 minutes

“Like many of John Irving’s books, this novel brought me to tears. His complex characters and their tumultuous lives left me in awe. How he can continue to craft new stories based on his most common themes amazes me. This story felt much more auto biographical than some of his other books, but yet it was so different and compelling. The themes... Read more

How to Sell a Poison

The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT

By: Elena Conis
Narrated by: Casey Turner
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

The story of an infamous poison that left toxic bodies and decimated wildlife in its wake is also a cautionary tale about how corporations stoke the flames of science denialism for profit.

The chemical compound DDT first earned fame during World War II by wiping out insects that caused disease and boosting Allied forces to victory. Americans... Read more

These Precious Days

Essays

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Ann Patchett
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“I loved absolutely everything about this book and did not want it to end. Ann Patchett's narration is magical and I believe is best way to experience her writing. Though these are essays, they are expertly arranged and together feel like a memoir. Patchett talks about everything from life and death to bookstores and book covers and you... Read more

The Complicities

By: Stacey D'Erasmo
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Award-winning author Stacey D’Erasmo tells a haunting and emotionally affecting story about a woman trying to rebuild her life after her husband’s arrest, and what she knew—or pretended not to know— about where their family’s money came from. 

After her husband Alan’s decades of financial fraud are exposed, Suzanne’s wealthy, comfortable life... Read more

Horse

A Novel

By: Geraldine Brooks
Narrated by: James Fouhey, Lisa Flanagan, Graham Halstead, Katherine Littrell & Michael Obiora
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

“Another well researched historical fiction by Brooks. This time she writes about race and horse racing, transporting the reader to the Antebellum South. The book is written from the point of view of several people in the life of the famous race horse and sire named Lexington. We follow his life primarily through the eyes of his enslaved groom... Read more

The Marriage Portrait: Reese's Book Club

A novel

By: Maggie O'Farrell
Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt & Maggie O'Farrell
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

“Lucrezia de'Medici is only 15 when she's married off to the Duke of Ferrara, and barely 16 when she realizes he intends to have her killed. Lucrezia is thrust into a world of honey-covered lies and manipulation, where her husband's sisters vie for her favor, her husband is kind one moment and volatile the next, and everyone waits for her to... Read more