Comfort Reads for Covid19 Time

The Giver of Stars

Reese's Book Club (A Novel)

By: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

“In the late 1930s, the Works Progress Administration developed a number of projects intended to provide employment opportunities for unemployed artists, writers, and craftsmen. One of those projects was the Pack Horse Library Initiative, in which mounted horsewomen picked their way along snowy hillsides and through muddy creeks with a simple... Read more

Frankly in Love

By: David Yoon
Narrated by: Raymond J. Lee
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

“What a beautifully narrated and wonderfully written story. This may be classified as YA, but I will certainly be recommending it to readers of all ages. Frankly In Love is a story of family, coming of age, young love, heartbreak, and friendship. It truly covers all of the bases and frankly, I'm in love with this book. Highly recommend for anyone... Read more

Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins

A Novel

By: Katarina Bivald
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

The next novel from Katarina Bivald, author of the #1 Indie Next pick and New York Times bestseller, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

After an accident kills Henny, the manager of the Pine Away Motel and Cabins, she watches as the three people who mean the most to her are reunited at her funeral. All three are unhappy, and Henny is... Read more

Oona Out of Order

A Novel

By: Margarita Montimore
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

“Imagine quantum leaping throughout your own life and trying to cobble together a life one year at a time. Oona leaps every New Year's Eve at midnight and never knows when she is going to wake up. As if that is not traumatic enough, she has no idea what has happened the previous year (and leaves herself letters, notes, and cryptic clues to fill... Read more

Dog on It

Chet and Bernie Mysteries: Book #1

By: Spencer Quinn
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, and Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator, are quick to take a new case involving a frantic mother searching for her teenage daughter. This well-behaved and gifted student may or may not have been kidnapped, but she has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory... Read more

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Perveen Mistry Mysteries: Book #1

By: Sujata Massey
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

“Inspired by a real person, Perveen Mistry, one of the first female lawyers in 1920s India, this second book in the series again follows a storyline where the mystery can ONLY be solved by a woman because the women in the household live in full purdah (strict seclusion, no men). So many fascinating details about the 1920s, India's legal system,... Read more

The Lager Queen of Minnesota

A Novel

By: J. Ryan Stradal
Narrated by: Judith Ivey
Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

“The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal is a wonderful story about beer, family , resiliency and friendship—what else do you want? Sisters grow up together on a small farm in Minnesota but never quite see eye to eye. When an inequitable inheritance estranges the sisters, we learn how each makes her way through young adulthood, marriage... Read more

Once In A Blue Moon Lodge

A Novel

By: Lorna Landvik
Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Set adrift when her mother sells the salon that has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two chance encounters, however, will have enormous consequences, and her getaway turns out to be more of a retreat from... Read more

Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Read with Jenna Pick

A Novel

By: Linda Holmes
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Linda Holmes
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

“The audiobook on Libro.fm is read by Julia Whelan, one of the all-time top readers. In fact, it was while searching for books performed by Whelan that I found Evvie Drake and I loved every minute of it. It's a rom-com with a predictably convoluted plot line but the twists and turns are creative, the characters feel real and the prose is pretty... Read more

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By: Abbi Waxman
Narrated by: Emily Rankin
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

“What a joyous, charming, funny and beautiful celebration of books and the people who love them. There is so much detail in both the wonderful, wide-ranging cast of characters and in the setting. Quirky in the very best sense of the word. I will certainly return to the world of Nina Hill again and again. Read more