Damn Fine Books - 2024 edition

The Winter Spirits

Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson & Susan Stokes-Chapman
Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rona Morison, Sian Clifford & Tim McInnerny
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.

'Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN

Featuring new and original stories from:

Bridget Collins, author of The Binding
Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Kiran... Read more

Love on the Menu

By: Mimi Deb
Narrated by: Krupa Pattani & Andrew Futaishi
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

One takeaway dinner. Two lonely hearts. Did somebody order a rom com? ‘A really sweet, warm-hearted read – a winner for fans of Jasmine Guillory or Beth O'Leary!’ Niamh Hargan, author of Twelve Days in May ‘A delicious rom com!’ Kate Bromley, author of Talk Bookish to Me Gia... Read more

The Unmaking of June Farrow

A Novel

By: Adrienne Young
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

“This book gave me Time Traveler's Wife vibes in all the best ways: time travel plus an epic love story makes for a mind-bending narrative with all the feels. I loved getting to know the Farrow women and spending time in Young's North Carolina with Pressley's heavenly southern accents. Oh, and there's a murder mystery! It kept me guessing to the... Read more

Perfume and Pain

A Novel

By: Anna Dorn
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

“Perfume and Pain is our favorite brand of girlfailure literature, chock-full of satire, pulp, and explicit rules on lesbian dating. Astrid Dahl is the trainwreck anti-hero we all long for: a mildly popular, half-cancelled author with a complicated love life and the preternatural ability to say the exact wrong thing at any given moment. The messy... Read more

Graveyard Shift

A Novella

By: M. L. Rio
Narrated by: Jess Nahikian, M. L. Rio, Max Meyers, Si Chen, Susan Dalian & Tim Campbell
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

“I loved this book. Think of it as the breakfast club but in the middle of the night and in a cemetery. And they are sleuths and trying to figure out a crime? Is it a crime? What is even going on? I could not stop listening to it and vacuumed my whole house, including the curtains, just to keep on listening to it! Read more

Mexican Gothic

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“Creepy and romantic, Mexican Gothic is easily one of my favorite books of 2020! Upon receiving a strange letter from her cousin, Noemi Taboada goes to investigate the happenings of High Place, a decaying manor filled with secrets, and is plagued by terrifying dreams and visions. Moreno-Garcia delivers a fresh take on a classic gothic novel that... Read more

The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

By: C. M. Waggoner
Narrated by: Cindy Piller
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery.

Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies—and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to track down in her quaint village. None of her neighbors seem... Read more

The Wedding People

A Novel

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

“This was a fun family drama that had very likable characters. I didn’t want to stop listening! Funny too! Read more

Death Valley

A Novel

By: Melissa Broder
Narrated by: Melissa Broder
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

“Unable to deal with the double grief of a father in the ICU and a husband with a debilitating, worsening illness, our narrator flees LA to hide out in a Best Western in an unnamed desert town. On a nearby hiking trail she comes upon a giant Saguaro cactus (a species which should not exist in the California desert) with a seam running along its... Read more

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“It's possible that Amanda Montell is the only sane and rational human being writing right now. Her voice is a balm for the ever-present existential burn of the present day, a cursed time filled with instant backlash feedback loops, bad-faith takes, constant content consumption and deep, deep loneliness. Montell's essays are insightful yet... Read more

Slewfoot

A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

“Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom is *the* witchy cold weather read. It's spooky and atmospheric, and the epitome of a Good For Her book. Read more

House of Hunger

By: Alexis Henderson
Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where... Read more

Funny Story

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“A lovely and humorous love story! Narrated by Julia Whelan, you don't want to miss reading (or listening) to this cute romance about taking chances in unexpected situations, and learning to grow and live on your own terms. This is my new favorite Emily Henry book! Read more

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams
Narrated by: Mela Lee & Preston Butler
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

“An intriguing, genre-bending, leap-year love story that is stacked and packed with creativity and vitality, with sparkling historical fiction, steamy contemporary romance, time-addling magical realism, dark drama, and characters who are hilarious, powerful, misplaced, wise, awkward, desperate, passionate, generous, and nuanced. It celebrates... Read more

My Murder

A Novel

By: Katie Williams
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

“My Murder, as the title suggests, is a novel told from the point of view of the victim of a serial killer - after her brutal murder. Made possible by "the Commission," an experimental organization which clones, then rebuilds the psyches and bodies of victims deemed worthy of a second chance, Lou is basically the same woman she was, aside from a... Read more

Our Share of Night

A Novel

By: Mariana Enriquez
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 27 hours 16 minutes

“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)

ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING... Read more

Cackle

By: Rachel Harrison
Narrated by: Dylan Moore
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

“A deliciously bewitching tale of lost love, a most interesting and slightly disturbing friendship and poor Annie who just cannot fathom life without a man by her side. When she meets Sophie, the town pariah, she realizes there is more to Sophie and to herself than she ever realized. Is Sophie a good witch or a bad witch? Hmm...depends on... Read more

The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson
Narrated by: JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Joy Nash, Christopher Salazar & Karen Malina White
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

“A massacre happens at a high school prom leaving few survivors. This book incorporates podcasts episodes and news reports of the events leading up to the massacre. The producers of this audio book took great care in crafting an immersive experience. By giving the different characters their own voice actors the story comes to life and the... Read more