Disability in Fiction for Adults

Five Steps to Happy

An uplifting novel based on a true story

By: Ella Dove
Narrated by: Nicky Diss
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

'An up-lit treasure' Red magazine

Life can change in a heartbeat...

When struggling actress Heidi has a life-changing accident aged 32, her world falls apart. Stuck in hospital and unable to walk, her only companion is Maud, the elderly lady in the bed next to hers. Heidi misses her flatmate, her life, her freedom - surely 32 is too young to be... Read more

Starling Days

A Novel

By: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Narrated by: Sarah Borges
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

On their first date, Mina told Oscar that she was bisexual, vegetarian, and on meds. He married her anyhow. A challenge to be met.She had low days, sure, but manageable. But now, maybe not so much. Mina is standing on the George Washington Bridge late at night, staring over the edge, when a patrol car drives up. She tries to convince the... Read more

The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko

A Novel

By: Scott Stambach
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

“Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko has spent his entire life in a cloistered world, but he possesses a keen intellect and an understanding of humanity that far exceeds the confines of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Severely physically handicapped due to radiation poisoning, Ivan has never had a friend beyond his caregivers... Read more

The Frangipani Tree Mystery

Su Lin Series: Book #1

By: Ovidia Yu
Narrated by: Crystal Yu
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore.

1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting... Read more

Anatomy of a Miracle

A Novel*

By: Jonathan Miles
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

“A priest, a doctor, and a reality TV producer walk into a convenience store... Actually, the notable walker in this story is Cameron Harris, a paralyzed soldier who inexplicably rises from his wheelchair and starts walking in the Biz-E-Bee parking lot. Anatomy of a Miracle follows Harris and the aforementioned sundry characters in the aftermath... Read more

The Eighth Girl

A Novel

By: Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
Narrated by: Jo Mei & Frazer Douglas
Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Optioned by Netflix and a most anticipated book of 2020 from The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and LitHub.
""The Eighth Girl is an exquisite exploration of childhood trauma and its impact on the psyche. Part thriller, part character study, I devoured this novel in one sitting, reflecting on each sentence, each passage, and each astute observation... Read more

Space Unicorn Blues

Space Unicorn: Book #1

By: T.J. Berry
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

A misfit crew race across the galaxy to prevent the genocide of magical creatures, in this unique science fiction debut. Having magical powers makes you less than human, a resource to be exploited. Half-unicorn Gary Cobalt is sick of slavery, captivity, and his horn being ground down to power faster-than-light travel. When he's finally free, all... Read more

Sorrowland

A Novel

By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

“Vern is fleeing an abusive cult that targets Black people. As their body mutates into something entirely new, Vern must face the past before they can move towards their future. This book is many things: an adult fairytale, a Southern gothic horror, a thriller that twists and turns. A testament to forging pain into strength, this book is unlike... Read more

Phantom Pains

The Arcadia Project: Book #2

By: Mishell Baker
Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

In this sequel to the Nebula Award–nominated and Tiptree Award Honor Book that New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire called “exciting, inventive, and brilliantly plotted,” Millie unwillingly returns to the Arcadia Project when an impossible and deadly situation pulls her back in.

Four months ago, Millie left the Arcadia Project after... Read more

The Unbroken

Magic of the Lost: Book #1

By: C. L. Clark
Narrated by: Rasha Zamamiri
Length: 18 hours 20 minutes

In an epic political fantasy unlike any other, two women clash in a world full of rebellion, espionage, and military might on the far outreaches of a crumbling desert empire.
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Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to... Read more

Impostor Syndrome

The Arcadia Project: Book #3

By: Mishell Baker
Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

In the third book of the Nebula Award–nominated Arcadia Project series, which New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire called “exciting, inventive, and brilliantly plotted,” Millie Roper has to pull off two impossible heists—with the fate of the worlds in the balance.

Three months ago, a rift between agents in London and Los Angeles tore... Read more

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

By: Charles Yu
Narrated by: James Yaegashi
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

From the National Book Award–⁠winning author of Interior Chinatown comes a razor-sharp, hilarious, and touching story of a son searching for his father … through quantum space-time. Every day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That’s where Charles Yu, time travel technician, steps in. He helps save... Read more

Highfire

A Novel

By: Eoin Colfer
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

“Let me just say that I think this novel is best enjoyed as an audiobook. The narrator, Johnny Heller, carried this laugh-out-loud "high crime" fantasy story right out of the Louisiana swamp into my car over several commutes. Colfer reminded me why I fell in love with Artemis Fowl all those years ago — his humor is spot-on and his heroes are... Read more

Girl Gone Viral

By: Arvin Ahmadi
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

"Smart, timely and riveting."--The New York Times Book Review

Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom.

For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual... Read more

The Wolven Mark

Hidden Legends: University of Sorcery

By: Megan Linski
Narrated by: Maxx Pinkins & Liana Walsh
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Finding your soulmate can be deadly…EmmaI never believed magic was real– until I used it to kill a werewolf.Not long after, a letter arrived from a supernatural school for fae, claiming I was a sorceress. I’m forced into a world where dragons breathe fire, griffins fly, alicorns battle and wolves hunt monsters. At this academy, sorceresses are... Read more

Girl Gone Viral

A Novel

By: Alisha Rai
Narrated by: Summer Morton & Brian Pallino
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

In Alisha Rai’s second novel in her Modern Love series, a reclusive investor goes viral, shoving her into the world's spotlight—and into the arms of the bodyguard she’s been pining for…
OMG! Wouldn’t it be adorable if he’s her soulmate???I don’t see any wedding rings Breaking: #CafeBae and #CuteCafeGirl went to the bathroom AT THE SAME TIME!!!One... Read more

Always Only You

Bergman Brothers

By: Chloe Liese
Narrated by: Nelson Hobbs & CJ Bloom
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Get ready for an emotional ride filled with laughter, longing, and a sweet slow-burn in this sports romance about love's power not in spite of difference, but because of it.



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The moment I met her, I knew Frankie Zeferino was someone worth waiting for. Deadpan delivery, secret heart of gold, and a rare one-dimpled smile that makes my knees weak,... Read more