The Indie Next List

The Night We Lost Him

By: Laura Dave
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

“The Night We Lost Him is such a good read! I didn't want to put it down, but felt none of the anxiety or nail-biting tension that can often come with thrillers. It's atmospheric, insightful, and reflective - all while giving us an emotional mystery. While the book does focus on a kind of maybe murder mystery, it's also very much about who we are... Read more

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

A Novel

By: Stacy Sivinski
Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

An “impossibly endearing” (Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain cups.

Ever since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the stories... Read more

Entitlement

A Novel

By: Rumaan Alam
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“Should come with an undertow warning . . . I was pulled under.”—Louise Erdrich

"Held me spellbound." -- Danzy Senna

"Like having a vise slowly tightened around my heart." -- Charles Yu

"An absolutely devastating thunderclap." -- Kiley Reid

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind

Brooke... Read more

Intermezzo

A Novel

By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Éanna Hardwicke
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

"This program is read by actor Éanna Hardwicke, known for his role in Hulu's Normal People."

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his... Read more

A Song to Drown Rivers

A Novel

By: Ann Liang
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“Intrigue, romance, and tragedy propel this epic novel inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China. It is a tale of complicated emotions, royal opulence and brutality, and the harsh realities of power struggles. Are there really any winners in war, any differences between one ruler and another, any true peace?... Read more

Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske
Narrated by: Omari Douglas
Length: TBA

“Another light queer fantasy for me and my besties to enjoy! In this incredibly vibrant and colorful story, a struggling heir hires a charming con artist to be his swordsman at his upcoming wedding. Through sword-fighting practice and the unexpected unraveling of a mystery, they fall for each other, sparking white-hot desire and the risk of... Read more

The Empusium

A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas

September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening... Read more

The Sequel

A Novel

The Book Series: Book #2

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours

"Golden Voice Julia Whelan expertly narrates.... She paints the background detail as vividly as she does the characters." —AudioFile on The Latecomer, an Earphones Award winner

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new... Read more

The Last One at the Wedding

A Novel

By: Jason Rekulak
Narrated by: John Pirhalla
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“What a crazy family dynamic happening over the wedding weekend. Things start to fall apart rapidly and Frank's daughter is not listening to her. So well done this book gave me whiplash. Read more

Sorcery and Small Magics

The Wildersongs: Book #1

By: Maiga Doocy
Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
Length: TBA

“I devoured this book in almost one sitting. The stakes are just high enough to add a sense of urgency, but there is a lightness and warmth that keep events from feeling too harrowing. The magic system is novel without requiring advanced mathematics to comprehend, and the gradual, grudging thaw between Leo and Grimm is perfectly paced. I was... Read more

Season of the Swamp

By: Yuri Herrera
Narrated by: Thom Rivera
Length: TBA

New Orleans, 1853. A young exile named Benito Juárez disembarks at a fetid port city at the edge of a swamp. Years later, he will become the first indigenous head of state in the postcolonial Americas, but now he is as anonymous and invisible as any other migrant to the roiling and alluring city of New Orleans.

Accompanied by a small group of... Read more

American Rapture

By: CJ Leede
Narrated by: Moniqua Plante
Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

"Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious.”—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep

From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it.

A virus is spreading across America,... 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

“A delightfully eerie listen, full of complex characters and chilling secrets. Read more

A Dark and Drowning Tide

A Novel

By: Allison Saft
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor’s murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic.

“Clever, emotional, and gorgeous—at its core, this is a story about the healing capacity of love”—Ava Reid, author of Juniper &... Read more

The Barn

The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

By: Wright Thompson
Narrated by: Wright Thompson
Length: TBA

“The Barn is the most brutal, layered and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read…Reporting and reckoning can get no better, or more important, than this.”
 —Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division and Heavy: An American Memoir

“An incredible... Read more

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Stories

By: Mariana Enriquez
Narrated by: Lee Osorio, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Sol Madariaga & Maria Liatis
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

“Horror has found its master.”—Joy Williams
“A collection of brilliant nightmares.”—Paul Tremblay
“First-rate literary horror.”—Publishers... Read more

The Mighty Red

A Novel

By: Louise Erdrich
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: TBA

In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people’s lives.History is a flood. The mighty red . . .In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught... Read more

Bull Moon Rising

Royal Artifactual Guild: Book #1

By: Ruby Dixon
Narrated by: Felicity Munroe & Hiro Diaz
Length: TBA

The special first edition hardcover will include a gorgeous, shimmering jacket with effects, brilliantly illustrated four-color endpapers, striking and detailed-stained edges, and a beautiful foil-stamped case.

In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman determined to save her family joins forces with an unlikely partner—a... Read more

The Stone Witch of Florence

By: Anna Rasche
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: TBA

The premium special edition hardcover will feature an exquisite gold foil jacket, stunning four-color endpapers designed for personal inscription, and beautiful blue sprayed edges.

“A feast of a novel, The Stone Witch of Florence is erudite, transportive, and addicting. Magical in every sense of the word.” —Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling... Read more

The Universe in Verse

15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry

By: Maria Popova
Narrated by: Maria Popova & Lili Taylor
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

“Fifteen short essays on science and nature, intended to inspire a sense of awe and wonder, are each paired with the work of a brilliant poet and a beautiful illustration. Popova's extraordinary collection is a poignant, beautiful little gift book perfect for reminding us of how strange and wild it is that we get to exist and perceive this most... Read more