Audiobooks that Started Out as NaNoWriMo Projects
Need some motivation for your NaNoWriMo novel? These books all started out as November projects, and now here they are on a Libro.fm playlist! Yours could be one day, too.
The Night Circus
By Erin Morgenstern
Narrated by: Jim Dale
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
The Night Circus
“Scintillating, ethereal, and utterly captivating. And with narration by Jim Dale, who could say no? Morgenstern writes in sparkling prose, slowly weaving tapestries that come together in beautiful, unexpected ways, though when you look back, the stage had been set from the beginning. The Night Circus is a beautiful tale of being open to the magic in the world and choosing your own path through it all. Now if only I knew where the Cirque was making its next stop. Perhaps I'll email the proprietor... ”
Britt, Second Star to the Right
Fangirl
By Rainbow Rowell
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman & Maxwell Caulfield
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes
In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out... Read more »
Water For Elephants
By Sara Gruen
Narrated by: David Ledoux & John Randolph Jones
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes
Jacob Janowski's luck had run out—orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was the Great Depression and for Jacob the circus was both... Read more »
Livvie Owen Lived Here
By Sarah Dooley
Narrated by: Angela Jayne Rogers
Length: 5 hours 26 minutes
A special needs teacher who lived in 24 different places during her childhood, debut novelist Sarah Dooley taps her expertise and channels her experiences for this powerful tale. Livvie Owen is autistic. She doesn't feel things the same way her parents and sister do, and she's confused why her family has to keep moving from one home to another.... Read more »
With the Fire on High
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
With the Fire on High
“This was a great listen. Emoni, a single teen mom, has so much on her plate and has maturity beyond her years. She’s realistic and responsible and navigates high school, parenting, college decisions and a budding love interest. She’s becoming a talented chef and her feelings are expressed in her food. The author narrates and she had me hooked from the first sentence.”
Audrey, Belmont Books
The Wedding Date
By Jasmine Guillory
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory—author of the Resse Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick The Proposal.
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#5 LibraryReads Pick
“A swoony rom-com brimming... Read more »
Side Effects May Vary
By Julie Murphy
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Kirby Heyborne
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
The first book from Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'—now a Netflix feature film starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston, with a soundtrack by Dolly Parton!
For fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell comes this powerful novel about a girl with cancer who creates a take-no-prisoners bucket list that sets... Read more »
Cinder
Book One of the Lunar Chronicles
The Lunar Chronicles: Book #1
By Marissa Meyer
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!
A wicked mash-up of fairy tale and Terminator—set in a Star Wars kind of world—Marissa Meyer's Cinder is a fresh and fiercely ingenious futuristic retelling of Cinderella
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar... Read more »
Scarlet
The Lunar Chronicles: Book #2
By Marissa Meyer
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!
For Marissa Meyer's second installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, she imagines Little Red Riding Hood set in the distant future. And yes, there is a big, bad Wolf.
Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's... Read more »
Cress
The Lunar Chronicles: Book #3
By Marissa Meyer
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler
Length: 15 hours 40 minutes
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!
In this third book in Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth.
Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on... Read more »