Amy’s Audiobook Recommendations
As an eclectic reader there is something here for everyone! All highly recommended by me and in genres from thriller, romance, historical and nonfiction. Happy listening!
When You Find Me
A Novel
By P. J. Vernon
Narrated by: Amy McFadden & Bahni Turpin
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
For fans of S. J. Watson and A. S. A. Harrison comes a chilling look at marriage and madness from a talented new voice in psychological suspense.
Her husband is missing.
Visiting her family's South Carolina estate, socialite Gray Godfrey wakes from a night out to an empty bed. Her husband, Paul, is gone, and a thrashing hangover has wiped her... Read more »
The Hate U Give
By Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
The Hate U Give
“This bestselling, powerful young adult novel about social justice and one teen girl's effort to fight for what is right, will leave you breathless. The narration by Bahni Turpin is hands down the best I've ever heard. This is such an important book it should be required reading for life in general. Or listening. Definitely listening.”
Kristen, Tattered Cover
One of Us Is Lying
By Karen M. McManus
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest, MacLeod Andrews, Shannon McManus & Robbie Daymond
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
... Read more »
The Cheerleaders
By Kara Thomas
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
"Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
"A crafty, dark, and disturbing story."--KATHLEEN GLASGOW, New York Times bestselling author of Girl In Pieces
"A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars."--RILEY SAGER, bestselling author of Final Girls
A... Read more »
The Force
By Don Winslow
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 13 hours 26 minutes
The Force
“Denny Malone, veteran NYPD detective and leader of the elite Manhattan North Task Force, didn't start out as a dirty cop. Over the years, however, the odd payoff and favor became routine, and a talented and effective cop slid past the point of no return, stealing millions in money and drugs. As Winslow shows us, keeping citizens safe isn't always clean and easy work, but even Malone and his team's corruption is chump change compared to the real players behind the scenes who are busy rebuilding the city after the September 11 attacks. A gutsy and uncompromising look at the dark heartbeat of modern America.”
Patrick Millikin, Poisoned Pen Bookstore
All the Bright Places Movie Tie-In Edition
By Jennifer Niven
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Ariadne Meyers & Jennifer Niven
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
This New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge is soon to be a Netflix film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith!
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might die. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Violet Markey lives for... Read more »
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
A Novel
By Robert Dugoni
Narrated by: Robert Dugoni
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.”
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or... Read more »
Becoming
By Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Length: 19 hours 1 minutes
Becoming
“I adore our former president and I miss him. Yet I cannot help but be ecstatic that Michelle is coming out with a book about her own life so that I can learn more about this powerful, intelligent, and singularly awesome woman. Barack would be the first to say that his wife is a superstar, and I can’t wait to get my hands on Becoming to read about her in her own words.”
Jax, Bookshop Santa Cruz
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
By Michelle McNamara
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Gillian Flynn & Patton Oswalt
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
“An overwhelmingly obsessed Michelle McNamara dissects the decades old trail of tragedy, trauma and ongoing taunts by the elusive East Area Rapist in her investigative crime thriller “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” published posthumously after her unexpected demise. Dubbed the “Golden State Killer” by McNamara herself, his crime spree started with 50 unsolved rapes before escalating to numerous murders leaving terrorized California residents tense for ten years. A determined McNamara meticulously researches this reign of terror with such precision it’s sure to pry this perpetrators identity out of obscurity and into justice, a suitable ending for this authors’ life.”
Kristin, McLean & Eakin Booksellers
The Echo Killing
A Mystery
A Harper McClain Mystery: Book #1
By Christi Daugherty
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes
"Narrator Sophie Amoss creates a menacing dark drama that will grab listeners right away. She enhances the story with superb timing and a delicious Southern drawl" — AudioFile Magazine
When a murder echoing a fifteen-year-old cold case rocks the Southern town of Savannah, crime reporter Harper McClain risks everything to find the identity of this... Read more »
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
Booktrack Edition
By Maria Semple
Narrated by: Kathleen Wilhoite
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *
A whip-smart, hysterical dramedy about a family in crisis after the disappearance of its brilliant, misanthropic matriarch.
Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly... Read more »
Love and Other Words
By Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Erin Mallon
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s touching, romantic novel Love and Other Words…how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong?
The story of the heart can never be unwritten.
Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally... Read more »
Confess
By Colleen Hoover
Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise & Sebastian York
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us, a novel about risking everything for love—and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies.
At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for... Read more »
Blood Echo
The Burning Girl: Book #2
By Christopher Rice
Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
A conspiracy that promises bloodshed and the only woman who can stop it collide in the page-turning thriller by Christopher Rice, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bone Music.
Kidnapped and raised by serial killers, Charlotte Rowe suffered an ordeal that made her infamous. Everyone in the world knew who she was. But no one in the world has any... Read more »
The Flatshare
A Novel
By Beth O'Leary
Narrated by: Carrie Hope Fletcher & Kwaku Fortune
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
"Carrie Hope Fletcher and Kwaku Fortune bring genuine emotion to this London rom-com with their impeccable narration about an unlikely friendship." — AudioFile Magazine
"Boasting Carrie Hope Fletcher’s no-nonsense British accent and Kwaku Fortune’s mild Irish brogue...the audio version brings this butterfly-inducing romantic read to life." —... Read more »
Red, White & Royal Blue
A Novel
By Casey McQuiston
Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
If you enjoyed The House in the Cerulean Sea, then you’ll love Red, White & Royal Blue.
“This book is so much more than a captivating romance—it's a bubble bath, a warm hug, a delicious dessert, a catharsis full of feeling and hope and queer joy that still makes me cry and laugh even as I've reread it 10+ times! The audiobook is skillfully narrated, and de Ocampo does far better British and Texan accents than my brain could come up with on its own reading the book in print. Recommended for listeners no matter your gender identity or orientation, but this truly is chicken soup for the queer soul.”
Miriasha, Phoenix Books
Sadie
A Novel
By Courtney Summers
Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Fred Berman, Gabra Zackman & Rebecca Soler
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Sadie
“Engrossing, thrilling and original. The story alternates between a podcast format and Sadie’s voice. Sadie is a compelling protagonist - strong, determined and on a mission. Fantastic listen!”
Jennifer, East City Bookshop