Politics and Prose Autumn Reads

Intermezzo

A Novel

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

“Rooney’s dazzling masterpiece explores the hidden depths of our relationships to one another. Peter and Ivan grieve the recent loss of their father. Never close, they struggle to avoid estrangement while navigating their very different lives. Read more

A Reason to See You Again

A Novel

By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

A Most Anticipated Book from: New York Times * People* Associated Press * Time * Saturday Evening Post * Real Simple * Book Bub * Alta * Chicago Tribune * Harper's BazaarFrom the New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years through a swiftly... Read more

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

A Novel

By: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 17 hours 26 minutes

“As Murakami explains, with this book - he dusted off an older short story that had been sitting around since the start of his career. Murakami completists may recognize it. Initially, he only meant to do some slight tweaking of the story. Instead, he ended up significantly expanding it.As indicated by the book title, the story involves a... Read more

From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club

A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough
Narrated by: Riley Keough & Julia Roberts
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

“An absolute masterclass in how to honour someone’s life after their death. The audio is read by Julia Roberts and Riley Keough with short sections narrated by Lisa Marie Presley herself. It’s short and just very sad. Read more

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

A Memoir

By: Ina Garten
Narrated by: Ina Garten
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

“I loved hearing Ina’s story. Her humor, grit and sense of adventure made this a fun and easy listen. I didn’t think I’d take so much business advice from a memoir but it is chock full. Her authenticity and voice made this is favorite listen of the year. Read more

This Motherless Land

A Novel

By: Nikki May
Narrated by: Weruche Opia & Florence Howard
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

“I loved this book, about two cousins-Funke, from Nigeria, banished to her estranged English family after a tragedy, and Liv, who is delighted to welcome her. Many subplots, and heartbreaking twists. Read more

You, Again

A Novel

By: Kate Goldbeck
Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

“It's When Harry Met Sally vibes all the way in this precious and infuriating (in a good way!) romcom. Ari and Josh navigate years of being enemies, best friends, and pretty much every other type of relationship you could have. The banter in this book made me feel so giddy at times, but there are also some heartbreaking moments. This is a great... Read more

How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

A Novel

By: Anna Montague
Narrated by: Cynthia Nixon
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

“In turns heartbreaking and humorous, this novel follows a 70-year old woman on a road trip with her best friend’s ashes. Along the way, she confronts her grief and her sexuality, demonstrating that honesty and connection are there, if we are brave enough to reach for them. Cynthia Nixon’s narration perfectly expresses the humor and poignancy of... Read more

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

A Novel

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

“This book was exactly what my heart needed in this busy season. Stacy Sivinski is officially on my auto buy list and I want to listen to everything Nikki Massoud narrates. 💜📖 Read more

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel: Book #2

By: Hisashi Kashiwai
Narrated by: Hanako Footman
Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

“Cozy, warm & wholesome - like the best bowl of ramen you ever ate. Loved the vignette format & the descriptions of Japanese food. Read more

The Life Impossible

A Novel

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Joanna Lumley & Jordan Stephens
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“Joanna was the perfect voice for this lovely, heartwarming, cheeky, imaginative story. I loved every minute. Can’t wait to visit this island and see what all the fuss is about. 😉 Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“Fans of Braiding Sweetgrass, rejoice! Robin Wall Kimmerer has blessed us with a compulsively shareable contemplation of nature’s exquisite gift economy and how it can inspire us to imagine and act toward a saner, more sustainable, equitable, and joyful biophilic economy. As I was reading, I kept feeling that a new classic had arrived in the nick... Read more

What the Chicken Knows

A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

“Sy Montgomery takes us on a fascinating journey that's enjoyable, humorous and educational and I definitely learned a lot! I had no idea that chickens were so intelligent and complex. Apparently they know us humans far better than we know them. All of the specific details she shared were quite interesting. They can make up to 24 sounds each... Read more

Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Caroline Lee & Geraldine Hakewill
Length: 15 hours 52 minutes

“I really enjoyed the voice actor's way of speaking, and the way the author wrote the different characters personalities into their daily activities. the story timeline changes were not abrupt and the flow of them kept me guessing! Loved the book. Read more

Blue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick

A Novel

By: Coco Mellors
Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

“A complex, flawed, yet lovable set of sisters navigate grief when one of their beloved sisters dies of an unexpected overdose. This book focuses heavily on addiction, the way it claws, clings, and spreads through families. Reading it feels like taking a deep breath into your lungs after holding it for too long. Read more

The Wildes

A Novel in Five Acts

By: Louis Bayard
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers, Damian Lynch, P.J. Ochlan & Louis Bayard
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

“What a delightful, yet poignant read! Bayard successfully transports us to the British countryside, an Italian villa, the trenches of France and back home to the streets of London. Told in the language and mannerisms of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, The Wildes metamorphoses into a potential Oscar Wilde play involving the entire family, and... Read more

Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

“Delightful to read whether or not you're already a fan on Strout's fabulous cast of sympathetic characters. Read more

Entitlement

A Novel

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

“In Entitlement, Rumaan Alam’s prose is at its most effortless, his storytelling at its most engrossing, his pacing at its most propulsive. Questions of race, class, generosity, and obsession weave through a thoroughly unpredictable story. Read more

The Blue Hour

A Novel

By: Paula Hawkins
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

“Paula Hawkins does it again, but in a new way. Unreliable narrators of their own memories and lives abound so the breadcrumbs are strewn all about. Just enough clues to make one vaguely uncomfortable about 'helpful' characters and some major incidents that are out of the blue (no pun intended). The island and the tides that make it unreachable... Read more

Private Rites

A Novel

By: Julia Armfield
Narrated by: Hannah van der Westhuysen
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

“"What comes next?" The sort of novel that will rattle your bones, your ideals, and your sense of self; the sort of novel that sedates and seduces you, only allowing you to realize you've been caught dreaming in its web when it's far, far too late. Read more