Our Favorite New Audiobooks

Glory Days

Stories

By: Simon Rich
Narrated by: John Mulaney
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

From the Thurber Prize–winning author of New Teeth, hailed as “a triumph of sustained humor” (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. ​
Super Mario turns forty and is forced to “take-a stock” of his life and how “messed up it’s-a become.”

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The God of the Woods

A Novel

By: Liz Moore
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

“Compelling and powerful, The God of the Woods focuses on a complex family with a mystery that will leave you riveted until the end. Emotional and unputdownable! Read more

The Daughters' War

Blacktongue

By: Christopher Buehlman
Narrated by: Nikki Garcia
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

“The Daughters' War (and The Blacktongue Thief, which was written first but takes place after -- they can be read in either order) are not the Tolkien knock-offs that their synopses might lead you to imagine. Buehlman's strengths lie in thorough, subtle worldbuilding, the enrapturing voices of his narrators, and using familiar fantasy trappings... Read more

Nuclear War

A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen
Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

“Jacobsen extensively researched the military science and our country's preparation plan should a nuclear war occur. The consequences are understandably brutal. The subject of nuclear warfare is described in an assertive style that will leave you thinking about the subject long after the book is finished. Told in a relentless play-by-play... Read more

Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty
Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

“From his porch, Charles Lamosway watches his daughter Elizabeth’s life unfold across the river on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation. As he copes with his mother’s dementia and the ghosts of his past, he wrestles with whether to reveal his secret connection to Elizabeth. A poignant, masterfully written tale of family, culture, and what we pass on to... Read more

Whale Fall

A Novel

By: Elizabeth O'Connor
Narrated by: Dyfrig Morris, Gabrielle Glaister, Gwyneth Keyworth, Jot Davies & Nick Griffiths
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

“This short yet dazzling novel explores the small, intimate betrayals of anthropology. The Welsh atmosphere was incredibly engrossing - I could smell the sting of the sea, feel the wind chapping my face. The historical recordings of stories and songs by Welsh islanders make this a truly unique audio book experience! Read more

Glorious Exploits

A Novel

By: Ferdia Lennon
Narrated by: Ferdia Lennon
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

“How Irish can a novel be, exactly, without even once invoking Ireland or the possibility of Ireland? For answer: see Glorious Exploits. Syracuse, 412 BCE: having brutally routed an Athenian invasion, the Syracusan victors pitch the thousand-odd captured Athenians into a quarry-turned-oubliette. Enter unemployed potters Gelon and Lampo,... Read more

North Woods

A Novel

By: Daniel Mason
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter & Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

“Wow, Daniel Mason can WRITE. A truly masterful story of one house, one orchard, one forest over the American centuries. A feast of descriptions of the natural world paired with poignant character sketches. I started with the ensemble cast on Libro.fm audio (incredible) and finished by reading the actual book - pick your method; both are amazing. Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy
Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

“This book will have you laughing and cringing in the same breath. It's always so powerful to hear a memoir told in the voice of the author and this does not disappoint. For those who had complicated relationships with their parents or anyone who wants a behind the scenes look at the traumas that can come with being a child star. You won't be... Read more

A Lady for a Duke

By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Kay Eluvian
Length: 15 hours 26 minutes

“Genuinely one of the best historical romances I've read in a while. Such an interesting concept, and richly complex with elements of grief, acceptance, best friends to lovers with a lot in between, and honesty. Reading about trans characters outside of the modern day is something I want more of, and I'm so glad I got to read this! Alexis Hall is... Read more

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy

By: Kliph Nesteroff
Narrated by: Kliph Nesteroff
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

*A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Esquire*

"A remarkable book." —Steve Martin

"An illumating and stereotype-busting history of Native Americans and comedy" (The Washington Post) from Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” (VICE).

It was one of the most reliable jokes in Charlie Hill’s stand-up routine: “My people are from... Read more

The Blacktongue Thief

Blacktongue: Book #1

By: Christopher Buehlman
Narrated by: Christopher Buehlman
Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

“I came for murder crows and a master thief. I stayed for a bewitched cat and overly exuberant, hilariously unconventional dialogs and quips. This is a fantasy fever dream with crazy magic, sarcastic characters, terrifying enemies, and nonstop action. Every word and every character flew off the pages of this book, bringing to life a fast-paced... Read more

The City We Became

A Novel

The Great Cities: Book #1

By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

“I love N.K. Jemisin’s books, I love New York City, and I love this book about the soul and personification of New York. The City We Became might just be my favorite book to be published in 2020. This story is filled with tension, humor, and great characters, with a guest appearance near and dear to me. While this book is the beginning of a... Read more

First, They Erased Our Name

A Rohingya Speaks

By: Habiburahman
Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
Length: 7 hours

“I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in my own country, an outlaw in the world. I am three years old, and I don’t yet know that I am stateless.”Habiburahman was born in 1979 and raised in a small village in western Burma. When he was three years old, the country’s military leader... Read more

Imperfect Union

How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War

By: Steve Inskeep
Narrated by: Steve Inskeep
Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

“This tale of ambition, expansion, and fame will have you riveted from the start. The story of Jessie and John Frémont is one that exemplifies how the America we know today was made. Inskeep paints a picture of the American landscape through adventure, nature, politics, and the flaws of truly great individuals. Read more

Little Weirds

By: Jenny Slate
Narrated by: Jenny Slate
Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

“This dazzling and appropriately titled essay collection from Jenny Slate is everything you might expect from the whip-smart actress/comedian/voice of an anthropomorphic seashell, and probably also a few things you might not. No two vignettes are alike — some are fleeting, some panoramic; there’s effervescence and melancholy and bravery and... Read more

A Fortune For Your Disaster

Poems

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

“Hanif Abdurraquib’s powerful collection of poems explores the unending heartbreak of being black in America and how to find strength and self-actualization. Landscaped by graves, mirrors, and music these poems take the personal grief of being barked at by dogs and frames and re-frames those aggression into explorations on how our nation’s... Read more

Daisy Jones & The Six

A Novel

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer & Pablo Schreiber
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

“Oh man, what a ride! I guess I’m the right demographic for this book: I love rock and I grew up in the ’70s, so I wanted to like it...instead, I loved it! Yes, it’s sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, but it’s also got wonderfully complex characters that I cared about even if I didn’t like how they acted. It’s a peek into the formation of a band, how... Read more

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism

And Other Arguments for Economic Independence

By: Kristen R. Ghodsee
Narrated by: Esther Wane
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

“In Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism, Ghodsee argues that unregulated capitalism is bad for women, as well as for everyone else. It goes on to argue that by nature capitalism forces a transactional relationship with sex and relationships between men and women. However, if we were to implement some of the gender equalizing policies of... Read more

Faking It

The Lies Women Tell about Sex--And the Truths They Reveal

By: Lux Alptraum
Narrated by: Lux Alptraum
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

From Out of the Binders co-founder Lux Alptraum, a controversial look at women, sex, and lying -- why myths about women's deceit persist, how they came to be, and ultimately why we must trust women

When we talk about sex, we talk about women as mysterious, deceptive, and - above all - untrustworthy. Women lie about orgasms. Women lie about... Read more