Spring Audiobooks Perfect for Pleasant Listening

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

A New Journey Through Anxiety

By: Sarah Wilson
Narrated by: Sarah Wilson
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

“Reading this book is like having the best, deepest, most therapeutic, raucous and tearful and cathartic conversation with a friend and then the feeling afterward, maybe at four in the morning, when you’re resting together in the peace of laying all your cards on the table and knowing and being known. This is a book you’ll want to hug about a 100... Read more

The Last Word

A Novel

By: Taylor Adams
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan & Jim Meskimen
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

After posting a negative review of a horror novel, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy—or very, very dangerous—in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge.Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her... Read more

Untamed

By: Glennon Doyle
Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“I read this book non-stop for a week, underlining, reading passages to my friends & recommending it to anyone with a pulse. There are many great stories inside, but their charm & power, really, is all Glennon. She is a spiritual seeker & leader who loves reality tv, a formidable activist on the global scale who gets anxiety sweats... Read more

The Comfort Book

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Matt Haig
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

“As a fan of Matt Haig's fiction, I added The Comfort Book to my playlist but hadn't yet listened to it. 'The right book at the right time' was never truer for me than the day I did need support and comfort, and Matt's narration of his inspiring, uplifting perspectives was perfect. I pressed 'rewind' more than once, as his words were such a balm. Read more

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

By: Talia Hibbert
Narrated by: Amina Koroma & Jonathan Andrew Hume
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors—and each other.

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top... Read more

Rootless

A Novel

By: Krystle Zara Appiah
Narrated by: Clifford Samuel & Diana Yekinni
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted in a home that’s on the brink of collapse?

“Beautiful, gripping, and tender . . . a powerful and unforgettable meditation on love, belonging, and motherhood.”—Emilia Hart, author of Weyward

On a spring afternoon in... Read more

Someone Else's Shoes

A Novel

By: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

“In Someone Else's Shoes, Jojo Moyes has a knack for getting you to love a character on one page and then hate them on the next, and she does so with humor and humanity. The two main characters, Nisha and Sam, are prime examples of this. The story is told from a third person perspective which helped me understand what was going on in each... Read more

How to Feel Better

A Guide to Navigating the Ebb and Flow of Life

By: Cathy Rentzenbrink
Narrated by: Cathy Rentzenbrink & Lucy Price-Lewis
Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

'A tender appreciation of life’s beauty' Matt Haig, The Guardian

This audio edition is read by the author, Cathy Rentzenbrink.

In How to Feel Better, bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shares the advice that has seen her through life's ups and downs. From her etiquette for bad news to the words of wisdom she would like to pass onto her son, How... Read more

Infamous

A Novel

By: Lex Croucher
Narrated by: Ellie Kendrick
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Named A Most Anticipated Romance of 2023 by Goodreads and Bookpage

"Croucher infuses this energetic Regency era friends-to-lovers sapphic romance with zany wit, joie de vivre, and a distinctive literary bent... Bookish readers who wish that Alcott’s Little Women were a bit more explicitly queer will lap this up." ––Publishers Weekly

"Narrator... Read more

Atalanta

A Novel

By: Jennifer Saint
Narrated by: Beth Eyre
Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

“This is a beautifully told adventure that reimagines Greek Mythology, telling the story of Artemis's chosen warrior, the fierce, strong, and unbound Atalanta, as she embarks on a quest for glory with the Argonauts. This story is a true adventure filled with action, magic, loss, and danger set across the sweeping Greece landscape. It explores... Read more

The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By: Hester Fox
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

 "Weaves a spell of darkness that’s mysterious and magical, and binds it with a knot of deathless love." —New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley on A Lullaby for Witches

In post–World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets…

With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy... Read more

Disconnected

How to Stay Human in an Online World

By: Emma Gannon
Narrated by: Emma Gannon
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Lockdowns, Zoom meetings, and reduced physical contact have made us more dependent on the internet than ever before—and now we want to log off.

Disconnected is a little book about reclaiming our humanity in our increasingly digitized, monetized world. Our focus on community and real connection has been sent off-course, and we're becoming more... Read more

The Museum of Ordinary People

By: Mike Gayle
Narrated by: Witney White
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

“Sentimental people rejoice! This lovely story talks of grief and remembering those we love with what they leave behind even if it seems insignificant. Everyone has a story to tell no matter how large or small it could mean the world to someone. Read more

Mastering the Art of French Murder

American in Paris Mystery: Book #1

By: Colleen Cambridge
Narrated by: Polly Lee
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Marie Benedict, Nita Prose, and of course, Julia Child, will adore this magnifique new mystery set in Paris and starring Julia Child's (fictional) best friend, confidant, and fellow American. From the acclaimed author of Murder at Mallowan Hall, this delightful new book provides a fresh perspective on the iconic... Read more

Death of a Bookseller

By: Alice Slater
Narrated by: Rachael Beresford & Sasha Higgins
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Roach would rather be listening to the latest episode of her favorite true crime podcast than assisting the boring and predictable customers at her local branch of the bookstore Spines, where she's worked her entire adult life. A serious true crime junkie, Roach looks down her nose at the pumpkin-spice-latte-drinking casual fans who only became... Read more

The Blackhouse

A Novel

By: Carole Johnstone
Narrated by: Joe McFadden & Eilidh Beaton
Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

From the author of the “dark and devious...beautifully written” (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes an “atmospheric, thrilling, and utterly captivating” (Booklist) gothic tale set on a remote Scottish island where the locals are hiding a deadly secret.

Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she can’t shake the sense... Read more

A Quiet Kind of Thunder

By: Sara Barnard
Narrated by: Lauren Irwin
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Jandy Nelson.

Steffi doesn't talk, but she has so much to say.

Rhys can't hear, but he can listen.

Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life. The condition's name has always felt ironic to her, because she certainly does not "select" not to speak. In fact, she would give anything to be able to... Read more

You're the One That I Want

By: Simon James Green
Narrated by: Philip Battley
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

According to the rule, Freddie has to say "yes".



Freddie is unremarkable—too unremarkable. He doesn't stand out in any way, and in fact teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his mum thinks he's a disappointment, and spends almost all her time at work, producing a TV show.



After a particularly awful night when he embarrasses... Read more