Spring Break

By Abraham Verghese & Paul Kalanithi  /  Narrated by Cassandra Campbell & Sunil Malhotra  /  5 hours 34 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • People • NPR... Read More »

By Ta-Nehisi Coates  /  Narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates  /  3 hours 35 minutes

Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States” (The New York Observer)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER | NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER | PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS... Read More »

By Christopher Paul Curtis, Adam Rex, David Yoo, Kate DiCamillo, Jon Scieszka, Paul Feig, Eoin Colfer & Jack Gantos  /  Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Michael Boatman, John Keating, Jon Scieszka & Kate DiCamillo  /  5 hours 46 minutes

It’s here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read More »

By Madeleine L'Engle  /  Narrated by Hope Davis  /  6 hours 3 minutes

This special edition of A Wrinkle in Time includes a new essay that explores the science behind the fantasy.Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle:Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an... Read More »

The Lunar Chronicles: Book #1

By Marissa Meyer  /  Narrated by Rebecca Soler  /  10 hours 2 minutes

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her... Read More »

By Ernest Cline  /  Narrated by Wil Wheaton  /  15 hours 39 minutes

The bestselling cult classic—soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging... Read More »

By Jojo Moyes  /  Narrated by Steven Crossley, Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink & Various  /  14 hours 40 minutes

The New York Times bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture; US release on June 3, 2016.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly... Read More »

By Roald Dahl  /  Narrated by Kate Winslet  /  4 hours 18 minutes

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times

“The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda!

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to... Read More »

The Penderwicks

By Jeanne Birdsall  /  Narrated by Susan Denaker  /  6 hours 43 minutes

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager.

This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful... Read More »

By Andrew Smith  /  Narrated by MacLeod Andrews  /  8 hours 24 minutes

Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel's story of his summer at a boys' camp... Read More »

By Harper Lee  /  Narrated by Reese Witherspoon  /  6 hours 57 minutes

From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—"Scout"—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that... Read More »

By Robert Galbraith  /  Narrated by Robert Glenister  /  17 hours 57 minutes

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.

Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible--and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained... Read More »

By Maryrose Wood  /  Narrated by Katherine Kellgren  /  5 hours 27 minutes

Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and Beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle, is alarmingly adept at chasing... Read More »

Discworld: Book #32

By Terry Pratchett  /  Narrated by Stephen Briggs  /  7 hours 47 minutes

Tiffany Aching -- the boldest heroine ever to swing a frying pan against the forces of evil -- is beginning her apprenticeship in magic. She expects to work hard, learn spells, and become a witch. She doesn't expect to find herself doing chores, caring for the careless, and trying to outthink an ill-tempered nanny goat. There must be more to... Read More »

The Mars Trilogy series: Book #1

By Pierce Brown  /  Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds  /  16 hours 11 minutes

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
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A Cormoran Strike Novel: Book #1

By J. K. Rowling & Robert Galbraith  /  Narrated by Robert Glenister  /  15 hours 54 minutes

A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is... Read More »

A Cormoran Strike Novel: Book #2

By Robert Galbraith  /  Narrated by Robert Glenister  /  17 hours 17 minutes

Private investigator Cormoran Strike returns in a new mystery from Robert Galbraith, author of the #1 international bestseller The Cuckoo's Calling.

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days--as he has done... Read More »

By Anne Ursu  /  Narrated by Kirby Heyborne  /  7 hours 46 minutes

A stunning modern-day fairy tale from acclaimed author Anne Ursu

Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbs is a... Read More »

Algonquin Young Readers

By William Ritter  /  Narrated by Nicola Barber  /  7 hours 21 minutes

Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1890, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary—including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s... Read More »

By Paula McLain  /  Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie  /  11 hours 25 minutes

A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway and her... Read More »

By Kristin Hannah  /  Narrated by Polly Stone  /  17 hours 19 minutes

In love we find out who we want to be.

In war we find out who we are.

FRANCE, 1939

In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in... Read More »

By Astrid Lindgren  /  Narrated by Christina Moore  /  2 hours 35 minutes

If you've ever dreamed about a life of absolute freedom, you'll love this book. First published in 1950, Pippi Longstocking has given generations of young readers a vision of days free from chores, bedtime hours, and homework. Now Christina Moore's delightful unabridged narration gives new life to Pippi's unconventional, free-spirited adventures. Read More »

Moon Base Alpha

By Stuart Gibbs  /  Narrated by Gibson Frazier  /  6 hours 28 minutes

Now a winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award!

It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School.

Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as Moonies—living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to... Read More »

By Rainbow Rowell  /  Narrated by Sunil Malhotra & Rebecca Lowman  /  8 hours 55 minutes

Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we’re 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be.

Set over the course of one school year in 1986,... Read More »

By Erik Larson  /  Narrated by Scott Brick  /  13 hours 3 minutes

#1 New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania

On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of... Read More »