Suzanna Recommends

Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek

How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television

By: Thea Glassman
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

“Anyone who grew up watching 90s and early 2000s TV will adore this deep dive into why & how these shows came to be. This is excellent on audio as well - like a great podcast! Read more

The Half Moon

A Novel

By: Mary Beth Keane
Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz & Rebecca Lowman
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

“I so desperately want Malcolm and Jess to be happy, almost as much as they yearn to be. Married and living in the small town where they were raised, their marriage is fractured under the burdens that come with life. They do right, they do wrong - will they survive it all, together? I like these people! You will too! Read more

Better the Blood

Hana Westerman: Book #1

By: Michael Bennett
Narrated by: Miriama McDowell & Richard Te Are
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

“A spine chilling crime thriller set in Auckland NZ. It shows the history of injustices to the Mauri people and how those injustices continue in the present. It is a look at how the history has affected Hana Westerman, a female Mauri detective, who has risen in the ranks thanks partly because she toed the blue line 18 years earlier in action... Read more

Your Table Is Ready

Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Narrated by: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is an entertaining and insightful audiobook."-... Read more

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

A Novel

By: Kevin Wilson
Narrated by: Ginnifer Goodwin & Kevin Wilson
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

“I loved this novel! Wilson does a great job at evoking the nostalgia of a teen that lived in the early 90s! The book reads quickly like a movie and I found myself sad to have to turn it off! It's fascinating to think that two teens could do something that can snowball in a way to impact the world. In the end, I empathized with the main character... Read more

Surveillance State

Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control

By: Josh Chin & Liza Lin
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Where is the line between digital utopia and digital police state?

Surveillance State tells the gripping, startling, and detailed story of how China’s Communist Party is building a new kind of political control: shaping the will of the people through the sophisticated—and often brutal—harnessing of data.

It is a story born in Silicon Valley and... Read more

Book Lovers

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

“This book is perfect. I was so happy to see Emily Henry return to enemies-to-lovers. Dare I say it, Book Lovers is even better than Beach Read! The editor vs agent drama, the small-town checklist, and god, the steamy scenes — read this book! Read more

Before Your Memory Fades

A Novel

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series: Book #3

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.

On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi... Read more

A Merry Little Meet Cute

A Novel

A Christmas Notch: Book #1

By: Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
Narrated by: Joy Nash & Sebastian York
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with.Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a... Read more

Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition)

A Story of Justice and Redemption

By: Bryan Stevenson
Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice... Read more

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

A novel

By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Jennifer Kim & Julian Cihi
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

“This was my favorite book so far this year. I don't care at all about video games in real life, but I cared so much about these characters and their games and I even kind of want to play them. The narrative flits through time and between perspectives, weaving together a beautiful tale of unconditional love and friendship, and the wonderful... Read more

The Dead Romantics

By: Ashley Poston
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

“Great premise with real poignancy, laugh out loud moments, and an original plot. This one channels TJ Klune and Younger, the tv series. Very entertaining!! Really wonderful narration for audio edition. Read more

The Last White Man

A Novel

By: Mohsin Hamid
Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

“The Last White Man is a thought provoking work of literature filled with empathy and depth that dives beyond the superficial, and explores the depths of what it truly means to be human. Ander awakens one morning to find that his skin has turned dark overnight. Confusion and fear become Ander’s companions. Why did this happen? Will he be accepted... Read more

Ten Steps to Nanette

A Memoir Situation

By: Hannah Gadsby
Narrated by: Hannah Gadsby
Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

“I loved Hannah Gadsby in Please Like Me and was blown away by her Netflix special, Nanette, so it’s no surprise that I appreciated her memoir, too. I learned not only more about her life but also about the history of homophobic laws and politics in Australia, as well as quite a bit about autism, trauma and ADHD, all of which Gadsby lives with.... Read more

Rogues

True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

By: Patrick Radden Keefe
Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing—and one of the most decorated journalists of our time—twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue

"An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his illuminating writing." —NPR

“Fast-paced...Keefe is a... Read more

The Seas

By: Samantha Hunt
Narrated by: Samantha Hunt
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Moored in a coastal fishing town so far north that the highways only run south, the unnamed narrator of The Seas is a misfit. She's often the subject of cruel local gossip. Her father, a sailor, walked into the ocean eleven years earlier and never returned, leaving his wife and daughter to keep a forlorn vigil. Surrounded by water and beckoned... Read more

The Nineties

A Book

By: Chuck Klosterman
Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman & Dion Graham
Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

“Klosterman examines some of the key cultural, technological, and political events of the nineties with a specific focus on how this decade shaped the people who came of age during this period.I am the audience for The Nineties. I graduated from high school in 1995 and I vividly remember every key event that Klosterman mentions in his book,... Read more

Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

“Sedaris reading his own stories is a true treasure. He’s a master storyteller and hearing him tell his stories adds an extra layer of delight. His pauses and inflections make each story that much more hilarious or profound. Sedaris’ brand of humor and his willingness to share candid, sometimes cringy, details of his life, keep me coming back for... Read more

Unreconciled

Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

By: Jesse Wente
Narrated by: Jesse Wente
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

WINNER of the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction
SHORTLISTED for the 2023 Speaker's Book Award

A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"Unreconciled is one hell of a good book. Jesse Wente’s narrative moves effortlessly from the personal to the historical to the contemporary. Very powerful, and a joy to... Read more

Hell of a Book

A Novel

By: Jason Mott
Narrated by: JD Jackson & Ronald Peet
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

***2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER***

***THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER***

Winner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chautauqua Prize Finalist, Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing Shortlist, 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Shortlist, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award Shortlist, 2022 Carnegie... Read more