Talia's Favourite Audiobooks

The Secret History

By: Donna Tartt
Narrated by: Donna Tartt
Length: 22 hours 3 minutes

“Every page of this book is riveting and so, so rich. Richard as narrator is at first unreliable and, as the story unfolds, more and more sincere - as much an enigma as his cohort but more quietly so and ever compelling as the mystery itself. Somehow he is both blundering outsider D'Artagnan joining the Musketeers and Dante the Pilgrim. Tartt's... Read more

Jillian

A Novel

By: Halle Butler
Narrated by: Halle Butler
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

The "sublimely awkward and hilarious" (Chicago Tribune), National Book Award "5 Under 35"-garnering first novel from the acclaimed author of The New Me--now in a new edition

Twenty-four-year-old Megan may have her whole life ahead of her, but it already feels like a dead end, thanks to her dreadful job as a gastroenterologist's receptionist and... Read more

Lapvona

A Novel

By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Ottessa Moshfegh
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

“A gritty, grotesque, and desolate narrative centered around a sun-parched medieval fiefdom. Moshfegh, true to her style, shocks the reader with the primal machinations of an abusively pious sheep farmer and his differently-abled son, a repulsive and exploitive lord, and a hermetic forest witch. Not for the faint of heart! Read more

The Shards

A novel

By: Bret Easton Ellis
Narrated by: Bret Easton Ellis
Length: 23 hours 4 minutes

“The author of American Psycho stripmines his own past, concocting an autobiographical thriller full of early-80's vibes and a killer soundtrack. A high school student struggling with his identity, his clique of wealthy friends, a serial killer targeting teens in the area, and the grotesque tableaux left in their wake. Read more

Kindred

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

“This was my first time reading Octavia Butler. To say I was unprepared for the character study and journey she would take me on would be a great understatement. Dana, a black woman living in 1970s California mysteriously travels back in time (repeatedly) to the antebellum South and must find a way to stay put in her own time with as little... Read more

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

By: Iain Reid
Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

“This is a brilliantly written book that you should read and then read again because you are going to have questions. You will be doubting everything you just read. I'm not going to spoil the book by discussing the content except to say this is a story of girl meets boy, girl thinks of ending things with boy and then the insane journey begins... Read more

Vacuum in the Dark

A Novel

By: Jen Beagin
Narrated by: Jayme Mattler
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

“Mona is a housecleaner with a complicated past whose closest confidant is the host of NPR's FRESH AIR, Terry Gross, who Mona has a personal relationship with (in her active fantasy world=mind). Mona falls in love with all the wrong people (and houses) and is secretly a gifted photographer. This book is weird and I loved it. Read more

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

A Novel

By: Emily Austin
Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Gilda never wants to disappoint anyone, which is exactly how she ends up with a job as a secretary at a Catholic church. As a gay atheist, it's problematic. Alternatively hilarious and tragic, Gilda’s story is one that stays with you. Read more

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

A Novel

By: Akwaeke Emezi
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

“This lush, moving, queer, & deliciously dramatic romance follows Feyi, a widowed young artist, who finds herself falling for her new boyfriend’s father, a celebrity chef and a widower himself, while staying in his home on a Caribbean island. There's lots of great spice in this novel, but even more, I loved what it had to say about grief,... Read more

Bunny

A Novel

By: Mona Awad
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

“Mona Awad tells a harrowing story of a writer trying to overcome her writer’s block while simultaneously refusing to look deeper into herself or acknowledge her own needs or desires. This lack of self-knowledge leads her to a friendship with a group of young MFA students who are always ‘workshopping’…with disastrous consequences. The writing... Read more