Boldly.Blue's Audiobook Wishlist

Forest of Noise

By: Mosab Abu Toha

Narrated by: Mosab Abu Toha

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"A powerful, capacious, and profound" (Ocean Vuong) new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.

You are alive
for a moment
when living people
run after you.

Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha was already a well-known poet when the current siege of Gaza began. After the Israeli army bombed and destroyed his... Read more

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera

By: Nadi Reed Perez

Narrated by: EJ Lavery

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Mal's life is over. Her afterlife is only just beginning… By turns irreverently funny and deeply moving, this debut contemporary fantasy is perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Mal Caldera—former rockstar, retired wild-child and excommunicated black sheep of her Catholic family—is dead. Not that she... Read more

Troublemakers

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Harlan Ellison has written or edited 75 books, more than 1700 stories, essays, articles and newspaper columns, two dozen teleplays, and a dozen movies. Now, for the first time anywhere, Troublemakers presents a collection of Ellison's classic stories—chosen by the author—that will introduce new readers to... Read more

Stalking the Nightmare and Other Works

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 20 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Stalking the Nightmare
Here you'll find twenty of his very best stories and essays (including the four-part "Scenes from the Real World"), an anecdotal history of the doomed TV series, The
Starlost, he created for NBC; "Tales from the Mountains of Madness"; and his hilariously brutal reportage on the three most important things in life: sex,... Read more

Shatterday and Other Works

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

“One of the great … American short-story writers” exposes the darkness of the human heart in these speculative tales of terror and tragedy (George R. R. Martin).A five-year-old boy never ages, living as an immortal in a past that no longer exists while the world encroaches upon his innocence, in the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning “Jeffty Is... Read more

Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed and Other Works

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The following books are included..."An Edge in My Voice" and "Sleepless Nights in Procrustean Bed" Read more

The Last Dangerous Visions

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: J. Michael Straczynski, Jim Meskimen, Mark San...

Length: 14 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with... Read more

11/22/63

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Craig Wasson

Length: 30 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTS RANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED. WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK?

In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular... Read more

The Long Goodbye

By: Raymond Chandler

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME •  The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.

In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long... Read more

The Tommyknockers

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 27 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller about a terrifying otherworldly discovery and the effects it has a on a small town.

“Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door…”

On a beautiful June day, while walking deep in the woods on her property in... Read more

Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

Narrated by: Anne Applebaum

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them

"A masterful guide to the new age of authoritarianism... clear-sighted and fearless.”—John Simpson, The Guardian • "Especially timely."—The Washington... Read more

Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
 
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator... Read more

The Kabbalah of Writing

By: Sherri Mandell

Narrated by: Mary Johnson

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

• Explains how the 10 sefirot—the channels of divine creative life force—can be used to develop writing and give you the power to grow as a person and a writer

• Explores each sefira in detail and how it can be used to manifest creative visions through words

• Provides writing exercises and imaginative techniques to help you receive the mystical... Read more

On Writing (and Writers)

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A definitive collection of wisdom on every style of writing and a celebration of the transformative power of the written word from one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the modern age, C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and other revered classics.Featuring... Read more

The Writing of Fiction

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Erin Bateman

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.”
Grab a pen and hone your writing skills under the guidance one of the greatest teachers of the craft.
Edith Wharton made her claim in the literary world as the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature. She is famous for her works of fiction, which include The Age of... Read more

Mind of My Mind

By: Octavia E. Butler

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A young woman harnesses her newfound power to challenge the ruthless man who controls her, in this brilliant and provocative novel from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.

Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like... Read more

Adulthood Rites

By: Octavia E. Butler

Narrated by: J.D Jackson

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower:After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future . . . or is doomed to self-destruction.

In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race... Read more

Kindred

By: Octavia E. Butler

Narrated by: Kim Staunton

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The first science fiction written by a Black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of Black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably... Read more

Within You Without You

By: Seth Rogovoy

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

How did the most reluctant member of the Fab Four put his mark on all of their music? This book helps listeners hear how George Harrison shaped the sound of The Beatles and how he carried that sound forward into his solo career



Within You Without You is a highly personal exploration of George Harrison's essential contributions to the Beatles and... Read more

The Book of Joy

By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu & Douglas Carlton Abrams

Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams, Francois Chau & Peter F...

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.
 
The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The... Read more

The Shape of Water

By: Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

*Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture*

*Winner of the 2018 Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director*

Visionary storyteller Guillermo del Toro and celebrated author Daniel Kraus combine their estimable talent in this haunting, heartbreaking audiobook.

The Shape of Water is set in Cold War-era Baltimore... Read more

This Is Your Mind on Plants

By: Michael Pollan

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books of the Year

“Expert storytelling . . . [Pollan] masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways.” —New York Times Book Review

From #1 New York Times bestselling author... Read more

How to Love a Forest

By: Ethan Tapper

Narrated by: Evan Sibley

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A tender, fearless debut by a forester writing in the tradition of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Robert MacfarlaneOnly those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth.... Read more

Better Living Through Birding

By: Christian Cooper

Narrated by: Christian Cooper

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.

"Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Immense World

Christian Cooper is a self-described... Read more

Braving the Wilderness: Reese's Book Club

By: Brené Brown

Narrated by: Brené Brown

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection

Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries... Read more

The Tempest Tales

By: Walter Mosley

Narrated by: Ty Jones

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of 30 critically acclaimed works, Walter Mosley has had his novels translated into 23 languages. The Tempest Tales, an Essence Book Club Recommended Read, features Tempest Landry, a black man shot down by an over-eager cop. But that's not the end of the line for Tempest. Unwilling to accept St. Peter's judgment that he spend eternity... Read more

Farewell, Amethystine

By: Walter Mosley

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From “master of the genre” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia—blinding him to reason and risk.

January 1970 finds Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations.  He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a... Read more

The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov

By: Andrea Pitzer

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov's life and works—notably Pale Fire and Lolita—bringing new insight into one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic authors.Novelist Vladimir Nabokov witnessed the horrors of his century, escaping Revolutionary Russia then Germany under Hitler, and fleeing France with his Jewish wife and son... Read more

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

By: Vladimir Nabokov

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 31 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From Vladimir Nabokov, the writer who shocked and delighted the world with his novels Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor, comes a magnificent collection of stories. Written between the 1920s and the 1950s, these sixty-eight tales — fourteen of which have been translated into English for the first time - display all the shades of Nabokov’s... Read more

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 14 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Revolution is brewing on twenty-first-century Luna, a moon-based penal colony where oppressed “Loonies” are being exploited by a harsh Authority that controls it from Earth. Against all odds, a ragtag collection of dissidents has banded together in revolt, including a young female radical, an elderly academic, a one-armed computer jock, and a... Read more

Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

Narrated by: J. D. Kelly

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself in a riveting exploration of human nature and the depths of the human soul with "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, now available as a captivating audiobook. Transporting listeners into the heart of Africa's enigmatic wilderness, this timeless literary masterpiece unveils the dark recesses of colonialism, greed, and moral... Read more

The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan & Michael Crouch

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The queen of science fiction’s trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beingsA groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary’s mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose—and change—their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a... Read more

Hyperspace

By: Michio Kaku

Narrated by: Tim Lounibos

Length: 14 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in... Read more

Fletch

By: Gregory Mcdonald

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Book one in the bestselling mystery series that brought to life an iconic literary antihero of subversion and schemesFletch, investigative reporter extraordinaire, can’t be bothered with deadlines or expense-account budgets when it comes to getting his story.Working undercover at the beach to dig up a drug-trafficking scheme for his next... Read more

Buddha's Brain

By: Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

If you change your brain, you can change your life.Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s―and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we... Read more

Collected Stories

By: Saul Bellow

Length: 26 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of treasured stories by the unchallenged master of American fictionNobel Prize winner Saul Bellow has deservedly been celebrated as one of America’s greatest writers. For more than sixty years he stretched our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts with his exhilarating perceptions of life. Here, collected in one volume and chosen... Read more

Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition

By: Kim Scott

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring a NEW PREFACE, AFTERWORD and Radically Candid PERFORMANCE REVIEW BONUS CHAPTER, the fully revised & updated edition of Radical Candor is packed with even more guidance to help you improve your relationships at work.

Radical Candor has been embraced around the world by leaders of every stripe at companies of all sizes. Now a cultural... Read more

Book Yourself Solid

By: Michael Port

Narrated by: Michael Port

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

According to the Small Business Administration, ninety percent of service businesses will fail within the first five years. They fail not because they don't offer great services and products, but because the owners are extremely uncomfortable with traditional marketing and sales. The result is a frustrated, isolated, and overwhelmed business... Read more

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

By: Shunryu Suzuki

Narrated by: Peter Coyote

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.So begins this most beloved of all American Zen works. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it's all about. In the years since its original publication,... Read more

The Tipping Point

By: Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person... Read more

Psychedelic Buddhism

By: Lama Mike Crowley

Narrated by: Michael Ellick

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

• Presents guidance and techniques for Buddhists who wish to incorporate psychedelics into their practice as well as for psychonauts who are interested in the maps of inner space provided by Buddhism

• Explores the use of psychedelics in Buddhist practice, sharing the kind of spiritual experiences that can be gained with each

• Describes... Read more

Fire, Ice, and Physics

By: Rebecca C. Thompson

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Exploring the science in George R. R. Martin's fantastical world, from the physics of an ice wall to the genetics of the Targaryens and Lannisters.

Game of Thrones is a fantasy that features a lot of made-up science--fabricated climatology (when is winter coming?), astronomy, metallurgy, chemistry, and biology. Most fans of George R. R. Martin's... Read more

Buffering

By: Hannah Hart

Narrated by: Hannah Hart & Judy Young

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The wildly popular YouTube personality and author of the New York Times bestseller My Drunk Kitchen is back! This time, she’s stirring up memories and tales from her past.By combing through the journals that Hannah has kept for much of her life, this collection of narrative essays deliver a fuller picture of her life, her experiences, and the... Read more

This Is the Honey

By: Kwame Alexander

Narrated by: Mahogany L. Brown & Joel Damany Steingold

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by Why Fathers Cry at Night author and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander. In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a... Read more

Christian Dior

By: Marie-France Pochna

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Christian Dior's career, a veritable fairy tale, is set in a rich tapestry of Paris cultural life before, during, and after the war. Much of Dior's daily inspiration emanated from the world of the intellectual and artistic elite, in which he moved with such people as Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Henry Sauguet, Jean Cocteau, and Raoul Dufy.Born... Read more

The Bookshop on the Corner

By: Jenny Colgan

Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? In this valentine to readers, librarians, and book-lovers the world over, the New York Times-bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery returns with a funny, moving new novel for fans of Meg Donohue, Sophie... Read more

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By: Hernan Diaz

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò...

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE

“Buzzy and enthralling . . . A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery... Read more

An American Sunrise

By: Joy Harjo

Narrated by: Joy Harjo

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo... Read more

Philosophy in The Twilight Zone

By: Noel Carroll & Lester H. Hunt

Narrated by: Ax Norman

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Lauded by fans and critics alike, Rod Serling's groundbreaking The Twilight Zone series is one of pop culture's most enduring icons. By exploring the fantastical depths of the unknown, the 156 original episodes (1959-64) continue to hold viewers spellbound. While the stories embrace elements of the supernatural, they were also quite... Read more

The Twilight Zone Companion, Second Edition

By: Marc Scott Zicree

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Twilight Zone Companion is the complete, five season (1959-64) show-by-show guide to one of television's greatest series. Zicree's well-written account is fascinating reading for even the casual fan. Coverage of each episode includes plot synopsis, Rod Serling's opening narration, behind-the-scenes stories from the original artists who... Read more

A Little History of Poetry

By: John Carey

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the... Read more