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The Curse of Saints
By: Kate Dramis
Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
As an elite spy and the Queen's Third-in-Command, Aya has dedicated herself to a life of discipline and duty, using her gods-given abilities to keep dark magic from ever returning to the realm. Her oath ensures she will always act to protect those she fights alongside?including Will, the Queen's Enforcer and Aya's bitter rival. Forced by... Read more
View audiobookFirst to the Front
By: Lorissa Rinehart
Narrated by: Kate Handford
Length: 15 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The first authoritative biography of pioneering photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who from World War II through the early days of Vietnam got her story by any means necessary as one of the first female war correspondents.
"I side with prisoners against guards, enlisted men against officers, weakness against power."
From the beginning of World War... Read more
Random Acts of Medicine
By: Anupam B. Jena & Christopher Worsham
Narrated by: Anupam B. Jena & Christopher Worsham
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected—but predictable—events can profoundly affect our health. • Is there ever a good time to have a heart attack? Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful... Read more
View audiobookThe Mistress of Bhatia House
By: Sujata Massey
Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
Length: 14 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor.
Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women’s hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential... Read more
The St. Ambrose School for Girls
By: Jessica Ward
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The newest student at the elite St. Ambrose School for Girls must navigate a sinister social clique and the treachery of her own mind in this “complex psychological thriller” (CrimeReads) that is perfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Layne Fargo.
When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she’s carrying more baggage than just... Read more
Good Fortune
By: C.K. Chau
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A whip-smart and charming debut novel that brilliantly reimagines Pride and Prejudice, set in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity, and the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love. When Elizabeth Chen’s ever-hustling realtor mother finally sells the beloved if... Read more
View audiobookRipe
By: Sarah Rose Etter
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of 2023 by Time, Huffington Post, Kirkus, and more * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick
A surreal novel with “a dark, delicious edge” (Time) about a woman in Silicon Valley who must decide how much she’s willing to... Read more
Thief Liar Lady
By: D. L. Soria
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
“Happily Ever After” is a total scam, but at least this time the princess is the one controlling the grift—until her true love arrives and threatens to ruin the whole scheme. Intrigue, magic, and wit abound in this Cinderella fairytale reimagining, perfect for fans of Heather Walter and Naomi Novik.
“A dazzlingly magical, thrilling, and inventive... Read more
The Majority
By: Elizabeth L. Silver
Narrated by: Sierra Prasada
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.
Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on. At 83, “the contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time left. What she has is a... Read more
After the Funeral and Other Stories
By: Tessa Hadley
Narrated by: Abigail Thaw
Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships—Tessa Hadley is "one of the greatest stylists alive" (Ron Charles, Washington Post).
A Best Book of the Year: TIME, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Vogue
“Hadley is pure magic and After the... Read more
Shadow Drive
By: Nolan Cubero
Narrated by: Bernardo de Paula
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
In this thrilling debut from award-winning filmmaker Nolan Cubero, a young father must investigate his mysterious new tenant and discover what secrets she’s hiding—while trying to keep his own.Landlord Gabriel Angueira is trying to put his life back together. His teenage daughter, Megan, was seriously injured in a car accident caused by her own... Read more
View audiobookHamlet is Not OK
By: R.A. Spratt
Narrated by: R.A. Spratt
Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Selby hates homework.
She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents' bookshop and small-town busybodies.
So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.
This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet: heavy with grief,... Read more
Sunshine Nails
By: Mai Nguyen
Narrated by: Carolina Ðo, David Lee Huynh, Quyen Ngo, Vyvy N...
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No
This “insightful, moving story with striking depth” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author) follows a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do anything to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high-end salon opens up—even if it tears the family apart.
Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a... Read more
Like Lava In My Veins
By: Derrick Barnes
Narrated by: James Fouhey
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: No
All it takes is a loving teacher to help a boy get control of his sizzling superpowers, in this vibrant audiobook by bestselling author Derrick Barnes.
Bobby Beacon’s got fire flowing through his veins. And now he’s psyched to attend a new school that’ll help him get a better grip on his powers. But right off the bat, his new teacher is not too... Read more
Excavations
By: Kate Myers
Narrated by: Joy Nash
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
**A NATIONAL BESTSELLER**BEST SUMMER READS OF 2023: The New York Post • Oprah Book Club • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Good Housekeeping • Brit + Co • The Good Trade • Parade • Zibby Mag • O Quaterly“Funny, smart and deeply delicious.” —Amy Poehler • “Witty and acerbic, Myers’ debut is humorous and sharply written, as if Aubrey Plaza’s April... Read more
View audiobookThe Housekeepers
By: Alex Hay
Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs plot a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class
Named a Best Book of Summer by The Washington Post * Good Housekeeping * Harper's Bazaar * Reader's Digest
“Rollicking fun and entirely original... Anyone who... Read more
The Light Room
By: Kate Zambreno
Narrated by: Kate Zambreno
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
“Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup.“ —Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
From “one of our most formally ambitious writers” (Esquire), a moving account of caretaking in a time of uncertainty and loss
In The Light Room, Zambreno offers her most profound and... Read more
The Door-to-Door Bookstore
By: Carsten Henn
Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.
Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people... Read more
The Last Dance
By: Mark Billingham
Narrated by: David Threlfall
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham that introduces Detective Miller: a man who's unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated.
Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner) Alex. Working with new... Read more
Invisible Son
By: Kim Johnson
Narrated by: Guy Lockard & Kim Johnson
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love.
Life can change in an instant.
When you’re wrongfully accused of a crime.
When a virus shuts everything down.
When the girl you love moves on.
Andre Jackson... Read more
Sing Me to Sleep
By: Gabi Burton
Narrated by: Dami Olukoya
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Bloomsbury presents Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton, read by Dami Olukoya.
Featured in the New York Times, Glamour, Buzzfeed, and more!
In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and These Violent Delights, a siren assassin falls for a forbidden man.
Killer. Liar. Soldier. Spy.
Saoirse is a killer: Her ability to... Read more
Dead Man's Wake
By: Paul Doiron
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
"Henry Leyva's narration shapes the story wonderfully because he keeps his regional accents in line with the writer's intent." —Audiofile on Hatchet Island
Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron.
On the evening of... Read more
The History of a Difficult Child
By: Mihret Sibhat
Narrated by: Waceke Wambaa
Length: 13 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
“An endearing coming-of-age story. . . . Sharp and witty. . . . A wily and operatic novel. . . . Propulsive.” —The Washington Post
"The History of a Difficult Child is an extraordinary novel." —Maaza Mengiste, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Shadow King
“An exhilarating novel by a powerful new writer.” —Elif Batuman, author of... Read more
The Rooster House
By: Victoria Belim
Narrated by: Amrita Acharia
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
A timely and deeply moving story of family, history, and Ukraine
In 2014, the landmarks of Victoria Belim’s personal geography were plunged into tumult at the hands of Russia. Her hometown, Kyiv, was gripped by protests and violence. Crimea, where she’d once been sent to school to avoid radiation from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, was... Read more