Bookseller picks

Unfortunately Yours

By: Tessa Bailey

Narrated by: Callie Dalton

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back in Napa Valley with this hilarious rom-com about a down-on-her-luck heiress who suggests a mutually beneficial marriage of convenience to a man she can’t stand... only to discover there’s a fine line between love and hate.After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos... Read more

Such Kindness

By: Andre Dubus, III

Narrated by: Andre Dubus, III

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A working-class white man takes a terrible fall.

Tom Lowe’s identity and his pride are invested in the work he does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family’s dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage he took on the property, convinced he is making every sacrifice for the happiness of
his wife... Read more

We're All in This Together . . .

By: Tom Papa

Narrated by: Tom Papa

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"In 37 short essays comedian Tom Papa reminds listeners that life's absurdities are here to stay and that everyone is doing the best they can. His tone and delivery are comforting, heartwarming, even therapeutic."- AudioFile

Stand-up is all well and good, but observational humor that’s funny and warm may work... Read more

The Queens of New York

By: E. L. Shen

Narrated by: Katharine Chin, Vyvy Nguyen & Joy Osmanski

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian American girls, their unbreakable bond, and one life-changing summer, perfect for fans of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.Best friends Jia Lee, Ariel Kim, and Everett Hoang are inseparable. But this summer, they won’t be together.Everett, aspiring... Read more

How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending

By: Reductress

Narrated by: Mara Wilson & Jay Aaseng

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A biting humor collection about the cult of productivity and the feeling of impending doom that comes with it, from Reductress.
Juggling careers, maintaining relationships, managing side gigs, and sustaining an engaging social media presence is hard––and we're expected to do it all while battling the ever-present feeling of existential dread... Read more

Greenwild

By: Pari Thomson

Narrated by: Sophia Nomvete

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The thrilling first book in the most extraordinary new fantasy series from debut author Pari Thomson.

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth itself . . .

Eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been keeping big, glittering secrets, and now she has vanished.... Read more

The Antiquity Affair

By: Lee Kelly & Jennifer Thorne

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Holly Linneman

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An archaeologist’s estranged daughters.1907: The dawn of Egyptology is a time of imperialism and plunder, opulence and unrest, and Dr. Warren Ford, esteemed archaeologist, is the man of the hour. His daughters—intellectual Lila, on the eve of her debut as a Manhattan socialite, and nonconformist Tess, who dreams of following in his... Read more

Bored Gay Werewolf

By: Tony Santorella

Narrated by: Anthony Nyro

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about with his friends Nik and Darby. He's been struggling to manage his transition to adulthood almost as much as his monthly transitions to a werewolf. Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught... Read more

Brick Lane

By: Monica Ali

Narrated by: Full Cast, Anneika Rose, Zubin Varla, Nikesh Pa...

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning BBC radio adaptation of Monica Ali's bestselling, Booker-shortlisted novel

1985. Uprooted from her home in Bangladesh, 18-year-old Nazneen is sent to London for an arranged marriage with a much older man. Her new life is strange and bewildering - the busy streets and crowded tower blocks of the East End are a world away from the rural... Read more

Little Ghosts

By: Gregg Dunnett

Narrated by: Katie Villa

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

One moment my beautiful daughter, her face flushed from the sun, her curls still wet from splashing in the ocean, was waiting in line for a strawberry ice cream, the next she was gone… As I sit in her dimly lit bedroom, surrounded by flickering candles, I feel the crushing weight of my daughter’s absence. It's been two years since Layla was... Read more

The Alchemy of Moonlight

By: David Ferraro

Narrated by: Will Watt

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

When Emile’s aunt declares he must marry or be disowned for being gay, he runs away to hide as a servant in Count Montoni’s mansion. In their service, Emile tends to the family who all suffer a strange affliction on the full moon. And after overhearing suspicious family arguments, he finds a body on the estate, drawing the attention of a... Read more

The Forgotten Girls

By: Monica Potts

Narrated by: Monica Potts

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Talented and ambitious, Monica Potts and her best friend, Darci, were both determined to make something of themselves. How did their lives turn out so different?

“The Forgotten Girls is much more than a memoir; it’s the unflinching story of rural women trying to live in the most rugged, ultra-religious, and left-behind places in America.”—Beth... Read more

Her Good Side

By: Rebekah Weatherspoon

Narrated by: Marcella Cox & Daniel K. Isaac

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

**A New York Times Best Romance Book of the Year**

A swoony, heart-melting YA romance from beloved author Rebekah Weatherspoon about two awkward teens who decide to practice dating in order to be good at the real thing. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han.

Sixteen-year-old Bethany Greene, though confident and self-assured, is what they... Read more

The Museum of Ordinary People

By: Mike Gayle

Narrated by: Witney White

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “brilliantly original” and warmhearted novel, an old set of encyclopedias leads a young woman to a curious museum and one profoundly moving lesson: that every life is an extraordinary life (New York Times bestselling author Claire Mackintosh).  

Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing... Read more

Bread and Circus

By: Airea D. Matthews

Narrated by: Airea D. Matthews

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

“Discerning and significant.” —Poetry Foundation
“A sharp memoir in verse.” —LitHub

This powerful and timely collection of autobiographical poems from Yale Young Poets Award Winner and Philadelphia’s former Poet Laureate Airea D. Matthews about the economics of class is a brilliant intellectual and... Read more

Twisted 1. Twisted love

By: Ana Huang

Narrated by: Mario Otero & Angels Ribalta

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Déjate llevar por la serie más hot de Tiktok Él tiene el corazón de hielo. Pero por ella, quemaría el mundo.  Aunque Ava Chen y Alex Volkov se conocen desde hace años, él siempre se ha mostrado distante y frío. Pero ahora que el hermano de Ava se ha ido y lo ha dejado encargado de la protección de ella, Alex parece algo menos indiferente.… Y su... Read more

Holding the Note

By: David Remnick

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey & David Remnick

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time—intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more.

The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing... Read more

Bad Summer People

By: Emma Rosenblum

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and Chandler Baker, author of Cutting Teeth.

"Narrator January LaVoy's range is highlighted in this audiobook about a single summer on Fire Island when gossip among vacationers and townies is ratcheted up to new levels."- AudioFile

Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart,... Read more

The Poisoner's Ring

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A modern-day homicide detective is working as an undertaker's assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicion.

Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid... Read more

The Senator's Wife

By: Liv Constantine

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A D.C. philanthropist suspects that her seemingly perfect employee is secretly plotting to steal her husband, her reputation—even her life—in this seductive novel of psychological suspense from the internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish.

“A deadly cocktail of medical mystery, family drama, and psychological... Read more

Built from the Fire

By: Victor Luckerson

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 19 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black Wall Street,” that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentrification

“Ambitious . . . absorbing . . . By the end of Luckerson’s outstanding book, the idea of building something new from the ashes of what has... Read more

Hurt You

By: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Narrated by: Jolene Kim

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

With echoes of Marieke Nijkamp and Jason Reynolds, acclaimed author Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s stunning YA homage to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells the tragic story of a Korean American teen who fights to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a hostile community.Moving beyond the quasi-fraternal bond of the unforgettable George... Read more

Harold

By: Steven Wright

Narrated by: Steven Wright

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school.

Steven Wright is one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians in history. Rolling Stone ranked him fifteenth on their “50 Best Stand-ups of All Time” list, while the... Read more

The Witch of Woodland

By: Laurel Snyder

Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A young girl preparing for her bat mitzvah discovers she has mysterious abilities in this magical contemporary coming-of-age story from the beloved author of Orphan Island.Hi, whoever is reading this. I’m Zipporah Chava McConnell, but everyone calls me Zippy.Things used to be simple—until a few weeks ago. Now my best friend, Bea, is acting... Read more