Bookseller picks

Heavy

By: Kiese Laymon

Narrated by: Kiese Laymon

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times*

*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times... Read more

The City of Brass

By: S. A. Chakraborty

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 20 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWireStep into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty perfect for fans of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant... Read more

Nightbitch

By: Rachel Yoder

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING AMY ADAMS • In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. • "A must-read for anyone who can’t get enough of the ever-blurring line between the psychological and supernatural that Yellowjackets exemplifies." —Vulture

One... Read more

Magpie Murders

By: Anthony Horowitz

Narrated by: Samantha Bond & Allan Corduner

Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Samantha BondDon’t miss Magpie Murders on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! ""A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers."" —Janet Maslin, New York TimesNew York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Novel | NPR Best Book of the Year | Washington Post Best... Read more

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

By: Ocean Vuong

Narrated by: Ocean Vuong

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller • Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction • Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling

New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 

“A lyrical work of self-discovery that’s shockingly intimate and insistently... Read more

The Devil in the White City

By: Erik Larson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 14 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth... Read more

Burnout

By: Emily Nagoski, PhD & Amelia Nagoski, DMA

Narrated by: Emily Nagoski, PhD & Amelia Nagoski, DMA

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is a gift! I’ve been practicing their strategies, and it’s a total game changer.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Dare to Lead

“A primer on how to stop letting the world dictate how you live and what we think of ourselves, Burnout is essential reading [and] . . . excels in its intersectionality.”—Bustle
 
This... Read more

Homegoing

By: Yaa Gyasi

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize
A New York Times 2016 Notable Book
One of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016
NPR's Debut Novel of the Year
One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016
One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016

“Homegoing is an inspiration.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates 


The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story... Read more

Nothing to See Here

By: Kevin Wilson

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 Audie  Winner – Best Female Narrator
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland. “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and... Read more

Long Island

By: Colm Toibin

Narrated by: Jessie Buckley

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Stunning.” —People * “Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world’s best living literary writers.” —The Boston Globe * “Momentous and hugely affecting.” —The Wall Street Journal *

From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving... Read more

American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Jeanine Cummins

Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi

Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times Bestseller
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK

“Extraordinary.”—Stephen King

“This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel of las Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.”—Sandra Cisneros

También de este lado hay sueños. On this side too, there are dreams.

Lydia... Read more

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

By: India Holton

Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

"So riotously clever it almost defies description...an alchemy of romantic elements held in perfect harmony."—NPR

Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.

Beth Pickering is on the... Read more

The Light Eaters

By: Zoë Schlanger

Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass“Mesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly beautiful.” –Ed Yong, author of An Immense World“Rich, vital, and full of surprises. Read it!” –Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky and The Sixth Extinction “A brilliant... Read more

The Palace of Eros

By: Caro De Robertis

Narrated by: Caro De Robertis

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Featured in “65 Queer Books You Need to Read in Summer 2024” by Electric Literature

Perfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun, this bold and subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros explores the power of queer joy and freedom.

Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her... Read more

Catherine House

By: Elisabeth Thomas

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“Elisabeth Thomas had me mesmerized from the first page. Dreamy and brimming with dread, Catherine House will swallow you whole.""  — Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls
Trust us, you belong here. A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious,... Read more

Mirrored Heavens

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

Narrated by: Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, S...

Length: 19 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy.

Even the sea cannot stay calm before the storm. —Teek saying

Serapio, avatar of the Crow God Reborn and the newly crowned Carrion King, rules Tova. But... Read more

Light From Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"Cindy Kay masterfully narrates this unique audiobook, which combines a variety of genres to tell a moving story of self-acceptance and finding safety even in the bleakest of times." - AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award review

Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful... Read more

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton & Prentice Onayemi

Length: 29 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times • Time • Washington Post • Oprah Daily • People • Boston... Read more

Not in Love

By: Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by: Callie Dalton & Jason Clarke

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An Indie Next and a Hall of Fame LibraryReads Pick!

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science—from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a... Read more

Lost and Lassoed

By: Lyla Sage

Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Samantha Brentmoor & Lyla Sage

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

She thrives in chaos. He prefers routine. The only thing they have in common? How much they hate each other.

From the bestselling author of Done and Dusted and Swift and Saddled, the highly anticipated next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small-town romance in which enemies turn to lovers when they’re forced to work together during one hot... Read more

Banyan Moon

By: Thao Thai

Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Catherine Ho & Elyse Dinh

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick""A riveting mother-daughter tale."" — Elle""Radiant. … An intimate account of one family’s planting of roots in American soil and the sacrifices great and small that each member makes along the way.” — Washington PostA sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American... Read more

Jade City

By: Fonda Lee

Narrated by: Andrew Kishino

Length: 19 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. 

*Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Book Of All Time
​* World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, winner
* Aurora Award for Best Novel, winner
* Nebula Award for Best Novel, nominee
* Locus Award for... Read more

Beautyland

By: Marie-Helene Bertino

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she's different: she possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax... Read more

Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

Narrated by: Sena Bryer

Length: 15 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Sena Bryer delivers a cinematic performance of Tesh's exhilarating space opera. Bryer's full-bodied characterizations--gruff Mags, Kyr's quietly rage-filled squadmates, and a sweetly naïve but powerful alien named Yiso--are so skilled that listeners may wonder if this is a full-cast production. Complete with time slips, a reality-warping... Read more