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In the Midst of Winter
By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Cephas Jones & Alma...
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times and worldwide bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People).
During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard... Read more
Twin Peaks
By: Mark Frost
Narrated by: Annie Wersching
Length: 2 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The crucial sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Secret History of Twin Peaks, this audiobook bridges the two series, and takes you deeper into the mysteries raised by the new series.
The return of Twin Peaks is one of the most anticipated events in the history of television. The subject of endless speculation, shrouded in mystery, fans... Read more
Hiddensee
By: Gregory Maguire
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
In this imaginative novel rooted in the rich soil of early-nineteenth-century German Romanticism, beloved New York Times bestselling author Gregory Maguire twins an origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.Gregory Maguire’s novels have been called ""bewitching,"" ""remarkable,""... Read more
View audiobookMember of the Family
By: Dianne Lake & Deborah Herman
Narrated by: Dianne Lake
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life as one of his ""girls.""At... Read more
View audiobookStrange Weather
By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: Joe Hill, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Stephen La...
Length: 14 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman, Joe Hill.""One of America’s finest horror writers"" (Time magazine), Joe Hill has been hailed among legendary talents such as Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, and Jonathan Letham. In Strange... Read more
View audiobookMurder on the Orient Express [Movie Tie-in]
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A new recording of the most widely read mystery of all time, performed by Kenneth Branagh.Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, releasing November 10, 2017 and directed by Kenneth Branagh.“The murderer is with us - on the train now...”Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By... Read more
View audiobookVacationland
By: John Hodgman
Narrated by: John Hodgman
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
“I love everything about this hilarious book except the font size.” —Jon Stewart
Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn’t seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Everyone is doing it now.
Disarmed of falsehood, he was left only... Read more
It Devours!
By: Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Narrated by: Cecil Baldwin
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the... Read more
View audiobookSeven Days of Us
By: Francesca Hornak
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A family can’t escape their secrets when they’re forced to spend a week in quarantine in this “sharply funny” (People) novel—an Indie Next and #1 Library Reads Pick!
It's Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew's elder daughter—who is usually off saving the world—will be... Read more
Smile
By: Roddy Doyle
Narrated by: Roddy Doyle
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a bold, haunting novel about the uncertainty of memory and how we contend with the past.
"It's his bravest novel yet; it's also, by far, his best." -- npr.org
“The closest thing he’s written to a psychological thriller."– The New York Times Book Review
Just moved into a new... Read more
Reckless Daughter
By: David Yaffe
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Joni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released ten experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with the beauty of their language and the rawness of their emotions, both deeply personal to Mitchell and universally relatable to her audience. In this intimate... Read more
View audiobookRed Famine
By: Anne Applebaum
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 17 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes—the consequences of which still resonate today
In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization—in effect a second Russian... Read more
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
By: Aaron Mahnke
Narrated by: Aaron Mahnke
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast—now a streaming television series—including “They Made a Tonic,” “Passed Notes,” and “Unboxed,” as well as rare material.
They live in shadows—deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of... Read more
Great Expectations
By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
Length: 17 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Great Expectations, recognized as Charles Dickens' finest novel, is told by Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her husband, the village blacksmith. The young boy's life is changed forever when he meets and aids an escaped convict who wanders into his yard. Years later, Pip is sent to live with the decaying, bitter Miss Havisham and... Read more
View audiobookLogical Family
By: Armistead Maupin
Narrated by: Armistead Maupin
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
""A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America’s finest storytellers, and the story of his life is a story as fascinating, as delightful and as compulsive as any of the tales he has made up for us.""—Neil Gaiman""I fell in love with Maupin’s effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his... Read more
View audiobookManhattan Beach
By: Jennifer Egan
Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind & Vincent Piazza
Length: 15 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book
Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA TODAY, and Time
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years... Read more
I Will Find You
By: Detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda
Narrated by: Detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Detective Lt. Joe Kenda, star of Homicide Hunter, shares his deepest, darkest, and never before revealed case files from his 19 years as a homicide detective.
Are you horrified yet fascinated by abhorrent murders? Do you crave to know the gory details of these crimes, and do you seek comfort in the solving of the most gruesome?
In I Will Find... Read more
Five-Carat Soul
By: James McBride
Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Nile Bullock, Prentice Onayemi & ...
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017
“A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best.” —New York Times Book Review
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King... Read more
An Enchantment of Ravens
By: Margaret Rogerson
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times bestseller!
An Indie Next Top 10 Pick
A Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Winner
“A funny, action-packed, and sweet romance.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“A phenomenal read.” —RT Book Reviews
A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts—even as she falls in love with a faerie... Read more
The Refrigerator Monologues
By: Catherynne M. Valente
Narrated by: Karis A. Campbell
Length: 4 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women in superhero comics.
From the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who's ever been "refrigerated": comic... Read more
The Ninth Hour
By: Alice McDermott
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 8 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Euan Morton's] steady, gentle delivery allows McDermott's elegant prose to shine. It's a quiet story about love and sacrifice that manages to be extremely moving without becoming sentimental or maudlin. Morton's performance similarly brims with emotion but never overflows." — AudioFile magazine
A magnificent new audiobook from one of America’s... Read more
Autonomous
By: Annalee Newitz
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
From award winning tech-journalist and io9 founder Annalee Newitz comes a highly anticipated science fiction debut!
Autonomous will pull listeners into a dark and dirty world that feels, at times, a bit too familiar.
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin... Read more
Thanks, Obama
By: David Litt
Narrated by: David Litt
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRemember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years – and charts a path forward in the age of Trump.More than any other presidency, Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House were defined by young... Read more
View audiobookCaroline
By: Sarah Miller
Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel
Length: 13 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
In this novel authorized by the Little House estate, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before—Caroline Ingalls, ""Ma"" in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little... Read more
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