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The Sky on Fire
By: Jenn Lyons
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 17 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Enter a world ruled by dragons…
The Sky on Fire is a daring new fantasy heist adventure that will thrill fans of Temeraire, Fourth Wing, and Dragonriders of Pern
Anahrod lives only for survival, forging her own way through the harsh jungles of the Deep with her titan drake by her side. Even when an adventuring party saves her from capture by a... Read more
Hunt on Dark Waters
By: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Simone Lewis & Will Watt
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
A stern captain meets his witchy match in this captivating first fantasy romance novel in the Crimson Sails series from Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods.
Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for... Read more
Sorrow and Bliss
By: Meg Mason
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction!""Brilliantly faceted and extremely funny. . . . While I was reading it, I was making a list of all the people I wanted to send it to, until I realized that I wanted to send it to everyone I know."" — Ann PatchettThe internationally bestselling sensation, a compulsively readable novel—spiky, sharp,... Read more
View audiobookThe Best of Me
By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review
David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career—as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the... Read more
Shit, Actually
By: Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched**
New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from... Read more
The Maid and the Crocodile
By: Jordan Ifueko
Narrated by: Adetinpo Thomas
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
THE SMALLEST SPARK CAN BIND TWO HEARTS … OR START A REVOLUTION
In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a maid, for employers who don’t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot.
But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumored to... Read more
Savor It
By: Tarah DeWitt
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker & Zachary Webber
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
"An absolutely delightful treat to savor! Relatable, sexy, and beautiful." —Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception
Summer won't last forever.
Sage Byrd has lived in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon (not to be confused with Forks, Washington) her entire life. She's learned to love her small world, with... Read more
The Water Dancer (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Joe Morton
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
“This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate... Read more
The Mystery Guest
By: Nita Prose
Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A new mess. A new mystery. It’s up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club pick.
“Polished to perfection!”—Shari Lapena, author of Everyone Here Is Lying
“Lives up to the hype . . . both a... Read more
The Cuckoo's Calling
By: Robert Galbraith
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
Length: 15 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today).
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client,... Read more
The Trespasser
By: Tana French
Narrated by: Hilda Fay
Length: 20 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling novel by Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter, is “required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting” (The New York Times). She “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and is “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past... Read more
View audiobookThe Order of Time
By: Carlo Rovelli
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
Length: 4 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
One of TIME’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade
"Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times
From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It Seems, Helgoland, and Anaximander comes a concise, elegant exploration of time.
Why do we remember the past and... Read more
Empresses of Seventh Avenue
By: Nancy MacDonell
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nancy MacDonell chronicles the untold story of how the Nazi invasion of France gave rise to the American fashion industry.
Calvin Klein. Ralph Lauren. Donna Karan. Halston. Marc Jacobs. Tom Ford.... Read more
The Sequel
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No
"Golden Voice Julia Whelan expertly narrates.... She paints the background detail as vividly as she does the characters." —AudioFile on The Latecomer, an Earphones Award winner
After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new... Read more
The Accidental Apprentice
By: Amanda Foody
Narrated by: Steve West
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller!
A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical Beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Woods in this “wholesome, delightful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), and cheeky middle grade fantasy debut—perfect for fans of Nevermoor and How to Train Your Dragon.
The last thing Barclay Thorne ever wanted was an... Read more
You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
Narrated by: Gabriel Porras
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
"Enrigue’s genius lies in his ability to bring readers close to its tangled knot of priests, mercenaries, warriors and princesses while adding a pinch of biting humor." --Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Los Angeles Times
“Riotously entertaining... A triumph of solemnity-busting erudition and mischievous invention that will delight and... Read more
Exhibit
By: R. O. Kwon
Narrated by: Ami Park & Sue Jean Kim
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE
"Hypnotic...a haunting romance about desire, obsession, and ambition that is sure to get your heart rate up." —Time Magazine
"R.O. Kwon’s Exhibit is, hands down, the sexiest novel of the year." —Vogue
"A highly sensory experience...lingers like a mysterious, multihued bruise." —The New York... Read more
NOS4A2
By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
Length: 19 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The spine-tingling, bone-chilling novel of supernatural suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Horns—now an AMC original series starring Zachary Quinto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ashleigh Cummings.""A masterwork of horror.""— TimeVictoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a... Read more
View audiobookA Song Below Water
By: Bethany C. Morrow
Narrated by: Andrea Laing & Jennifer Haralson
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water is the story for today’s listeners — a captivating modern fantasy about black mermaids, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's racism and sexism.
In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren powers.
Meanwhile, Effie is fighting her own family... Read more
We Begin at the End
By: Chris Whitaker
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
“A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it.”
—Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds
Right. Wrong.... Read more
Have I Told You This Already?
By: Lauren Graham
Narrated by: Lauren Graham
Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and the New York Times bestselling author of Talking as Fast as I Can comes an “insightful, honest, funny, and moving collection of captivating stories” (BuzzFeed).
“Graham is fast and furiously funny. . . . Where Graham leads, we will definitely follow.”—E! Online
Lauren Graham... Read more
Feral Creatures
By: Kira Jane Buxton
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
In this stunning follow-up to Hollow Kingdom, the animal kingdom's "favorite apocalyptic hero"is back with a renewed sense of hope for humanity, ready to take on a world ravaged by a viral pandemic (Helen Macdonald).
Once upon an apocalypse, there lived an obscenely handsome American crow named S.T. . . .
When the world last checked-in with its... Read more
Their Eyes Were Watching God
By: Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love... Read more
View audiobookThe Last Romantics
By: Tara Conklin
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times–bestselling author of The House Girl comes a novel about our most precious and dangerous attachment: family.In the spring of 1981, the young Skinner siblings—fierce Renee, dreamy Caroline, golden boy Joe and watchful Fiona—lose their father to a heart attack and their mother to a paralyzing depression, events that thrust... Read more
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