Bookseller picks

Master and Commander

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, is promoted to command of H.M.S. Sophie?, an old, slow brig unlikely to make his fortune. But Captain Aubrey is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure and victory immense. With the aid of his friend... Read more

Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

Narrated by: John Pirhalla

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Impossible to put down.” —Kelly Link, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Get In Trouble

From bestselling author Alex Grecian comes a folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts—and where death is always just around the bend.

Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive).... Read more

The Love of My Life

By: Rosie Walsh

Narrated by: Imogen Church & Theo Solomon

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

“Gripping, heartbreaking and impossible to put down.”—Laura Dave

“A dazzling supernova of a book, it picks you up on line one and doesn't let you go until the very end.” —Lisa Jewell

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an... Read more

Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

Narrated by: Sloane Crosley

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"An unflinching and deeply absorbing memoir of grief and loss, expertly narrated by the author."—Library Journal (Starred Review)

"Crosley’s narration is frank and articulate, a perfect complement to the wit and candor of her prose."—BookPage

"Crosley's fresh imagery and pithy one-liners are delivered with perfect timing."—AudioFile

This program is... Read more

No Exit

By: Taylor Adams

Narrated by: Sarah Naughton

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most tense, gripping thrillers you will ever read. From UK and US bestselling author Taylor Adams.A KIDNAPPED LITTLE GIRL LOCKED IN A STRANGER'S VAN. NO HELP FOR MILES. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?Darby Thorne is a college student stranded by a blizzard at a highway rest stop in the middle of nowhere. She’s on the way home to see her sick... Read more

I Contain Multitudes

By: Ed Yong

Narrated by: Charlie Anson

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Book of 2016NPR Great Read of 2016Economist Best Books of 2016Brain Pickings Best Science Books of 2016Smithsonian Best Books about Science of 2016Science Friday Best Science Book of 2016A Mother Jones Notable Read of 2016A Bill Gates “Gates Notes” PickMPR Best Books of 2016Chicago Public Library... Read more

The Golden Spoon

By: Jessa Maxwell

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes, Andy Garcia-Ruse, Graham Halstead...

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid in this “deliciously entertaining whodunit” (Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author) where someone turns up dead on the set of TV’s... Read more

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

By: Elle Cosimano

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"Angela Dawe's narration makes YA author Elle Cosimano's debut novel for grown-ups a wild and funny romp...Dawe offers Cosimano's laugh-out-loud moments with just the right sparkle." -- AudioFile Magazine

IT’S MURDER BEING A HIT-MOM

"Getting the job done" for one single mom takes on a whole new meaning in Finlay Donovan is Killing It, a... Read more

Big Magic

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller

"A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life... I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious.” —PopSugar

From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you’ve dreamed of.
 
Readers of all ages and walks... Read more

Dragon Rider

By: Taran Matharu

Narrated by: Tom Babbage

Length: 17 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Taran Matharu’s debut adult fantasy series introduces an immersive story written in the tradition of the viral cultivation genre. Discover a rich world of magic, warriors, and dragons, in which a fearless orphan and an ambitious handmaiden flee from the empire that would imprison them, with a dream to return to... Read more

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

By: Emma Törzs

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR & ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY NOVELS OF THE YEAR “Astonishing and pristine, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by, already so assured and sophisticated that it’s difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It’s simply a delight from start to finish.” – AMAL EL-MOHTAR, New... Read more

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

By: Tim Marshall

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, updated for 2016, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers—“fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).

Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling... Read more

Familiaris (Oprah's Book Club)

By: David Wroblewski

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 37 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Oprah’s Book Club Pick for Summer 2024“An extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship, and living your life’s true purpose.”—Oprah WinfreyThe follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Familiaris... Read more

The Witching Hour

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 49 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror." —The New York Times Book Review

Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and... Read more

The Mask of Mirrors

By: M. A. Carrick

Narrated by: Nikki Massoud

Length: 23 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars.

Ren is a liar and a thief, a pattern-reader and a daughter of no clan. Raised in the slums of Nadežra, she fled that world to save her sister. Now, she has returned with one goal: to trick her way into a noble house, securing her fortune and her sister’s future.

But in the city of dreams, her... Read more

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An all-new series from the masterful, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private... Read more

The Shadow Cabinet

By: Juno Dawson

Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan

Length: 15 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“This entrancing mix of feminism, queerness, magic and power-hungry villains makes for an intoxicating reading experience.” —Nerd Daily

In the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistible" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must choose between what is right and what is easy if they have any hope of... Read more

Miss Benson's Beetle

By: Rachel Joyce

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A beautifully written, extraordinary quest in which two ordinary, overlooked women embark on an unlikely scientific expedition to the South Seas.”—Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
 
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an uplifting, irresistible novel about two... Read more

Quietly Hostile

By: Samantha Irby

Narrated by: Samantha Irby

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike (Parade).
 
“Brilliant and one... Read more

The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

Narrated by: Susan Dalian

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairytale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.

“Narrator Susan Dalian viscerally conveys the gruesome body horror while deftly capturing the lush imagery.” - Library Journal

“This brilliant novella is not... Read more

To Paradise

By: Hanya Yanagihara

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodo...

Length: 28 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS

To Paradise is a... Read more

Meet Me in the Margins

By: Melissa Ferguson

Narrated by: Talon David

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

You’ve Got Mail meets The Proposal—this romance is one for the books.Savannah Cade’s dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance publishing company in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah’s been secretly writing. The only problem: she’s an editor for a different company, and... Read more

Tender is the Flesh

By: Agustina Bazterrica

Narrated by: Joseph Balderrama

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore.

His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made... Read more

This Summer Will Be Different

By: Carley Fortune

Narrated by: AJ Bridel & Carley Fortune

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

A glorious and tantalizing new escape from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune.

This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different.

Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who... Read more