Bookseller picks

A Dance With The Fae Prince [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Elise Kova

Narrated by: Laura C. Harris, Gabriel Michael, David Cui Cui...

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Cinderella meets THE CRUEL PRINCE in this stand-alone fantasy romance about a human girl and her marriage to the prince of the fae.

She knew her hand in marriage would be sold. She had no idea a fae prince was the buyer.

Katria swore she'd never fall in love. She's seen what ""love"" means through the cruelty of her family. So when she's married... Read more

Interior Chinatown

By: Charles Yu

Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

"One of the funniest books of the year ... a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." —The Washington Post

From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced... Read more

The Sword Unbound

By: Gareth Hanrahan

Narrated by: George Weightman

Length: 20 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Gareth Hanrahan's acclaimed epic fantasy series of dark myth, daring warriors and bloodthirsty vengeance continues with The Sword Unbound.

He thought he was saving the world. That was his first mistake.
 
Twenty years ago, Alf and his companions defeated the Dark Lord and claimed his city. Now, those few of the Nine that remain find themselves... Read more

The Mountain King

By: Anders de la Motte

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This atmospheric and sinister mystery will have you “hooked from the very first page” (Kyle Mills, #1 New York Times bestselling author) as it follows a brilliant female detective investigating the darkest side of humanity.

Detective Leonore Asker seems to have the leading position at Malmö’s Major Crime Division within reach. But things go awry... Read more

The Palace

By: Gareth Russell

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 14 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A “riotously readable…tender and affectionate” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of five hundred years of British history—from King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II—as seen through the doorways of the exquisite Hampton Court Palace.

Architecturally breathtaking and rich in splendid art and décor, Hampton Court Palace has been the stage of some of... Read more

The Death of Vivek Oji

By: Akwaeke Emezi

Narrated by: Yetide Badaki & Chukwudi Iwuji

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Electrifying." — O: The Oprah Magazine

Named a Best Book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, USA TODAY, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Shondaland, Teen Vogue, Vulture, Lit Hub, Bustle, Electric Literature, and BookPage

What does it mean for a... Read more

The Nurse’s Secret

By: Amanda Skenandore

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the police, Una lies her way into an unlikely refuge: the nursing school at Bellevue Hospital.

Based on... Read more

The Teller of Small Fortunes

By: Julie Leong

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, perfect for readers of Travis Baldree and Sangu Mandanna.

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will... Read more

Sorcery and Small Magics

By: Maiga Doocy

Narrated by: Ciaran Saward

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From debut author Maiga Doocy comes the charming tale of an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival as they venture deep into a magical forest in search of a counterspell that can break the curse between them—only to discover that magic might not be the only thing pulling them together. 

Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He... Read more

Kagen the Damned

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 20 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Kagen the Damned marks the first installment of an exciting new series of dark epic fantasy novels from bestselling author Jonathan Maberry.

Sworn by Oath
Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard, charged with protection of the royal children of the Silver Empire. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial... Read more

Earthlight

By: J. Michael Straczynski

Narrated by: Erik Braa, Pete Bradbury, William DeMeritt, Rya...

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An Audiobook Original from Penguin Random House Audio

From the creator of Babylon 5 and Sense8 comes a full-cast action/adventure military audio drama set in the near future, for fans of Tom Clancy and Timothy Zahn.

International tension is rising as the Russian military forms an Eastern Alliance to create a new age of Russian supremacy. The... Read more

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead

By: Jenny Hollander

Narrated by: Marisa Calin

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true?

Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve—events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"—though Charlie... Read more

The Book of Form and Emptiness

By: Ruth Ozeki

Narrated by: Kerry Shale & Ruth Ozeki

Length: 18 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

“No one writes like Ruth Ozeki—a triumph.” —Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library

“Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of wonder.” —TIME

“If you’ve lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home.” —David... Read more

I've Tried Being Nice

By: Ann Leary

Narrated by: Ann Leary

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from the perspective of a recovering people pleaser.

Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying—and often failing—to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home... Read more

The Mythmakers

By: Keziah Weir

Narrated by: Brefny Caribou

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors’ Choice
Named a Best New Book of the Year by Harper’s Bazaar
Named a Best Book of the Summer by Shondaland, SheReads, The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, and Reader’s Digest

From an acclaimed senior editor at Vanity Fair comes a “laudable” (The New York Times) debut novel about a young journalist who discovers a short... Read more

Come to the Edge

By: Christina Haag

Narrated by: Christina Haag

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep school friends, a skinny kid who lived with his mother and sister on Fifth Avenue and who happened to have a Secret Service detail following him at a discreet distance at all times. A decade later, after... Read more

Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

Narrated by: Hope Newhouse

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

May 2024 AudioFile Earphones Award Winner!From two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry comes this warm and resonant story of an unlikely friendship, which unfolds as a revelation on how we hold on to—and pass on—what matters most.Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well . . . in a little... Read more

Burning Boy

By: Paul Auster

Narrated by: Paul Auster

Length: 35 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Booker Prize-shortlisted and New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster's comprehensive, landmark biography of the great American writer Stephen Crane.

With Burning Boy, celebrated novelist Paul Auster tells the extraordinary story of Stephen Crane, best known as the author of The Red Badge of Courage, who... Read more

Hell Put to Shame

By: Earl Swift

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

""Hell Put to Shame is a powerfully unsettling portrait of both the single most savage episode in the long decades of savagery inflicted by white southerners on their Black neighbors in the 20th century—and the methodical process that followed to erase those crimes from America’s collective memory."" —Douglas A. Blackmon, author of Slavery by... Read more

Answers in the Pages

By: David Levithan

Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer, Vikas Adam & Oliver Wyman

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from the school curriculum by New York Times-bestselling author David Levithan.

When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it—much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel... Read more

For the Wolf

By: Hannah Whitten

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The first daughter is for the Throne.
The second daughter is for the Wolf.

For fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark, sweeping debut fantasy novel about a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn't the only danger lurking in the... Read more

Garden of the Cursed

By: Katy Rose Pool

Narrated by: Jennifer Blom

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In Garden of the Cursed, a romantic, enemies-to-lovers fantasy mystery, cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with a powerful noble to gain entry into an illustrious—and deadly—society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance. This edge-of-your-seat novel is perfect for fans of Veronica Mars, These Violent Delights,... Read more

The Secret of Nightingale Wood

By: Lucy Strange

Narrated by: Lucy Strange

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautifully tangled story of friendship, fairy tales, and family secrets. For those who loved Pax and The War That Saved My Life.A Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2017An Amazon Best Book of 2017A 2018 Bank Street College Best Book of the YearA Telegraph Top 50 Book of the YearEveryone is too busy to pay attention to Henrietta and the things... Read more

The Arrangement

By: Ashley Warlick

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“Absolutely dazzling.” –Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife

“Filled with food and passion...If you love historical fiction, you'll fall hard for this one.”  —Bustle.com


She’d made it sound as though her husband would be joining them for dinner. She’d made it sound that way on purpose, and then she arrived alone.

Los Angeles, 1934. Mary Frances... Read more