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A Touch of Darkness
By: Scarlett St. Clair
Narrated by: Meg Sylvan
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be... Read more
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible
A New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
“One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in... Read more
Ghost Station
By: S.A. Barnes
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
Length: 14 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space-horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.
An abandoned plant. A hidden past. A deadly danger.
Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—the most famous case of which resulted in the brutal murders of... Read more
The Deep
By: Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & ...
Narrated by: Daveed Diggs
Length: 4 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2021 Audie Award
ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed... Read more
The Dallergut Dream Department Store
By: Miye Lee
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD
For fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut.
What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?
In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious... Read more
The Color of Law
By: Richard Rothstein
Narrated by: Adam Grupper
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate... Read more
View audiobookSwift and Saddled
By: Lyla Sage
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton & Vanessa Edwin
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • She’s the city girl who refuses to be saddled with a man. He’s the cowboy who wants her anyway.
From the author of the BookTok sensation Done and Dusted comes the next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small town romance featuring opposites attract and forced proximity.
“Tender, relatable, and brimming with delicious... Read more
Heroes
By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 15 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes.
Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a tender love affair or a heroic triumph, Fry deftly... Read more
Nightcrawling
By: Leila Mottley
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice “bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole” (Tommy Orange, author of There There).
A BEST BOOK OF... Read more
The Book Eaters
By: Sunyi Dean
Narrated by: Katie Erich
Length: 13 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
"Katie Erich’s riveting and emotionally rich realization of Dean’s strange and vivid world makes this an entrancing listen from start to finish; we hope to hear much more from author and narrator alike." - The Seattle Times
"Katie Erich narrates Devon with the voice of a true storyteller, providing a mesmerizing performance that communicates the... Read more
Trick Mirror
By: Jia Tolentino
Narrated by: Jia Tolentino
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire
Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia... Read more
Invisible Women
By: Caroline Criado-Perez
Narrated by: Caroline Criado-Perez
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our... Read more
View audiobookThe Warm Hands of Ghosts
By: Katherine Arden
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, January LaVoy & Katherine Arden
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
“A wonderful clash of fire and ice—a book you won’t want to let go... Read more
The Sanatorium
By: Sarah Pearse
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
Length: 11 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | An instant New York Times bestseller!
A page-turning thriller from the author of The Retreat.
“An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat.” —Reese Witherspoon
“This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all… and twists you’ll never see coming.” —Richard Osman, New York Times bestselling... Read more
The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman & Dion Graham
Length: 12 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times bestseller!
“Informative, endlessly entertaining.”—BuzzFeed
“Generation X’s definitive chronicler of culture.”—GQ
From the author of But What If We’re Wrong comes an insightful, funny reckoning with a pivotal decade
It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between,... Read more
Land of Milk and Honey
By: C Pam Zhang
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Award
Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize
Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE,... Read more
Husband Material
By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
Length: 13 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
In Boyfriend Material, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends...and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc's feeling the social pressure to propose. But it'll take more than four... Read more
View audiobookOne by One
By: Ruth Ware
Narrated by: Imogen Church
Length: 13 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
This instant New York Times bestseller and “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) from Ruth Ware follows a group of employees trapped on a snow-covered mountain.
Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a... Read more
Count Your Lucky Stars
By: Alexandria Bellefleur
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
""Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone... There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely within something solid yet fragile."" – Entertainment... Read more
View audiobookMoonbound
By: Robin Sloan
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future adventure.
In Moonbound, Robin Sloan has written a novel with the full scope and ambitious imagination of the very books that lit the engines of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: an epic quest as only Sloan could conceive it, mixing science... Read more
Memorial Drive
By: Natasha Trethewey
Narrated by: Natasha Trethewey
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyleA chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter... Read more
View audiobookWhen Breath Becomes Air
By: Paul Kalanithi
Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living?
“Unmissable . . . Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an... Read more
Hula
By: Jasmin Iolani Hakes
Narrated by: Mapuana Makia
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE“Stunning…an intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi’i’s deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.” –Los Angeles Times“A full-throated chant for Hawai'i.... Read more
View audiobookA House With Good Bones
By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
"...splendidly performed by Mary Robinette Kowal." - AudioFile Magazine
"Narrator Mary Robinette Kowal wonderfully conveys the wryly funny prose and the creeping horror of the story. Giving each character a distinct voice, Kowal deftly and consistently moves between them and superbly renders Sam’s voice."- Library Journal
A haunting Southern... Read more