Bookseller picks

Build Your House Around My Body

By: Violet Kupersmith

Narrated by: Quyen Ngo

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice).
 
FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION’S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST... Read more

Commonwealth

By: Ann Patchett

Narrated by: Hope Davis

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed... Read more

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

Narrated by: Alex Singh & Sarah Ovens

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"A total, rollicking delight. Gwen & Art gave me the same cheeky, swoony, giddy, irresistible high of the first time I saw A Knight’s Tale. Lex Croucher is one of my favorite romcom authors, and they should be yours, too." - Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Kissed Shara Wheeler

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in... Read more

Notes on a Nervous Planet

By: Matt Haig

Narrated by: Matt Haig

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it?

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024

Looking at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, Matt Haig invites us to feel calmer, happier and to... Read more

River of the Gods

By: Candice Millard

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST • GOODREADS

"A lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by... Read more

It Came from the Closet

By: Joe Vallese & various authors

Narrated by: various narrators, Graham Halstead, Aven Shore,...

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist... Read more

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

By: Zoraida Córdova

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Isabel Allende, and Sarah Addison Allen, a family searches for the truth hidden in their past in this “expertly woven tale of family power, threaded with as much mystery as magic” (V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They... Read more

The Wreckage of My Presence

By: Casey Wilson

Narrated by: Casey Wilson

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

""Magnificent."" —People MagazineThe instant New York Times bestseller: Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multitalented actress, comedian, podcaster, and writer Casey Wilson.Casey Wilson has a lot on her mind and she isn’t afraid to share. In this dazzling collection, each essay skillfully constructed and brimming... Read more

Pretty Things

By: Janelle Brown

Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Lauren Fortgang & Hillary Huber

Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who’s really following you on social media? The scam of a lifetime brings together two wildly different women in this page-turning thriller about greed, legacy, and betrayal from the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear.

An ID Book Club Selection • “It’s Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith.”—The... Read more

Tales from the Cafe

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Narrated by: Kevin Shen

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

PREORDER YOUR COPY OF BEFORE WE FORGET KINDNESS, the fifth book in the best-selling and much loved series, NOW!

From the author of the international bestseller Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this book follows four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Japanese café.

In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving... Read more

Intimacies

By: Katie Kitamura

Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE 2021 READS

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FROM Washington Post, Vogue, Time, Oprah Daily, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic, Kirkus and Entertainment Weekly

“Intimacies is a... Read more

Colton Gentry's Third Act

By: Jeff Zentner

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This "story of love, healing, and second chances ” (Emily Henry) from an award-winning author follows a down on his luck country musician who, in the throes of grief after a shocking loss, moves back home and rekindles a relationship with his high school sweetheart.

Colton Gentry is riding high. His first hit in nearly a decade has caught fire,... 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

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

By: C Pam Zhang

Narrated by: Catherine Ho & Joel de la Fuente

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES  NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR

ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE

FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

WINNER OF THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION AWARD, FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND... Read more

Fight Like Hell

By: Kim Kelly

Narrated by: Em Grosland

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This revelatory and inclusive book “unearths the stories of the people—farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees—behind some of the labor movement’s biggest successes” (The New York Times) from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly.

Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era South.... Read more

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

By: Catherine Mack

Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for.

"Quick, captivating, and oh-so-much-fun! This delicious mystery is as spellbinding as Knives Out."—Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of the Finlay Donovan series

"Evans demonstrates her talent for accents and finds voices that capture the... 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

Against the Loveless World

By: Susan Abulhawa

Narrated by: Susan Abulhawa

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Arab American Book Award Winner
2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist
2020 Athenaeum Literary Award Finalist
2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner
Longlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize

“Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can... Read more

A Curious Beginning

By: Deanna Raybourn

Narrated by: Angele Masters

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is... Read more

On Our Best Behavior

By: Elise Loehnen

Narrated by: Elise Loehnen

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort our lives and illuminating a path toward a more balanced, spiritually complete way to live

Why do women equate self-denial with being good?

We... Read more

Five Broken Blades

By: Mai Corland

Narrated by: Donald Chang, Greg Chun, Zion Jang, Sophie Oda,...

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

It's the season for treason …
The king of Yusan must die.

The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the god king Joon.

He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined … or sold.

And now each of... Read more

Maid

By: Stephanie Land

Narrated by: Stephanie Land

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, HAILED BY ROLLING STONE AS "A GREAT ONE."
  "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work."

-PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Obama's Summer Reading... Read more

Alice Isn't Dead

By: Joseph Fink

Narrated by: Jasika Nicole

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times best-selling coauthor of It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale comes a fast-paced thriller about a truck driver searching across America for the wife she had long assumed to be dead, performed by the voice of the Alice Isn’t Dead podcast, Jasika Nicole, with an exclusive essay written and read by Joseph Fink.""This isn’t... Read more

The Lost Souls of Benzaiten

By: Kelly Murashige

Narrated by: Mirai

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“I wish to become one of those round vacuum cleaner robots.” That’s what Machi prays for at the altar of Japanese goddess Benzaiten. Ever since her two best friends decided they want nothing to do with her, Machi hasn’t been able to speak. After months of online school and a carousel of therapists, she can no longer see the point of being human.... Read more