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A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon
By: Sarah Hawley
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what’s a witch to do when he won’t leave her side—and she kind of doesn’t want him to?
Mariel Spark is prophesied to be the most powerful witch seen in centuries of the famed Spark family, but to the displeasure of her mother, she prefers baking to brewing potions... Read more
All Creatures Great and Small
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Nicholas Ralph
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
**This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**
"Nicholas Ralph’s readings of Herriot’s stories are as comforting an experience as the show, and even more immersive." —The Houston Chronicle
A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video.
All Creatures Great and... Read more
A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets
By: Kate Khavari
Narrated by: Jodie Harris
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton’s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned and expired in Adrian’s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for... Read more
View audiobookThe Death of Mrs. Westaway
By: Ruth Ware
Narrated by: Imogen Church
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A “perfectly executed suspense tale very much in the mode of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca” (The Washington Post) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Turn of the Key.
On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial... Read more
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Fans of Casey McQuiston, Christina Lauren, and Abby Jimenez will love this scrumptious and sweet romantic comedy from the "dizzyingly talented writer" of Boyfriend Material (Entertainment Weekly)
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Following the recipe is the key to a... Read more
Black Sheep
By: Rachel Harrison
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Best Horror Book of the Year
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle.
Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked... Read more
Empire of the Vampire
By: Jay Kristoff
Narrated by: Damian Lynch
Length: 27 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Damian Lynch’s depiction of the sword is especially creepy and compelling. Lynch has a great sense of dialogue and pitch overall, and keeps this dramatic tale moving." -Locus
From New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff comes Empire of the Vampire, the first volume of an astonishing new dark fantasy saga.
From holy cup comes holy... Read more
The Cold Millions
By: Jess Walter
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Gary Farmer, Marin Ireland, ...
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
“One of the most captivating novels of the year.” – Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Library Reads Pick • An Indie Next Pick A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg | Boston Globe | Chicago Public Library | Chicago Tribune | Esquire | Kirkus | New York Public Library | New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) | NPR's Fresh Air | O... Read more
View audiobookMrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
By: Olivia Ford
Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food
Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernard’s health declines, and her friends' lives become focused on their grandchildren—which Jenny never had—Jenny decides she wants a little something for... Read more
The House of Eve
By: Sadeqa Johnson
Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis & Sadeqa Johnson
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
“Amazing…I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book.” —Reese Witherspoon
“A triumph of historical fiction” (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese’s Book Club pick, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how... Read more
A Letter to the Luminous Deep
By: Sylvie Cathrall
Narrated by: Claire Morgan, Kit Griffiths, Justin Avoth & Jo...
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light, Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries and The House in the Cerulean Sea.
“An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance,... Read more
One Hundred Years of Solitude
By: Gabriel García Márquez
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Coming soon to Netflix as a highly anticipated series adaptation starring Claudio Cataño, Jerónimo Barón, and Marco GonzálezOne of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.The novel tells... Read more
View audiobookThe Fiance Dilemma
By: Elena Armas
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Zachary Webber
Length: 12 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
A fake engagement, second chances, and newfound family members come together in this new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the “swoon-worthy” (Business Insider) The Spanish Love Deception.
Josie Moore has given the opposite sex—and love—plenty of chances. Four exactly, if you count all her failed engagements, and five if you... Read more
Easy Beauty
By: Chloé Cooper Jones
Narrated by: Chloé Cooper Jones
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 * Vulture’s #1 Memoir of 2022 * A Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Time, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * One of Oprah Daily’s 33 Memoirs That Changed a Generation
From Chloé... Read more
Exit West
By: Mohsin Hamid
Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE
“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet... Read more
Swing Time
By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
Length: 13 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
“Smith’s thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire
A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book... Read more
Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
Narrated by: Laurie Frankel & Patti Murin
Length: 14 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes an author's note read by the author and a conversation between the author and Audie Award–winning narrator Patti Murin.
"Murin guarantees Frankel’s story is impeccably, convincingly, utterly heard. A creative process-illuminating author/narrator 'geeking out' interview provides a delightful aural bonus."—Booklist
“Not all... Read more
Intimations
By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Zadie Smith
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: No
“[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —TIME, The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020
“While quarantined amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Smith penned six dazzling, trenchant essays burrowing deep into our... Read more
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
By: Roshani Chokshi
Narrated by: Steve West & Sura Siu
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
""A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense: a haunting dream full of blood and love, vicious truths and beautiful lies. It swallowed me whole, and I went willingly."" — Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House“Decadence laced with horror . . . A delightfully meta fairy tale . . . Magic emanates from every... Read more
View audiobookA Burning
By: Megha Majumdar
Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Priya Ayyar, Deepti Gupta, Ulka Sim...
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK! • A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary" (USA Today) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
Jivan is a Muslim... Read more
I Never Thought of It That Way
By: Mónica Guzmán
Narrated by: Mónica Guzmán
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions.
Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool... Read more
How to Walk Away
By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Happiness for Beginners comes an unforgettable audiobook about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances.
Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she’s worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancé she adores, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then,... Read more
The Other Mrs.
By: Mary Kubica
Narrated by: Piper Goodeve & Jeremy Arthur
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
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A woman is drawn into a mysterious web of secrets in this twisty whodunnit from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica
Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from... Read more
The Latecomer
By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 16 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
"Golden Voice Julia Whelan expertly narrates the unhappy story of the wealthy Oppenheimer family of New York. Whelan narrates as though she were acting out the Oppenheimers' history on stage, playing each character part." -AudioFile on The Latecomer
This program is masterfully narrated by award-winning "Golden Voice" narrator Julia Whelan.
From... Read more