Bookseller picks

The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Narrated by: Imogen Wilde

Length: 20 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

USA TODAY BESTSELLER

This “intricately plotted, epic” (The Times, London) international bestseller—in the vein of the vivid novels of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry—follows an orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England as she searches for answers about her long-dead mother.

Cornwall, 1730: A young girl known only as Red travels with her father... Read more

Good Bad Girl

By: Alice Feeney

Narrated by: Katherine Press & Stephanie Racine

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"Stephanie Racine's talented narration helps create an atmospheric backdrop for this dark mystery.... Her timing helps the tension build as the events head to a revealing climax." —AudioFile on Daisy Darker

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.

Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and... Read more

Learned by Heart

By: Emma Donoghue

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder.
 
Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love... Read more

Looking Glass Sound

By: Catriona Ward

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland & Katherine Fenton

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

“If you love the novels of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Tana French, here’s your next obsession.” —Kelly Link, author of White Cat, Black Dog

From Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street, comes a masterful story about friendship and betrayal, dark obsessions, and the impossibility of escaping your own story.

In a... Read more

The Detective Up Late

By: Adrian McKinty

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget.”—Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling authorFrom New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award–winning Sean Duffy detective seriesSlamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s... Read more

Gone Tonight

By: Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by: Kate Mara

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by Kate Mara, best known for her roles in hit TV shows like A Teacher and House of Cards, as well as films such as The Martian and Chappaquiddick.

New from the #1 bestselling co-author of The Golden Couple and The Wife Between Us!

"I'm a huge fan of Sarah Pekkanen's books, and Gone Tonight is her best yet." —Colleen... Read more

Sun Damage

By: Sabine Durrant

Narrated by: Sofia Zervudachi

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Reminiscent of the works of Patricia Highsmith and Lucy Foley, a compulsive psychological thriller—“the perfect poolside reading” (Guardian)—involving gorgeous grifters on the loose in the south of France who prey on a group of unsuspecting vacationers . . . and each other.The heat is intense. The secrets are stifling. And there is no escape.In... Read more

The Peach Seed

By: Anita Gail Jones

Narrated by: Anita Gail Jones

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Anita Gail Jones's narration transports listeners across centuries and continents as she details the complex history of a Southern Black family."- AudioFile

This program is read by the author, who brings more than twenty-five years of experience as a professional oral-tradition storyteller of global folklore as well as original and personal... Read more

To Have and to Heist

By: Sara Desai

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

To exonerate her best friend, one woman must mastermind a jewelry heist during the wedding of the season in this hilarious romantic-comedy caper from the author of The Dating Plan. 

Simi Chopra is on a bad-luck streak. She’s lost yet another job, her student loan debt won’t stop growing, her basement apartment is a certifiable flood zone, and... Read more

Cutting Teeth

By: Chandler Baker

Narrated by: Chandler Baker & January LaVoy

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and Emma Rosenblum, author of Bad Summer People.

"LaVoy is a well-accomplished audio narrator across multiple genres, and most audiobook lovers will immediately recognize her virtuosic voice with its incisive tones. Here, for the large cast, she gives exceptional and distinct narration... Read more

The Deep Sky

By: Yume Kitasei

Narrated by: Sarah Skaer

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sarah Skaer uses her considerable vocal skill to make each crewmember instantly recognizable. Asuka is strongly characterized by her insecurity and self-doubt, though listeners will likely have more faith in her.”- Library Journal

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with... Read more

Stars, Hide Your Fires

By: Jessica Mary Best

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A wanted thief. A murdered emperor. A killer loose on the station.Knives Out goes sci-fi in this gripping YA mystery set in space.As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market... Read more

Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek

By: Thea Glassman

Narrated by: Christine Lakin

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life, Dawson’s Creek, Freaks and Geeks, The O.C., Friday Night Lights, and Glee) that shaped the course of modern television and our pop cultural landscape forever.

The modern television landscape is defined by influential and ambitious shows for and... Read more

Through the Groves

By: Anne Hull

Narrated by: Anne Hull

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author,

“Anne Hull has written some of the most important stories of our time, beautifully, unflinchingly.”
—Rick Bragg

"Hull delivers her book with a gentle twang and the unpretentious tone of someone who has lived the experiences she describes. Through her character work and emotionally intelligent delivery, Hull helps... Read more

Night's Edge

By: Liz Kerin

Narrated by: Chase Sui Wonders

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook is narrated by actor Chase Sui Wonders, known for her work on Genera+ion, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies and the upcoming Apple TV original City On Fire

“This one’s a killer.” —Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse

Liz Kerin’s Night’s Edge is a sun-drenched novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrous we can be to the ones we... Read more

Return to Valetto

By: Dominic Smith

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"Edoardo Ballerini’s adroit narration conveys the subtle changes in
the family, set against the splendor of Valetto’s changing landscape."- Bookpage

From the bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith’s Return to Valetto tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from... Read more

At the Edge of the Woods

By: Kathryn Bromwich

Narrated by: Gemma Dawson

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Kathryn Bromwich's masterful debut novel is a rich, gorgeously descriptive account of a woman hiding from old ghosts and new in the Italian Alps, while rekindling her own sense of self through nature.

Laura lives alone in a cabin deep within the forest, making her living translating medical documents and tutoring the children of affluent... Read more

That Summer Feeling

By: Bridget Morrissey

Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Amazon's Best Romances of June ∙ A Real Simple Must-Read of Summer 2023 ∙ A Book Riot Best Romance Book of Summer 2023 ∙ A Buzzfeed Romance Book To Look Out For In 2023 ∙ A Paste Magazine Most Anticipated Contemporary Romance Book of 2023

When a divorced woman attends a sleepaway camp for adults, she reconnects with a man from her... Read more

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

By: Rita Chang-Eppig

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

For listeners of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, and the dangerous price of powerWhen Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die.... Read more

The Book of Charlie

By: David Von Drehle

Narrated by: David Von Drehle

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

One of our nation’s most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this “original and highly readable account of a splendid American life” (The Wall Street Journal).

When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old.... Read more

The God of Good Looks

By: Breanne Mc Ivor

Narrated by: Varia Williams & Alexis Rodney

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR best book of the year and recommended by Oprah Daily, Good Housekeeping, Zibby Mag, Lit Hub, Electric Lit, and Katie Couric Media!""A summer read with bite.”—NPRDisgraced model-writer Bianca Bridge can’t stand hotshot makeup maven Obadiah Cortland. And he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when working together is their last resort,... Read more

Paper Names

By: Susie Luo

Narrated by: Austin Ku

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

*A Publishers Lunch Buzz Book​*

An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity and the American experience—for fans of Jean Kwok, Mary Beth Keane and Naima Coster.

Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it... Read more

Tell Me Everything

By: Minka Kelly

Narrated by: Minka Kelly

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"Kelly is so piercingly honest, you just want to reach out and give her a hug...It’s totally gripping: I couldn’t take my earbuds out." —Vulture

"Kelly reads the book with grace, even when she gets to the tough moments, and you’ll walk away afterward with your jaw on the floor." —Shondaland

“A timely, urgent... Read more

The Half Moon

By: Mary Beth Keane

Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz & Rebecca Lowman

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“An insightful, riveting study of marriage.” —People

From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful and “absorbing” (The New York Times) novel about a couple in a small town navigating the complexities of marriage, family, and longing.

Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of... Read more