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Appleseed
By: Matt Bell
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 15 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · A PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER BEST OF THE YEAR“Woven together out of the strands of myth, science fiction, and ecological warning, Matt Bell’s Appleseed is as urgent as it is audacious.” —Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestselling author of Get in TroubleA “breathtaking novel of ideas unlike anything... Read more
View audiobookSuch a Quiet Place
By: Megan Miranda
Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
“An Agatha Christie vibe make[s] this whodunit an excellent beach read”(Library Journal). Discover secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street in this gripping suspense from New York Times bestselling author and “master of misdirection and sudden plot twists,” (Booklist) Megan Miranda.
Welcome to Hollow’s Edge, where you can find... Read more
Together We Will Go
By: J. Michael Straczynski
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dan Bittner, Neo Cihi, Mi...
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The Breakfast Club meets The Silver Linings Playbook in this powerful, provocative, and heartfelt novel about twelve strangers who come together to make the most of their final days, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski.
Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at thirty, is... Read more
Dear Miss Metropolitan
By: Carolyn Ferrell
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 11 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
Introducing an extraordinary and original writer whose first novel explores the intersections of grief and rage, personal strength and healing—and what we owe one another.
Fern seeks refuge from her mother’s pill-popping and boyfriends... Read more
Blackout
By: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Ston...
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks,...
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
2022 Audie Award Winner!Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. This full-cast audio edition is performed by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks,... Read more
View audiobookThe Woman They Could Not Silence
By: Kate Moore
Narrated by: Kate Moore
Length: 14 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today.1860: As the clash between the states rolls... Read more
View audiobookSongs in Ursa Major
By: Emma Brodie
Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A scintillating debut from a major new voice in fiction, Songs in Ursa Major is a love story set in 1969, alive with music, sex, and the trappings of fame.
Raised on an island off Massachusetts by a mother who wrote songs for famous musicians, Jane Quinn is singing in her own band before she's old enough to even read music. When folk legend Jesse... Read more
Blood Like Magic
By: Liselle Sambury
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 16 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
“High stakes, big heart, and lots of Black Girl Magic…unputdownable.” —Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys
A rich, dark urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the... Read more
Morningside Heights
By: Joshua Henkin
Narrated by: Kathe Mazur & Shane Baker
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Book • When Ohio-born Pru Steiner arrives in New York in 1976, she follows in a long tradition of young people determined to take the city by storm. But when she falls in love with and marries Spence Robin, her hotshot young Shakespeare professor, her life takes a turn she couldn’t have anticipated.
... Read more
Hola Papi
By: John Paul Brammer
Narrated by: John Paul Brammer
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
LGBTQ advice columnist John Paul Brammer writes a “wise and charming” (David Sedaris) memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey from a queer, mixed-race kid in America’s heartland to becoming the “Chicano Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation.
“A master class of tone and tenderness.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“Should be... Read more
Bewilderness
By: Karen Tucker
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Set in rural, poverty-stricken North Carolina, this “beautiful, gritty, and piercing” novel follows two young women—best friends—as they “journey through the highs and lows of friendship, love, and addiction,” perfect for readers of Julie Buntin’s Marlena (Erika Carter, author of Lucky You).
Irene, a lonely nineteen-year-old in rural North... Read more
An Unlikely Spy
By: Rebecca Starford
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
“A beguiling tale of espionage."" -- Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphans Tale and The Lost Girls of ParisA twisting, sophisticated World War II novel following a spy who goes undercover as a part of MI5—in chasing the secrets of others, how much will she lose of herself?Evelyn Varley has always been ambitious and clever. As a girl, she earned a... Read more
View audiobookAetherbound
By: E.K. Johnston
Narrated by: Ashley Eckstein
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
A thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka.
Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination.
Pendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their... Read more
How to Become a Planet
By: Nicole Melleby
Narrated by: Rachel Jacobs
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2021
One of The Nerd Daily's “Anticipated Queer Book Releases You Can’t Miss in 2021”
One of Lambda Literary's “May’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature”
“Gorgeous.” —BuzzFeed
The two most important things to know about Pluto Timoney: (1) she’s always loved outer space (obviously); and (2) her favorite... Read more
Tokyo Ever After
By: Emiko Jean
Narrated by: Ali Ahn
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Ali Ahn gives this young adult rom-com fun doses of personality and sass...Ahn's accents and Japanese pronunciations ring true as she clearly differentiates characters of different ages and nationalities." -- AudioFile Magazine
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK!
The Princess Diaries meets Crazy Rich Asians in Emiko... Read more
Second Place
By: Rachel Cusk
Narrated by: Kate Fleetwood
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A haunting fable of art, family, and fate from the author of the Outline trilogy.
A woman invites a famous artist to use her guesthouse in the remote coastal landscape where she lives with her family. Powerfully drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision might penetrate the mystery at the center of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets... Read more
The Newcomer
By: Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
Length: 14 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
"Kathleen McInerney gives an engaging narration of this entertaining and suspenseful beach listen." -- AudioFile Magazine
Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next summer listen with The Newcomer.
In trouble and on the run...
After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her... Read more
Let's Talk About Hard Things
By: Anna Sale
Narrated by: Anna Sale
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
From the host of the popular WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money, Let’s Talk About Hard Things is “like a good conversation with a friend” (The New Yorker) where “no topic is off-limits when it comes to creating meaningful connection” (Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone).
Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You... Read more
The Woman with the Blue Star
By: Pam Jenoff
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Emily Lawrence & Nancy Pet...
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
"An emotional novel that you will never forget." —Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal
From the author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II -- Now a New York Times bestsller!
1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto... Read more
Summer on the Bluffs
By: Sunny Hostin
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Bestseller!The View cohost and New York Times bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard.Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive Black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern... Read more
View audiobookThe Music of Bees
By: Eileen Garvin
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
A Good Morning America BUZZ PICK | A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick | IndieNext Pick | LibraryReads Pick | Recommended by People ∙ The Washington Post ∙ Woman's World ∙ NY Post ∙ BookRiot ∙ Bookish ∙ Christian Science Monitor ∙ Nerd Daily ∙ The Tempest ∙ Midwestness ∙ The Coil ∙ Read It Forward ∙ and more!
“An... Read more
Mirrorland
By: Carole Johnstone
Narrated by: Katie Leung
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
“Unnerving.” —People
“Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” —Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10
“Beautifully written and told with a watchmaker’s precision” (Stephen King), Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological... Read more
Hot Stew
By: Fiona Mozley
Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST ELMET
“Stunningly clever . . . A deliciously spicy stew indeed.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A story about money and power, love and art, sex work and gentrification . . . Enjoyable and impressive on every page.” —USA Today
In the middle of the bustle of London’s Soho, among the theaters and sex shops and... Read more
One Got Away
By: S. A. Lelchuk
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator January LaVoy guides listeners into the second book of the action-packed Nikki Griffin series with a performance that is captivating and versatile...LaVoy's stellar performance captures Griffin's determination to set things right and punish those at fault. LaVoy's diverse array of character voices for men and women, young and old is... Read more
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