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Cold
By: Mariko Tamaki
Narrated by: Katharine Chin & Raymond J. Lee
Length: 4 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A boy, a body, a girl, a secret. From award-winning author Mariko Tamaki, Cold is a haunting YA audiobook about a shocking murder in a quiet town and four students who knew too much and said too little.
This is the story of a boy who died—and a girl who wants to know why.
Todd Mayer is dead. Now he's some sort of ghost, hovering over his body,... Read more
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
By: Georgia Pritchett
Narrated by: Katherine Parkinson
Length: 4 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
“Georgia Pritchett is a singularly hilarious person. Her book is a delightful and perfect reflection of her. Its tenderness sneaks up on you and really packs a punch. What a magnificent read!”—Julia Louis DreyfusJenny Lawson meets Nora Ephron in this joyful memoir-in-vignettes on living—and thriving—with anxiety from a multiple Emmy... Read more
View audiobookArlington Park
By: Rachel Cusk
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A funny, satirical tale of English mothers on the brink of rebellion, Arlington Park is a novel for the ages.Set over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at... Read more
View audiobookNo Filter and Other Lies
By: Crystal Maldonado
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
You should know, right now, that I’m a liar.
They’re usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent.
But they’re still lies.
Twenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty, friends, and a glittering life filled with adventure. With tons of followers on Instagram, her picture-perfect existence seems... Read more
Cost of Living
By: Emily Maloney
Narrated by: Emily Maloney
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams in a collection of essays chronicling one woman’s experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.
What does it cost to live?
When we fall ill, our lives... Read more
Recitatif
By: Toni Morrison
Narrated by: Zadie Smith & Bahni Turpin
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary Nobel Prize winner—for the first time in a beautifully produced stand-alone edition, with an introduction by Zadie Smith
“A puzzle of a story, then—a game.... When [Morrison] called Recitatif an ‘experiment’ she... Read more
The Pages
By: Hugo Hamilton
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
An entirely original novel in which a book—Joseph Roth's masterpiece Rebellion—narrates its own astonishing life story, from 1930s Germany to the present day, at the heart of a gripping mystery.
“A powerful, powerful piece of work.” —Colum McCann, best-selling author of Apeirogon
One old copy of the novel Rebellion sits in Lena Knecht’s tote bag,... Read more
Black Love Matters
By: Jessica P. Pryde
Narrated by: Jessica P. Pryde, Gina Daniels, Julienne Irons,...
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde.
Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in... Read more
Mercy Street
By: Jennifer Haigh
Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
“Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.”—Janet Maslin, New York TimesThe highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh—“a... Read more
View audiobookIn the Shadow of the Mountain
By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Narrated by: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Length: 15 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert
This audiobook is read by the author.
"Through her narration, Vasquez-Lavado, whose first language... Read more
Free Love
By: Tessa Hadley
Narrated by: Abigail Thaw
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
“Exquisite."" —Minneapolis Star Tribune • ""Brilliantly observed.” — People, Pick of the Week“A beguiling novel, deceptively easy to read; beneath the surface swim disturbing and age-old questions about freedom and fate.” — Hilary MantelFrom the bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past comes a compulsive new novel about one woman’s... Read more
View audiobookCircus of Wonders
By: Elizabeth Macneal
Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the “lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) The Doll Factory comes an atmospheric and spectacular novel about a woman transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders—“as moving as it is deeply entertaining” (Daniel Mason, New York Times bestselling author).
Step up,... Read more
The Family Chao
By: Lan Samantha Chang
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is
honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and their three sons earned scholarships to... Read more
Fire Becomes Her
By: Rosiee Thor
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy story with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the socialladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.Flare is power.With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground -- and seventeen-year-oldIngrid... Read more
View audiobookHunt the Stars
By: Jessie Mihalik
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 12 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy. “Jessie Mihalik is an author to watch.” — Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit... Read more
Don't Cry for Me
By: Daniel Black
Narrated by: Daniel Black
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH
"Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."—Jesmyn Ward
A Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and forgiveness, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robert Jones Jr. and Alice Walker
As Jacob... Read more
Perpetual West
By: Mesha Maren
Narrated by: Tony Chiroldes
Length: 14 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
“Stunning . . . A forceful addition to the literature of the U.S.-Mexican border and its ongoing history of tragedy and joy.”
—Jennifer Clement, The New York Times Book Review
“Suspenseful, seductive . . . A thrill ride from cover to cover.”
—Oprah Daily, “The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022”
The riveting new novel by the acclaimed author of... Read more
Undermoney
By: Jay Newman
Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
Length: 20 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
From a seasoned global finance insider comes “a gripping thriller that takes you into the world of New York hedge funds, Russian money launderers, and DC power politics [that] makes you feel like you’re actually there” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice).
When a US airdrop of billions of dollars disappears in the desert sands of Syria, only a... Read more
Go Back to Where You Came From
By: Wajahat Ali
Narrated by: Wajahat Ali
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!
This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where, exactly? Fremont, California, where he grew up, but now an unaffordable place to live? Or
Pakistan, the country his parents left behind a half-century... Read more
The Hummingbird
By: Sandro Veronesi
Narrated by: Victor Vertunni, Silvia Presente & Kristin Athe...
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“The Hummingbird is a remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world.” —Michael Cunningham“Long considered one of Italy's leading writers, Sandro Veronesi has re-written the family saga. Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core, it has already been hailed a classic.”—Jhumpa Lahiri"The Hummingbird is a... Read more
View audiobookThe Nothing Girl
By: Jodi Taylor
Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder . . .
Discover this funny, heart-warming tale of self-discovery from Jodi Taylor, author of the internationally bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series.
Nobody ever notices little Jenny Dove. Even her family call her the Nothing Girl. Isolated and alone, Jenny is about to... Read more
The Runaway Duchess
By: Joanna Lowell
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A runaway bride dumps a duke and rewrites her own love story in this enchanting Victorian historical romance from the author of The Duke Undone.
Pretty and pampered, Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess. But family disgrace forces her into marriage with the most vile duke in England, and she finds herself desperate for a way... Read more
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat
By: Brian Cox
Narrated by: Brian Cox
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The incredible rags-to-riches story of acclaimed actor Brian Cox, best known as Succession’s Logan Roy, from a troubled, working-class upbringing in Scotland to a prolific career across theatre, film and television.
From Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of... Read more
Tides
By: Sara Freeman
Narrated by: Amy Rutherford
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Henfield Prize–winner and brilliant newcomer Sara Freeman debuts with an intoxicating, compact novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town.
After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy seaside town. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her... Read more