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The Anatomy of Desire
By: L. R. Dorn
Narrated by: Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, J...
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Audie Award finalist for Multi-Voice Performance!Performed docuseries style by a star-studded full cast including Santino Fontana, Shelby Young , Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hilary Huber, and Lisa FlanaganFor fans of riveting true crime docuseries a... Read more
View audiobookA Theater for Dreamers
By: Polly Samson
Narrated by: Polly Samson
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
āSublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend.ā
āJojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of Me Before You
āThis gorgeous, glimmering summer read is itself perfect summer: irresistible and deep, Samson's lyric sentences pulling you into unforgettable sunlight and shadow.ā
āAmy Bloom, New... Read more
Facing the Mountain
By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Louis Ozawa
Length: 17 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021
Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyĀ
Winner of the Christopher AwardĀ
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āMasterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroismā¦ Propulsive and gripping, in part because... Read more
Swimming Back to Trout River
By: Linda Rui Feng
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A ābeautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigrationā¦and loveā (Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation) set against the backdrop of Chinaās Cultural Revolution that follows a fatherās quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughterās momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell... Read more
View audiobookCool for the Summer
By: Dahlia Adler
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
"Witty, wise, and disarmingly tender. I am hopelessly devoted to this summer dream of a book."--Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Dahlia Adler's Cool for the Summer is a story of self-discovery and new love. Itās about the things we want and the things we need. And itās about the people who... Read more
Son of the Storm
By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Narrated by: Korey Jackson
Length: 17 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From one of the most exciting new storytellers in epic fantasy, Son of the StormĀ is a sweeping tale of violent conquest and forgottenĀ magic set in a world inspired by the pre-colonial empires of West Africa.
"Everything I love in a fantasy novel. Damn good stuff!"Ā āJenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings
In the ancient. city of Bassa, Danso is a... Read more
New Girl in Little Cove
By: Damhnait Monaghan
Narrated by: Marnye Young
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
"Fans of Richard Russoās That Old Cape Magic, Emily St. John Mandelās The Glass Hotel, and Patricia Harmanās The Runaway Midwife will enjoy Rachelās fish-out-of-water journey to acceptance and understanding.ā āBooklist
"If you lovedĀ Come From Away, donāt miss this charming debut novel.āāKate Hilton, bestselling author of Better Luck Next... Read more
Illusionary
By: Zoraida Cordova
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
In Zoraida CĆ³rdova's thrilling sequel to Incendiary, Renata embarks on a dangerous journey to bring justice to the kingdomāperfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir and Sarah J. Maas.
Reeling from betrayal at the hands of the Whispers, Renata Convida is a girl on the run. With few options and fewer allies, she's reluctantly joined forces with none other... Read more
The House of Always
By: Jenn Lyons
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang & Vikas Adam
Length: 26 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, The House of Always is the fourth epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons' Chorus of Dragons series that began with The Ruin of Kings.
What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?
In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed.
The Eight Immortals have catastrophically failed to stop Kihrin's... Read more
You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked.
By: Sheung-King
Narrated by: Kenny Wong
Length: 4 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Finalist for the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award
AĀ Globe and MailĀ Best Book Debut of 2020A young translator living in Toronto frequently travels abroadāto Hong Kong, Macau, Prague, Tokyoāoften with his unnamed lover. In restaurants and hotel rooms, the couple begin telling... Read more
Seed to Dust
By: Marc Hamer
Narrated by: Owen Teale
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
For readers of Late Migrations and H is for Hawk
A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, " that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere. . . Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing."āShelf Awareness (STARRED Review)
"With chapters. . . [that] shimmer like lantern slides, lit with luminous imagery. . . Seed... Read more
Secrets of Happiness
By: Joan Silber
Narrated by: Amy Scanlon, Greg Watanabe, Graham Winton, Dani...
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A captivating tale of two families whose interlocking fates span the globe from PEN/Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Awardāwinning author Joan Silber
Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second familyāa Thai wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethanās mother... Read more
The Bookshop of Second Chances
By: Jackie Fraser
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A woman desperate to turn a new page heads to the Scottish coast and finds herself locked in a battle of wills with an infuriatingly aloof bookseller in this utterly heartwarming debut, perfect for readers of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
āHumor and charm abound. . . . [This] love story hits the spot.āāPublishers Weekly
Thea Mottram is having a bad... Read more
The Last Fallen Star
By: Graci Kim
Narrated by: Suzie Yeung
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family. "Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all... Read more
View audiobookPop Song
By: Larissa Pham
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in loveāwith a place, or a painting, or a personāand the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and lossāfrom Agnes Martin's abstract paintings to James Turrell's transcendent light works, and Anne Carson's Eros the... Read more
View audiobookBest Nerds Forever
By: James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein
Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
When a lifelong friendship just isn't long enough, two friends connect from beyond the grave in this heartwarming ghost story from a New York Times bestselling author.
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One minute, Finn was biking home from school, and the next, he was run off the road by a maniac in a big van. Now, he's a ghost. He can do lots of fun things, like try every ice... Read more
Meet Me in Another Life
By: Catriona Silvey
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
International Bestseller! Soon to be a major motion picture starring Gal Gadot!āInventive, bold and surprising . . . Builds in suspense and emotion, revealing itself page by page, layer by layer. Cleverly constructed and highly entertaining.āĀ āĀ CHARLES YURecommended byĀ PopsugarĀ ā¢Ā Bustle ā¢ GoodreadsĀ ā¢Ā TorĀ ā¢ MashableĀ ā¢Ā BookBub ā¢Ā io9Ā GizmodoĀ ā¢... Read more
View audiobookWhereabouts
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrated by: Susan Vinciotti Bonito
Length: 3 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladiesāher first in nearly a decadeāabout a woman questioning her place in the world, wavering between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties.
Exuberance and dread, attachment... Read more
Effortless
By: Greg McKeown
Narrated by: Greg McKeown
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year ā¢ From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard.
āIn a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeownās work is essential.āāDaniel H. Pink, author of When,... Read more
How to Be Human
By: Jory Fleming
Narrated by: Jory Fleming & Lyric Winik
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A ābeautiful and astonishingā (Walter Isaacson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) narrative that examines the many ways to be fully human, told by the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for... 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 FINALISTĀ ELMET
āStunningly cleverĀ . . . A deliciously spicy stew indeed.āĀ āEntertainment Weekly
āAĀ story about money and power, love and art, sex work and gentrification . . . Enjoyable and impressive on every page.āĀ āUSA Today
In the middle of the bustle of Londonās Soho, among the theaters and sex shops and... Read more
Are You Enjoying?
By: Mira Sethi
Narrated by: Mira Sethi
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
An exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart.
From the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly... Read more
Too Bright to See
By: Kyle Lukoff
Narrated by: Jax Jackson & Kyle Lukoff
Length: 4 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A Newbery Honor BookĀ ā¢ Winner of the Stonewall Book AwardĀ Ā ā¢ A National Book Award Finalist
"AĀ gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding."Ā āThe New York Times Book Review
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It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to... Read more
The Last Watch
By: J. S. Dewes
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden & Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
"Both readers are brilliant and nail the characterization in a way that instantly connects them to the listener..Everything here is top-notch." -- Booklist, starred review
The Expanse meets Game of Thrones in J. S. Dewes's fast-paced, sci-fi adventure The Last Watch, where a handful of soldiers stand between humanity and annihilation.
The... Read more