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Too Bright to See
By: Kyle Lukoff
Narrated by: Jax Jackson & Kyle Lukoff
Length: 4 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A Newbery Honor Book ⢠Winner of the Stonewall Book Award  ⢠A National Book Award Finalist
"AÂ gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding."Â âThe 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 Perfect Daughter
By: D.J. Palmer
Narrated by: Dan Bittner & January LaVoy
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
"January LaVoy, woman of a thousand voices, is a great match for this twisty thriller about a teen with multiple personality disorder...LaVoy creates striking characters in fierce Grace and the troubled doctor, while giving Penny and her many alters distinct yet complementary voices. Narrator Dan Bittner voices journal entries by Penny's... Read more
View audiobookThe Good Sister
By: Sally Hepworth
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
"Reader [Barrie] Kreinik differentiates the sisters by giving Fern a crisp, detached tone (fitting with her character) and making Rose sound more emotional. Their Australian accents are charming...Suspense builds as listeners search for the truth beneath the varying stories and plot twists. Fans of unreliable narrators will love this!" --... Read more
View audiobookThe Chance to Fly
By: Ali Stroker & Stacy Davidowitz
Narrated by: Ali Stroker
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations--and gravity--from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz
Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks, her best friend Chloe, and competing on her wheelchair racing team,... Read more
Early Morning Riser
By: Katherine Heiny
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Alternately bittersweet and laugh-out-loud funny, a wise, bighearted novel of love, disaster, and unconventional familyâfrom the acclaimed author of Standard Deviation, who has been called the "literary descendant of Jane Austen, sharing Austen's essentially comic world view" (NPR).  Â
Jane falls in love with... Read more
Victories Greater Than Death
By: Charlie Jane Anders
Narrated by: Hynden Walch
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"This is the first audiobook narrated by Hynden Walch, who is famous for her voice acting. Her expertise with voicing all different types of characters is a perfect match for this production and keeps listeners engaged." -- Booklist
Buckle up your seatbelt for Victories Greater Than Death, a thrilling YA sci-fi adventure set against an... Read more
The Hero Code
By: Admiral William H. McRaven
Narrated by: Admiral William H. McRaven
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bedâa short, inspirational book about the qualities of true, everyday heroes.
THE HERO CODE is Admiral McRaven's ringing tribute to the real, everyday heroes he's met over the years, from battlefields to hospitals to college campuses, who are doing their part to save the... Read more
What Comes After
By: JoAnne Tompkins
Narrated by: Mark Deakins, Kristen DiMercurio & Kirby Heyborne
Length: 13 hours
Abridged: No
Runner Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Finalist for the Washington State Book Award
Edgar Prize Finalist for Best Debut Novel by an American Author
Shortlisted for the Prix Libre Nous, Best Foreign Book in French Translation
New York Times, Group Text Pick for April 2021
New York Times Editor's Choice Pick
Named a top beach read of summer by... Read more
Maxwell's Demon
By: Steven Hall
Narrated by: Piers Hampton
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Fourteen years after the monumental publication of the international bestseller The Raw Shark Texts, Maxwell's Demon heralds the triumphant return of Granta Best Young British Novelist Steven Hall
Thomas Quinn is having a hard time. A failed novelist, he's stuck writing short stories and audio scripts for other people's characters. His wife,... Read more
The Elephant of Belfast
By: S. Kirk Walsh
Narrated by: Charlotte McCurry
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant sheâs compelled to protect through the German blitz of Belfast during WWllBelfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named Violet.... Read more
View audiobookMy Broken Language
By: Quiara AlegrĂa Hudes
Narrated by: Quiara AlegrĂa Hudes
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK â˘Â The Pulitzer Prizeâwinning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse.
âQuiara AlegriĚa Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away.... Read more
Fearless
By: Mandy Gonzalez
Narrated by: Mandy Gonzalez
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
âWill hit all the high notes for theater and mystery fans alike.â âKirkus Reviews
Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky middle grade novel from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who must face the ghost haunting their theater.
Twelve-year-old Monica Garcia has arrived in NYC with her... Read more
The Cost of Knowing
By: Brittney Morris
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
SELECTED AS A YALSA 2022 AMAZING AUDIO FOR YOUNG ADULTS!
Four starred reviews!
Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when he foresees his younger brotherâs imminent death, from the acclaimed author of... Read more
The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales from the Tree House
By: Max Brallier
Narrated by: Robbie Daymond
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
The first ever graphic novel in the New York Times bestselling The Last Kids on Earth series--now adapted for audio!
A Netflix Original series
Includes SIX brand new Last Kids short stories by Max Brallier!
The kids and their monster buddies are hanging out in the tree house, when Jack launches into an epic, totally-heroic, super rad story of one... Read more
Good Company
By: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
"Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney plumbs the depths of marriage, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one gulp! Treat yourself to some Good Company." âMaria Semple, author of Today Will Be Different
A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship from Cynthia DâAprix Sweeney, author of the... Read more
The Infinity Courts
By: Akemi Dawn Bowman
Narrated by: Mizuo Peck
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
âMasterful and left me on the edge of my seatâŚabsolutely everything I could want in a sci-fi.â âAdalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth
Westworld meets Warcross in this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying... Read more
Astrid Sees All
By: Natalie Standiford
Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
This âvivid portrait of a seedy, edgy, artsy, and seething New York City that will never exist againâ (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author)âthe glittering, decadent downtown club scene of the 1980sâfollows a smart, vulnerable young woman as she takes a deep dive into her dark side. Essential reading for fans of Sweetbitter,... Read more
View audiobookWomen Don't Owe You Pretty
By: Florence Given
Narrated by: Florence Given
Length: 3 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
WRITER AND ACTIVIST FLORENCE GIVEN TELLS YOU HOW FEMINISM IS GOING TO RUIN YOUR LIFE (IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE).
A vibrantly illustrated primer on modern feminism for the Instagram generation encouraging us to question the insidious narratives that would hold us back from self-acceptance, self-love, and our own power. With her refreshingly... Read more
The Hard Crowd
By: Rachel Kushner
Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES GALAXIE 500âS SONG âANOTHER DAY!â
âThe Hard Crowd is wild, wide-ranging, and unsparingly intelligent throughout.â âTaylor Antrim, Vogue
From a writer celebrated for her âchops, ambition, and killer instinctâ (John Powers, Fresh Air), a career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture.
Rachel... Read more
Mother May I
By: Joshilyn Jackson
Narrated by: Joshilyn Jackson
Length: 12 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
"Chilling, thought-provoking, and hauntingly written, Mother May I kept me on the edge of my seat with its breathless race against time." âMegan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl from Widow Hills"A master of domestic suspense." âEntertainment WeeklyThe New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Never Have... Read more
View audiobookThe Accidental Apprentice
By: Amanda Foody
Narrated by: Steve West
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller!
A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical Beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Woods in this âwholesome, delightfulâ (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), and cheeky middle grade fantasy debutâperfect for fans of Nevermoor and How to Train Your Dragon.
The last thing Barclay Thorne ever wanted was an... Read more
Laundry Love
By: Patric Richardson & Karin B. Miller
Narrated by: Patric Richardson
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author, and includes audio-exclusive bonus tips.
Patric Richardson, aka the "Laundry Evangelist,â reveals his revolutionary methods for cleaning clothesâand making laundry loads more fun.
Doing laundry is rarely anyoneâs favorite task. But to Patric Richardson, laundry isn't just funâit's a way of life. After years of... Read more
Every Day Is a Gift
By: Tammy Duckworth
Narrated by: Tammy Duckworth
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In this New York Times bestselling book, learn the incredible story of Illinois senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth and see what inspired her to follow the path that made her who she is today.â
In Every Day Is a Gift, Tammy Duckworth takes readers through the amazingâand amazingly trueâstories from her incomparable life. In November of... Read more
Raft of Stars
By: Andrew J. Graff
Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
âA rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor.â âRichard RussoAn instant classic for fans of Jane Smiley and Kitchens of the Great Midwest: when two hardscrabble young boys think theyâve committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the adults trying to find and protect them reach them before itâs too... Read more
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