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The Butchers' Blessing
By: Ruth Gilligan
Narrated by: Heather O'Neill & John Keating
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Every year, Úna prepares for her father to leave her. He will wave goodbye early one morning, then disappear with seven other men to traverse the Irish countryside. Together, these men form the Butchers, a group that roams from farm to farm, enacting ancient methods of cattle slaughter.The Butchers’ Blessing moves between the events of 1996 and... Read more
View audiobookThis Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
By: Jacqueline Winspear
Narrated by: Jacqueline Winspear
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series offers a deeply personal memoir of her Kentish childhood and her family’s resilience in the face of war and privation.After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly... Read more
View audiobookAn Onion in My Pocket
By: Deborah Madison
Narrated by: Deborah Madison
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens,"The Washington Post)—a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement.
Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer... Read more
White Ivy
By: Susie Yang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 12 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
“A truly addictive read” (Glamour) about how a young woman’s crush on a privileged former classmate becomes a story of love, lies, and dark obsession, offering stark insights into the immigrant experience, as it hurtles to its electrifying ending in this “twisty, unputdownable, psychological thriller” (People).
Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar—but... Read more
Instant Karma
By: Marissa Meyer
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler
Length: 14 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
In New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her – both good and bad.
Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic... Read more
The Patriots
By: Winston Groom
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
In this masterful narrative, historian Winston Groom transports readers to the world of the American Revolution, where bold ideas, improbable events, and three extraordinary characters led to theremarkable birth of the country we know today. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable... Read more
View audiobookThe Love Lives of Birds
By: Laura Erickson
Narrated by: Laura Erickson
Length: 3 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
From the lifelong devotion of the American crow to the dalliances of the eastern bluebird, from the bald eagle’s dazzling aerial display to the male ruby-throated hummingbird’s reputation as a “deadbeat dad” — courtship, mating, and parenting differ dramatically among birds. Ornithologist and author Laura Erickson takes readers on a... Read more
View audiobookCrazy Stupid Bromance
By: Lyssa Kay Adams
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
"[A] catchy premise with surprising wisdom and specificity."--New York Times Book Review on The Bromance Book Club
A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Title
A hacktivist and a cat café owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy from the author of Undercover Bromance.
Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came... Read more
Ana on the Edge
By: A. J. Sass
Narrated by: Sagan Chen
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Perfect for fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World: a heartfelt coming of age story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a frilly dress kind of kid. So, when Ana learns that next season's program will be princess themed, doubt... Read more
View audiobookThe Mirror Man
By: Jane Gilmartin
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
“A cloning story that reads like a thriller… [for] fans of science fiction and corporate espionage.” —Library Journal
Meet Jeremiah Adams. There are two of him.
The offer is too tempting: be part of a scientific breakthrough, step out of his life for a year, and be paid hugely for it. When ViMed Pharmaceutical asks Jeremiah to be part of an... Read more
Make Me Rain
By: Nikki Giovanni
Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
An extraordinary listening experience! Hear Nikki Giovanni read from her newest collection of poems!One of America’s most celebrated poets challenges us with this powerful and deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of society while illuminating the depths of her own heart.For more than fifty years, Nikki Giovanni’s... Read more
View audiobookCinders and Sparrows
By: Stefan Bachmann
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A suspenseful tale of witches, family, and magic from internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann. When a twelve-year-old orphan unexpectedly becomes the mistress of a seemingly abandoned castle, she is thrust into a mysterious plot involving murderous spells, false identity, and a magical battle of wills between the living and the dead.... Read more
View audiobookLightbringer
By: Claire Legrand
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
Length: 24 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
The incredible conclusion to the trilogy that started with the instant New York Times bestsellers Furyborn and Kingsbane!
In this epic finale to the Empirium Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claire Legrand, two queens, separated by a thousand years must face their ultimate destinies.
Queen Rielle, pushed away from everything she... Read more
Never Look Back
By: Lilliam Rivera
Narrated by: Samuel Maria Gomez & Almarie Guerra
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Eury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria--and by an evil spirit, Ato. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Yet, for a time, she can almost set this fear aside, because there's this boy...
Pheus is a golden-voiced,... Read more
The Barren Grounds
By: David A. Robertson
Narrated by: Brefny Caribou
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their... Read more
Confessions on the 7:45
By: Lisa Unger
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
COMING TO NETFLIX
“Intricate and nuanced—on par with the best top-flight psychological suspense.” —L.A. Times
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels a stunning web of lies.
Selena Murphy is commuting home on the train when she strikes up a conversation with a... Read more
Poetic Remedies for Troubled Times
By: Taisia Kitaiskaia
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Baba Yaga offers more off-kilter remedies for the modern dilemmas of an unstable age using her uncanny style, poetic simplicity, and surprising candor.
In this follow-up to Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles, award-winning writer Taisia Kitaiskaia once again embodies the legendary witch of Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, to... Read more
Joe Biden
By: Evan Osnos
Narrated by: Evan Osnos & David Remnick
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
*A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*
A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest—fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career... Read more
A Thousand Questions
By: Saadia Faruqi
Narrated by: Gail Shalan & Reena Dutt
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s tender and honest middle grade novel tells the story of two girls navigating a summer of change and family upheaval with kind hearts, big dreams, and all the right questions. Mimi is not thrilled to be spending her summer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she’s never met.... Read more
View audiobookKeep Moving
By: Maggie Smith
Narrated by: Maggie Smith
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The NATIONAL BESTSELLER from the author of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL
“A meditation on kindness and hope, and how to move forward through grief.” —NPR
“A shining reminder to learn all we can from this moment, rebuilding ourselves in the darkness so that we may come out wiser, kinder, and stronger on the other side.” —The Boston Globe
... Read more
Dear Child
By: Romy Hausmann
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, Romy Hausmann & S...
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, and Simon Slater narrate as three parts of a fractured triangle brought together by a terrifying abduction...this mind-bending thriller is sure to enthrall listeners." -- AudioFile Magazine
This program includes an exclusive author's note, read by Romy Hausmann
Bustle Best Books of Fall 2020
Publishers Weekly Top 10... Read more
Cuyahoga
By: Pete Beatty
Narrated by: Feodor Chin
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
“Cuyahoga is tragic and comic, hilarious and inventive—a 19th-century legend for 21st-century America” (The Boston Globe).
Big Son is a spirit of the times—the times being 1837. Behind his broad shoulders, shiny hair, and church-organ laugh, Big Son practically made Ohio City all by himself.... Read more
Em
By: Kim Thúy
Narrated by: Eve Landry & Kim Thúy
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
"Em, c’est le fil qui relie les ouvriers des plantations de caoutchouc et les femmes des salons de manucure aux orphelins de l’opération Babylift, qui a évacué des enfants de Saigon en 1975. Em, c’est celle qui aime." Read more
View audiobookEverything Comes Next
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
Narrated by: Naomi Shihab Nye & James Patrick Cronin
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Beloved and acclaimed poet Naomi Shihab Nye is the current Young People’s Poet Laureate, serving until August 2021. This celebratory book collects in one volume her most popular and accessible poems from the past forty years. Featuring new, never-before-published poems, an introduction by bestselling poet and author Edward Hirsch, as well as a... Read more
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