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I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A storyteller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River, which sold more than a million copies and captured readers’ hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author’s body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I... Read more
View audiobookThe Warmth of Other Suns
By: Isabel Wilkerson
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 22 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER
LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE... Read more
The Diamond Eye
By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 12 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.In the snowbound city of Kiev, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son—but Hitler’s... Read more
View audiobookGalatea
By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Ruth Wilson
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: No
An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in audio for the first time**Performed by Ruth Wilson and featuring an afterword by Madeline Miller**In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece—the most beautiful woman the... Read more
View audiobookWitch King
By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Eric Mok
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Eric Mok makes this wonderfully inventive and diverse fantasy eminently accessible... Mok's Kai is appealing and relatable--he sounds simultaneously young and resigned, weary of death and pain and betrayal and yet still hopeful for something better. Listeners will hope we get more of this fascinating world."- AudioFile
From the... Read more
The Fifth Season
By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 15 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times)
This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.
It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent,... Read more
A Fate Inked in Blood
By: Danielle L. Jensen
Narrated by: Nina Yndis
Length: 15 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of... Read more
The Poet X
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Don't miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author—winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner!The Poet X is also the winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award.Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for... Read more
View audiobookThe Fraud
By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Zadie Smith
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestseller • One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year • One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly
“[A] brilliant new entry in Smith’s catalog . . . The Fraud is not a change for Smith, but a demonstration of how expansive her talents are.” —Los Angeles Times
From... Read more
West with Giraffes
By: Lynda Rutledge
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.“Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the... Read more
View audiobookThe Dawn of Everything
By: David Graeber & David Wengrow
Narrated by: Mark Williams
Length: 24 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
"An all-encompassing treatise on modern civilization, offering bold revisions to canonical understandings in sociology, anthropology, archaeology and political philosophy that led to where we are today." - The New York Times
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social... Read more
Between Two Kingdoms
By: Suleika Jaouad
Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American Symphony
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The... Read more
Glitterland
By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and—most of all—himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people’s expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born... Read more
View audiobookThe Boys in the Boat
By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race.
For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about... Read more
Why Fish Don't Exist
By: Lulu Miller
Narrated by: Lulu Miller
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian
A “remarkable” (Los Angeles Times), “seductive” (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.
“At one point, Miller dives into the... Read more
Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
Narrated by: Elliot Page
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn’t simply a book on what it means to be trans, it’s about what it means to be human." —Alok Vaid-Menon
"Actor Elliot Page, who starred in the movie JUNO, gives an emotional, intimate performance of his gorgeous memoir... He... Read more
How to Keep House While Drowning
By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis & Dr. Raquel Martin
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
An NPR Best Book of 2022
USA TODAY Bestseller
This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home.
If you’re struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably have a good reason: anxiety, fatigue, depression, ADHD, or lack of support. For therapist KC Davis, the birth... Read more
The Poppy War
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 19 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018!A Library Journal, Paste Magazine, and ENTROPY Best Books of 2018 pick!Washington Post ""5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018"" pick!A Bustle ""30 Best Fiction Books of 2018"" pick!“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt... Read more
View audiobookThe Love Hypothesis
By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Callie Dalton & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Now see Adam pine for Olive in a special bonus chapter!
The Instant New York Times Bestseller and TikTok Sensation!
As seen on THE VIEW!
A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021
When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.
As a third-year... Read more
Cultish
By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
“One of those life-changing reads that makes you see— or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of FollowersThe author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate... Read more
View audiobookThe Only One Left
By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Christine Lakin & Dawn Harvey
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily
"Propulsive ... a dizzying Gothic whodunit."
—New York Times Book Review
Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to... Read more
The Seven Year Slip
By: Ashley Poston
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
"A gorgeous love story from one of the finest romance writers out there." —Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023
A Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ PopSugar ∙ Real Simple ∙ BookRiot ∙ and more!
An overworked book publicist with a perfectly... Read more
Count Your Lucky Stars
By: Alexandria Bellefleur
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
""Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone... There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely within something solid yet fragile."" – Entertainment... Read more
View audiobookGhost Station
By: S.A. Barnes
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
Length: 14 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space-horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.
An abandoned plant. A hidden past. A deadly danger.
Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—the most famous case of which resulted in the brutal murders of... Read more