What we're Listening To

Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi
Narrated by: Ariel Blake
Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

“A satisfying tale of a woman who marries a powerful man, but decides she likes the power better. For literary and fantasy fans, or for readers of mythology retellings like Circe looking to expand beyond Europe. Ariel Blake's performance of the tonal Yorùbá makes this an absolute treat to listen to, and Òdòdó's slow desire for power is a... Read more

The Truth About Immigration

Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

By: Zeke Hernandez
Narrated by: André Santana & Zeke Hernandez
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“Excellent answer to every unfounded point against immigration. Comes from a mostly economic point of view but uses that to springboard off into many other areas. Read more

All the Colors of the Dark

By: Chris Whitaker
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

“An amazing story. Beautiful storytelling that weaves together multiple POV's and a story for the ages. You will be drawn in and unable to stop reading until the very end. Read more

Uncultured

A Memoir

By: Daniella Mestyanek Young
Narrated by: Daniella Mestyanek Young
Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

“Uncultured is a powerful, heartbreaking, and healing story of female survival and resilience. I’m so glad I found this book. It touched my heart in many ways. Daniella is so brave for sharing her story of growing up in a cult and the realities women face in our patriarchal society, even as an Army Captain. She does an amazing job of portraying... Read more

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell
Narrated by: Carmen Rose
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

“This book is a strange, gruesome, heartwarming, and tender fantasy that can both make you squirm and pull at your heartstrings. It’s just filled with so much love and demented whimsy you can’t help but laugh. Read more

Queen Hereafter

A Novel

By: Isabelle Schuler
Narrated by: Sara Vickers
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

“I am a Shakespearean nerd to my core, so I obviously was not going to pass up a retelling of Lady Macbeth. In short it is an awesome story of drive, determination, and the will to survive. When you are prophesied to be the greatest force a country has ever seen as a child, it can definitely go to your head as is the case in Queen Hereafter.... Read more

How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending

Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You

By: Reductress
Narrated by: Mara Wilson & Jay Aaseng
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

“I listened to this audio book while on a plane so that added another level of irony to this listen. This was a funny, nihilistic, and sometimes dry humor listen that I feel like everyone should listen to at least once! Read more

Wandering Stars

A novel

By: Tommy Orange
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, MacLeod Andrews, Alma Cuervo, Curtis Michael Holland, Calvin Joyal, Phil Ava, Emmanuel Chumaceiro, Christian Young & Charley Flyte
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

“Wandering Stars is an epic tale grounded in truth and elevated by Tommy Orange’s phenomenal storytelling. He brings a gruesome slice of US history to life and gives voice to a generation of Native people who live its legacy. Read more

Natural Magic

Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science

By: Renée Bergland
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets, priests, and schoolgirls. The world began to change in the 1830s, while Darwin was exploring the Pacific aboard the Beagle and Dickinson was a student in Amherst, Massachusetts. Poetry and... Read more

The Klansman's Son

My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism

By: R. Derek Black
Narrated by: R. Derek Black
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

From the former heir apparent to White nationalism, an astonishing memoir of a childhood built on fear, and of breaking from a community of hate

Derek Black was raised to take over the White nationalist movement in the United States. Derek’s father, Don Black, was a former Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan and started Stormfront, the internet’s... Read more

A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Eliza Foss & Jennifer Pickens
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

“In T. Kingfisher’s retelling of the Goose Girl fairytale, there’s an emphasis on found family, and finding strength in yourself that you didn’t know you had. I would like Hester and Cordelia to be my new best friends, please and thank you. Read more