Sophie's 2021 Reading List

Into the Forest

A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

By: Rebecca Frankel
Narrated by: Natalie Pela
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“Confession: I was wary at first about another Holocaust survival story. And then I read the prologue, and couldn't put the book down. From the first pages, Rebecca Frankel had me feeling like a child listening, rapt, to the stories the women in my family would recount about the past. The immediacy and intimacy of the narrative swept me away and... Read more

Greenlights

By: Matthew McConaughey
Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE! Now with exclusive new content from the paperback edition, the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award–winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater... Read more

The Initial Insult

By: Mindy McGinnis
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan, Brittany Pressley & Tim Campbell
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

In the first book of a suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore. Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Truly Devious!Tress Montor’s family used to mean... Read more

We Are All the Same in the Dark

A Novel

By: Julia Heaberlin
Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Catherine Taber, MacLeod Andrews & Kirby Heyborne
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEOPLE PICK • OPTIONED BY SISTER PICTURES FOR TELEVISION • The discovery of a girl abandoned by the side of the road threatens to unearth the long-buried secrets of a Texas town’s legendary cold case in this superb, atmospheric novel from the internationally bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans

“If you only read one... Read more

The Woman in the Green Dress

By: Tea Cooper
Narrated by: Casey Withoos
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

After her husband’s death in World War I, Fleur’s surprising inheritance takes her deep into the past—and could unravel a mystery surrounding a cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress.1919: After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can’t wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the... Read more

What You Wish For

A Novel

By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Katherine Center & Thérèse Plummer
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“Sam Casey loves her job as an elementary school librarian on Galveston Island. That is until the founder and principal suddenly passes away and is replaced by Sam’s former crush Duncan Carpenter, who has become a stickler for rules and safety rather than the carefree, charismatic leader he was when they worked together years ago. As Sam and her... Read more

Amelia Unabridged

A Novel

By: Ashley Schumacher
Narrated by: Lesa Wilson
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future in this unforgettable debut novel sure to entice fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer E. Smith

Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and... Read more

The Lost Apothecary

A Novel

By: Sarah Penner
Narrated by: Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony & Lauren Irwin
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

“This book was a wonderful escape and was absolutely lovely to listen to. It switches back and forth between the point of view of two women in London in the 1790s and an American woman visiting London in present day. The story unfolds quickly. I was pleasantly surprised by the twists that I hadn't anticipated and the emotions that welled up... Read more

The World Gives Way

A Novel

By: Marissa Levien
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

“The World Gives Way gave me so many things: a crime novel, a science fiction epic, but also something that explores the beauties of love and the strive to survive through it all. This is an adventure that I won't be forgetting any time soon. Read more

The Pull of the Stars

A Novel

By: Emma Donoghue
Narrated by: Emma Lowe
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

“You might think reading a historical novel about the 1918 flu pandemic is leaning in a bit too much as we experience the COVID19 global pandemic, but what Donoghue has done with THE PULL OF THE STARS is to allow us to pull back, reexamine, and frame what we are living through today with what happened one hundred years ago. This book tells the... Read more

The Once and Future Witches

By: Alix E. Harrow
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

“Alix E. Harrow's second novel propels the listener from the year 1893 through a past and the future, with fantasy releasing the spells the Sisters Grimm have hidden in plain sight. I also delighted in the witchy affirmation of historical moments and unions at the turn of the 20th Century. Read more

Shine

By: Jessica Jung
Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

An instant New York Times bestseller

Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knockout debut about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls’... Read more

The Girls Are All So Nice Here

By: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Narrated by: Erin Mallon & Alex Allwine
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

“The Girls Are All So Nice Here is the first, but not the last, lie you will read when you devour this dark and disturbing novel about college girls and how they treat each other in order to be popular or important. The writing is chilling and so authentic, I felt like I was back in high school or college with a group of toxic girls who would... Read more

Vera

A Novel

By: Carol Edgarian
Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

“Experience the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 like never before — from inside the family of one of the most famous brothel madams. In this story, Edgarian combines lyrical writing and a cast of unforgettable characters, both real and imagined, with themes of love, rejection, graft, and economic disparity, all sprinkled with racism and... Read more

The Infinity Courts

By: Akemi Dawn Bowman
Narrated by: Mizuo Peck
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

“Masterful and left me on the edge of my seat…absolutely everything I could want in a sci-fi.” —Adalyn 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

That Summer

A Novel

By: Jennifer Weiner
Narrated by: Sutton Foster
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a Notable Work of Fiction by The Washington Post

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another “ideal beach read, full of secrets and complicated female friendships” (Cosmopolitan).

Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work,... Read more

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

A Novel

The Brown Sisters: Book #3

By: Talia Hibbert
Narrated by: Ione Butler
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

“I've never met a Talia Hibbert book I haven't absolutely loved and Act Your Age, Eve Brown is no different. Hibbert is a master at her craft, flawlessly weaving humor with romance that's perfectly matched by Ione Butler's performance as she brings the characters to life. If you're looking for a romance to listen to that will make you laugh the... Read more

An Unlikely Spy

A Novel

By: Rebecca Starford
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

“World War II looms in London, and Evelyn Varley wants to find her place in the world. She joins the MI5 counterintelligence unit but, as the reader learns in the very first chapter, finding a place for yourself may not mean that it’s the right place. I was pulled into Evelyn’s story from the start and stayed hooked in a race to find out what has... Read more

Miss Eliza's English Kitchen

A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship

By: Annabel Abbs
Narrated by: Ell Potter & Bianca Amato
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

“The smells, tastes and atmosphere of a Victorian kitchen leap off the pages of this wonderful novel about the birth of modern cookbook writing. A beautiful story of good food and great friendship, Miss Eliza's English Kitchen will make you feel hope, happiness, and quite possibly hunger! Read more

The Donut Trap

A Novel

By: Julie Tieu
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Julie Tieu sparkles in this debut romantic comedy, which is charmingly reminiscent of the TV show Kim’s Convenience and Frankly in Love by David Yoon, about a young woman who feels caught in the life her parents have made for her until she falls in love and finds a way out of the donut trap.

Jasmine Tran has landed herself behind bars—maple bars... Read more