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Redwall

Redwall: Book #1

By: Brian Jacques
Narrated by: Ariyon Bakare
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

The book that inspired a legend—the first novel in the bestselling saga of Redwall.

Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well…until a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is coming—Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat... Read more

Mirrored Heavens

Between Earth and Sky: Book #3

By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Shyla Lefner, Nicole Lewis, Kairyn Potts & Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 19 hours 42 minutes

“Fantastic ending to a brilliant series. Lord of The Rings and Game of Thrones fans will find plenty to enjoy in this epic fantasy trilogy. Superb ensemble cast does the reading. Read more

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

By: Samantha Allen
Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Justis Bolding, Cindy Kay, Laura Knight Keating & Jasmin Walker
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

“This book is so much fun! I loved this story about the contestants on a reality Bachelor-like show, and the audio recording includes various actors playing each character, which adds an engaging layer to the narratives. This is the kind of book to read when you just want to have fun, and there is a twist that is absolutely wild! Come along for... Read more

Devil Is Fine

A Novel

By: John Vercher
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

“I loved this book so much--with its look into complicated grief that is both immediate and spanning generations, its achingly beautiful and whip-smart prose, and its dive into strangeness through magical realism. I can't wait to see what's next from this author. The narrator for this book is A+++. Read more

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer

A Novel

By: Joseph Earl Thomas
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

A stirring, unsparing novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student, from the "extraordinary [and] insightful" author of Sink (New York Times Book Review).

After a deployment in the Iraq War dually defined by threat and interminable mundanity, Joseph... Read more

Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“Yeah, yeah we all know how income inequality has skyrocketed in recent decades, but do you want to get fired up about it? Matthew Desmond targets the usual suspects in this damning manifesto, but he also asks complicated, nuanced questions about how all of us are complicit in the status quo. An important read for everyone interested in creating... Read more

HEX

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

“This is totally, brilliantly original.” —Stephen King

“HEX is creepy and gripping and original, sure to be one of the top horror novels of 2016.” —George R.R. Martin

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch

Whoever is born here, is doomed to... Read more

Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Nat Cassidy
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

“Salem's Lot meets Rosemary's Baby in this perfectly sinister horror novel! Fans of Stephen King will love this creepy NYC story. Read more

Moon Witch, Spider King

The Dark Star Trilogy: Book #2

By: Marlon James
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 30 hours 46 minutes

“Masterfully flips the first installment on its head... James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.’” —Esquire
 
"Even more brilliant than the first.” —Buzzfeed

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2022 pick
 
From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in... Read more

When We Were Birds

A Novel

By: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Narrated by: Sydney Darius & Wendell Manwarren
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

A mythic love story set in Trinidad, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut is a masterwork of lush imagination and exuberant storytelling—a spellbinding and hopeful novel about inheritance, loss, and love's seismic power to heal.

"Roots the reader in [Trinidad’s] traditions and rituals [and] ... in the glorious matriarchy by which lineage is... Read more

When Women Were Dragons

A Novel

By: Kelly Barnhill
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr & Mark Bramhall
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

“When Women Were Dragons offers up just about everything I love in a book – an unforgettable set of characters, an imaginative story line with a healthy dose of fantasy (with DRAGONS), and a serious message underlying it all, about women and the painful choices they must sometimes make to follow their dreams. Read more

Sleepwalk

A Novel

By: Dan Chaon
Narrated by: John Pirhalla
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

"John Pirhalla's performance is a little disturbing yet funny and touching, a combination that is perfect for this audiobook." - AudioFile Magazine

A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed novelist Dan Chaon.

Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many... Read more