Managers' Picks

The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen & Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“I loved The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden. It is 1961 in a quiet backwater village in the Netherlands. If you observed the quiet and orderly life of Isabel as she lives out her days polishing her dead mother's silver in the family home in Overijssel, you might never know of the suffering and destruction of the war that ended only 16 years... Read more

There Are Rivers in the Sky

A novel

By: Elif Shafak
Narrated by: Olivia Vinall & Elif Shafak
Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

“An ambitious novel of complex histories of the people who tell them and those who are lost. Read more

The Wedding People

A Novel

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

“This is one of those unexpected books. Hard to describe because it did such a good job describing itself as you read it. Alison Espach has a really special writing style, simple and to the point but also so profound that of course she’s able to strike a moving balance between darkness and humor. Somehow we are able to see all the ridiculous... Read more

Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey
Narrated by: Sarah Naudi
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

“This is a beautiful exploration of humanity from the most zoomed out view possible - space! I loved the lyrical writing style and the way it made me think about the world. If you ever need to be reminded of the bigger picture, this is the book to read. Read more

The Rock Eaters

Stories

By: Brenda Peynado
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Ines del Castillo, Sunil Malhotra, Alejandra Reynoso & Jane Santos
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

An NPR Best Book of 2021
NYPL 10 Best Books for Adults, 2021

A story collection, in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado, Kelly Link, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, spanning worlds and dimensions, using strange and speculative elements to tackle issues ranging from class differences to immigration to first-generation experiences to xenophobia
 
What does... Read more

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

“For anyone who has ever felt our collective beating heart in the crowd of a concert. Read more

The Historian

By: Elizabeth Kostova
Narrated by: Justine Eyre & Paul Michael
Length: 26 hours 3 minutes

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of--a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an... Read more

Nightbane

Lightlark: Book #2

By: Alex Aster
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

You were once the bane of my existence … and now, you are the center of it.

Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers.

Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself hungry for distraction, preferring to frequent... Read more

Lightlark

Lightlark: Book #1

By: Alex Aster
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

“This Young Adult romance/fantasy gives the feel of The Hunger Games but with royalty, magic and curses. There are many plot twists but also a love triangle that will keep you intrigued. Read more

Men Have Called Her Crazy

A Memoir

By: Anna Marie Tendler
Narrated by: Anna Marie Tendler
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

“Tendler flays with loving care the scabs of our childhood & young adult years. Exposing the raw underbelly with a grace and poetry befitting an artist of her caliber, while maintaining a level of relatability many fail to achieve. Read more

The Familiar

A Novel

By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

“Luzia and Santángel, a duo for the ages! A scullion and an immortal familiar team up to win the king’s competition in the Spanish Golden Age as the Inquisition looms. The Familiar will lead you down new paths you won’t ever forget. Read more

The Wildest Sun

A Novel

By: Asha Lemmie
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie's next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young woman’s search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father.

When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar... Read more

Midnight is the Darkest Hour

A Novel

By: Ashley Winstead
Narrated by: Sarah Welborn
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

“Perfect narrating for this small town, Southern story! A young woman trapped by her conservative, religious family, finds solace in forbidden books. She befriends the town's outsider, a young boy without a mother, and through the years, they are a life-line to each other. Will their friendship survive the external forces working against them?... Read more

One Dark Window

By: Rachel Gillig
Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

“This romantasy duology is always on my recommendation list! Such a unique magic system. This series is *chef's kiss*. Read more

Two Twisted Crowns

The Shepherd King

By: Rachel Gillig
Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
Length: 14 hours 12 minutes

In the dark, spellbinding sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must confront the weight of her actions as she and Ravyn embark on a perilous quest to save the kingdom—perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and Alexis Henderson's The Year of the Witching.

Gripped by a tyrant king and in the thrall of dark magic, the kingdom is in... Read more

The Space Between Worlds

By: Micaiah Johnson
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

“I was thoroughly impressed by this imaginative debut high-concept sci-fi novel about multiverse travel! The protagonist, Cara, is unapologetically Queer, fearless and delightfully snarky! The social commentary is currently relevant and on point! Fans of confronting parallel selves, genre-bending political thrillers and depictions of dystopian... Read more

Those Beyond the Wall

A Novel

By: Micaiah Johnson
Narrated by: Angel Pean
Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

A searing sci-fi thriller about a woman reckoning with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable deaths in the face of a coming apocalypse—from the Compton Crook Award–winning author of The Space Between Worlds.

“A bold, beautiful, gut-punch of a story, at turns ferocious and poetic—and sometimes both at once.”—Veronica Roth, New... Read more

When Women Were Dragons

A Novel

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

“In the heart of every woman, there burns a secret fire, a wild yearning to take up space, to fly. Here, Barnhill speculates about a world in which women could literally do just that: transform, expand, devour–and escape. But what would become of the world they left behind - the world they had outgrown? Set in the patriarchal stranglehold... Read more

There There

A novel

By: Tommy Orange
Narrated by: Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo & Kyla Garcia
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“Not sure why I waited so long to read this. Brilliantly orchestrated storylines come together in a profound climax. 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 left me breathless. Relentless in its truth and pain, this family saga takes us from the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 through the years of forced assimilation in government-run Indian schools to present-day Oakland after a shooting at a pow-wow. Told through the lens of one family, this is a painful history lesson of attempted... Read more