Summer 2023 Reads

Same Time Next Summer

By: Annabel Monaghan
Narrated by: Dan Bittner & Brittany Pressley
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

“Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER

Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple • Reader’s Digest • Country Living • The Skimm • BookBub • GoodReads

Beach Rules:
Do take long walks on the sand.
Do put an umbrella in every... Read more

Wild Things

A Novel

By: Laura Kay
Narrated by: Abigail Hardiman
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S PICK • Two best friends. One huge crush. A year that could change everything...

A warmhearted, hilarious queer rom-com about what happens when a group of friends are actually brave enough to live the dream and give up their dreary city apartments to buy a house in the country together. • “Real Emily Henry vibes but gay.... Read more

Banyan Moon

A Novel

By: Thao Thai
Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Catherine Ho & Elyse Dinh
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

“Taking place across different periods of time in Vietnam and Florida, Banyan Moon follows a multi-generational family of Vietnamese-American women and the secrets they keep and sacrifices they make for their loved ones. Told in three different perspectives, follow Minh's journey from a naive, love struck teenager to a determined woman fighting... Read more

Famous for a Living

By: Melissa Ferguson
Narrated by: Talon David
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

She’s Insta-famous. He uses a flip phone.When her business partner is accused of serious financial crimes, superstar influencer Cat Cranwell—an engineered marvel of beauty, energy, and fun—falls from her penthouse perch. Des­perate to get away from the online trolls and paparazzi docu­menting her disgrace, Cat accepts her uncle’s offer to work... Read more

Late Bloomers

A Novel

By: Deepa Varadarajan
Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Deepa Samuel, Shahjehan Khan & Mehr Dudeja
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

An Indian American family is turned upside down when the parents split up thirty-six years into their arranged marriage​ in this “heartwarming journey of self-discovery” (Southern Living).

“Touching . . . both funny and moving—a family drama the entire family can enjoy.”—Reader’s Digest

"I have a soft spot for underdogs. And late bloomers. You’ve... Read more

Summer Reading

By: Jenn McKinlay
Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro Foster
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

When a woman who’d rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com.

For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha’s Vineyard at her family’s tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she’s tasked... Read more

All the Right Notes

By: Dominic Lim
Narrated by: Aaron J Albano
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

In this hilarious and joyous rom com, sparks fly when a piano genius and a Hollywood heartthrob are thrown together for a charity performance of solos, heartfelt duets, and a big, showstopping finale.
 
Quito Cruz might be a genius piano player and composer in New York City now but it doesn’t mean that he’s any closer to his Broadway dream.... Read more

Good Night, Irene

A Novel

By: Luis Alberto Urrea
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & Luis Alberto Urrea
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

“Of course I knew the Red Cross served in all the wars, but I thought it was nursing care and well back from danger. I had no idea they trained women to be a slice of home for the GI's, to cook donuts, play card games, be a listening ear, and deliver mail all the way up to the foxholes of the front line. I couldn't put it down. Read more

Happy Place

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

“Are you looking for a book that will take you directly to YOUR 'happy place'? Emily Henry’s Happy Place absolutely will! Written in Henry’s signature brand of humor and heartbreak, Happy Place introduces Wyn and Harriet; a couple who have broken up after ten years together and decide to keep it a secret so they can visit the summer house... Read more

The Seven Year Slip

By: Ashley Poston
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

“I thoroughly enjoyed the book! Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip - it was the ideal feast of writing that tugs at your heartstrings, characters to root for, and a plot that drew me in. I enjoy books with magic realism. This tale is fundamentally about mourning loss, accepting change, and understanding that falling in love comes at the right... Read more

Just as You Are

A Novel

By: Camille Kellogg
Narrated by: Bailey Carr
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

“It feels like I have read every Pride and Prejudice retelling that exists. So it is my expert opinion when I say this is one of the best. Take P&P and make it queer and about publishing in NYC. Make sisters into a group of queer roommates. Make Mr. Darcy a hot butch lesbian. It's fun, it's steamy, it's romantic - and everyone should read it.... Read more

The Wind Knows My Name

A Novel

By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Maria Liatis
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration” (People), from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta

“Timely, provocative . . . emotionally satisfying . . . [a... Read more

Mrs. Nash's Ashes

By: Sarah Adler
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

A Most Anticipated Summer Read by Today ∙ Barnes & Noble ∙ BookRiot ∙ GoodReads ∙ Culturess ∙ and more!

A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love.

Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her... Read more

The Celebrants

By: Steven Rowley
Narrated by: Steven Rowley
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

New York Times Bestseller
A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick

A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.

It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their... Read more

Big Gay Wedding

A Novel

By: Byron Lane
Narrated by: Noah Galvin
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

“All Chrissy Durang wants is for her son Barnett to come home and take over the family farm. When Barnett does come home, he tells her that he's engaged to Ezra. As Chrissy struggles to accept the situation, chaotic wedding planning begins. Lane balances humorous and poignant moments in Barnett and Ezra's relationship and Chrissy's journey to... Read more

Nightbloom

By: Peace Adzo Medie
Narrated by: Jessica Sarkodie, Ekua Ekumah & Sarah Dorgbadzi
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

“Medie’s use of multiple perspectives in telling this story of cousins Akorfa and Selasi is extraordinarily effective. We hear their stories from Akorfa’s perspective, then from Selasi’s, and finally from their combined perspectives after they have learned hidden details of each other’s life. Privileged and with a sense of entitlement, Akorfa... Read more

Red, White & Royal Blue

A Novel

By: Casey McQuiston
Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

“This book is so much more than a captivating romance—it's a bubble bath, a warm hug, a delicious dessert, a catharsis full of feeling and hope and queer joy that still makes me cry and laugh even as I've reread it 10+ times! The audiobook is skillfully narrated, and de Ocampo does far better British and Texan accents than my brain could come up... Read more

Love, Theoretically

By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

“I love this book so much! I cried halfway through at the job offer reveal because I felt so emotionally connected and related to Elsie that it was too much not to feel what she felt. This is by far my favorite Ali Hazelwood book yet - so much STEM, so much spice, many laughs, terrible jokes, and heartfelt connections. I really enjoyed Elsie and... Read more

Chain Gang All Stars

A Novel

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch & Lee Osorio
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

“This book is so many great things: a story of love and companionship; a story of an inhumane prison system not so different than our own; and an incredible adventure. The audiobook performances are first rate! Read more

Love at First Set

A Novel

By: Jennifer Dugan
Narrated by: Lori Prince
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Sometimes true love takes a little heavy lifting"The most hilarious disaster bisexuals you’ll ever meet.” —Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed BooksThis irresistible adult debut from beloved YA author Jennifer Dugan is a queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care and Written in the Stars, in which a gym employee accidentally ruins her bosses’... Read more