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A Novel

By: Michelle Huneven
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

*Named One the 10 Most Anticipated Fiction Books of 2022 by Kirkus*

From critically acclaimed, award-winning author Michelle Huneven, a sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes

Dana Potowski is a restaurant critic and food writer and a longtime member of a progressive Unitarian Universalist... Read more

The Beadworkers

Stories

By: Beth Piatote
Narrated by: Beth Piatote, various narrators, Christian Nagler, Fantasia Painter, Drew Woodson, Phillip Cash Cash & Keevin Hesuse
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Beth Piatote’s luminous debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the inventive and unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary worldTold with humor, subtlety, and spareness, the mixed-genre works of Beth Piatote’s first collection find... Read more

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Emily Wilde: Book #1

By: Heather Fawcett
Narrated by: Ell Potter & Michael Dodds
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

“This book is perfect for anyone who likes looking for hidden doors and mushroom circles and perhaps someone to make a dubious bargain with. It's all about curiosity and the joy of discovery, with the added warmth of community. Plus, of course, the captivating mercurial nature of fae. I absolutely fell in love with the little faerie Poe, while... Read more

The White Mosque

A Memoir

By: Sofia Samatar
Narrated by: Sofia Samatar
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

In the late nineteenth century, a group of German-speaking Mennonites traveled from Russia into Central Asia, where their charismatic leader predicted Christ would return. Over a century later, Sofia Samatar joins a tour following their path, fascinated not by the hardships of their journey, but by its aftermath: the establishment of a small... Read more

Graveyard Shift

A Novella

By: M. L. Rio
Narrated by: Jess Nahikian, M. L. Rio, Max Meyers, Si Chen, Susan Dalian & Tim Campbell
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

“A fast paced grim noir. Rio beautifully handles an odd group of characters somehow in under two hundred pages. The perfect bite sized thriller with graveyards, rats and the sleepless. Read more

The Full Moon Coffee Shop

A Novel

By: Mai Mochizuki
Narrated by: Sadao Ueda, Tomoko Komura & Yuriri Naka
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Translated from the Japanese bestseller, a charming and magical novel that reminds us it’s never too late to follow our stars.

“Mochizuki dazzles in her beautifully crafted contemporary fantasy debut. . . . This gentle fantasy is not to be missed.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review (Best Books of the Year)

In Japan, cats are... Read more

Assistant to the Villain

Assistant to the Villain

By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Narrated by: Em Eldridge
Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

“This book was like if Gru from Despicable Me looked like Prince Charming and Jess from New Girl started working together. Hilarious, fun, easy to read! Read more

Never Whistle at Night

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Narrated by: Erin Tripp, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Joelle Peters, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lisa Cromarty, Maika Harper, Shane Ghostkeeper, Sheldon Elter & Tara Sky
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

“From spine tingling creatures to monstrous humans, this collection of short stories covers so many different tales from a group of Indigenous voices that I'm excited to read more from. Each new story had me on the edge of my seat with a variety of thrills, horrors and the constant reminder that darkness and evil exist in many shapes. Read more

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By: Stephen Chbosky
Narrated by: Noah Galvin
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

“This book is an amazing coming of age story that deals with a lot of difficult topics. I read it when I was closer to the age of the characters and I think that was the best time to read it. Stephen perfectly captures what it’s like to be a teenager and not knowing where you fit in as well as finally finding friends that you love and connect... Read more

We All Want Impossible Things

A Novel

By: Catherine Newman
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

“One of my top books for 2022! Ash cares for her friend in hospice while grappling with the other relationships in her life. Newman captures the mundanity and comedy that arises even in the most tragic circumstances. For example, one of the other hospice residents listens to Fiddler on The Roof twice a day, and the comfort animal, a golden... Read more

Bunny

A Novel

By: Mona Awad
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

“Mona Awad tells a harrowing story of a writer trying to overcome her writer’s block while simultaneously refusing to look deeper into herself or acknowledge her own needs or desires. This lack of self-knowledge leads her to a friendship with a group of young MFA students who are always ‘workshopping’…with disastrous consequences. The writing... Read more

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

A Novel

The Finlay Donovan Series: Book #1

By: Elle Cosimano
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

“A wonderful palate cleansing between some dry reads! Read more

The Bandit Queens

A Novel

By: Parini Shroff
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

“I absolutely loved the heart and humor of these characters. You would think a book about women murdering their husbands wouldn’t be funny, but you’d be wrong. 😂 Read more

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

By: Deesha Philyaw
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

“Beautiful short stories of strong Black women, secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs. I loved the audiobook! I'm going to be giving this book to friends and urging them to read it! Read more

Pies and Prejudice

Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery

By: Ellery Adams
Narrated by: C.S.E. Cooney
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

When the going gets tough, Ella Mae LaFaye bakes pies. So when she catches her husband cheating in New York, she heads back home to Havenwood, Georgia, where she can drown her sorrows in fresh fruit filling and flaky crust. But her pies aren't just delicious. They're having magical effects on the people who eat them, and the public is hungry for... Read more

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

By: Shauna Robinson
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

“Trust me: You won’t be able to help yourself from loving Maggie Banks. Shauna Robinson’s irrepressible, vivacious heroine, who sees everyone as a potential new friend, has an infectious drive to make the world around her better and more fun. This literary comedy explores the power of books (for good and ill), friendship, and finding one’s own... Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

A Novel

By: Bonnie Garmus
Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus & Pandora Sykes
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

“Love love LOVED this book! Our one-of-a-kind Read & Run Audiobook Club selected this book for our inaugural group, and we all enjoyed it tremendously. Elizabeth Zott is a force to be reckoned with, Bonnie Garmus's writing is dry, witty, and refreshing, and the story has some fantastic twists and turns that keep you on your toes to the very... Read more

Woman of Light

A Novel

By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Narrated by: Melinna Bobadilla
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

“Woman of Light is a beautifully written story of unity, adversity, and the struggles of the Lopez family in the 1920s and 1930s. Perfectly connecting the past and present up to a meeting point for the family. I 100% recommend this book! Read more

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

By: Sangu Mandanna
Narrated by: Samara MacLaren
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

“A cozy fantasy full of found family and warm and fuzzy feels, with a grumpy/sunshine romance and the perfect pinch of spice, starring an own-voices lead supported by a diverse and lovable cast of characters—this book’s got all the (potion) ingredients for a read as spellbinding as it is mood-elevating. A must-read for fans of The House in the... Read more

Velvet Was the Night

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Gisela Chípe
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

“From the author of Mexican Gothic comes a classic noir with a side of romance based on the Mexican government’s suppression of dissent in the ’60s and ’70s and the involvement of the CIA and KGB. Read more