Staff Picks

A Song to Drown Rivers

A Novel

By: Ann Liang
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“Phenomenal, intoxicating, beautiful, and absolutely DEVASTATING. You might want to grab tissues for this one. The only thing more tragic than the harsh brutalities of war are the conflicts and battles of the heart. Oh, don't mind me - I'll be sobbing in a corner while trying to recover from this story. Ann Liang has created an impeccable... Read more

Chaos Terminal

The Midsolar Murders: Book #2

By: Mur Lafferty
Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro Foster
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but when one of the new human arrivals on a space shuttle is murdered, she’s back in the game.

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, thank you very much. But no matter what she does, people persist in dying around her—and only she... Read more

A Pirate's Life for Tea

Tomes & Tea: Book #2

By: Rebecca Thorne
Narrated by: Jessica Threet
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

"A skillful narration of this story, especially its humor, makes this a fun and enjoyable performance" —AudioFile on Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Bookshops & Bonedust meets Our Flag Means Death in this cozy fantasy on the low seas, where lesbian pirates find out if enemies actually can become lovers!

Kianthe and Reyna are on the hunt for... Read more

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Tomes & Tea: Book #1

By: Rebecca Thorne
Narrated by: Jessica Threet
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

“Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne is a delightful queer cozy fantasy. It's very soothing and low stakes. There's a lot of books and a lot of tea and a little bit of dragons and being hunted by an evil queen. I loved the two main characters, and I adored watching their relationship develop. Also, the narrator was amazing. Read more

The Wren in the Holly Library

Wren in the Holly Library: Book #1

By: K.A. Linde
Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker
Length: 15 hours 15 minutes

“Here we go again with another highly addictive romantasy series. Kierse is a thief for hire who breaks into the Holly Library and caught by our morally grey MMC, Graves. They strike up a deal-Kierse must pull of the most dangerous job of her life. This book is fast paced, action packed, and steamy. Seriously the banter and tension between our... Read more

Cleat Cute

A Novel

By: Meryl Wilsner
Narrated by: Dana Varden & Zim Avaltrades
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

“Everything you could want in a sapphic soccer romance. Friendly competition between two neurodivergent queers turns super STEAMY in the locker room only to cool down into a thoughtful friendship with the potential for so much more. Including all the great character development you'd get from a Ted Lasso-esque show! Great Chemistry! Read more

White Women

Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

By: Regina Jackson & Saira Rao
Narrated by: Regina Jackson, Saira Rao & Deanna Anthony
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

An instant New York Times Bestseller!

A no-holds-barred guidebook aimed at white women who want to stop being nice and start dismantling white supremacy from the team behind Race2Dinner and the documentary film, Deconstructing Karen

It's no secret that white women are conditioned to be "nice," but did you know that the desire to be perfect and to... Read more

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

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

“This book is such a cozy, comforting read. If you're looking for a good book to curl up with, this will whisk you away to a safe, magical place filled with characters that will feel like family from start to finish. Read more

On Our Best Behavior

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen
Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“Whether you identify as a Christian or not, you will be persuaded by Loehnen's argument that the centuries old Seven Deadly Sins continue to exert harmful power over the behavior and lives of women causing us to suppress our healthy desires for agency, autonomy and personal power. Read more

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect

A Novel

The Ernest Cunningham Mysteries: Book #2

By: Benjamin Stevenson
Narrated by: Barton Welch & Megan Smart
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

“I had so much fun reading this uniquely written mystery! It made me sorry I missed Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone! Our protagonist is a likeable and reliable character who is easy to root for. Delightfully produced for listening on Libro.fm. Read more

Any Duke in a Storm

Daring Dukes: Book #4

By: Amalie Howard
Narrated by: Olivia Thompson
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On a covert mission, she’s determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies as a ship’s captain…only her identity has been compromised. Leaving her pursuers in ashes, she boards her vessel to flee,... Read more

Notes on an Execution

A Novel

By: Danya Kukafka
Narrated by: Mozhan Marno & Jim Meskimen
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

“If this book is trying to show the senselessness of violence against women and critique the ways that society is fascinated by serial killers, it succeeds....The two narrators Mozhan Marno and Jim Meskimen were both excellent. I often avoid literature via audiobook and veer more towards romance for ease of listening. But the writing was so... Read more

The First Bright Thing

By: J.R. Dawson
Narrated by: Petrea Burchard & Tim Campbell
Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

“The First Bright Thing is queer, Jewish, full of magical circuses, and it’s *luminary.* Everything about it blew me away: the tender prose, the unflinching depictions of grief and post-abuse PTSD, and the breathtaking on-page spectacle of the circus. I’ll be honest…I would NOT have picked this book if I had read the jacket copy first. It’s an... Read more

Red Clocks

A Novel

By: Leni Zumas
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

“This was a beautifully written and narrated book that I wish everyone to read. With the seemingly never-ending political talk about abortion, Leni Zumas rises to answer the question of what the reality would look like should such a thing become legal once more. Five narratives offer many different points of view pertaining to the immense... Read more

The Great Alone

A Novel

By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 15 hours 19 minutes

“Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone is a powerful, compelling story of survival - survival of the natural elements and of the human spirit. It's 1974, and 13-year-old Leni Allbright lives with her devoted mother, Cora, and abusive father, Ernt, who was a prisoner of war during Vietnam. America is changing after the war, and Ernt thinks their best... Read more

Daydream

A Novel

The Maple Hills Series: Book #3

By: Hannah Grace
Narrated by: CJ Bloom & Emmanuel Ingram
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

“✅ Fake Dating ✅Pathological People Pleasers ✅Found Family ✅Consent Read more

Lavender House

A Novel

Evander Mills: Book #1

By: Lev AC Rosen
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

“"People are always trying to claim you, without ever listening to who you are." Is cozy noir a thing? This is a classic Golden Age noir mystery with a cozier feel and a less cynical tone. The mystery itself is intriguing: The suspicious death of Irene Lamontaine, head of a famous soap empire, has her unconventional family on edge in their... Read more

The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields
Narrated by: Mia Hutchinson Shaw
Length: 13 hours 1 minute

“One of my favorite books in 2024. Cozy sapphic fantasy. Read more

A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Eliza Foss & Jennifer Pickens
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

“This was my first foray into the work of the prolific and beloved T. Kingfisher, and I see that her reputation is well deserved. For a story about a shy young woman at the mercy of her mother–a gold-digging dark sorceress with designs on a wealthy, unwitting minor lord–this was unexpectedly wholesome. It has everything: Murder. Magic.... Read more

Gideon the Ninth

Locked Tomb: Book #1

By: Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

“Trick or treat yourself to this deliciously gruesome and wickedly funny locked-house mystery! Journey to a haunted gothic manor in space with Gideon Nav, a foul-mouthed and dirty magazine-loving orphan of the Ninth House, pressed into service as the cavalier primary to her worst enemy, the heiress to the Ninth House, the necromantic lady... Read more