Underdog Picks: March 2025 New Releases

How to Survive a Slasher

By: Justine Pucella Winans
Narrated by: SJ Valiquette
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Bloomsbury presents How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans, read by SJ Valiquette.

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads.

Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ Smith can.

She doesn’t talk about that, though.

CJ has... Read more

Homegrown Magic

By: Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker & Dani Martineck
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

A delightful queer romantic fantasy full of friends-to-lovers chemistry, found family, rival family drama, and cozy garden magic from two acclaimed YA authors making their adult debut

Yael Clauneck is more interested in drinking and flirting than joining their powerful family’s business. They’re on the precipice of a predetermined life when they... Read more

Fable for the End of the World

By: Ava Reid
Narrated by: Gail Shalan & Emily Lawrence
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

“Very similar to Hunger Games - only it's darker and more diverse! I really enjoyed it! Read more

Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters

By: Miriam Zoila Pérez
Narrated by: Yenni Ann
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Cuban American Camila Núñez has always been afraid of the future. She’s been working hard to keep her anxieties in check, but with so many new experiences―her first queer love, trouble with her dog walking job, her mother’s judgments about her body, learning to drive, her father being too busy with work―there’s just so much to worry about.

So... Read more

Oathbound

The Legendborn Cycle

By: Tracy Deonn
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Andrew Eiden, Hillary Huber, Tim Paige & Adenrele Ojo
Length: 24 hours 58 minutes

Tracy Deonn’s #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle continues in the sensational third book about a dazzling contemporary fantasy world that blends Southern Black Girl Magic with secret societies and the legend of King Arthur!

Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound to a monster.

Bree Matthews is alone. She exiled herself from the... Read more

They Bloom at Night

By: Trang Thanh Tran
Narrated by: Nhi Do
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

“They Bloom at Night is set in an apocalyptic algae-ridden nightmare that some people call home. This book is uncanny and it feels like a knife waiting to strike you at any point and time. I loved the way this was narrated by the author. It's almost like there is something under the surface that you know is there but you don't know what it is... Read more

Love Points to You

By: Alice Lin
Narrated by: Katharine Chin
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

A swoony rivals-to-lovers romance between driven, practical Lynda Fan and her rich, arrogant classmate, Angela Wu. When Angela offers Lynda the chance to design characters for her Otome game, Lynda discovers things she never knew about herself…or her heart.

Love is an art.

Sixteen-year-old Lynda Fan has the skills and the drive to get into the... Read more

Divining the Leaves

By: Shveta Thakrar
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

“Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar is a young adult fantasy based in Hindu and Buddhist folklore with bi rep. It's lush with imagery and fragrance and flavor. At its heart, it's the story of a girl who never felt like she belongs looking for her place and a boy whose life suddenly gets less comfortable and he doesn't know how to deal, and... Read more

Unmasking for Life

The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically

By: Devon Price, PhD
Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism.

“Unmasking for Life should be read by not only autistic people but their loved ones, to ensure they facilitate a truly fulfilling life.”—Eric Garcia, author of... Read more

Paper Doll

Notes from a Late Bloomer

By: Dylan Mulvaney
Narrated by: Dylan Mulvaney
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

“I laughed! I cried! I ordered a deep dish pizza! Read more

Black. Fat. Femme.

Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself

By: Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.
Narrated by: Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

A celebration of (and how to find your own) queer intersectional identity through the lens of media In Black. Fat. Femme.: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself, educator and media critic Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins―aka Doctor Jon Paul―delivers an honest and extraordinary new take on how the author, and... Read more

Dream Count

A Novel

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sandra Okuboyejo, A'rese Emokpae & Janina Edwards
Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

“Simply Stunning! My first 5 Star read of 2025 Read more

Theft (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature)

A Novel

By: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying global change.

At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young people come of age in Tanzania. Karim returns to his sleepy hometown after university with new swagger and ambition. Fauzia glimpses in him a chance at escape from a... Read more

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

A Novel

By: Bob the Drag Queen
Narrated by: Bob the Drag Queen
Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

“Bob the Drag Queen has outdone themselves! From weaving a fantastical, introspective tale of what it means to be free to their fabulous narration (not to mention performing two songs mentioned in the novel), I listened to this one straight through! Read more