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We Solve Murders

A Novel

By: Richard Osman
Narrated by: Nicola Walker
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

“Osman does it again! Loved this fast paced witty novel. A trip around the globe with engaging characters, found family, and always the threat of death. So good!!!! Read more

Entitlement

A Novel

By: Rumaan Alam
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“In Entitlement, Rumaan Alam’s prose is at its most effortless, his storytelling at its most engrossing, his pacing at its most propulsive. Questions of race, class, generosity, and obsession weave through a thoroughly unpredictable story. Read more

Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Caroline Lee & Geraldine Hakewill
Length: 15 hours 52 minutes

“This is a great book to listen to. The narration really enhances it. Honestly I think it would be hard to read. Thank you, Libro! Read more

The Grey Wolf

A Novel

Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: Book #19

By: Louise Penny
Narrated by: Jean Brassard
Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

"Brassard's accents—whether French Canadian, Italian, or continental French—create indelible characters. His performance lets us feel Reine Marie's warmth and Armand's affectionate nature, and he adds an additional layer to surly Ruth and her potty-mouthed duck. Exciting and entertaining." —AudioFile (Earphones Award winner)

The 19th mystery in... Read more

Intermezzo

A Novel

By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Éanna Hardwicke
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

“Two brothers, Ivan and Peter, navigate their relationships with each other and the women in their lives in the wake of their father's death. In their grief, the pair watch as the normal forms of their lives fall apart and they try their best to make sense of the wreckage. Sally Rooney does what she does best: sets up a wealth of interestingly... Read more

When the Sea Came Alive

An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Garrett M. Graff
Length: 19 hours 42 minutes

“I really loved When the Sea Came Alive, it was such a fascinating book. This oral history of D-Day is a first-hand account from over 700 people, interviews, diary entries, letters, journals, and speeches all from Generals (Eisenhower and Churchill), soldiers, allies, enemies, reporters, politicians, photographers, children, pilots nurses, Anne... Read more

Creation Lake

A Novel

By: Rachel Kushner
Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

“Thrilling, snarky and wise-excellent writing and a good tale! Read more

What I Ate in One Year

(and related thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci
Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Stanley Tucci reads you his food diary and it's a dreamy and delicious experience. This is an easy read, perfect for when you're cleaning the house, relaxing with a cup of tea, or maybe for a long car ride. At the end of Tucci's year all I can think is what a marvel it would be to sit at his dinner table surrounded by people who love food, each... Read more

John Lewis

A Life

By: David Greenberg
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 24 hours 26 minutes

New York Times Book Review Top 100 Books of 2024

Explore the “comprehensive and compelling” (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as “the conscience of Congress,” through a narrative that weaves together exclusive interviews, never-before-seen FBI files, and documents, offering profound insights into his... Read more

When the World Tips Over

By: Jandy Nelson
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Alex McKenna, Briggon Snow, Caitlin Kinnunen & Julia Whelan
Length: 17 hours 16 minutes

“An all-star cast delivers one of my favorite books of 2024. Love, deception, tragedy, creativity, generational curses, brothers, soul mates and legacies, all set in a fictional Northern California wine town. This family saga of four generations of Falls will take your breathe away. I won't be the first nor last to compare it to East of Eden. Read more

Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty
Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

“Just gorgeous. Can be read in a single afternoon and contemplated for a lifetime. He's a genius. Read more

One of Our Kind

A novel

By: Nicola Yoon
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

“A modern day Invasion of the Body Snatchers, one of our kind is a novel MADE for book clubs! A woman and her family move into what seems to be the ideal neighborhood. The residents, shop owners, teachers, and police are all Black, creating a utopia for Black families. But something seems off. Absolutely wonderful narrating along with a very... Read more

Soldier Sailor

A Novel

By: Claire Kilroy
Narrated by: Simone Collins
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

FINALIST for the WOMEN’S PRIZE for FICTION * One of Vogue’s Best Books of the Year

Award-winning author Claire Kilroy’s “lyrical and incisive” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that reads with the pace of a thriller and is filled with astute and witty observations of life with a young child.

Soldier Sailor takes readers deep inside the early... Read more

The Stars Too Fondly

A Novel

By: Emily Hamilton
Narrated by: Vico Ortiz
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

“Space adventure romance? Yes, please. Loved the banter between these friends and the bewildering mystery of what started their adventure. Read more

Farewell, Amethystine

By: Walter Mosley
Narrated by: Michael Boatman
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

From “master of the genre” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia—blinding him to reason and risk.

January 1970 finds Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations.  He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a... Read more

The Friday Afternoon Club

A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne
Narrated by: Griffin Dunne
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

“I was simply blown away by this audiobook. It was, in turns, uproariously funny, and heartbreakingly sad. It's read extremely well, and the book itself is first class. Read more

Off the Tracks

A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel

By: Pamela Mulloy
Narrated by: Jennifer Wigmore
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad run again in all their glory. Pamela Mulloy has always loved train travel. Whether returning to the... Read more

It Had To Be You

By: Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

“There was a big celebration when the twins graduated from college 10 years ago. But did one of them murder their parents that night? With not enough evidence to convict them, they've been under a cloud of suspicion. Laurie Moran and her team from Under Suspicion reinvestigate the murders at the behest of their younger sister. Can this tragedy... Read more

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words

Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle

By: Peter Brown & Steven Gaines
Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Anthony Howell, Ben Jacobson, Emma Gregory, Mickey Knighton, Philip Stewart, Robert G. Slade, ShinFei Chen, Stefan Menaul​ & Todd Kramer​
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

"There are many incredible revelations about the relationships of John and Yoko and Paul and Linda and their impact on the band. This is one of those audiobooks you can't shut off and will never forget."—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)

An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews.

All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking... Read more

A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall
Narrated by: Claire Morgan, Kit Griffiths, Justin Avoth & Joshua Riley
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

“A slow-burn fantasy with a touch of neurodivergent romance. E. and Henery have disappeared from their underwater habitat with no trace. Stunning in its world building, unique in its epistolary format, I cannot wait for the next in the series! Read more