2024 Award-Winning Audiobooks

James

A Novel

By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

“It is rare to find a book that is a retelling of a known story and wholly original, but Percival Everett is able to do that with James. By shifting the narrator from Huckleberry Finn to James (known previously only as 'Jim') Everett doesn't only refocus the point of view of the events, but he is able to refocus the reader's attention away from... Read more

Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey
Narrated by: Sarah Naudi
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

“It's dreamy to listen to this extraordinary novel -- perfect for when you need a meditative read. Read more

The Mighty Red

A Novel

By: Louise Erdrich
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

“A fantastic read! Set over the course of 2008 and 2009, The Mighty Red is a novel rich with characters and sense of place. At its core, it is a book about choices and the repercussions of those choices over time. I'll go out on a limb and say this is Erdrich's best novel yet! The narrator was pitch perfect, too. Read more

Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan
Narrated by: Shala Nyx
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II, Hiba Noor Khan weaves a breathtaking tale of suspense, compassion, and courage, starring an extraordinary young heroine readers will never forget. Safiyyah loathes the brutal Nazi occupation of Paris, even though her Muslim... Read more

Margo's Got Money Troubles

A Novel

By: Rufi Thorpe
Narrated by: Elle Fanning
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

“So: a professional wrestler, an unemployed teen mom, and a sex worker walk into a bar...But this isn't a setup for a long-winded joke - it's the premise of Margo's Got Money Troubles. By turns tender, bold, and comical, Thorpe's tale of a teen-mom-turned-OnlyFans-personality is a thought-provoking exploration of what it means to survive and own... Read more

Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo
Narrated by: Safia Elhillo
Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and author of HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY.

A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK • A CALIBA GOLDEN POPPY AWARD FINALIST • A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL,... Read more

The Achilles Trap

Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Length: 17 hours 58 minutes

A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker • Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award

“Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator’s thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the... Read more

Undue Burden

Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

By: Shefali Luthra
Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar Young & Shefali Luthra
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST • A TIME BEST BOOK OF 2024 • An urgent investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe v. Wade, and the life-threatening consequences of being denied reproductive freedom • “Indispensable… Whatever your gender, race, religious background or political preferences, Luthra’s Undue Burden should... Read more

Another Word for Love

A Memoir

By: Carvell Wallace
Narrated by: Carvell Wallace
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

This program is read by the author.

“Carvell Wallace narrates his beautiful memoir with poignant urgency-- and a whole lot of love…His voice, like his prose, has a poetic cadence. At times, his narration seems to fly, reaching higher and higher before culminating in an emotional crescendo.”—AudioFile

A transformative memoir that reimagines the... Read more

Shark Teeth

By: Sherri Winston
Narrated by: Dõe Sebanakitta
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

“Instead of class and friends, Kita is worried about getting her siblings ready for school, managing bath time, cooking meals, and daily chores. Plagued by the fear of being separated from her siblings and placed into foster care, she works overtime to convince herself and her friends/teachers that everything is okay at home. Winston offers us a... Read more

The Garden Against Time

In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing
Narrated by: Olivia Laing
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2024 by the BBC, the Observer, Irish Times, the Guardian, and The Millions.



In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we... Read more

Say Hello to My Little Friend

By: Jennine Capó Crucet
Narrated by: Krizia Bajos
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Winner of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize

“A blistering, hilarious, tragic novel that is simultaneously absurd and painfully real.” —The Miami Herald

Scarface meets Moby Dick in Say Hello to My Little Friend following a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his... Read more

Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

“In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched to total disaster, killing the 7 people aboard, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, within 73 seconds, all while America watched. This is a serious emotional account of those events. In great detail this book takes you through the years before the Challenger. It includes the first Apollo... Read more

Say Hello to My Little Friend

A Century of Scarface

By: Nat Segaloff
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

When Brian DePalma's operatically violent and profane Scarface debuted in 1983, the film drew almost as much fire as the relentless gunfire in the film itself. The movie was a remake of 1932's Scarface—revamped for a new era of drugs, sex, and graphic violence. Attacked as both a celebration of cocaine-fueled excess and a condemnation of it, the... Read more

Playground

A Novel

By: Richard Powers
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae & Kevin R Free
Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory and Bewilderment.
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to... Read more

A Stranger in the Family

Maeve Kerrigan: Book #0

By: Jane Casey
Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

“It has been a long time since I read a Maeve Kerrigan novel but this one didn't disappoint and easily read as a stand along. The mystery was quite involved as was the relationships between all of the characters. A great police procedural. And, then the ending!! Read more

Evenings and Weekends

A Novel

By: Oisín McKenna
Narrated by: Isabel Adomakoh-Young
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

“It's like the T.V. show Friends except the friends are queer and massively disjointed. This contemporary novel follows the lives of a group of people over the course of one weekend. Mothers face terminal illnesses, couples face insurmountable differences, relationship boundaries are challenged, and generational divides are flagrantly... Read more

The Coast Road

A Novel

By: Alan Murrin
Narrated by: Jessica Regan
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

“The Coast Road is a brilliantly observant novel about a small isolated community, the limits the community's expectations place on women's lives and the consequences of daring to step out of these boundaries. An addictive read with a sadly compelling final chapter. Read more

Where They Lie

A Novel

By: Claire Coughlan
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“A thrillingly dark and atmospheric tale, richly evocative of its time, especially for those of us old enough to remember 1968.”—John BanvilleAn immersive, literary thriller set in 1960s Dublin about an ambitious young female journalist whose investigation of a long missing actress will take her through misty streets and the tangled... Read more

My Favorite Mistake

Walsh Family: Book #7

By: Marian Keyes
Narrated by: Marian Keyes
Length: 15 hours 34 minutes

The hilarious, heartwarming new novel from #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes.

Anna has just lost her taste for the Big Apple . . .

Anna has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn't want all that? Anna, it turns out.

Turning a minor... Read more