Audiobooks by Jewish American Authors

Worry

A Novel

By: Alexandra Tanner
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

“Insidious millennial malaise and the exhaustion of performative activism are contrasted through the story of two sisters who overstay their welcome in one another’s orbit. The dialogue will split you, gut you, and stitch you back up again. Read more

This Is a Love Story: A Read with Jenna Pick

A Novel

By: Jessica Soffer
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“This beautiful novel opens as Abe tenderly comforts his dying wife, Jane, reconstructing the life they shared. It includes the intimate stories of the people closest to them and beyond to Central Park, the backdrop for a fascinating array of human behavior. Read more

Night Owls

By: A. R. Vishny
Narrated by: Gilli Messer & Josh Bloomberg
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

* National Jewish Book Award Winner * Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner *In this thrilling paranormal YA romance debut steeped in folklore, two estries—owl-shifting female vampires from Jewish tradition—face New York's monstrous underworld to save the girl one of them loves with help from the boy one of them fears before they are, all of them,... Read more

Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler
Narrated by: Judith Butler
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

This program is read by the author.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Time, Elle, Kirkus, Literary Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature, and them.

"A profoundly urgent intervention.” —Naomi Klein

"A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining collective futurity.” —Claudia Rankine

From a global icon, a bold, essential... Read more

Acts of Service

A Novel

By: Lillian Fishman
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

A “bold and unflinchingly sexy” (Vogue) debut novel about a young woman who follows her desires into a world of pleasure, decadence, and privilege, unraveling everything she thought she knew about sex . . . and herself.
 
“One of the most entertaining books about sex I’ve ever read . . . The perfect read for fans of Raven Leilani and Ottessa... Read more

I Want to Burn this Place Down

Essays

By: Maris Kreizman
Length: TBA

A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the political leftAt the heart of this funny, acerbic, and bravely honest book of essays is Maris Kreizman, a former rule follower and ambition monster... Read more

A World Worth Saving

By: Kyle Lukoff
Narrated by: Will Malloy & Kyle Lukoff
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff

“Rare and beautiful—a novel that combines wondrous fantasy, searing real-world relevance, and a frank empathetic understanding of the... Read more

The Familiar

A Novel

By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

“Just read it, you won't regret the time spent (safely through a book) during the Spanish Inquisition time period. Richly researched, Bardugo's writing will leave you wanting more magic in your life. Read more

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

A Novel

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Lynda Cohen Loigman
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

“The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern magically captures the power of first loves and second chances; the balance between science and magic; and the struggle with choosing to trust your heart over your mind. This will leave you rooting for yourself to be a hopeful, feisty, lovable eighty-year-old. Read more

Wild West Village

By: Lola Kirke
Narrated by: Lola Kirke
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

In this darkly humorous memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke untangles an extraordinary upbringing in a family of eccentric, messy artists and explains how a big city girl went a little bit country.

“Lola is a wise, witty, and unsparing writer.” —Lena Dunham
“Probably the only book I’ll read this year.” —Zoë Kravitz

The... Read more

Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika?“song” in Ladino?follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what... Read more

The Sequel

A Novel

The Book Series: Book #2

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours

“If you thought "The Plot" was clever, you haven't heard the half of it. Wipe your calendar and prepare to chew your cuticles, because Anna is much scarier - and funnier - than you could possibly have guessed, and author Korelitz is definitely not done shocking and satirizing the literary sphere. (Narrator Julia Whelan should win a world prize... Read more

Gittel's Journey

An Ellis Island Story

By: Lesléa Newman
Narrated by: Sarah Beth Goer
Length: 27 minutes

Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin’s address in New York on a piece of paper. However, when Gittel arrives at Ellis Island, she discovers the ink has run and the address is illegible! How... Read more

Magical Meet Cute

By: Jean Meltzer
Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

“I loved this book! The characters are very relatable and hysterical. The plot is also one I haven't seen in any other book, really keeps you interested. Highly recommend! Read more

The Free People's Village

By: Sim Kern
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

“Penned by #TransRightsReadathon founder Sim Kern! In an alternate 2020, in which Al Gore once won the presidency and Democrats have held court for 20 years…we still live in an economically and racially unjust, imperialist, carceral state (now with more greenwashing!), and teacher and punk band guitarist Maddie Ryan finds herself and her... Read more

Expiration Dates

A Novel

By: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

“I came for Rebecca Serle’s signature magical realism and romance, and stayed for the free will vs. determinism conversation. A quick, enjoyable read that I cried during. Love is a net. It can catch you long after someone is gone. Read more

Other People We Married

By: Emma Straub
Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Barrie Kreinik & Marin Ireland
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

The beloved story collection from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here and This Time Tomorrow

In Other People We Married, Straub creates characters as recognizable as a best friend, and follows them through moments of triumph and transformation with wit, vulnerability, and dazzling insight. In “Some People... Read more

Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 14 minutes

To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human—that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast—elderly people, children, babies—now live in... Read more

The Light of Seven Days

A Novel

By: River Adams
Narrated by: River Adams
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Living with her Babby after her parents’ death, ten-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad’s legendary Vaganova Ballet School. In the world of elite dance, she works hard, falls in love, and weathers the Soviet Union’s ubiquitous antisemitism, but despite an impressive talent, she quickly learns that dancers of her “profile” don’t... Read more

The Family Morfawitz

By: Daniel H. Turtel
Narrated by: Assaf Cohen
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel, comes The Family Morfawitz, a gripping Jewish family saga inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. When Hadassah Morfawitz flees Nazi Germany with her siblings and arrives in New York, she is determined to turn the city into her own Mount Olympus—at any cost.... Read more