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Ordinary Time

Lessons Learned While Staying Put

By: Annie B. Jones
Narrated by: Annie B. Jones & Emily P. Freeman
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

In her first book, the popular From the Front Porch podcast host and independent bookstore owner challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most, reminding us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed. Can life be an adventure, even when it’s just . . . ordinary?Annie... Read more

Wild Dark Shore

A Novel

By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld & Steve West
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

“If you love books where the setting feels like a character, this one’s for you. Sweeping landscapes, turbulent seas, and a protagonist searching for answers in a world that seems determined to break her. McConaghy’s prose is lyrical, immersive, and guaranteed to leave you feeling something long after you turn the last page. This book is for the... Read more

Victorian Psycho

By: Virginia Feito
Narrated by: Anna Burnett
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

“Psycho indeed! Winifred Notty arrives as governess with revenge on her mind and blood on her hands. Lots of blood. Even better than the story is the narrator of the audio version. Her delivery is...gentle and understated -- the perfect juxtaposition to the story. Listened on Libro.fm Read more

Woodworking

By: Emily St. James
Narrated by: L. Morgan Lee, Saoirse Ní Shúilleabháin & Emily St. James
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

One of Them’s 10 Most Anticipated Books of 2025 • One of Book Riot’s and The Mary Sue’s 15 Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2025 • One of The Millions’, Kirkus’s, and The AV Club's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends... Read more

That Librarian

The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones
Narrated by: Amanda Jones
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

“This book is the incredible - and highly stress inducing, don't read before bedtime - the memoir of a Louisiana middle-school librarian who finds herself at the front line of the culture wars. Powerful!! Read more

All Friends Are Necessary

A Novel

By: Tomas Moniz
Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

In this “tender and open-hearted novel," (Nina LaCour, author of Yerba Buena) Tomas Moniz—a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway and Lambda Literary awards—delivers a commanding new story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves.

Efren “Chino” Flores has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping... Read more

Creep

A Love Story

By: Emma van Straaten
Narrated by: Hanako Footman
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

“This was like Horror ASMR. Its like one big Saltburn bathtub scene.🛁👅 *For fans of Gillian Flynn and stories about obsession.* Absolutely gorgeous. I got goosebumps from the uniquely descriptive nature of this story. The visuals are poetic and elegant while simultaneously being SICK. I found myself immediately captured and on the edge of my... Read more

Banned Together

Our Fight for Readers' Rights

By: Ashley Hope Pérez
Length: TBA

A dazzling YA anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read, featuring the voices of 15 diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators.

Books are disappearing from shelves across the country.

What does this mean for authors, illustrators, and—most crucially—for young... Read more

Temple Folk

By: Aaliyah Bilal
Narrated by: Amir Abdullah, Chanté McCormick, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon & Jade Wheeler
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

A “splendid and grand collection” (Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize­–winning author of The Known World) portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.

In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion,... Read more

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“Amanda Montell has a great way of burrowing into topics in unexpected ways, in a fashion that is akin to documentary maker David Farrier. This book examines a range of cognitive biases - such as the halo effect, sunk cost fallacy, confirmation bias, and more - and the various effects they have on our culture and society. It blends this research... Read more

Wordslut

A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

“Read by the author, Amanda Montell takes you on a feminist history of the English language. Wordslut is witty, engaging and eye-opening to the inherent misogyny baked into the history of the English language. Read more

Cultish

The Language of Fanaticism

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this on Libro.fm. Entertaining, informative, and a must-read (listen to) for anyone interested in Cults, MLMs, Fitness, the English language... etc. Read more

Catalina

A Novel

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Narrated by: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom

“[A]... Read more

The Undocumented Americans

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Narrated by: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation.

“Karla’s book sheds light on people’s personal experiences and allows their stories to be told and their voices to be... Read more

Model Home

A Novel

By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Gabby Beans
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.

The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad... Read more

Fingersmith

By: Sarah Waters
Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
Length: 23 hours 35 minutes

“Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters, is still my favorite audiobook experience. Juanita McMahon's voice and cadence is so evocative of the period and provides such a 'tale by the fire' experience. I literally dropped and shattered a dish when she revealed the central twist, which sounded like a friend who'd been holding in a secret for hours. Read more

The Greatest Nobodies of History

Minor Characters from Major Moments

By: Adrian Bliss
Narrated by: Adrian Bliss, Beth Rylance, Sebastian Humphreys & Kristin Atherton
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

“All at once funny, touching, dazzlingly informative and fascinating, brilliantly imaginative and altogether wonderful. Capable of switching between divine silliness and genuinely tender sweetness, tragedy, and wonder.”—STEPHEN FRY

History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters.
 
The lives... Read more

Immaculate Conception

A Novel

By: Ling Ling Huang
Narrated by: Carolyn Kang
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

What if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most?

Enka meets Mathilde in art school and is instantly drawn to her. Mathilde makes art that feels truly original, and Enka—trying hard to prove herself in this fiercely competitive world—pours everything into their friendship. But when Mathilde’s fame and success cause her to begin... Read more

William

By: Mason Coile
Narrated by: Honey St. Dennis
Length: 5 hours

“Perfectly creepy story told in a way that feels cinematic. It sinks into your mind and has you wanting to look over your shoulder as you listen. This story is full of twists and jumpers scares. If you love horror this may just be perfect for you! Read more

The River of Doubt

Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

“Did you know that Theodore Roosevelt ran for a third term, this time with the Progressive Party, a new, independent third party? That when he lost, he decided to join an expedition of The River of Doubt, a tributary of the Amazon River? He did, along with the Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon and Roosevelt’s son, Kermit. Of the nineteen men who... Read more