Megan's Recs

A Little Daylight Left

Poems

By: Sarah Kay
Narrated by: Sarah Kay
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

A vulnerable, searching collection about facing the beautiful & difficult parts of our humanness with compassion & wonder

“This is a book that will make you feel simultaneously alive and less alone.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, New York Timesbestselling author of There’s Always This Year

from somewhere down a hallway of locked doors, a voice asks /... Read more

Automatic Noodle

By: Annalee Newitz
Narrated by: Em Grosland
Length: TBA

“The cozy small business success story of Legends & Lattes meets the progressive sci-fi of Becky Chambers, with a flavor entirely its own, in this fresh, heartwarming tale about a motley crew of robots launching a restaurant amid PTSD, prejudice, and review bombing in a future post-war San Francisco. I ATE this book UP and already miss the... Read more

Hemlock & Silver

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: TBA

“T. Kingfisher’s spellbinding dark fairy tales never miss! Hemlock & Silver is a mysterious, surprising, and satisfying twist on the classic fairy tale of Snow White, in an immersive world all its own, starring a mid-30s spinster poison expert, a gruff bodyguard, the scientific method, and the most unsettling magic mirror you’ll ever face! I... Read more

Death of the Author

A Novel

By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Liz Femi, Anthony Oseyemi, Jason Culp & Chris Djuma
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

“I’ve been following Nnedi Okorafor’s work since Binti blew my mind — and let me tell you, Death of the Author is next level. Okorafor, master of Africanfuturism (don’t get it twisted — it’s not Afrofuturism!), is doing something totally wild here: breaking apart the idea of authorship itself. Who controls a story once it’s in the world? What... Read more

The Incandescent

By: Emily Tesh
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

“The traditional magic British boarding school like you’ve never seen it before—through the eyes of the highly competent, over-worked Director of Magic who has to keep a centuries-old campus and its reckless students safe from the demons her own power runs off. I loved seeing one of my all-time favorite tropes turned on its head, with a badass... Read more

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

A Novel

The Carls: Book #1

By: Hank Green
Narrated by: Kristen Sieh & Hank Green
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

“Brilliant! Hank Green has written an engrossing debut novel with a fun, vibrant, emotionally powerful and completely non sequitur plot. In a New York crosswalk, protagonist April May’s discovery of giant, sentient, maybe even alien omnipotent robots completely upends her life, both professionally and romantically. Through the eyes of this young,... Read more

Katabasis

A Novel

By: R. F. Kuang
Length: TBA

“This reader will follow R.F. Kuang anywhere, even to Hell and (hopefully) back, hot on the heels of two rival Cambridge students who must bring their advisor back from the dead to graduate. Katabasis is the ultimate dark academia fantasy about the denial of the flesh, hellish demands, and deals with the devil it can take to ascend the ivory... Read more

Half a Soul

By: Olivia Atwater
Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

“A lady left with only half a soul by the High Fae meets a grumpy sorcerer with a heart of gold in this utterly charming and delightfully unexpected Regency-era fairy tale. Sorcery, social justice, slowburn romance, found family, and an encouraging message about what makes life worth living in an unjust society makes this highly recommended for... Read more

How to Tell a Story

The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

By: The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness & Kate Tellers
Narrated by: Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Suzanne Rust, Chloe Salmon & Kate Tellers
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

“Do you have a story to tell? For over 25 years, The Moth has been bringing masterful storytellers to stages and radios across the country, and in this book they finally put their process of sourcing, shaping, and performing stories onto the page for all. How to Tell a Story reminded me why I believe in the power of stories to change the world,... Read more

The Cruel Prince

The Folk of the Air: Book #1

By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

“Holly Black is a master at her craft, dropping us into the land of Faerie in a way that captures the attention as effortlessly as one of the Folk of the Air enchants humans in her story. Jude is our guide through the strange, beautiful, and terrifying world of Elfhame where she was raised by Madoc, her half-sister’s father, after he murdered... Read more

Northanger Abbey

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Emma Naomi
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

“'The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid' - a direct quote from your new classic lit crush! Northanger Abbey is a clever, comical, and loving send-up of the gothic novel, starring an inexperienced, book-loving heroine who always thinks she’s about to be thrown into the plot of her... Read more

Over My Dead Body

Unearthing the Hidden History of American Cemeteries

By: Greg Melville
Narrated by: Will Tulin
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

“American cemeteries have inspired landscape architecture, poets like Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and famous parks like Disneyland. They’re also potent political tools and symbols, from Arlington National Cemetery to the separate African American Graveyard at Monticello. The strange, surprising story of the American cemetery comes alive in this... Read more

Emergent Strategy

Emergent Strategy: Book #0

By: adrienne maree brown
Narrated by: adrienne maree brown
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

“A new way to move forward in societal and personal transformation, inspired by the science-fiction of Octavia Butler, in Emergent Strategy, adrienne maree brown invites us to shape the future we want to see through accepting and influencing the natural state of flux of the world around us and inside us. This book feels like an ongoing... Read more

On Tyranny

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Snyder
Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

“This pocket guide to preserving our freedoms and resisting authoritarianism, penned by Yale historian of fascism Timothy Snyder, takes lessons from the fall of democracies across Europe in the 20th Century, each posing a warning to us now in the 21st Century. A brief but mind blowing, eye-opening read that left me feeling sobered and empowered... Read more

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell
Narrated by: Carmen Rose
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

“This book is a strange, gruesome, heartwarming, and tender fantasy that can both make you squirm and pull at your heartstrings. It’s just filled with so much love and demented whimsy you can’t help but laugh. Read more

Gory Details

By: Erika Engelhaupt
Narrated by: Mari Weiss
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

“ A fascinating collection of topics, each one worth their own independent study. I particularly found the secretions and bugs to be the most interesting, and now I have a bunch of my own research to do. I'll likely refer back to this book quite often. Read more

The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett
Narrated by: Aven Shore
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

“A middle grade fantasy from the author of one of my favorite adult fantasy series, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries! This witchy retelling of Anne of Green Gables is utterly charming and stars Grace, an orphan who must complete a grimoire full of spells to become the witch of the wood’s apprentice…or lose her magic. I loved the culturally... Read more

The Teller of Small Fortunes

By: Julie Leong
Narrated by: Phyllis Ho
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

“Enchanting, warm, with enough tension to keep you engaged. As delightful as sharing a warm cup of tea with friends. Wonderful themes of the immigrant experience, finding home, and belonging somewhere. Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“Can a book be cozy, loving, encouraging, compassionate AND a threat to the brutal and cutthroat consumer capitalism of our era? I present to you Robin Wall Kimmerer’s first book since her surprise mega bestselling sleeper hit Braiding Sweetgrass. The Serviceberry is a bushy, under appreciated fruit tree native to Eastern North America that... Read more

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“An entertaining and fascinating collection of essays - perfect for your commute! Read more