Staff Picks

Modern Divination

A bewitching dark academia with a magical love story

Spells for Life and Death: Book #1

By: Isa Agajanian
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

A Discovery of Witches meets The Atlas Six in Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian, a dark contemporary fantasy from a brilliant new talent. Modern Divination is the first book in the Spells for Life and Death duology.

The colour of magic was gold . . .

Twenty-three-year-old witch Aurelia Schwartz has always had to carefully balance her human... Read more

What Happens in Amsterdam

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Narrated by: Elizabeth Lamont
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Falling in love with your husband is anything but convenient in this steamy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure.

Dani Dorfman has somehow made it to her thirties without knowing what she wants to do with her life. So when an office romance ends poorly and gets her fired, she applies for a job in Amsterdam,... Read more

Friends of the Museum

A Novel

By: Heather McGowan
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 19 hours 9 minutes

“I highly recommend this book on audio, as it follows a myriad of players through one day in a New York museum as preparations are underway for the annual Gala. The narrator does an excellent job of giving each character their own voice and defining qualities, which is quite the feat with a cast of 30+! This is a chronological log of the... Read more

My Best Friend's Honeymoon

By: Meryl Wilsner
Narrated by: Blair Baker & Emily Shaw
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

“The nonbinary lesbian rep we need and deserve! Seeing Ginny, a fat butch nonbinary lesbian, through Elsie's eyes healed something in me, and I think this is going to be an important book to a lot of people. Meryl's writing is always smart and sexy, and MBFH exceeds expectations. Read more

Lessons from My Teachers

By: Sarah Ruhl
Narrated by: Sarah Ruhl
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

An inspiring meditation on the life-altering bonds between teacher and student and the ineffable wisdom imparted both inside and outside the classroom, from critically acclaimed author, MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Tony Award–nominated playwright and author, Sarah Ruhl.

Based on her popular class at Yale, this... Read more

Poetry Is Not a Luxury

Poems for All Seasons

By: Anonymous
Narrated by: Mieko Gavia, Jensen Olaya & André Santana
Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

From the creator of the beloved @PoetryIsNotaLuxury Instagram account, a gorgeously wrought poetry anthology that is a gift and a guide for readers through every season of life.

Inspired by writer and philosopher Audre Lorde’s famous claim: “Poetry is not a luxury,” this anthology proves the vitality of poetry as a crucial source of inspiration,... Read more

The 10

A Memoir of Family and the Open Road

By: E.A. Hanks
Narrated by: E.A. Hanks
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

National Bestseller

From a Vanity Fair and The New York Times contributor comes a beautifully written, deeply felt memoir recounting the solo, cross-country journey she made along the Ten across the American southwest: a mission to uncover both what harrowing violence may or may not have happened to her late mother, but also, to look within and... Read more

How to Giggle

A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously

By: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo
Narrated by: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Instant New York Times Bestseller | USA TODAY Bestseller

From the wildly popular podcast Giggly Squad, best friends Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo share hilarious and heartwarming advice on how to take life a little bit less seriously.

Finding joy and laughter in the mundane can be challenging at times, but Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo have... Read more

We've Decided to Go in a Different Direction

Essays

By: Tess Sanchez
Narrated by: Tess Sanchez
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*

“Funny, relatable, honest, and most of all, just like Tess Sanchez, a really good time.” —Mindy Kaling, actress and New York Times bestselling author

A funny and heartfelt essay collection about working in Hollywood, starting over, defining your identity, and the relatable messiness that ensues from unforeseen... Read more

Garlic and Sapphires

The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

By: Ruth Reichl
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured nails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque. The result: her famous double review of the restaurant: first she ate there as Molly; and... Read more

HOMICIDE - Abridged

By: David Simon
Narrated by: Reed Diamond
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Through wonderfully descriptive writing, Simon details the work of fifteen detectives, three sergeants and a lieutenant charged with investigating dozens of Baltimore's 234 murders that year. Simon takes listeners inside the detectives' lives, describing the frustration of departmental red tape and politics, the bursts of energy and moments of... Read more

My Life in France

By: Julia Child
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.”

From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who... Read more