Readers' Choice

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“This book is life-changing and world-changing. It is the type of book you borrow from your neighbor, you loan to your friend, you share with a parent. This book is a grassroots movement of ecological empathy and imagination. Robin Wall Kimmerer dares us to reexamine our relationships to science, reconsider our ideals of community, and revisit... Read more

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Omar El Akkad
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

“As someone who views politics as overwhelming, confusing, and generally anxiety-inducing, I feel seen, understood, called out, and informed all at the same time. You can absolutely feel the passion behind the facts of his narration. Read more

James

A Novel

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

“Sometimes an audiobook has the perfect combination - the voice and the story meet in perfect harmony. This book was one of those times. I Loved it. I enjoy writing where the author reimagines an alternate history or storyline. I think reading the print version would’ve been equally satisfying, but the narration on this is spot on. Read more

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

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

“In a voice familiar to those who have been listening since 2007, John Green speaks on humans, humanity, and baobab trees with remarkable sincerity. Read more

Remarkably Bright Creatures

A Novel

By: Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Michael Urie
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

“If you need a nice book, one that is generally feel-good but with a little depth and a very interesting perspective then this book is for you! It is an astonishing debut that finds three unlikely personalities - a lonely widow, a lost young man, and an aging octopus - in the same small town north of Seattle. Each one of them has had sadness in... Read more

The Night Circus

A Novel

By: Erin Morgenstern
Narrated by: Jim Dale
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

“The Night Circus has to be one of my favorite stories ever and Jim Dale brings it to life in the most gorgeous, comforting, magical way. I think I've listened to it at least 20 times at this point and sometimes I'll put it on just so I can drift off to sleep. I literally can't recommend it enough. Read more

Paladin's Grace

Saint of Steel

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Joel Richards
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

“A paladin fantasy romance series by someone who often writes horror? Oh yes, this is definitely for me. This is romance in the truest sense, not just fantasy with romance elements, but with some fantastic long-form worldbuilding setting up future books in the series. I am fascinated, I am delighted, and I am in love. Joel Richards narrates... Read more

The City of Brass

A Novel

By: S. A. Chakraborty
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 20 hours 1 minute

“S.A. Chakraborty introduces a fantasy set in the Middle East that thrusts us into the magical world of Daevabad. The City of Brass follows, in parallel, Nahri, a con artist and naturally gifted healer, and Ali, prince of Daevabad and fiercely trained soldier. Nahri and Ali find themselves learning new lessons on how to survive changing... Read more

Belladonna

By: Adalyn Grace
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

The New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth brings to life a highly romantic, Gothic-infused world of wealth, desire, and betrayal. ​
 
Nineteen-year-old Signa Farrow, orphaned as a baby, has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her... Read more

Beartown

By: Fredrik Backman
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

“After a family tragedy, former NHL player Peter Andersson moves his family back to Beartown, where he's gotten a job as general manager for the local hockey club. Beartown is on its way back up, riding the heels of its most successful junior team in years. On the cusp of that victory, news breaks of a crime that shakes the community to its core.... Read more

Magnolia Parks

The Magnolia Parks Universe: Book #1

By: Jessa Hastings
Narrated by: Benjamin Noble & Ella-Rae Smith
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

“How many loves do you get in a lifetime?”

She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved, and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain’s most photographed bad boy who broke her heart.

Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it.

She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her... Read more

So Let Them Burn

The Divine Traitors: Book #1

By: Kamilah Cole
Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Kamali Minter
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

“THIS BOOK HAS EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A FANTASY! Dragons - magic - awesome sisters - epic battles! Five years after Faron used divine magic to help liberate her island, she is forced to attend an international peace summit. Things go awry when her sister, Elara, bonds to a dragon from the very empire they fought for freedom less than decade ago.... Read more

Broken Horses

A Memoir

By: Brandi Carlile
Narrated by: Brandi Carlile
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

“Brandi Carlile is a folk icon and her memoir showcases her talent to spin a story well. She will woo you with her honesty and break your heart before giving you hope again. A perfect memoir for moody days. Read more

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed: Book #1

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

“Heartbreaking, disturbing, inspiring, and powerful, Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower is the OG young adult dystopian lit, written before the genre even came into being. This book will make you stay up all night reading, and it is full of big ideas that will give you tools to face the challenges that face our world and country today and... Read more

The Ministry of Time

A Novel

By: Kaliane Bradley
Narrated by: George Weightman & Katie Leung
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“A fresh approach to time-travel fiction, this one resists being pigeonholed into any one category. It is funny but not goofy, sexy but not centered around love scenes, science-fictional but not so much that you couldn’t shelve it with the 'regular' fiction, literary yet not un-commercial, realistic about humans’ impact on the earth but not... Read more

The Poppy War

A Novel

The Poppy War

By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

“In The Poppy War, Rin falls somewhere between the lines of morally gray and morally bankrupt. Exploring themes of racism, violence, gender and social inequality, and war, it’s a tough read, but well worth it in my opinion. Kuang is an expert at character development. Even her worst characters will have you rooting for them at times (my personal... Read more

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide To Murder: Book #1

By: Holly Jackson
Narrated by: Bailey Carr, Marisa Calin, Michael Crouch, Gopal Divan, Robert Fass, Kevin R. Free, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Carol Monda, Patricia Santomasso, Shezi Sardar, Amanda Thickpenny & Various
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is an addictive, impossible to put down crime thriller. Jackson’s debut is tightly plotted and filled with wonderful twists. The format of the novel allows you to feel like you are part of the investigation, alongside the great cast of characters. This is a very fun listen start to finish. Read more

The Reading List

A Novel

By: Sara Nisha Adams
Narrated by: Tara Divina, Sagar Arya & Paul Panting
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

“A beautifully written novel about people connected by a local library and an amazing reading list. As the characters’ lives are revealed through interweaving storylines, readers will root for them, cry for them, and celebrate their victories. Read more

Small Great Things

A Novel

By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell & Ari Fliakos
Length: 16 hours 13 minutes

“Picoult can be relied upon to find the themes that are most important to our national conversation and then to explore them with wit, warmth, and skill. In Small Great Things, she illuminates the racial divide in our country through the vivid stories of a black nurse, a white supremacist, and the public defender who intervenes when the worst... Read more

The Sea Elephants

A Novel

By: Shastri Akella
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who joins a traveling street theater troupe, seeking to outrun the dark secrets of his past

"An exquisite novel destined to be a classic.” ―Eric Nguyen, author of Things We Lost to the Water

Shagun knows he will never be the kind of son his... Read more