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Me and White Supremacy

By: Layla F. Saad

Narrated by: Layla F. Saad

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Based off the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy teaches listeners how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never... Read more

Together

By: Vivek H. Murthy

Narrated by: Vivek H. Murthy

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community.Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness. In his... Read more

Of Women and Salt

By: Gabriela Garcia

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and Roxane Gay.

A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born

In present-day Miami,... Read more

Daisy Darker

By: Alice Feeney

Narrated by: Stephanie Racine

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"Stephanie Racine's talented narration helps create an atmospheric backdrop for this dark mystery."- AudioFile

This program is read by longtime narrator Stephanie Racine who has voiced numerous New York Times, U.S. and U.K. bestselling audiobooks.

Author Alice Feeney reads the acknowledgments on this program.

The New York Times bestselling Queen... Read more

Leave the World Behind

By: Rumaan Alam

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan AlamA Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist... Read more

Carnegie's Maid

By: Marie Benedict

Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From the author of The Other Einstein, the mesmerizing tale of what kind of woman could have inspired an American dynasty.

Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets.... Read more

When No One Is Watching

By: Alyssa Cole

Narrated by: Susan Dalian & Jay Aaseng

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

""I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn’t let go until the final page. This is a terrific read."" – Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a... Read more

The Seed Keeper

By: Diane Wilson

Narrated by: Kyla García

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakhóta people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato—where the reserved,... Read more

The Push

By: Ashley Audrain

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | A New York Times bestseller!

“Utterly addictive.” —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train

“Hooks you from the very first page and will have you racing to get to the end.”—Good Morning America

A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family—and a woman whose... Read more

The Book Eaters

By: Sunyi Dean

Narrated by: Katie Erich

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Katie Erich’s riveting and emotionally rich realization of Dean’s strange and vivid world makes this an entrancing listen from start to finish; we hope to hear much more from author and narrator alike." - The Seattle Times

"Katie Erich narrates Devon with the voice of a true storyteller, providing a mesmerizing performance that communicates the... Read more

Unsheltered

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

Length: 16 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek“Kingsolver brilliantly captures both the price of profound change and how it can pave the way not only for future generations, but also for a radiant, unexpected expansion of the... Read more

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

By: Deesha Philyaw

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double... Read more

The End of Policing

By: Alex S. Vitale

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in... Read more

Our Band Could Be Your Life

By: Michael Azerrad

Narrated by: Phil Elverum, Stephin Merritt, Jon Wurster, Cor...

Length: 21 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever.
Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties --... Read more

Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo and Nebula award-winning author: "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can" (John Scalzi). Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they... Read more

Luster

By: Raven Leilani

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"There is a universal appeal to [Narrator Ariel] Blake's performance as Edie, a protagonist who may be her own worst antagonist. Blake's delivery has an immensely human, relatable quality that makes the listener want the best for Edie as she struggles to make her way in the world." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

AN INSTANT NEW... Read more

The Ruin of Kings

By: Jenn Lyons

Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Soneela Nankani & Vikas Adam

Length: 27 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Everything epic fantasy should be: rich, cruel, gorgeous, brilliant, enthralling and deeply, deeply satisfying. I loved it."—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians

Jenn Lyons begins the Chorus of Dragons series with The Ruin of Kings, an epic fantasy audiobook about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire.

When destiny... Read more

Make Sure You Die Screaming

By: Zee Carlstrom

Narrated by: Major Curda

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing—for fans of Detransition Baby and Chain-Gang All-Stars

The newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender binary, has flamed out with a vengeance... Read more

Intimacies

By: Katie Kitamura

Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE 2021 READS

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FROM Washington Post, Vogue, Time, Oprah Daily, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic, Kirkus and Entertainment Weekly

“Intimacies is a... Read more

The Pull of the Stars

By: Emma Donoghue

Narrated by: Emma Lowe

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews).

In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down... Read more

A Little Devil in America

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The... Read more

The Dallergut Dream Department Store

By: Miye Lee

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD

For fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut.

What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?

In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious... Read more

The Hunger

By: Alma Katsu

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Supernatural suspense at its finest...The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you."--The New York Times Book Review

"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark."--Stephen King

A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party... Read more

One by One

By: Ruth Ware

Narrated by: Imogen Church

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“An excellent mystery/suspense novel that will remind you of Dame Agatha at her best.” —Stephen King

This instant New York Times bestseller and “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) from Ruth Ware follows a group of employees trapped on a snow-covered mountain.

Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t... Read more