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Beautiful Ugly

By: Alice Feeney

Narrated by: Richard Armitage & Tuppence Middleton

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by actor Richard Armitage, best known for his role in The Hobbit film trilogy, and actress Tuppence Middleton, best known for her role in Downton Abbey.

Beautiful Ugly features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of the ocean surrounding the island and the tick tock... Read more

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

By: Ina Garten

Narrated by: Ina Garten

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
 
Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account... Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy

Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook... Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.

As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests... Read more

Book Lovers

By: Emily Henry

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover

An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙ Parade ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Bustle ∙ PopSugar ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Book Bub ∙ SheReads ∙ Medium ∙ The Washington... Read more

The Six

By: Loren Grush

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“Vivid.” —The Guardian * “Engrossing.” —Booklist * “Suspenseful, meticulously observed, enlightening.” —Margot Lee Shetterly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures

In this account of America’s first women astronauts “Grush skillfully weaves a story that, at its heart, is about desire: not a nation’s desire to conquer space, but... Read more

How to Say Babylon

By: Safiya Sinclair

Narrated by: Safiya Sinclair

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
A New York Times Notable Book
Best Book of the Year for The Washington Post* The New Yorker * Time * The Atlantic * Los Angeles Times * NPR * Harper’s Bazaar * Vulture * Town & Country * San Francisco Chronicle * Christian Science Monitor * Mother Jones * Barack Obama
A Read with Jenna Today Show... Read more

The Many Lives of Mama Love (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Lara Love Hardin

Narrated by: Lara Love Hardin

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won’t want to stop.” —Oprah Winfrey

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred... Read more

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

By: Jason Pargin

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin.

Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC.

But there are rules:

He cannot... Read more

After Life

By: Gayle Forman

Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Jade Wheeler & Andrew J. Andersen

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick""Gayle Forman has an uncanny ability to create characters in which we see ourselves, and her latest—which looks at where love goes, after a loss—is an honest, heartbreaking elegy to how memory makes relationships eternal."" —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author""I was consumed by this... Read more

There Is No Ethan

By: Anna Akbari

Narrated by: Anna Akbari & Justin Price

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of three women coming face-to-face with an internet predator and teaming up to expose them.

In 2011, three successful and highly educated women fell head over heels for the brilliant and charming Ethan Schuman. Unbeknownst to the others, each exchanged... Read more

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

Narrated by: Tim Carroll

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“A funny, heartfelt story about found family and seeing the silver lining in life. Fans of A Man Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures will especially enjoy this new novel.”—Library JournalA zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family.“Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest... Read more

We Need No Wings

By: Ann Dávila Cardinal

Narrated by: Marisol Ramirez

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

TO BE FREE, WE MUST LEARN TO FLY.

Tere Sánchez has always known who she was: a professor, a wife, a mother, and a friend. But when her husband dies unexpectedly, she finds herself completely broken. Taking a leave from the university, Tere hopes that she can mourn her husband and get back on her feet, but instead, she spends a year consumed by... Read more

Cobalt Red

By: Siddharth Kara

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an author's note read by the author.

An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all.

Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the... Read more

Poisoned

By: Jeff Benedict

Narrated by: Jackie Sanders

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

From Jeff Benedict, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tiger Woods and The Dynasty, Poisoned chronicles the events surrounding the worst food-poisoning epidemic in US history: the deadly Jack in the Box E. coli infections in 1993.

On December 24, 1992, six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was hospitalized with... Read more

The Last Doctor

By: Jean Marmoreo & Johanna Schneller

Narrated by: Jean Marmoreo & Eve Crawford

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY*

An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners.


Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when... Read more

Happily Never After

By: Lynn Painter

Narrated by: Helen Laser & Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Their name? The objectors.
Their job? To break off weddings as hired.
Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other.
 
When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her nuptials that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it off. But because her future father-in-law is her dad’s cutthroat boss, she doesn’t want... Read more

The Racism of People Who Love You

By: Samira Mehta

Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings mixed-race people face in family spaces and intimate relationships across their varying cultural backgrounds

In this emotionally powerful and intellectually provocative blend of memoir, cultural criticism, and theory, scholar and essayist Samira Mehta reflects on many facets of being... Read more

First to the Front

By: Lorissa Rinehart

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Length: 15 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The first authoritative biography of pioneering photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who from World War II through the early days of Vietnam got her story by any means necessary as one of the first female war correspondents.

"I side with prisoners against guards, enlisted men against officers, weakness against power."

From the beginning of World War... Read more

README.txt

By: Chelsea Manning

Narrated by: Chelsea Manning

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Manning reads her book in a sharp voice that is clearly accustomed to marshaling information..."- Washington Post

"[Manning's] text and performance create a blistering autobiography that is both observant and instructive."- AudioFile

"In both content and narration, Manning displays a keen ability to imbue this detailed account of her life and... Read more

Drinking Games

By: Sarah Levy

Narrated by: Sarah Levy

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived— and how, for her, the last drink was just the beginning.

On paper, Sarah Levy’s life was on track. She was 28, living in New York City, working a great job, and socializing every weekend. But Sarah had a secret: her... Read more

The Escape Artist

By: Jonathan Freedland

Narrated by: Jonathan Freedland

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award · New York Times Bestseller""A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information—and misinformation. Is it possible to stop mass murder by telling the truth?"" — Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus:... Read more

Don't Look Back

By: Achut Deng & Keely Hutton

Narrated by: Nedra Marie Taylor

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.

I want life.

After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in... Read more

The Sisterhood

By: Liza Mundy

Narrated by: Liza Mundy

Length: 17 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden, from the bestselling author of Code Girls

A NEW YORK TIMES... Read more