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Sky Full of Elephants

By: Cebo Campbell

Narrated by: Leon Nixon, Erin Ruth Walker & Janina Edwards

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bold and imaginative.” —Tananarive Due
“This stunning allegory will spark much discussion.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A truly powerful and riveting story.” —Booklist

In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?

One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of... Read more

This Is a Love Story: A Read with Jenna Pick

By: Jessica Soffer

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY

“This may be the most epic love story I’ve ever, ever read.”—Jenna Bush Hager on TODAY

An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for both

For fifty years, Abe and Jane have been coming to Central Park, as... Read more

There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

Narrated by: Olivia Vinall & Elif Shafak

Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water.

"Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won't regret it."—Arundhati Roy, winner of the Booker Prize

In the... Read more

Matrix

By: Lauren Groff

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE 2022 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, The Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Vulture, Marie Claire, Vox, The Los... Read more

This Motherless Land

By: Nikki May

Narrated by: Weruche Opia & Florence Howard

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAYNPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR""A vibrant coming-of-age story."" — Charmaine Wilkerson""I was completely immersed.” — Nita ProseFrom the acclaimed author of Wahala, a stunning reimagining of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park: Split between England and Nigeria, two extraordinary cousins are set on vastly... Read more

Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

Narrated by: Hannah van der Westhuysen

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of my favorite novels of the past few years.” —Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world

It’s been raining for a long time now, so long that the... Read more

Land of Milk and Honey

By: C Pam Zhang

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK 

Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Award
Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize
Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE,... Read more

The Sirens

By: Emilia Hart

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward.

"The Sirens teems with family secrets, eerie dreams, and deep transformation. A compelling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the sea, this is a beautiful follow-up to Hart's sensational... Read more

Olive, Again (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Elizabeth Strout

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions.

“Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I’d never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is.”—Zadie Smith, The... Read more

Filthy Beasts

By: Kirkland Hamill

Narrated by: Kirkland Hamill

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Running with Scissors meets Grey Gardens in this “vivid tragicomedy” (People), a riveting riches-to-rags tale of a wealthy family who lost it all and the unforgettable journey of a man coming to terms with his family’s deep flaws and his own hidden secrets.

“Wake up, you filthy beasts!” Wendy Hamill would shout to her children in the mornings... Read more