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They Went Left
By: Monica Hesse
Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
A tour de force historical mystery from Monica Hesse, the bestselling and award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat.Ā Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal, her mind feels broken. And her... Read more
View audiobookTo Capture What We Cannot Keep
By: Beatrice Colin
Narrated by: Polly Stone
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young widow and an engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love.
In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Ćmile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris--a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground,... Read more
Mama's Boy
By: Dustin Lance Black
Narrated by: Dustin Lance Black
Length: 14 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
This heartfelt, deeply personal memoirĀ explores how a celebrated filmmaker and activist and his conservative Mormon mother builtĀ bridges across todayās great dividesāand how our stories hold the power to heal.
Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn Californiaās antiāgay marriage Proposition 8, but as... Read more
On the Horizon
By: Lois Lowry
Narrated by: Lois Lowry
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWIIās most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
Lois Lowry looks back at history through a personal lens as she draws from her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan, as well as fromĀ historical research, in this stunning... Read more
An Onion in My Pocket
By: Deborah Madison
Narrated by: Deborah Madison
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens," The Washington Post)āa warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement.
Madisonās āinsightful memoirā (The Wall Street Journal) is āa true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer... Read more
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
By: Beth Morrey
Narrated by: Harriet Walter
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and A Man Called Ove, a life-affirming, deeply moving "coming-of-old" story, a celebration of how ordinary days are made extraordinary through friendship, family, and the power of forgiving yourself--at any age.
"At a time when people are having to isolate, [this novel is] a balm, offering an... Read more
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
By: Bess Kalb
Narrated by: Bess Kalb
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
VOGUE ā¢Ā FORBESĀ ā¢ BOOKPAGEĀ ā¢ NEW YORK POSTĀ ā¢ WIRED
āI have not been as profoundly moved by a book in years.āĀ āJodi Picoult
Even after she left home for Hollywood, Emmy-nominated TV writer Bess Kalb saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her. Bobby was a forceāirrepressible,... Read more
The Third Rainbow Girl
By: Emma Copley Eisenberg
Narrated by: Emma Copley Eisenberg
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia -- and the writer determined to put the pieces back together.
In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an... Read more
Dreyer's English
By: Benjamin Dreyer
Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer & Alison Fraser
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMESĀ BESTSELLER ā¢ A sharp, funny grammar guide theyāll actuallyĀ wantĀ to read, from Random Houseās longtime copy chief and one of Twitterās leading language gurus
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine ā¢ Paste ā¢ Shelf Awareness
āEssential (and delightful!)āāPeople
We all write, all the time: books, blogs,... Read more
Pizza Girl
By: Jean Kyoung Frazier
Narrated by: Jeena Yi
Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALISTĀ ā¢Ā An audacious and wryly funny coming-of-age story about a pregnant pizza delivery girl who becomes obsessed with one of her customers.
Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl in suburban Los Angeles, our charmingly dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial. She's... Read more
Technically, You Started It
By: Lana Wood Johnson
Narrated by: Katie Koster, Christian Barillas & Full Cast
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A hilarious, snarky, and utterly addicting #ownvoices debut that explores friendship, sexual orientation, mental health, and falling in love (even if things might be falling apart around you).When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and... Read more
View audiobookBig Gay Wedding
By: Byron Lane
Narrated by: Noah Galvin
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by Noah Galvin, who starred in The Good Doctor, Dear Evan Hansen, The Real O'Neals, and Booksmart.
An unashamedly proud, loud, and hilarious novel about a small town thatās forever changed by a big gay wedding, perfect for fans of Red, White & Royal Blue and The Guncle
Two grooms. One mother of a problem.
Barnett Durang... Read more
Dirtbag, Massachusetts
By: Isaac Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Isaac Fitzgerald
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Winner of the New England Book Award for Nonfiction
"The best of what memoir can accomplish . . . pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy." āEsquire, "Best Memoirs of the Year"
A TIME Best Book of the Season * A Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick * A... Read more
The Black Flamingo
By: Dean Atta
Narrated by: Dean Atta
Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Stonewall Book Award Winner * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All TimeA fierce coming-of-age verse novel about identity and the power of drag, from acclaimed poet and performer Dean Atta. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, and Kacen Callender.Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, heās navigated... Read more
View audiobookThe List of Things That Will Not Change
By: Rebecca Stead
Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
EIGHT STARRED REVIEWS! The reassuring book kids and families need right now.
"An absolute original . . . a story that kids will love." --R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder
At a time when everything is changing for Bea and her family, the important things will always stay the same. A soon-to-be classic by the Newbery Award-winning author of... Read more
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