Bookshop Santa Cruz

Legitimate Kid

By: Aida Rodriguez

Narrated by: Aida Rodriguez

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a fierce Latina powerhouse, she’s FUNNY AS HELL! So buy this book. No really, BUY THIS BOOK!!! I don’t want any problems, ya heard?!”—John Leguizamo, Emmy and Tony Award–winning... Read more

Seven Years of Darkness

By: You-Jeong Jeong

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon . . . Genuinely surprising and ultimately satisfying . . . Seven Years of Darkness [bolsters] the case for Jeong as one among the best at writing psychological suspense." —Los Angeles Times

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2020 BY CRIMEREADS, BUSTLE, and AARP.org
 
The truth always... Read more

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart

By: GennaRose Nethercott

Narrated by: GennaRose Nethercott, January LaVoy, Gabra Zack...

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us—or go monstrously wrong.

“Real magic, real delight, doled out generously in the shape of wistful, ferocious,... Read more

November Road

By: Lou Berney

Narrated by: Johnathan McClain

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

""When people say they want to read a really good novel, the kind you just can't put down, this is the kind of book they mean. Exceptional."" —STEPHEN KING
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Washington Post • AARP • Newsweek • Dallas Morning News • South Florida Sun-Sentinel • Chicago Public Library • Real Book Spy •... Read more

The Cursed Moon

By: Angela Cervantes

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

One two, the Caretaker's coming for you. Three-four, you'll breathe no more. Five-six, you'll float like sticks. Seven, eight, you'll meet your fate.



Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough... Read more

Climate Resilience

By: Kylie Flanagan

Narrated by: Henriette Zoutomou

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An intersectional primer for saving the planet: place-based perspectives and community-led tools for fighting climate change

For readers of The Intersectional Environmentalist and All We Can Save

In Climate Resilience, climate justice and resilience strategist Kylie Flanagan invites us to see and act beyond: beyond status-quo solutions, Big Tech... Read more

The Ghosts of Eden Park

By: Karen Abbott

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro & Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

“Gatsby-era noir at its best.”—Erik Larson

An ID Book Club Selection • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST... Read more

Essays One

By: Lydia Davis

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Length: 14 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of essays on writing and reading by the master short-fiction writer Lydia Davis



Lydia Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Jonathan Franzen has called her "a magician of self-consciousness," while Rick Moody hails her as "the best prose stylist in America." And for Claire Messud, "Davis's signal... Read more

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls

By: Anton DiSclafani

Narrated by: Adina Verson

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“This summer’s first romantic page turner.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Named a most anticipated book for Summer 2013 by The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly and USA Today, NPR, and People summer reads pick

From the author of The After Party, a lush, sexy, evocative debut novel of family secrets and girls’-school rituals, set... Read more

Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book

By: Mel Brooks

Narrated by: Mel Brooks

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Mel Brooks' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary.

Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinema-and for the power of a good... Read more

Hidden Figures

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the... Read more

Sing a Black Girl's Song

By: Ntozake Shange

Narrated by: Alfre Woodard, D. Woods, Regina Taylor, Lynn Wh...

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The Millions “Most Anticipated” Books of 2023

Never-before-seen unpublished works by award-winning American literary icon Ntozake Shange, featuring essays, plays, and poems from the archives of the seminal Black feminist writer who stands alongside giants like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, curated by National Book Award winner Imani Perry with... Read more

The Craftsman

By: Sharon Bolton

Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Sharon Bolton returns with her creepiest standalone yet, following a young cop trying to trace the disappearances of a small town's teenagers.

Florence Lovelady's career was made when she convicted coffin-maker Larry Grassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago in a small village in Lancashire. Like something out of a nightmare, the... Read more

Tomorrow Will Be Different

By: Sarah McBride

Narrated by: Sarah McBride

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history

“The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality is ever present in this book.”—Vice President Kamala Harris

“If you’re living... Read more

Pelosi

By: Molly Ball

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"In a clear voice that lets the writing shine, Frankie Corzo narrates this detailed dive into American politics centered on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Corzo's portrayal of the most powerful woman in American political history showcases Pelosi's tireless energy and radiating impact, as well as the landscape at large." -- AudioFile Magazine

An... Read more

She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & Valentina Ortiz

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this New York Times bestselling hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from the coauthor of Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott and debut writer Alyson Derrick.

Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand…not... Read more

Into the Uncut Grass

By: Trevor Noah

Narrated by: Trevor Noah

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Born a Crime comes a timeless illustrated story inviting people of all ages to connect with one another in a world brought to life with imagination.
 
“But sooner or later your mother will find us,” Walter said, looking back at the house. “She always does.”

The boy’s eyes lit up again. He had an... Read more

Swamplandia!

By: Karen Russell

Narrated by: Arielle Sitrick & David Ackroyd

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From the celebrated twenty-nine-year-old author of the everywhere-heralded short-story collection St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (“How I wish these were my own words, instead of the breakneck demon writer Karen Russell’s . . . Run for your life. This girl is on fire”—Los Angeles Times Book Review) comes a blazingly original debut... Read more

The Drowned Woods

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In this magical, ethereal fantasy novel from the bestselling author of The Bone Houses a crew led by a magic welding woman fight to take down the overpowered prince that used and abused them.​
 
Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Mererid “Mer” is well-acquainted with both. She is the... Read more

Inseparable

By: Simone de Beauvoir

Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Gabra Zackman

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for the French-American Florence Gould Translation PrizeA novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship that, unpublished in her lifetime, displays “Beauvoir's genius as a fiction writer” (Wall Street Journal) From the moment Sylvie and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other... Read more

The Space Between the Stars

By: Anne Corlett

Narrated by: Mary Woodvine

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A Recommended Summer Read from The Verge and io9
A Recommended June Read from Hello Giggles and Tor.com

When the world ends, where will you go?

In a breathtakingly vivid and emotionally gripping debut novel, one woman must confront the emptiness in the universe—and in her own heart—when a devastating virus reduces most of humanity to dust and... Read more

Yerba Buena

By: Nina LaCour

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Full of sensory details, vivid characters, and moment after moment of gorgeously rendered ordinary life, this audiobook is a queer must-listen." -AudioFile

This program is masterfully narrated by award-winning "Golden Voice" narrator Julia Whelan.

Yerba Buena is the debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour,... Read more

Alice Isn't Dead

By: Joseph Fink

Narrated by: Jasika Nicole

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times best-selling coauthor of It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale comes a fast-paced thriller about a truck driver searching across America for the wife she had long assumed to be dead, performed by the voice of the Alice Isn’t Dead podcast, Jasika Nicole, with an exclusive essay written and read by Joseph Fink.""This isn’t... Read more

You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh, Dana Wing Lau, Ramon de Ocampo...

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful and engaging exploration of contemporary Asian American identity through interwoven stories set in a teeming Chicago airport, written by award-winning and bestselling East and Southeast Asian American authors including Linda Sue Park, Grace Lin, Erin Entrada Kelly, Traci Chee, and Ellen Oh. Flying Lessons meets Black Boy Joy. “The... Read more