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Pretty Things
By: Janelle Brown
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Lauren Fortgang & Hillary Huber
Length: 16 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â˘Â Whoâs really following you on social media? The scam of a lifetime brings together two wildly different women in this page-turning thriller about greed, legacy, and betrayal from the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear.
An ID Book Club Selection ⢠âItâs Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith.ââThe... Read more
The Wreckage of My Presence
By: Casey Wilson
Narrated by: Casey Wilson
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
""Magnificent."" âPeople MagazineThe instant New York Times bestseller: Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multitalented actress, comedian, podcaster, and writer Casey Wilson.Casey Wilson has a lot on her mind and she isnât afraid to share. In this dazzling collection, each essay skillfully constructed and brimming... Read more
View audiobookSitting Pretty
By: Rebekah Taussig
Narrated by: Rebekah Taussig
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted... Read more
View audiobookIthaca
By: Claire North
Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
From the multi-award-winning author Claire North comes a daring reimagining that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men. Itâs time for the women of Ithaca to tell their tale . . .
"North brings a powerful, fresh, and unflinching voice to ancient myth.... Read more
The Wife Upstairs
By: Rachel Hawkins
Narrated by: Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne & Lauren Fortgang
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
âCompulsively readable...a gothic thriller laced with arsenic.â ââEW
One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021: CNN ⢠Newsweek ⢠Vulture ⢠PopSugar ⢠Parade ⢠BuzzFeed ⢠E!Online ⢠TimeOut ⢠Woman's Day ⢠Goodreads ⢠She Reads ⢠Good Housekeeping ⢠CrimeReads ⢠Frolic ⢠Hello! ⢠Mystery and... Read more
The Exiles
By: Christina Baker Kline
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROPTIONED FOR TELEVISION BY BRUNA PAPANDREA, THE PRODUCER OF HBO'S BIG LITTLE LIESâA tour de force of original thought, imagination and promise ⌠Kline takes full advantage of fiction â its freedom to create compelling characters who fully illuminate monumental events to make history accessible and forever... Read more
View audiobookFinding Freedom
By: Erin French
Narrated by: Erin French
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of mouthwatering food descriptions." -- AudioFile... Read more
View audiobookFrom Scratch
By: Tembi Locke
Narrated by: Tembi Locke
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
A 2020 Audie Award Finalist
One of AudioFileâs Best Audiobooks of 2019!
Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana!
This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is âa captivating story of love lost and foundâ (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food,... Read more
The Survivors
By: Jane Harper
Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets in The Survivors, a thrilling mystery by New York Times bestselling author Jane Harper
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.
The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he... Read more
Within These Wicked Walls
By: Lauren Blackwood
Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
REESE'S BOOK CLUB FALL 2021 YA PICK
"Lauren Blackwoodâs canât-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix of Jane Eyre." - Harper's Bazaar
What the heart desires, the house destroys...
Andromeda is a debteraâan exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadnât thrown her out before she... Read more
Vesper Flights
By: Helen Macdonald
Narrated by: Helen Macdonald
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAnimals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves.From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world.Helen Macdonald... Read more
View audiobookTwenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .
By: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Guy Lockard
Length: 4 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Bestseller
âJason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finishâŚThis is what it could be, should be, if only we were all as lucky as Aria. Girls (and everyone) wait for your Neon!â âJudy Blume, New York Times bestselling author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. and Forever...
#1 New York Times bestselling... Read more
Bringer of Dust
By: J. M. Miro
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
Length: 24 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
"Ben Onwukwe deeply engages the listening audience with this electrifying dark fantasy. The novel's impeccable attention to detail vividly comes alive through Onwukwe's tone and resonant timbre" âAudioFile on Ordinary Monsters
"A sprawling romp on audio." âBuzzfeed on Ordinary Monsters
In this highly anticipated second book in the Talents Trilogy,... Read more
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
By: Sarah Brooks
Narrated by: Katie Leung & Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Katie Leung, who played Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films.
For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand express train, about a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape
âBreathtakingâŚAbounding with mysteries and... Read more
Thirsty: A Novel
By: Jas Hammonds
Narrated by: Alaska Jackson
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
From Jas Hammonds, award-winning author of We Deserve Monuments, comes a gripping read about a girl willing to risk it all for the chance to join an underground sorority with her wealthy best friendsâperfect for fans of Euphoria and Girl in Pieces.
Itâs the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have... Read more
Max in the House of Spies
By: Adam Gidwitz
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
âMax in the House of Spies is everything you could hope for in a book,â -R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder, White Bird, and Pony
âEspionage! Secrets! Suspense! If youâve ever dreamed of being a spy, this book is for you.â -Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee and Projekt 1065
Max Bretzfeld doesnât... Read more
Interesting Facts about Space
By: Emily Austin
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A fast-paced, hilarious, and ultimately hopeful novel for anyone who has ever worried they might be a terrible personâfrom the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead.
Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black holes and their ability to spaghettify you without batting an eye in fear. Her one major... Read more
Not Quite a Ghost
By: Anne Ursu
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround usâand the ones we carry inside.The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didnât fit among them. For Violet Hartâwhose family is about to move into... Read more
View audiobookThe Last Love Note
By: Emma Grey
Narrated by: Leeanna Walsman
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A December Indie Next PickA Book of the Month SelectionA Washington Post Noteworthy Book
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again.
Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, sheâs grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the... Read more
The Future of Geography
By: Tim Marshall
Narrated by: Tim Marshall
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an âinsightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinatingâ (Daily Express) book on todayâs space raceâincluding the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth.
Spy satellites... Read more
The Glutton
By: A.K. Blakemore
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times EDITORSâ CHOICE | Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize | MOST ANTICIPATED by The Guardian ⢠Paste Magazine ⢠LitHub ⢠The Millions ⢠Library Journal
From the prizewinning author of The Manningtree Witches, a subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy turned showman, said to... Read more
We Have Always Been Who We Are
By: Sofia T. Romero
Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos, InĂŠs del Castillo & Frankie Corzo
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
From Pushcart Prizeânominated author Sofia T. Romero comes a breathtaking debut collection of interrelated stories suffused with magical realism.In stories that evoke the haunting beauty of New England beaches and resonate with a bittersweet loneliness, Romero blurs the lines between life and death, reality and fantasy. A deceased woman counsels... Read more
View audiobookThe Witching Tide
By: Margaret Meyer
Narrated by: Miranda Raison
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and âreminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnetâ (Jezebel), The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England.
East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived... Read more
Ordinary Wonder Tales
By: Emily Urquhart
Narrated by: Anne Wessel
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagineâand reveals the magic in the everyday.âIâve always felt that the term fairy tale doesnât quite capture the essence of these stories,â writes Emily Urquhart. âI prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with... Read more
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