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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

By: Omar El Akkad

Narrated by: Omar El Akkad

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values

"[A] bracing memoir and manifesto."—The New York Times

“I can’t think of a more important piece of writing to read right now. I found hope here, and help, to face what the world is now, all...
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Jade City by Fonda Lee
Jade City
Fonda Lee
Jade City by Fonda Lee

Jade City

By: Fonda Lee

Narrated by: Andrew Kishino

Length: 19 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. 

*Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Book Of All Time
​* World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, winner
* Aurora Award for Best Novel, winner
* Nebula Award for Best Novel, nominee
* Locus Award for...
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

By: Sue Lynn Tan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

The acclaimed national and international bestseller“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.""—BookPage, starred reviewA captivating and romantic debut... Read more

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Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Uncommon Type

By: Tom Hanks

Narrated by: Tom Hanks

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.

A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and... Read more

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The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
The Map of Salt and Stars
Zeyn Joukhadar
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars

By: Zeyn Joukhadar

Narrated by: Lara Sawalha

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart—a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker’s apprentice—“perfectly aligns with the cultural moment” (The Providence Journal) and “shows how interconnected two supposedly... Read more

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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Carrie Brownstein
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

By: Carrie Brownstein

Narrated by: Carrie Brownstein

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music.

Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific... Read more

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Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
Who Is Vera Kelly?
Rosalie Knecht
Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

Who Is Vera Kelly?

By: Rosalie Knecht

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She’s working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she’s in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman... Read more

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Animal by Lisa Taddeo
Animal
Lisa Taddeo
Animal by Lisa Taddeo

Animal

By: Lisa Taddeo

Narrated by: Emma Roberts

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon Three Women, comes an “intoxicating” (Entertainment Weekly), “fearless” (Los Angeles Times), and “explosive” (People) novel about “what happens when women are pushed beyond the brink, and what comes after the reckoning” (Esquire).

Joan has spent a lifetime enduring... Read more

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Normal by Warren Ellis
Normal
Warren Ellis
Normal by Warren Ellis

Normal

By: Warren Ellis

Narrated by: John Hodgman

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A smart, tight, provocative techno-thriller audiobook straight out of the very near future--by an iconic visionary writer

Some people call it "abyss gaze." Gaze into the abyss all day and the abyss will gaze into you.

There are two types of people who think professionally about the future: Foresight strategists are civil futurists who think about... Read more

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The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
The Prey of Gods
Nicky Drayden
The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

The Prey of Gods

By: Nicky Drayden

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From a new voice in the tradition of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor comes The Prey of Gods, a fantastic, boundary-challenging tale, set in a South African locale both familiar and yet utterly new, which braids elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dark humor. In South Africa, the future looks promising. Personal... Read more

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Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Mercury Pictures Presents
Anthony Marra
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra

Mercury Pictures Presents

By: Anthony Marra

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction • The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini’s Italy to 1940s Los Angeles—a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the award-winning author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

“A...
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Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley
Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

Deep Cuts

By: Holly Brickley

Narrated by: Jayme Mattler

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“Tender as a ballad and pleasurable as a pop song, Deep Cuts is both a romp into the indie sleaze era of the early aughts and a timeless love story.”—Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters
 
“Warm, nostalgic, totally engrossing. I loved this novel.”—Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods

Look,... Read more

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Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard
Visible Empire
Hannah Pittard
Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard

Visible Empire

By: Hannah Pittard

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From a writer who "deserves the attention of anyone in search of today's best fiction"* comes an epic novel-based on true events-of wealth, race, grief, and love, charting one sweltering summer in Atlanta that left no one unchanged (*Washington Post) It's a humid summer day when the phones begin to ring: disaster has struck. Air France Flight... Read more

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