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Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Michael Urie
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times BestsellerSoon to be a Netflix FilmA Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!âRemarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.â -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See HereFor fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming,... Read more
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Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â˘Â A REESEâS BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠READ BY MERYL STREEPIn this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of Americaâs finest writers.âPatchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.â âThe GuardianIn the spring of 2020, Laraâs three... Read more
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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 actorâincluding eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing motherâand how she retook... Read more


The Anthropocene Reviewed
By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
âMasterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human conditionâand a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.â âAdam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking
The instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down, is... Read more


Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
By: Benjamin Stevenson
Narrated by: Barton Welch
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this âutterly originalâ (Jane Harper), ânot to be missedâ (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.âA witty twist on classic whodunits⌠Stevenson not only 'plays fair,' he plays the mystery game very, very well.â -- Maureen Corrigan,... Read more
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Chain Gang All Stars: A Read with Jenna Pick
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Narrated by: Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch & L...
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR ⢠FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION â˘Â A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠NATIONAL BESTSELLER â˘Â Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from Americaâs own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York... Read more
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Victorian Psycho
By: Virginia Feito
Narrated by: Anna Burnett
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MARGARET QUALLEY AND THOMASIN MCKENZIE Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by Oprah Daily, Reader's Digest, Polygon, and Paste âSimmering with rage, propulsive and laugh out loud funny, Victorian Psycho speaks profoundly of horror both within and without us.ââCatriona Ward From the acclaimed author... Read more
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A USA Today bestseller
Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback
Audie Award Winner for Mystery
Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.
Vera Wong is a lonely little old... Read more


Red Rising
By: Pierce Brown
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Length: 16 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."-- Scott Sigler Pierce Brown' s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender' s Game by Orson Scott Card. " I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. " That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father... Read more
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Big Swiss
By: Jen Beagin
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Carlotta Brentan, Stephen Grayb...
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE
Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, CondĂŠ Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more!
âOne of the funniest books of the last few yearsâ (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapistâs transcriptionist and her affair... Read more


A Little Life
By: Hanya Yanagihara
Narrated by: Matt Bomer
Length: 28 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A stunning âportrait of the enduring grace of friendshipâ (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ⢠MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST ⢠WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE
A Little Life follows four college... Read more


The Golden Enclaves
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Anisha Dadia
Length: 14 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.
FINALIST FOR THE HUGO AWARD ⢠ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Paste, Publishers Weekly
The one thing you never talk about... Read more


Light From Uncommon Stars
By: Ryka Aoki
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 13 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
"Cindy Kay masterfully narrates this unique audiobook, which combines a variety of genres to tell a moving story of self-acceptance and finding safety even in the bleakest of times." - AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award review
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful... Read more


How to Be Perfect
By: Michael Schur
Narrated by: Michael Schur, Kristen Bell, D'Arcy Carden, Ted...
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world. Read by the author, this one-of-a-kind audio production features guest appearances by members of the cast of The Good Place.
Most people think... Read more


Devolution
By: Max Brooks
Narrated by: Judy Greer, Max Brooks, Jeff Daniels, Nathan Fi...
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with âthe Bigfoot thriller you didnât know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels Iâve ever readâ (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion).
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As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainierâs eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop... Read more


Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠Instant New York Times Bestseller ⢠Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.
âNothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.â âVogue ⢠âA novel of triumph.â âThe Washington Post ⢠âHarrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.â âPeople
... Read more


His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)
By: Philip Pullman
Narrated by: Philip Pullman, Joanna Wyatt, Rupert Degas, Ali...
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!
The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an âAll-Time Greatest Novelâ and Newsweek hailed as a âTop 100 Book of All Time.â Philip Pullman takes listeners to a world where humans have animal familiars and... Read more


The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER ⢠#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An enthralling novel for all ages by award-winning author Dave Eggers, told from the perspective of one uniquely endearing dog.
âJohannes is a highly engaging narrator whose exuberance and good nature run like a bright thread through the novelâs pages.â âThe New York Times
Johannes, a free dog,... Read more


Invisible Son
By: Kim Johnson
Narrated by: Guy Lockard & Kim Johnson
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love.
Life can change in an instant.Â
When youâre wrongfully accused of a crime.Â
When a virus shuts everything down.Â
When the girl you love moves on.Â
Andre Jackson... Read more


The Whisper Man
By: Alex North
Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
"Listeners looking for creepy will find it in full force in Alex North's dark thriller, narrated by British actor Christopher Eccleston." -- AudioFile Magazine
"Reader Eccleston...adds flavor to the tale. He reads with a fervor that gives the story a strong sense of suspense." -- Booklist
This program is read by acclaimed British actor Christopher... Read more


Harold
By: Steven Wright
Narrated by: Steven Wright
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school.
Steven Wright is one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians in history. Rolling Stone ranked him fifteenth on their â50 Best Stand-ups of All Timeâ list, while the... Read more


Deep Cuts
By: Holly Brickley
Narrated by: Jayme Mattler
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
âTender 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.ââCoco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters
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âWarm, nostalgic, totally engrossing. I loved this novel.ââLiz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods
Look,... Read more


The Book of Accidents
By: Chuck Wendig
Narrated by: Xe Sands & George Newbern
Length: 16 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A family returns to their hometownâand to the dark past that haunts them stillâin this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers
LOCUS AWARD FINALIST ⢠âThe dread, the scope, the pacing, the turnsâI havenât felt all this so intensely since The Shining.ââStephen Graham Jones, New... Read more


A Spark of Light
By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin & Jodi Picoult
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis.
Look for Jodi Picoultâs new novel, By Any Other Name, available now!
âPicoult at her fearless best . . . Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate.ââThe Washington... Read more