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Year of the Monkey
By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Riveting, elegant, and humorous, New York Times bestseller Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.
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Following a run of new yearâs concerts at San Franciscoâs legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by... Read more
Lost Roses
By: Martha Hall Kelly
Narrated by: Kathleen Gati, Tavia Gilbert, Karissa Vacker & ...
Length: 15 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
The million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Now Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Carolineâs mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I.
âA nuanced tale that speaks to the... Read more
Inspection
By: Josh Malerman
Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Brittany Pressley
Length: 13 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other existsâuntil now. The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and chills in a coming-of-age story like no other.
NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD ⢠âJosh Malerman is a master at unsettling youâand keeping you... Read more
At the Wolf's Table
By: Rosella Postorino
Narrated by: Polly Stone
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Polly Stone gives us a believable depiction of Rosa Sauer...The story is compelling, and the performance memorable." â AudioFile Magazine
At the Wolf's Table is a moving audiobook based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Hitlerâs food tasters, from internationally bestselling author Rosella Postorino.
"They called it... Read more
The Fallen Architect
By: Charles Belfoure
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In this riveting novel from The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, a man in disgrace finds that digging up the past is the only road he can take. Architect Douglas Layton has lost everything. The balcony of one of his beautiful music halls collapsed during a packed performance, killing dozens. Layton knows the flaw was not... Read more
View audiobookDracul
By: Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker
Narrated by: Pete Bradbury, Vikas Adam, Saskia Maarleveld, R...
Length: 16 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The prequel to Dracula, inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel, Dracul is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Dracula's true origins but Bram Stoker's--and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them.
It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an... Read more
The Magic Misfits: The Second Story
By: Neil Patrick Harris
Narrated by: Christina Hendricks & Neil Patrick Harris
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris comes the magical second book in the New York Times bestselling Magic Misfits series--with even more tricks up its sleeve.
Growing up in an orphanage, Leila was bullied for being different. She turned her hardship into skill by becoming an escape artist--a valuable trait when you belong to a group... Read more
What the Eyes Don't See
By: Mona Hanna-Attisha
Narrated by: Mona Hanna-Attisha
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK â˘Â The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power.
âStirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that âthe world . . . should be full of people raising their voices.âââThe New York Times
âRevealing, with the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller.â âO: The... Read more
Bearskin
By: James A. McLaughlin
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
âBearskin is visceral, raw, and compellingâfilled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed. Â Itâs a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose. Â There are very few first novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlinâs writing had me doing just that.â âC.J. Box, #1 NYT bestselling author of... Read more
View audiobookSh*tshow!
By: Charlie LeDuff
Narrated by: Charlie LeDuff
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A daring, firsthand, and utterly-unscripted account of crisis in America, from Ferguson to Flint to Cliven Bundy's ranch to Donald Trump's unstoppable campaign for President--at every turn, Pulitzer-prize winner and bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff was there
In the Fall of 2013, long before any sane person had... Read more
Tradition
By: Brendan Kiely
Narrated by: Alex McKenna & Robbie Daymond
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Brendan Kiely, a stunning new novel that explores the insidious nature of tradition at a prestigious boarding school.
Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy, an elite prep school where history looms in the leafy branches over its brick walkways. But some traditions... Read more
Devotion
By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention.A work of creative brilliance may seem like magicâits source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of... Read more
View audiobookThe Man Who Caught the Storm
By: Brantley Hargrove
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanityâs high-stakes race to understand natureâs fiercest phenomenon from Brantley Hargrove, âone of todayâs great science writersâ (The Washington Post).
At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last... Read more
Tangerine
By: Christine Mangan
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & Erin Mallon
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the accident at Bennington, the two friendsâonce inseparable roommatesâhavenât spoken in over a year. But there Lucy was, trying to make things right and return to their old rhythms. Perhaps Alice should be happy. She has not... Read more
View audiobookSometimes I Lie
By: Alice Feeney
Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
"Despite the challenges--an unreliable narrator, an intricate plot, a shifting timeline, and myriad characters--Stephanie Racine gives a flawless narration of this audiobook...This intense thriller is made even better by her performance." â AudioFile Magazine
From renowned journalist Alice Feeney comes a riveting new audiobook, Sometimes I... Read more
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
By: Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington
Narrated by: Robert Fass
Length: 14 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives
After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and... Read more
Only Killers and Thieves
By: Paul Howarth
Narrated by: David Linski
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Two brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power in this riveting debut novelâa story of savagery and race, injustice and honor, set in the untamed frontier of 1880s Australiaâreminiscent of Philipp Meyerâs The Son and the novels of Cormac McCarthy.An epic tale of revenge and survival, Only Killers and... Read more
View audiobookUnbelievable (Movie Tie-In)
By: T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong
Narrated by: Hillary Huber, T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Now the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever ⢠Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been rapedâand the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.
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âGripping . . . [with a] John... Read more
The Gone World
By: Tom Sweterlitsch
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 13 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Inception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind...
âI promise you have never read a story like this.ââBlake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter
Shannon Moss is part... Read more
Renegades
By: Marissa Meyer
Narrated by: Dan Bittner & Rebecca Soler
Length: 16 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
"Both narrators bring authenticity to the young characters...this fun and surprisingly thoughtful superhero tale will be a rewarding listen." â AudioFile Magazine
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal. This new audiobook will pull listeners in and never let... Read more
Member of the Family
By: Dianne Lake & Deborah Herman
Narrated by: Dianne Lake
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth centuryâs most notorious criminals and life as one of his ""girls.""At... Read more
View audiobookDividing Eden
By: Joelle Charbonneau
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Testing trilogy comes a sweeping new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sarah J. Maas. Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of the kingdom was secure.But appearancesâand... Read more
View audiobookThe Prisoner in His Palace
By: Will Bardenwerper
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executionerâs Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides âa brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and powerâ (USA TODAY).
The âcaptivatingâ (Military Times) The Prisoner in His Palace invites us to take a journey with twelve young... Read more
York: The Shadow Cipher
By: Laura Ruby
Narrated by: Adam Verner
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
âThe pleasures of the novel go far beyond the crackling, breathless plot and the satisfaction of watching the puzzle fall into place. The book is shot through with humor, both laugh-out-loud and subtle.â âNew York Times Book ReviewFrom National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Laura Ruby comes an epic alternate history series about... Read more
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