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How to Sell a Haunted House
By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Jay Aaseng & Mikhaila Aaseng
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times
"Ingenious."-The Washington Post
New York Times bestselling authorĀ Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your pastāand your familyācan haunt you like nothing else.
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When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads... Read more
The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith & Lev Grossman
Length: 23 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ One of Timeās 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 ā¢ A New York Times Best Book of the Year (So Far) ā¢ A New York Times Editorsā Choice ā¢ The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium
āGrossman, who is best known for his The... Read more
Under the Whispering Door
By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
Length: 14 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Kirt Groves provides an excellently distinct cast of voices."- Locus
A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Welcome to Charon's Crossing.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and... Read more
I Hope This Finds You Well
By: Natalie Sue
Narrated by: Nasim Pedrad
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ Recommended by the New York Times Book Review, Today show, People, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Harper's Bazaar, and more!""Fans ofĀ The OfficeĀ will delight."" ā SHELBY VAN PELT ā¢ ""Wickedly funny."" āĀ PEOPLE ā¢ ""I could not put it down.""Ā ā JULIA QUINN ā¢ ""A workplace sitcom transformed into a romantic comedy... Read more
View audiobookSociopath
By: Patric Gagne
Narrated by: Patric Gagne
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the authorās struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
āA cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all.ā āSan Francisco Chronicle
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable... Read more
All the Sinners Bleed
By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 13 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense!
"Lazarre-White masterfully portrays people of multiple races, old and young. He also delivers Cosby's reflections on family, grief, and faith with genuine introspection and without distracting from the tense plotlines...This is a gripping, timely taleābeautifully told." āAudioFile (Earphones... Read more
The Demon of Unrest
By: Erik Larson
Narrated by: Will Patton & Erik Larson
Length: 17 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this āriveting reexamination of a nation in tumultā (Los Angeles Times).
āA feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best,... Read more
Blue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick
By: Coco Mellors
Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ā¢ Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sisterās death in this ādeeply nuanced and compellingā (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.
āA beautiful portrait of grief and the world-shaping... Read more
Slewfoot
By: Brom
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.
Connecticut, 1666.
An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector.
The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil.
To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and... Read more
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
By: Heather Fawcett
Narrated by: Ell Potter & Michael Dodds
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before itās too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.
Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the worldās first... Read more
Bookshops & Bonedust
By: Travis Baldree
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
"Read by the author, a talented and animated fantasy narrator who also voiced Legends, the book presents a colorful cast of new and familiar characters that is sure to ensorcell and delight listeners." āBooklist
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need... Read more
Cloud Cuckoo Land
By: Anthony Doerr
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Simon Jones
Length: 14 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
AudioFile Magazineās Best Audiobooks of 2021
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more
āIf youāre looking for a superb novel, look no further.ā āThe Washington Post... Read more
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim & Justin Chien
Length: 13 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!*
From āone of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plotā (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century Chinaāperfect for fans of Lisa Seeās classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird... Read more
When Women Were Dragons
By: Kelly Barnhill
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr & Mark Bramhall
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A GOODREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ā¢ A fiery feminist fantasy tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a womanās place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are.
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"Ferociously imaginedā¦and as exhilarating as a ride on dragonback."... Read more
Come and Get It: A GMA Book Club Pick
By: Kiley Reid
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 12 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
National Bestseller
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
An Indie Next Pick
A LibraryReads Pick
Acclaimed author Kiley Reidās fresh and provocative story about desire, consumption, and bad behavior.
It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas, and Millie Cousinsāa super-senior resident assistant at Belgrade Dormitoryājust wants... Read more
Long Island
By: Colm Toibin
Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
OPRAHāS BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA * āStunning.ā āPeople * āDazzling yet devastating...TĆ³ibĆn is simply one of the worldās best living literary writers.ā āThe Boston Globe * āMomentous and hugely affecting.ā āThe Wall Street Journal *
From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author... Read more
The Night Circus
By: Erin Morgenstern
Narrated by: Jim Dale
Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢Ā The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des RĆŖves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce... Read more
Sorcery and Small Magics
By: Maiga Doocy
Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
From debut author Maiga Doocy comes the charming tale of an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival as they venture deep into a magical forest in search of a counterspell that can break the curse between themāonly to discover that magic might not be the only thing pulling them together.Ā
Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He... Read more
Starling House
By: Alix E. Harrow
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
āThis book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie settingāplus, characters willing to risk everything.ā āReese Witherspoon (Reeseās Book Club October ā23 Pick)
Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York... Read more
Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ The Pulitzer Prizeāwinning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making aĀ āprovocative and compellingā (NPR)Ā argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Oprah Daily, Time, The Star... Read more
The 7 Ā½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
By: Stuart Turton
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 17 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The Rules of Blackheath
Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m.
There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.
We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer.
Understood? Then let's begin . . .
Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every... Read more
The Tainted Cup
By: Robert Jackson Bennett
Narrated by: Andrew Fallaize
Length: 13 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A Holmes and Watsonāstyle detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett
āGreat fantasy detective stories are too rare, but Bennettā[a] rising star of fantasyāmore than delivers.āāCharlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post
āA thoroughly satisfying delight from... Read more
The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, LA TIMES, SLATE, HARPER'S BAZAAR and others
āPart historical, part horror, part breathless thriller, part wilderness survival tale, The Vaster Wilds is a story about the lengths to which we will go to stay... Read more
In the Lives of Puppets
By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Daniel Henning demonstrates perfect comedic timing and impressive vocal versatility in this queer/sci-fi retelling of 'Pinocchio.' This laugh-out-loud, emotional audiobook asks listeners to question what it means to be human." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)
"Narrator Daniel Henning does a phenomenal job capturing Gioās... Read more