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She Would Be King
By: Wayétu Moore
Narrated by: Wayétu Moore
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Sarah Jessica Parker and the American Library Association Book Club Central Official SelectionA novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history―a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s formationWayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters... Read more
View audiobookFoe
By: Iain Reid
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
*Now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal*
A taut, psychological thriller from Iain Reid, “one of the most talented purveyors of weird, dark narratives in contemporary fiction” (Los Angeles Review of Books).
Severe climate change has ravaged the country, leaving behind a charred wasteland. Junior and Henrietta live a... Read more
The Reservoir Tapes
By: Jon McGregor
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Justine Eyre, Sarah Nichols, ...
Length: 3 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Returning us to the extraordinary territory of Jon McGregor’s Man Booker Prize long-listed novel Reservoir 13, The Reservoir Tapes take us deep into the heart of an English village that is trying to come to terms with what has happened on its watch.A teenage girl has gone missing. The whole community has been called upon to join the search. And... Read more
View audiobookMotherhood
By: Sheila Heti
Narrated by: Sheila Heti
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring audiobook about whether to have children.
In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential... Read more
Reckless Daughter
By: David Yaffe
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Joni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released ten experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with the beauty of their language and the rawness of their emotions, both deeply personal to Mitchell and universally relatable to her audience. In this intimate... Read more
View audiobookFever Dream
By: Samanta Schweblin
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 3 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW A FEATURE FILM COMING SOON TO NETFLIX
"Genius." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize!
Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream...
A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together,... Read more
We Need New Names
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
This unflinching and powerful novel tells the "deeply felt and fiercely written" story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe to America (New York Times Book Review).
Darling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends steal guavas, try to get the baby out of young Chipo's... Read more
Please Look After Mom
By: Kyung-Sook Shin
Narrated by: Various
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea—a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation—this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family’s search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a... Read more
The Coldest Winter - Abridged
By: David Halberstam
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home."---The New York Times
David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills... Read more