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James
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • SHORTLISTED FOR THE... Read more


The Favorites
By: Layne Fargo
Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Louisa Zhu, Amy Landon, Elena ...
Length: 13 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice
“Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold... Read more


Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Leslie Howard, Hillary Huber & Sara Morsey
Length: 16 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
"Superb ... a perfect horror for our imperfect age.” – The New York Times
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
There’s power in a book…
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their... Read more


The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick
By: Ariel Lawhon
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American... Read more
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Bookshops & Bonedust
By: Travis Baldree
Narrated by: Travis Baldree
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A 2025 Audie Award winner for Best Fantasy! 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." —Booklist
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her... Read more


The Dutch House
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Tom Hanks
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Audiobook performed by Tom HanksPulitzer Prize Finalist | New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of the YearNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping,... Read more
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The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus & Jordan Waunch
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years
July 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi’kmaq family arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks... Read more


The Life Impossible
By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Joanna Lumley & Jordan Stephens
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times Bestseller
“An odyssey of action and awe.” —The New York Times
“A wry and tender love-letter to the best of being human.” —Benedict Cumberbatch
The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide
“What looks like magic is... Read more


Wintering
By: Katherine May
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being
“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving... Read more


The Teller of Small Fortunes
By: Julie Leong
Narrated by: Phyllis Ho
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this cozy fantasy debut, hailed as “perfection…a beautiful treasure of a book that will warm your heart and heal your soul.”—Sarah Beth Durst, Author of The Spellshop
“The warmest, loveliest book I’ve read in ages.”—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society... Read more


Sociopath
By: Patric Gagne
Narrated by: Patric Gagne
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
An engrossing, “completely fascinating” (Cosmopolitan) memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she... Read more


I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A storyteller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River, which sold more than a million copies and captured readers’ hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author’s body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I... Read more
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The City We Became
By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 16 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But... Read more


Count My Lies
By: Sophie Stava
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Devon Sorvari & Emily Tremaine
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
“The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page.” —Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author
A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and... Read more


The Husbands: A Read with Jenna Pick
By: Holly Gramazio
Narrated by: Miranda Raison
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA’S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PEOPLE, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT
The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? (“A bottomless champagne flute of a novel —The Washington... Read more


The Lamb
By: Lucy Rose
Narrated by: Emma Rydal
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A TEATIME BOOK CLUB PICK · INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA FOLK TALE. A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT.""[A] dark, gorgeous concoction.”—New York Times“Beautiful, terrifying . . . . Destined to become a classic.""—Washington PostFrom an incendiary new talent, a contemporary queer folktale about a mother and daughter living in the... Read more
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Nothing to See Here
By: Kevin Wilson
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
2020 Audie Winner – Best Female Narrator
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland. “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and... Read more


North Is the Night
By: Emily Rath
Narrated by: Khaya Fraites & Emily Lawrence
Length: 17 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
YOU’RE MINE IN LIFE AND DEATH—BODY AND SOUL.
In the depths of the Finnish wilderness, more than wolves roam the dark woods.
When a death goddess attacks their village, best friends Siiri and Aina prove helpless to stop her from dragging Aina into Tuonela, the mythical underworld.
Determined to save her beloved Aina, Siiri braves a dangerous... Read more


Sleep Tight
By: J. H. Markert
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The sole survivor of a serial killer might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders in this propulsive horror thriller in the vein of The Black Phone and The Whisper Man. Dark and twisting at every turn, fans of Catriona Ward will love this chilling new tale from the deviously inventive horror author that Peter Farris calls the clear heir... Read more
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Whale Fall
By: Elizabeth O'Connor
Narrated by: Dyfrig Morris, Gabrielle Glaister, Gwyneth Keyw...
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK • A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dissonance of finding oneself by exploring life outside one’s community
“Both blunt and exquisite . . . O’Connor’s excellent debut . . . is an example of precisely observed writing that makes a character’s... Read more


The Black Bird Oracle
By: Deborah Harkness
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Length: 17 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series.
“The Black Bird Oracle deftly explores the nexus of memory, history, and parenthood—the magic, pain, and promises mothers pass onto their children.”—Jodi... Read more


The Collected Regrets of Clover
By: Mikki Brammer
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
“Jennifer Pickens provides a nuanced narration of Clover that perfectly mirrors the character’s journey—gentle, compassionate, anxious, and full of joy.” - Library Journal
This program features a bonus conversation between the author and narrator.
What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life?
... Read more


The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henriquez
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored thereIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers... Read more
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The God and the Gumiho
By: Sophie Kim
Narrated by: Greta Jung & Intae Kim
Length: 13 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god–turned–detective to track down a wrathful demon . . . before it can destroy the mortal world.
“Enchanting fantasy . . . With an intoxicating mix of action, mystery, and deliciously angsty romance, this reads like the most... Read more