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James
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ā¢ ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ā¢ SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEĀ ā¢ KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER ā¢ A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
In... Read more
The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
"Riveting from page one to the last breathless word."āRebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author of I Have Some Questions For You
āBrilliant, riveting .. an epic mystery, a family saga and a survival guide...I loved this book.āĀ āMiranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace
When a teenager vanishes from her... Read more
Fourth Wing
By: Rebecca Yarros
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 21 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Now with two bonus chapters read by Teddy Hamilton. Re-download the title now to listen to the extended version!A #1 New York Times bestseller ā¢ Optioned for TV by Amazon Studios ā¢ Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 ā¢ Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 ā¢ Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 ā¢ NPR āBooks We Loveā 2023 ā¢ Audible Best Books... Read more
View audiobookIron Flame
By: Rebecca Yarros
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 28 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
āThe first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.... Read more
View audiobookThe Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
Narrated by: George Weightman & Katie Leung
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
ONE OF BARACK OBAMAāS FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 ā¢ A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION ā¢ A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MOREā¦
āThis summerās hottest debut.ā... Read more
All Fours
By: Miranda July
Narrated by: Miranda July
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINEāS TOP 10 FICTION BOOKS OF 2024
ONE OF NPRāS āBOOKS WE LOVEā 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
THE NEW YORKER ā VOGUE ā FINANCIAL TIMES ā OPRAH DAILY ā VULTURE ā VOX
The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy,... Read more
Parable of the Sower
By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler paints a stunning portrait of an all-too-believable near future. As with Kindred and her other critically-acclaimed novels, Parable of the Sower skillfully combines startling visionary and socially realistic concepts. God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose... Read more
View audiobookAll the Colors of the Dark
By: Chris Whitaker
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that āhits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novelā (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl).
Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today
The Boston Globeās #1 Thriller/Mystery of 2024 So Far
A Best Book of the... Read more
Babel
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi & Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 21 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesĀ Babel, a thematic response toĀ The Secret HistoryĀ and a tonal retort toĀ Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellĀ that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is... Read more
View audiobookFunny Story
By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
A New York Times Notable Book of 2024
Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME ā NPR ā ELLE ā Parade ā Womanās World and more!
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
Daphne always loved the way her fiancƩ... Read more
Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
#1Ā NEW YORK TIMESĀ BESTSELLER ā¢Ā A REESEāSĀ BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ READ BY MERYL STREEPIn this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of Americaās finest writers.āPatchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.ā āThe GuardianIn the spring of 2020, Laraās three... Read more
View audiobookThe Women
By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Kristin Hannah
Length: 14 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"Kristin Hannahās potent storytelling skills are brilliantly served by narrator Julia Whelan, whose limber, low-pitched voice moves nimbly from person to person, capturing personality and mood, her empathy palpable." āThe Washington Post
From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Womenāat once an... Read more
We Solve Murders
By: Richard Osman
Narrated by: Nicola Walker
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
āMadcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osmanās trademark wit. Delightful!ā āShari Lapena
From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series
A brand new mystery. An iconic new detective duo. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . .
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He... Read more
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Jennifer Kim & Julian Cihi
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ Sam and Sadieātwo college friends, often in love, but never loversābecome creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have heard before.
... Read more
Braiding Sweetgrass
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our... Read more
View audiobookListen for the Lie
By: Amy Tintera
Narrated by: January LaVoy & Will Damron
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
"A world-class whodunit."
āStephen King
āAn extremely successful high-wire act, balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills.ā
āAlex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author
āLaugh-out-loud funny, thrilling and twisty...ā
āLiane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"A lot of thrillers these days use the murder podcast as a plot... Read more
Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Michael Urie
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Bestseller!A Read With JennaĀ TodayĀ Show Book Club Pick!āRemarkably Bright CreaturesĀ is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.ā -- Kevin Wilson, author ofĀ Nothing to See HereFor fans ofĀ A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively... Read more
View audiobookI'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 actorāincluding eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing motherāand how she retook... Read more
Intermezzo
By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Ćanna Hardwicke
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
"[B]rilliant narration by the actor Ćanna Hardwicke."āFinancial Times
"Ćanna Hardwicke's narration highlights the rich emotionality of Rooney's newest novel. Hardwicke's smooth voice shifts to capture every mood--becoming desperately angry, bitter, and frantic yet also achingly tender, patient, and loving--as he performs a story of two grieving... Read more
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
By: Kate Fagan
Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Tessa Albertson, Genevieve Kings...
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
REESEāS BOOK CLUB PICK!
āThis story swept me away with its big dreams, love, and unexpected twists.ā āReese Witherspoon (Reeseās Book Club January ā25 Pick)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after... Read more
The Spellshop
By: Sarah Beth Durst
Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durstās romantasy debutāa lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.
Join Kiela the librarian and her assistant, Caz the sentient spider plant, as they navigate the low stakes market of illegal spellmaking and the high risk business of starting... Read more
North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark...
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR ā¢Ā FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across... Read more
Lessons in Chemistry
By: Bonnie Garmus
Narrated by: Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus & Pandora Sykes
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 GLOBALĀ BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD ā¢ Meet Elizabeth Zott: āa gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social conventionā (The Washington Post) in 1960s CaliforniaĀ whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of aĀ beloved TV cooking show. ā¢ STREAM ON APPLE TV+
This novel is... Read more
The Thursday Murder Club
By: Richard Osman
Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders
Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves
A female cop with her first big case
A brutal murder
Welcome to...
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four... Read more