Underground Books

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By: Cherie Dimaline

Narrated by: Tara Sky & Jessica Matten

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.

Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her... Read more

The Trackers

By: Charles Frazier

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great DepressionHurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he’s landed a New Deal... Read more

Once There Was

By: Kiyash Monsef

Narrated by: Nikki Massoud

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An Odyssey Award Finalist

A New York Times bestseller!
A Morris Award Finalist

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Neil Gaiman in this “striking and heartfelt” (Kirkus Reviews) novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures—and that she must take up his mantle, despite... Read more

The Witch and the Vampire

By: Francesca Flores

Narrated by: Bailey Carr & Mary Helen Gallucci

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Ava and Kaye used to be best friends—until one night two years ago when vampires broke through the magical barrier protecting their town and, in the ensuing attack, Kaye’s mother was killed and Ava was turned into a vampire. Since then, Ava has been trapped in her house. Her mother Eugenia needs her: Ava still has her witch powers, and Eugenia... Read more

The Carrefour Curse

By: Dianne K. Salerni

Narrated by: Sandy Rustin

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Twelve-year-old Garnet doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their legendary mansion known as Crossroad House.But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room... Read more

The Islands

By: Dionne Irving

Narrated by: Chanté McCormick

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The Islands follows the lives of Jamaican women—immigrants or the descendants of immigrants—who have relocated all over the world to escape the ghosts of colonialism on what they call the Island. Set in the United States, Jamaica, and Europe, these international stories examine the lives of an uncertain and unsettled cast of characters. In one... Read more

The Grace of Wild Things

By: Heather Fawcett

Narrated by: Aven Shore

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explores found family, loss, and the power of a girl's imagination, from the acclaimed author of The Language of Ghosts and The School Between Winter and Fairyland. Perfect for readers who loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Serafina and the Black... Read more

Permission to Speak

By: Samara Bay

Narrated by: Samara Bay

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Use your voice to lead us to a better future with this game-changing guide to redefining what power and authority sound like—from a speech expert who’s worked with Hollywood’s biggest stars, political powerhouses, and businesspeople shaking up the status quo.

“I love this book—funny, surprising, stirring, and so important! What a beautiful... Read more

Funny Feelings

By: Tarah DeWitt

Narrated by: Nelson Hobbs & Stephanie Bentley

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When falling in love is the punchline . . .



Farley Jones is being forced to date Meyer Harrigan, the man she has come to love, in order to make all of her stand-up dreams come true.



It's agony—a tragedy, even. In lieu of flowers, please send cash . . .



Meyer and his daughter Hazel have been everything to her since they came into her life three... Read more

The Lost Witch

By: Paige Crutcher

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Paige Crutcher, author of the “mystical, magical, and wildly original”* The Orphan Witch, weaves a spellbinding tale of contemporary fantasy, romance, and Irish mythology as a woman torn out of time faces a dangerous coven, otherworldly creatures, and a seductive demigod to save the souls of a cursed island in The Lost Witch.

1922. The town of... Read more

Dickens and Prince

By: Nick Hornby

Narrated by: Alex Jennings

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“An ardent fan letter from Hornby that makes you want to re-read Great Expectations while listening to Sign o’ the Times.” —Vogue

From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and... Read more

Cursed

By: Marissa Meyer

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler

Length: 16 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by longtime series narrator, Rebecca Soler.

“When it comes to reimagined fairy tales, the reigning queen of the genre is Marissa Meyer.” —The New York Times

Be still now, and I will tell you a tale.

#1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer brings the haunting fairytale-inspired Gilded duology to a thrilling conclusion... Read more

Gilded Mountain

By: Kate Manning

Narrated by: Dawn Harvey

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“Immersive…awe-inspiring.” —The New York Times “An epic story of love, hope, and perseverance.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline

This “stellar read” (Los Angeles Times) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who bravely exposes the corruption that enriched her father’s employers in early 1900s... Read more

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

By: Franny Choi

Narrated by: Franny Choi

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds—past, present, and future. Choi’s third book features poems about historical and impending apocalypses, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival.Many have called our time dystopian. But The World Keeps Ending,... Read more

We Are the ARK

By: Mary Reynolds

Narrated by: Jane Copland

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Reynolds gives us a much-needed reason for hope. The gardener, the conservationist, the city planner, and the nature lover will all be inspired for this wonderful book shows how thousands of even small wildlife friendly gardens can provide habitat for embattled wildlife around the world.” —Jane Goodall, Phd, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall... Read more

Rap Capital

By: Joe Coscarelli

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

An “impassioned tribute” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) to the most influential music culture today, Atlanta rap—a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and salvation from acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli.

From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip clubs, Atlanta is defined by its rap music.... Read more

Little Eve

By: Catriona Ward

Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From Catriona Ward, the international bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street comes Little Eve, a heart-pounding tale of faith and family, with a devastating twist.

Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.

“A great day is upon us. He is coming. The world will be washed away.”

On the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off... Read more

Over My Dead Body

By: Greg Melville

Narrated by: Will Tulin

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our deadThe summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its... Read more

Lark Ascending

By: Silas House

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting story of survival and hope, set in the not-too-distant future, about a young man forced to flee the United States and seek refuge across the Atlantic. 

As fires devastate most of the United States, Lark and his family secure a place on a refugee boat headed to Ireland, the last country not yet overrun by extremists and rumored to be... Read more

Ghost Eaters

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A terrifying supernatural page-turner that explores ghosts, grief, and god complexesEver since their on-again, off-again college romance, Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with charismatic but reckless Silas, who has been chasing the next big high since graduation. When he texts her to spring him out of rehab, she knows enough is... Read more

Morning Glory Milking Farm

By: C.M. Nascosta

Narrated by: Eva Caine

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parents' basement. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambric Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both hands.



Morning Glory Farm offers full-time hours, full... Read more

Goddess of Filth

By: V. Castro

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

One hot summer night, best friends Lourdes, Fernanda, Ana, Perla, and Pauline hold a séance. It's all fun and games at first, but their tipsy laughter turns to terror when the flames burn straight through their prayer candles and Fernanda starts crawling toward her friends and chanting in Nahuatl, the language of their Aztec ancestors.



Over the... Read more

Twisted Games

By: Ana Huang

Narrated by: Aiden Snow & Cindy Kay

Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules . . . until her.



Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he... Read more

An Island

By: Karen Jennings

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A “beautifully and sparingly constructed” (The New York Times) novel about a lighthouse keeper with a mysterious past, and the stranger who washes up on his shores—An Island is the American debut of a major voice in world literature.

“An Island by Karen Jennings is quite simply a... Read more