The Well-Read Moose

The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith & Lev Grossman

Length: 23 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 • A New York Times Best Book of the Year (So Far) • A New York Times Editors’ Choice • 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

“Grossman, who is best known for his The... Read more

There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

Narrated by: Olivia Vinall & Elif Shafak

Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water.

"Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won't regret it."—Arundhati Roy, winner of the Booker Prize

In the... Read more

The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

Narrated by: Katherine Center & Patti Murin

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features a bonus scene and an author's note—both audio-exclusives—and acknowledgments read by the author.

“[Patti] Murin's portrayal of Emma is captivating--a blend of sass, humor, and empathy with impeccable timing and nuances.”—AudioFile

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?

Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be... Read more

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect

By: Benjamin Stevenson

Narrated by: Barton Welch & Megan Smart

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a fiendishly fun locked room (train) murder mystery that ""offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while at the same time being a modern reinvention of it"" (Nita Prose) -- perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz When the Australian Mystery... Read more

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

By: Peter S. Beagle

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY bestseller

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Unicorn comes a new novel with equal amounts of power and whimsy in which a loveable cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come together to take their fates into their own hands.

Dragons are common in the backwater... Read more

A Fate Inked in Blood

By: Danielle L. Jensen

Narrated by: Nina Yndis

Length: 15 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of... Read more

Iron Widow (Book 1)

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

Narrated by: Rong Fu

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!
A USA Today bestseller!

Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.

The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It... Read more

The Queen

By: Nick Cutter

Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Zac Aleman, Corey Brill & Pete Sim...

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“One of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.

On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She... Read more

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club

By: Celeste Ng

Narrated by: Lucy Liu & Celeste Ng

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection

From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the... Read more

Love, Theoretically

By: Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"The reigning queen of STEM romance."—The Washington Post

An Indie Next and Library Reads Pick!

Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain.
 
The many lives of theoretical physicist... Read more

Leave the World Behind

By: Rumaan Alam

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan AlamA Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist... Read more

Witch King

By: Martha Wells

Narrated by: Eric Mok

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Eric Mok makes this wonderfully inventive and diverse fantasy eminently accessible... Mok's Kai is appealing and relatable--he sounds simultaneously young and resigned, weary of death and pain and betrayal and yet still hopeful for something better. Listeners will hope we get more of this fascinating world."- AudioFile

From the... Read more

Kiss Her Once for Me

By: Alison Cochrun

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ+ Romance
A Best New Holiday Romance by PopSugar, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, and more!

The author of the “swoon-worthy debut” (Harper’s Bazaar) The Charm Offensive returns with a festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord…only to fall for his sister.

One year ago,... Read more

She Who Became the Sun

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by fan-favorite narrator Natalie Naudus

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy.

To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything

“I refuse... Read more

Madwoman

By: Chelsea Bieker

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking the arrival of a major fiction talent.

The world is not made for mothers.
Yet mothers made the world…

Clove has gone to extremes to... Read more

The Shadow of the Gods

By: John Gwynne

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 18 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price.
This is the age of storm and murder.
After the old gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their... Read more

The Atlas Six

By: Olivie Blake

Narrated by: Andy Ingalls, Caitlin Kelly, Damian Lynch, Davi...

Length: 15 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The much-acclaimed BookTok sensation from Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six is now newly revised, edited with additional content, and available on audio for the first time.

• The tag #theatlassix already has millions of views on TikTok

• A dark academic debut fantasy with an established cult following that reads like The Secret History meets The... Read more

Love on the Brain

By: Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by: Brooke Bloomingdale

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

A #1 LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe,... Read more

The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

Narrated by: Kit Griffiths

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . .

Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too... Read more

The Blacktongue Thief

By: Christopher Buehlman

Narrated by: Christopher Buehlman

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"This irreverent fantasy is narrated superbly by author Christopher Buehlman. Along with his firsthand knowledge of the text and how he means it to be conveyed, Buehlman uses nuance, inflection, and a casual way of saying outrageous things to continually tickle the funny bone." -- AudioFile Magazine

Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized... Read more

The Quiet Tenant

By: Clémence Michallon

Narrated by: Gilli Messer, Elena Rey, Valerie Rose Lohman, A...

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • “A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying.” —James Patterson, #1 best-selling author

A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM: HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HIS GIRLFRIEND—AND THE ONE... Read more

Amari and the Night Brothers

By: B. B. Alston

Narrated by: Imani Parks

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestseller! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a series filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not... Read more

Hidden Pictures

By: Jason Rekulak

Narrated by: Suzy Jackson

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“I loved it." —Stephen King

From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a supernatural thriller about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job as a babysitter... Read more

The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass

Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer, Jennifer Blom & Rob Dircks

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration.

"This audiobook, written by two experts in middle-grade fiction, is a perfect family listen."- AudioFile

The New York Times bestselling authors of Bob, Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, introduce young listeners to a little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps.

When a... Read more