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Guilty as Sin

By: Meghan March

Narrated by: Erin Mallon & Joe Arden

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Guilty as Sin is the second book in New York Times bestselling author Meghan March’s epically romantic and addictive Sin Trilogy.Guilty until proven innocent. That’s the way the world works, right?I’m tired of being convicted without evidence, all because my last name is Gable.The Riscoffs might own this town, but I’m done following their... Read more

The Cold Millions

By: Jess Walter

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Gary Farmer, Marin Ireland, ...

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the most captivating novels of the year.” – Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Library Reads Pick • An Indie Next Pick A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg | Boston Globe | Chicago Public Library | Chicago Tribune | Esquire | Kirkus | New York Public Library | New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction) | NPR's Fresh Air | O... Read more

The History of Living Forever

By: Jake Wolff

Narrated by: Maxwell Glick

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the elixir of life

The morning after the death of his first love, Conrad Aybinder receives a bequest. Sammy Tampari was Conrad’s lover. He was his teacher. And, it turns out, he was not just a chemist, but an alchemist, searching for a mythic elixir of life. Sammy’s... Read more

I'm Wearing Tunics Now

By: Wendi Aarons

Narrated by: Wendi Aarons

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An honest and hilarious memoir about second acts, self-acceptance, and celebrating what happens when a woman gets older, wiser, and a lot more excited by sales at Eileen Fisher.
A late bloomer who came to her career later in life, humorist Wendi Aarons shares the joys, stumbles, and outfit mishaps she’s experienced on her road to no longer giving... Read more

The Insiders

By: Mark Oshiro

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * An ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10 Title for Young ReadersThree kids who don’t belong. A room that shouldn’t exist. A year that will change everything.Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Meg Medina, this debut middle grade novel from award-winning author Mark Oshiro is a hopeful and heartfelt... Read more

In the Dark

By: Cara Hunter

Narrated by: Lee Ingleby & Emma Cunniffe

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From internationally bestselling author of Murder in the Family, a riveting suspense novel about the shocking secrets revealed when a woman is discovered held captive behind a basement wall—and no one is who they appear to be

Do you know what they’re hiding in the house next door?

A woman and child are found locked in a basement, barely alive,... Read more

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

By: Tananarive Due

Narrated by: William DeMeritt & Jasmin Walker

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings of horror, science fiction, and suspense—all genres she wields masterfully. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the aftermath of a pandemic to the reaches of the far future, Due’s stories all share a sense of dread and fear balanced... Read more

The LGBTQ + History Book

By: DK

Narrated by: Willow Heath

Length: 15 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.

Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments,... Read more

Electric Idol

By: Katee Robert

Narrated by: Alex Moorcock & Zara Hampton-Brown

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In the ultra-modern city of Olympus, there's always a price to pay. Psyche Dimitriou knew she'd have to face Aphrodite's jealous rage eventually, but she never expected her literal heart to be at stake... or for Aphrodite's gorgeous son to be the one ordered to strike the killing blow. Eros has no problem shedding blood. Raised to be his... Read more

The Twenty

By: Sam Holland

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When DCI Adam Bishop arrives at the crime scene in the dead of night, the sight of the body is bad enough—but what Adam notices next chills him to his core. More bodies surface. And the spray-painted numbers daubed above the corpses reveal the horrific truth: the killer is counting down. But to what end? Adam has no idea—until Dr. Romilly Cole... Read more

Bliss Montage

By: Ling Ma

Narrated by: Katharine Chin

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Katharine Chin nails the dark humor and flat tone of this bizarre and fascinating short story collection."- AudioFile

A new creation by the author of Severance, Bliss Montage crashes through our carefully built mirages.

What happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?

In Bliss... Read more

Father's Day

By: Simon Van Booy

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a veteran social worker, Wanda, and alone in the world save for one relative she has never met—a disabled felon, haunted by a violent past he can't escape.Moving between past and present, Father’s Day weaves together the story of Harvey’s childhood... Read more

Of Blood and Bone

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Nora Roberts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with Of Blood and Bone, a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world.They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed.Fallon Swift, approaching... Read more

Count My Lies

By: Sophie Stava

Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Devon Sorvari & Emily Tremaine

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

“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 comfort of a wealthy married couple who are... Read more

Tessa Miyata Is No Hero

By: Julie Abe

Narrated by: Sura Siu

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This thrilling and charming middle grade fantasy steeped in Japanese lore and mythology follows Tessa after she breaks a precious family heirloom, sending her on a wild adventure to save herself, her family—and all of Tokyo.
 
Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at their grandparents in... Read more

The Wild Huntress

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods comes a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition—perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig.  Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk, and even the most qualified hunters can... Read more

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

By: Eva Jurczyk

Narrated by: Hannah Cabell

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

What holds more secrets in the library—the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who preserve them?Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, quietly managing details to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke... Read more

The Book of Joan

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book • BuzzFeed 50 Books We Can’t Wait to Read this Year • New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice • National Bestseller“Brilliant and incendiary.” — Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times Book Review""Stunning. . . . Yuknavitch understands that our collective narrative can either destroy or redeem us, and the outcome... Read more

Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King

By: William Joyce & Laura Geringer

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Forget naughty or nice—this is a battle of good vs. evil.

Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first Guardians chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce that inspired the beloved film, The Rise of the Guardians.

Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North,... Read more

Miss You

By: Kate Eberlen

Narrated by: Anna Acton & Finlay Robertson

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

""If ever a couple was ‘meant to be,’ it’s Tess and Gus. This is such a witty, poignant, and uplifting story of two lives crisscrossing over the years, with near miss after near miss. . . . I couldn’t put it down."" — Sophie KinsellaFor fans of One Day in December, The Flatshare, and This Time Next Year, a wryly romantic debut novel that asks,... Read more

Taming the Potted Beast

By: Molly Williams

Narrated by: Molly Williams

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The colorful, peculiar history of the houseplant—from ancient Rome to Victorian England to Instagram—a botanical adventure full of histrionic highs, devastating lows, and sensational turning points along the way.

From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity's companions for a... Read more

The Liar’s Girl

By: Catherine Ryan Howard

Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Alan Smyth & Gary Furlong

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“Readers of Paula Hawkins, Tana French, and Ruth Ware will love this exceptionally well-crafted thriller.”—Library Journal (starred review)“A very satisfying and twisty tale.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling authorEdgar Award nominee for Best NovelHer first love confessed to five murders … but the truth was so much worse.Will... Read more

Empty Hearts

By: Juli Zeh

Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A prescient political and psychological thriller ripped from tomorrow's headlines, by one of Germany's most celebrated contemporary novelists

A few short years from now, the world is an even more uncertain place than it is today, and politics everywhere is marching rightward: Trump is gone, but Brexit is complete, as is Frexit. There's a global... Read more

Pillow Thoughts

By: Courtney Peppernell

Narrated by: Courtney Peppernell

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions, read by the author herself. Read more