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Crazy Stupid Bromance

By: Lyssa Kay Adams

Narrated by: Andrew Eiden

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

"[A] catchy premise with surprising wisdom and specificity."--New York Times Book Review on The Bromance Book Club

A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Title 

A hacktivist and a cat café owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy from the author of Undercover Bromance.
 
Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came... Read more

Do Nothing

By: Celeste Headlee

Narrated by: Celeste Headlee

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.”—Arianna Huffington
“This book is so important and could truly save lives.”—Elizabeth Gilbert
“A clarion call to work smarter [and] accomplish more by doing less.”—Adam Grant
 
We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. So why are we so miserable?
 
Despite our constant search for new... Read more

First Frost

By: Craig Johnson

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

THE PAST AND FUTURE COLLIDE IN THIS GRIPPING NEW ADDITION TO THE BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING LONGMIRE SERIESIt’s the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam War. As they catch a few final waves in California before reporting for... Read more

Building Resilience in Children and Teens, 4th ed

By: Kenneth R. Ginsburg

Narrated by: Miles Meili

Length: 15 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Help prepare the children and teens in your life to face life's challenges with grace and grit. In this award-winning guide, author and pediatrician Dr. Ken Ginsburg shares his 7 crucial Cs: competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control. You'll discover how to incorporate these concepts into your parenting... Read more

The Cost of Knowing

By: Brittney Morris

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

SELECTED AS A YALSA 2022 AMAZING AUDIO FOR YOUNG ADULTS!

Four starred reviews!

Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down when he foresees his younger brother’s imminent death, from the acclaimed author of... Read more

Never Look Back

By: Lilliam Rivera

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Samuel Maria Gomez

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Eury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria--and by an evil spirit, Ato. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Yet, for a time, she can almost set this fear aside, because there's this boy...Pheus is a golden-voiced,... Read more

The Last Word

By: Gerri Lewis

Narrated by: Alex Raby

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Obituary writer Winter Snow is no stranger to grief, and writing obituaries for the citizens of Ridgefield, Connecticut, is her way of providing comfort to those who have been in her shoes. But funerals and eulogies are meant for the dead, so when the very much alive Leocadia Arlington requests her own obituary by the end of the week, Winter’s... Read more

Mostly Dead Things

By: Kristen Arnett

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business, while the rest of the Morton family crumbles. Her mother starts sneaking into the shop to make aggressively lewd art with... Read more

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

By: Damon Young

Narrated by: Damon Young

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A Finalist for the NAACP Image Award Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay An NPR Best Book of the Year A Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite of the YearFrom the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous... Read more

Every Good Boy Does Fine

By: Jeremy Denk

Narrated by: Jeremy Denk

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music—its power, its meanings, and what it can teach us about ourselves—from the MacArthur “Genius” Grant–winning pianist

LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “Jeremy Denk has written a love letter to the music, and especially... Read more

The Grey Bastards

By: Jonathan French

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“[A] fantasy masterwork . . . a dirty, blood-soaked gem of a novel [that reads] like Mad Max set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
 
Jackal and his fellow half-orcs patrol the barren wastes of the Lot Lands, spilling their own damned blood to keep civilized folk safe. A rabble of hard-talking, hog-riding, whore-mongering... Read more

The Afterlives

By: Thomas Pierce

Narrated by: Thomas Pierce & Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ridiculously good” (The New York Times) author Thomas Pierce's debut novel is a funny, poignant love story that answers the question: What happens after we die? (Lots of stuff, it turns out).

Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim... Read more

The Dearly Beloved

By: Cara Wall

Narrated by: Kathy Keane

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

“This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection!)

This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the... Read more

A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

Narrated by: Kate Simses

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From NYT bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west.A Night Divided joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!With the rise of the Berlin Wall, Gerta... Read more

Curvy Girl Summer

By: Danielle Allen

Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest in Danielle Allen’s CURVY GIRL SUMMER, a smoking-hot, hilarious novel about the perils of online dating.

“There’s got to be an easier way than dating. I want the shortcut. I just want to find my person and start our lives together.”
After a one-night stand with her clingy ex, Aaliyah James has... Read more

Vernon Subutex 1

By: Virginie Despentes

Narrated by: Christopher Harper

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From the provocative writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes comes volume one of her acclaimed trilogy of novels, Vernon Subutex—short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize and the basis for the TV series of the same name. But who is Vernon Subutex?

Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Paris,... Read more

Dogtown

By: Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko, Dogtown is an uplifting adventure sure to find a forever home in listeners’ hearts.

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them.

Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with... Read more

The Bright Lands

By: John Fram

Narrated by: Luis Selgas

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut 2020

“Marks the debut of an already accomplished novelist.” —John Banville

The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, an unremitting fear grips this remote corner of Texas.

Joel Whitley was shamed out of conservative... Read more

2 Sisters Detective Agency

By: James Patterson & Candice Fox

Narrated by: Peter Giles & Mela Lee

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a thrilling novel where a detective duo of sisters finds themselves in the crosshairs of a dangerous and lawless group. Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and... Read more

The Bird King

By: G. Willow Wilson

Narrated by: Elmira Rahim

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition.G. Willow Wilson’s debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary... Read more

Break to You

By: Neal Shusterman, Debra Young & Michelle Knowlden

Narrated by: Elisa Meléndez & JaQwan J. Kelly

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences. Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down... Read more

Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel

By: Ruth Hogan

Narrated by: Jane Collingwood

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things comes a surprising and uplifting story about the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters, and the magic of chosen family.Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who loved fizzy drinks, naughty words, and liked playing with ghosts and matches. When her... Read more

Kit McBride Gets a Wife

By: Amy Barry

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister secretly places an advertisement for a mail-order bride.

Kit McBride knows that Buck's Creek, Montana, is no place to find a wife. Between him and his three brothers—plus little Junebug—they manage all right on their own, thank you very much. But... Read more

A Sea of Troubles

By: Donna Leon

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Dona Leon has amassed devoted fans around the world for her atmospheric and intelligent Commissario Brunetti series. A Sea of Troubles offers a rare glimpse into the scrupulous Commissario’s personal life. When Brunetti investigates the murder of two local fishermen on the island of Pellestrina, the small community closes ranks, forcing him to... Read more