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The Lady from the Black Lagoon

By: Mallory O'Meara

Narrated by: Mallory O''Meara & Mallory O'Meara

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

2019 SCIBA Book Award Winner for Biography

A Hugo and Locus Award Finalist

Winner of the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award

The Los Angeles Times Bestseller

A Thrillist Best Book of the Year

A Book Riot Best Book of 2019

One of Booklist’s 10 Best Art Books of the Year

The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of... Read more

Anatomy of Desire

By: Dr. Emily Jamea

Narrated by: Dr. Emily Jamea

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Combining over fifteen years of clinical experience with her groundbreaking research into the science of flow, Dr. Emily Jamea's ANATOMY OF DESIRE delivers a fresh perspective on the untapped potential of our sex lives, intimate partner connections, and personal wellbeing.

"Dr. Emily Jamea makes difficult issues... Read more

Carnegie's Maid

By: Marie Benedict

Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From the author of The Other Einstein, the mesmerizing tale of what kind of woman could have inspired an American dynasty.

Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets.... Read more

Medea

By: Eilish Quin

Narrated by: Gail Shalan

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this “haunting, deeply moving” (Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author) debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind.

Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the... Read more

Pretending

By: Holly Bourne

Narrated by: Heather Long

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

“It made me cry and laugh and rage…A really important, timely book. Sheer brilliance.” —Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List

“Thoughtful, smart and painfully true.” —Cosmopolitan UK

He said he was looking for a “partner in crime,” which everyone knows is shorthand for “a woman who isn’t real.”

April is kind, pretty and... Read more

Separation Anxiety

By: Laura Zigman

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“Separation Anxiety is a hilarious, heart-breaking and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny.... My advice: Start reading and don’t stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel.""  —Alice HoffmanFrom bestselling author Laura Zigman, a hilarious novel about a wife and mother whose... Read more

The Honey Bus

By: Meredith May

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee.

Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey... Read more

All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep

By: Andre Henry

Narrated by: Andre Henry

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with white people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism—and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the history of nonviolent struggle.

“A moving personal journey that lends practical insight for expanding and strengthening the global antiracist... Read more

My Name Is Lucy Barton (Dramatic Production)

By: Elizabeth Strout & Rona Munro

Narrated by: Laura Linney

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Academy Award and Tony nominee Laura Linney.

Praised as "deeply affecting" and "heartbreaking" by The Guardian (UK), this is a faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel of the same name.... Read more

The Half-Drowned King

By: Linnea Hartsuyker

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 15 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An exhilarating saga of the Vikings that conjures a brutal, superstitious, and thrilling ninth-century world and the birth of a kingdom—the debut installment in a historical literary trilogy that combines the bold imagination and sweeping narrative power of Game of Thrones, Vikings, and Outlander.Centuries ago, in a blood-soaked land ruled by... Read more

The Senator's Wife

By: Liv Constantine

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A D.C. philanthropist suspects that her seemingly perfect employee is secretly plotting to steal her husband, her reputation—even her life—in this seductive novel of psychological suspense from the internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish.

“A deadly cocktail of medical mystery, family drama, and psychological... Read more

Charlotte's Web

By: E. B. White

Narrated by: E. B. White

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This Newbery Honor Book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect."
 
Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply... Read more

Looking for Jane

By: Heather Marshall

Narrated by: Sarah Borges

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This “clever and satisfying” (Associated Press) #1 international bestseller for fans of Kristin Hannah and Jennifer Chiaverini follows three women who are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose—inspired by true stories.

2017: When Angela Creighton discovers a... Read more

The Year of Dangerous Days

By: Nicholas Griffin

Narrated by: Pete Simonelli

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of The Wire, the “utterly absorbing” (The New York Times) story of the cinematic transformation of Miami, one of America’s bustling cities—rife with a drug epidemic, a burgeoning refugee crisis, and police brutality—from journalist and award-winning author Nicholas Griffin.

Miami, Florida, famed for its blue skies and sandy... Read more

Jackie and Maria

By: Gill Paul

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a story of love, passion, and tragedy as the lives of Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas are intertwined—and they become the ultimate rivals, in love with the same man.
The President's Wife; a Glamorous Superstar; the rivalry that shook the world...Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated,... Read more

New Suns

By: Nisi Shawl

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns," proclaimed Octavia E. Butler.



New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Within this book burn tales of science fiction,... Read more

There Will Be No Miracles Here

By: Casey Gerald

Narrated by: Casey Gerald

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR AND THE NEW YORK TIMES
A PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK

"Somehow Casey Gerald has pulled off the most urgently political, most deeply personal, and most engagingly spiritual statement of our time by just looking outside his window and inside himself. Extraordinary." —Marlon James

"Staccato prose and... Read more

The Paris Widow

By: Kimberly Belle

Narrated by: Marni Penning & Patrick Zeller

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in this new edge-of-your-seat thriller from USA Today bestselling author, Kimberly Belle.
 
When Stella met Adam, she thought she had finally found a nice, normal guy—a welcome change from her previous boyfriend and her precarious jetsetter lifestyle... Read more

Bound to the Shadow Prince

By: Ruby Dixon

Narrated by: Ellory Lane

Length: 21 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A steamy new monster romance from the bestselling author of Ice Planet Barbarians!



He is a hulking, winged beast, complete with claws and fangs, and she is trapped alone with him in a dark tower. She should be terrified of him, so why does he turn her on?



Princess Candra must remain locked inside a tower for seven long years in order to protect... Read more

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

By: Seanan McGuire

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire.

“Nadya’s story reads like a fairy tale, thanks to narrator Barrie Kreinik, whose Russian accent immerses readers in the story and delivers... Read more

Together We Burn

By: Isabel Ibañez

Narrated by: Ana Osorio

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"Osorio's breathy narration captures the wonder in this fantastical story filled with dragons, adventure, and complex characters." -AudioFile on Together We Burn

Isabel Ibañez's Together We Burn is a lush, enchanting standalone fantasy inspired by medieval Spain, filled with romance, adventure and just the right amount of danger.

An ancient city... Read more

Rebel Summer

By: Cindy Steel

Narrated by: Marli Watson

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Every good summer has a little bad… I wasn’t supposed to be in Sunset Harbor for more than a weekend. But thanks to—let’s just call it—an unforeseen act of stupidity on my part, I’m here for the whole summer. And for the first time in my life, I’m in a whole lot of trouble. The sentence? Community service paid toward the person I accidentally... Read more

Smile

By: Sarah Ruhl

Narrated by: Sarah Ruhl

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

* A People Best Book of the Year * Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence *

From the MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and playwright, this “captivating, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is “a beautiful meditation on identity and how we... Read more

The Party

By: Natasha Preston

Narrated by: Hannah Van Der Westhuysen

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read!

Are you invited?

In the heart of the English countryside, Bessie and her closest friends gather at a remote castle for a secret party destined to make this the best spring break ever. But when the first of them dies, the party takes... Read more