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Empire of Sand

By: Tasha Suri

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 16 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A nobleman's daughter with magic in her blood. An empire built on the dreams of enslaved gods. Empire of Sand is Tasha Suri's lush, dazzling, Mughal India-inspired debut fantasy.

"An ode to the quiet, fierce strength of women. . .pure wonder." -- Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

"Stunning and... Read more

Mississippi Swindle

By: Shad White

Narrated by: Eric Burgher

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

How America’s youngest state auditor uncovered the largest public corruption scandal in the history of the nation’s poorest state

“A must read” with all the thrills of a John Grisham novel — for fans of shocking true crime exposés like Black Edge and Bad Blood (Peter Schweizer, author of Secret Empires)

This riveting exposé details how a small... Read more

The Widow

By: Fiona Barton

Narrated by: Hannah Curtis, Nicholas Guy Smith, Jayne Entwis...

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.

When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happen...
 
But that woman’s... Read more

River of the Gods

By: Candice Millard

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST • GOODREADS

"A lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by... Read more

Furious Hours

By: Casey Cep

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY Time, LitHub, Vulture, Glamour, O Magazine, Town and Country, Suspense Magazine, Inside Hook

New York Times Best Seller
 
“Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was... Read more

The Glass Universe

By: Dava Sobel

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017

Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR's Science Friday

Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson... Read more

In the Shadow of the Mountain

By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Narrated by: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert

This audiobook is read by the author.

"Through her narration, Vasquez-Lavado, whose first language... Read more

The Vampire Archives

By: Otto Penzler

Narrated by: Various

Length: 61 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape.

Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human ... Read more

Manhattan Beach

By: Jennifer Egan

Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind & Vincent Piazza

Length: 15 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book

Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA TODAY, and Time

Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years... Read more

It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway

By: Elizabeth Passarella

Narrated by: Elizabeth Passarellla

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays from Southern Living columnist Elizabeth Passarella about navigating change--whether emotional or logistical--and staying sane during life's unexpected twists and turns.After Elizabeth Passarella and her husband finally decided that it was time to sell their two-bedroom... Read more

The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

Narrated by: Madeleine Maby & Kristin Harmel

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times bestseller!

“A gorgeous, gut-wrenching” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade France—from the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel.

Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in... Read more

The Entire Sky

By: Joe Wilkins

Narrated by: Justin Price

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

With echoes of Demon Copperhead and Plainsong, a poignant story about a troubled boy on the run, an aging rancher, and a woman at a crossroads, who find unexpected solace and kinship in the family they make.
 
With his long hair and penchant for guitar, teenage Justin is the spitting image of his idol, Kurt Cobain—a resemblance that has often... Read more

The Arctic Fury

By: Greer Macallister

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic, and find her husband, Lord Franklin, and his lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him, and Lady Franklin wants a radical new approach: put the women in charge.Lady Franklin will disavow all knowledge of the... Read more

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

By: Deepa Anappara

Narrated by: Indira Varma, Himesh Patel & Antonio Aakeel

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) debut novel that “announces the arrival of a literary supernova” (The New York Times Book Review),“a drama of childhood that is as wild as it is intimate” (Chigozie Obioma).
 
WINNER OF THE EDGAR® AWARD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S... Read more

You Only Call When You're in Trouble

By: Stephen McCauley

Narrated by: André Santana

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"André Santana's impressive narration deals with one family's contemporary problems...As one crisis bleeds into another, Santana's cool performance and objective distance make this entertaining listening."—AudioFile

“I don’t think I will find a book I love more this year.”
—Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author

“Funny, poignant, joyous,... Read more

The Deaf Girl

By: Abigail Heringer

Narrated by: Abigail Heringer

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring story of hearing loss and hope from The Bachelor’s first deaf contestantAbigail Heringer made her television debut as an instant fan-favorite on season 25 of The Bachelor. Stepping out of the limousine, she approached her bachelor with a playful declaration: she would be staring at his lips all night for two compelling reasons—her... Read more

Very Bad Company

By: Emma Rosenblum

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“[January] LaVoy's ability to convey tension and intrigue makes this audiobook a captivating listen.”—AudioFile

A gripping, darkly comic novel from the national bestselling author of Bad Summer People about a team of wealthy and powerful executives on retreat in Miami when one of them goes missing . . .

Every year, executives at the trendy tech... Read more

Alebrijes

By: Donna Barba Higuera

Narrated by: Cisco Fernandez & Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last CuentistaThis is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the MightyFor over 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel—or go it alone in the... Read more

G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By: Beverly Gage

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 36 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography

Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, and the 43rd LA Times Book Prize in Biography | Finalist for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Atlantic, The Washington... Read more

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

By: Robin Sloan

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A gleeful and exhilarating tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, young love, rollicking adventure, and the secret to eternal life—mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall San Francisco bookstore

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco Web-design drone—and serendipity, sheer... Read more

You Were There Too

By: Colleen Oakley

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss & Dan Bittner

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

“A surprising and incredibly satisfying story of chance and fate.”—New York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I read it in one long gulp and didn’t want it to end.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Santopolo

Acclaimed author Colleen Oakley delivers a heart-wrenching and unforgettable love story about a... Read more

More Fun in the New World

By: John Doe & Tom Desavia

Narrated by: John Doe, Tom Desavia & Various

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Sequel to Grammy-nominated bestseller Under the Big Black Sun, continuing the up-close and personal account of the L.A. punk scene
 
Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of L.A.'s punk rock movement as its stars took to the national -- and... Read more

MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious

By: MrBallen

Narrated by: MrBallen

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A vivid, frightening novel collection of nine strange, dark, and mysterious stories, based on true events, from the mind behind the YouTube channel and hit MrBallen Podcast

John Allen, known popularly as “MrBallen,” has been enthralling audiences with his unique brand of storytelling ever since he burst onto the scene, covering strange and... Read more

The Wildlands

By: Abby Geni

Narrated by: Carol Monda

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of The Lightkeepers comes a page-turning new novel that explores the bond between siblings and the animal instincts that threaten to destroy them.When a Category 5 tornado ravaged Mercy, Oklahoma, no family in the small town lost more than the McClouds. Their home and farm were instantly demolished, and orphaned... Read more