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Peace Like a River

By: Leif Enger

Narrated by: Chad Lowe

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Born with no air in his lungs, it was only when Reuben Land's father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that Reuben's lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy who knows firsthand that life is a gift, and also one who suspects that his father is touched by God and can overturn the... Read more

27 Essential Principles of Story

By: Daniel Joshua Rubin

Narrated by: Daniel Joshua Rubin

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”––Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West Wing
 
A master class of 27 lessons, drawn from 27 diverse narratives, for novelists, storytellers, filmmakers, graphic designers, and more. Author Daniel... Read more

The Book of V.

By: Anna Solomon

Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg, Eva Kaminsky & Gabra Zackman

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

**An Audiofile Earphones Award-winning production**

For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day.

Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she... Read more

The Continental Affair

By: Christine Mangan

Narrated by: George Weightman & Hannah Kelly-Turner

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a daring literary caper that is quick on its feet and delightfully surprising.

Meet Henri and Louise. Two strangers, traveling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul. Except this isn't the first time they have met.

It's the 1960s... Read more

The Night They Vanished

By: Vanessa Savage

Narrated by: Lowri Walton

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A family with a secret.A past about to catch up with them. Hanna has barely spoken to her family since the tragedy that rocked their lives fourteen years ago. The tragedy for which they held Hanna responsible.Then she sees her family home listed as the scene of a horrific crime. Number of victims: three. Date of crime: today. Frantic, Hanna... Read more

The Third Policeman

By: Flann O’Brien

Narrated by: Jim Norton

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Flann O’Brien’s most popular and surrealistic novel concerns an imaginary, hellish village police force and a local murder. Weird, satirical, and very funny, its popularity has suddenly increased after the novel was featured in the hit television series Lost. The series’ creators have said that anyone who has read the book “will have a lot more... Read more

Into the Uncanny

By: Danny Robins

Narrated by: Danny Robins

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

I know what I saw...

'The ghosts of today live not in castles or stately homes, but in ordinary houses and offices, and they're witnessed by ordinary people like you and me. We just need to figure out what the hell they are - the dead returning from the "undiscovered country" of death? Or the product of that equally... Read more

The Midnight Cool

By: Lydia Peelle

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The Whiting Award—winning author of the story collection Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing delivers her enchanting debut novel, set in 1916 Tennessee: a rich and rewarding tale of two flawed yet endearing grifters who pursue women, wealth, and a surprisingly valuable commodity for the troops in Europe—mules.A middle-aged Irish immigrant,... Read more

Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer

By: Jamie Figueroa

Narrated by: Joana Garcia

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A fableistic, "curious and dazzling" debut novel of enormous power and grace about a sister trying to hold back her brother from the edge of the abyss for fans of Jesmyn Ward and Tommy Orange (Booklist, starred review).



In the tourist town of Ciudad de Tres Hermanas, in the aftermath of their mother's passing, two siblings spend a final weekend... Read more

Hot Hex Boyfriend

By: Carly Bloom

Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating & Zion Jang

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to love, hex marks the spot in this enchanting romance that will delight fans of Practical Magic and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. . .
 
As a child, Delia Merriweather believed with all her heart that she was a witch. Because all Merriweather women were witches. There was just one problem: they had no magic. As an... Read more

No Bad Deed

By: Heather Chavez

Narrated by: Megan Tusing

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“A twisty, jet-fueled thriller… Don’t miss it!” – Lisa Gardner
Packed with the electrifying pacing and pulse-pounding suspense of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner, a thrilling debut about a mother desperate to find the connections between her missing husband and a deadly stalker who knows too much about her own dark family history.Driving home one... Read more

A Proposal They Can't Refuse

By: Natalie Caña

Narrated by: Valentina Ortiz

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“Utterly charming… A Proposal They Can't Refuse is a surefire winner!” —Mia Sosa, USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man

Natalie Caña turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about a Puerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian... Read more

The Other Alcott

By: Elise Hooper

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Elise Hooper’s debut novel conjures the fascinating, untold story of May Alcott—Louisa’s youngest sister and an artist in her own right.We all know the story of the March sisters, heroines of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. But while everyone cheers on Jo March, based on Louisa herself, Amy March is often the least favorite sister. Now, it’s... Read more

The Betrayals

By: Bridget Collins

Narrated by: Bridget Collins, Sam Woolf & Sarah Ovens

Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

International Bestseller!“Dizzyingly wonderful . . . a perfectly constructed work of fiction, with audacious twists . . . Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill.” — The Times (UK) An intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with enchantment, mystery, and dark secrets from the highly acclaimed author of the #1... Read more

Bruno's Challenge

By: Martin Walker

Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Walker presents his first collection of stories featuring the familiar characters from his Bruno, Chief of Police novels and the glories of the Périgord, with ample helpings of food and wine.After a prisoner breaks parole to see his son on Christmas, Bruno must track him down before he throws away his chance at eventual freedom. When a... Read more

Ghosts of Harvard

By: Francesca Serritella

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

TEEN VOGUE BOOK CLUB PICK • A Harvard freshman becomes obsessed with her schizophrenic brother’s suicide. Then she starts hearing voices.

“A rich, intricately plotted thriller . . . Serritella, who is a Harvard grad herself, writes about the campus with an insider’s savvy.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post

“Every time I thought I knew where... Read more

Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

Narrated by: Jennifer Blom, Jess Nahikian, Matt Godfrey & Ro...

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration.

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker.

“Don’t talk to day about what we do at night.”

When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production... Read more

Astonish Me

By: Maggie Shipstead

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations.

Astonish Me is the irresistible story of... Read more

The Museum of Modern Love

By: Heather Rose

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Our hero, Arky Levin, has reached a creative dead end. An unexpected separation from his wife was meant to leave him with the space he needs to work composing film scores, but it has provided none of the peace of mind he needs to create. Guilty and restless, it is almost by chance that he stumbles upon an art exhibit that will change his... Read more

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times Best Seller
A Skimm Reads Pick
An NPR Best Book of 2017

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend.

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise... Read more

When Haru Was Here

By: Dustin Thao

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loneliness, complicated friendships, and what it means to let go.

After the death of his best friend, Eric Ly creates imaginary scenarios in his head to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes real when a boy he met last summer in Japan finds his way back into his life. When he least... Read more

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Richard Thomas

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The thrilling young mystery series from internationally bestselling author John Grisham!

In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk—and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life... Read more

Wake the Bones

By: Elizabeth Kilcoyne

Narrated by: Bailey Carr

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"YA horror has found a new standard-bearer." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Dark, gripping, and gorgeous, Wake the Bones will lead you into the woods and keep you up late. As lush and sweltering as a Kentucky summer... Elizabeth Kilcoyne is a force.” - Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author

The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew... Read more

I Might Be in Trouble

By: Daniel Aleman

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INDIE NEXT PICK AND A LIBRARYREADS SELECTION

A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must then decide how far he’s willing to go to spin the misadventure into his next big book.

A few years ago, David Alvarez had it all: a six-figure book deal, a loving boyfriend, and an... Read more