Local bookseller recommendations

Do No Harm

By: Christina McDonald

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski & Kyle Tait

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Real Simple ​

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell comes an unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel about the lengths one woman will go to save her son.

Emma loves her life. She’s the mother of a precocious kindergartener, married to her soulmate—a loyal and loving police... Read more

Summer Longing

By: Jamie Brenner

Narrated by: Molly Parker Myers

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When a baby is left on the doorstep of a Cape Cod beach house, an unlikely group of women risks all they hold dear to harbor and protect her in this page-turning story from a USA Today bestselling author.

Ruth Cooperman arrives in beautiful beachside Provincetown for her retirement, renting the perfect waterfront cottage while she searches for... Read more

Inheritance

By: Dani Shapiro

Narrated by: Dani Shapiro

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A LOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR according to Elle, Real Simple, and Kirkus Reviews

“Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration of identity and the true meaning of family.” —People Magazine

“Beautifully written and... Read more

The Reluctant Fortune-Teller

By: Keziah Frost

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A retired accountant becomes the town’s fortune-teller in this witty and charming debut

Norbert Zelenka has always lived life on the sidelines. It’s why at seventy-three years old he’s broke and alone except for the company of a Chihuahua. But when “Carlotta’s Club”—three strong-willed seniors with plenty of time on their hands—decide to make... Read more

Mona of the Manor

By: Armistead Maupin

Narrated by: Mara Wilson

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Mara WilsonSet in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin’s beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain’s golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted son Wilfred, as they come to the aid of an American visitor... Read more

Aquanaut

By: Rick Stanton

Narrated by: Rick Stanton & Don Gilet

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand—told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue missionIn July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang cave in Thailand.Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the... Read more

Barbarian’s Heart

By: Ruby Dixon

Narrated by: Hollie Jackson & Mason Lloyd

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

I've never spent a day without my mate since arriving on the ice planet. I'm happy and in love, and we have a beautiful child together. All that changed when the world shook.



My mate nearly died.



He wakes up from his coma . . . and he can't remember me. Or our son. Every memory of the past two years is gone. And that changes everything between... Read more

Melanin Base Camp

By: Danielle Williams

Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, Melanin Base Camp is a celebration of underrepresented BIPOC adventurers that will challenge you to rethink your perceptions of what an outdoorsy individual looks like and inspire you to being your own adventure.

Danielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles... Read more

Every Fall

By: Angela Douglas

Narrated by: Andi Arndt & George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A chilling thriller, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter and Lisa Gardner, exploring the dark side of police culture and family trauma. Bree knew that life married to a beat cop would be tough, especially in the crime-infested city of East Bernheim, but she believes they will be fine living in the Burner even after she has their first child.... Read more

The Chronicles of DOOM

By: S.H. Fernando, Jr.

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.

On December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.'s love of cartoons and comic... Read more

Hooked on You

By: Kathleen Fuller

Narrated by: Lauren Berst

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In Hooked on You, the first Maple Falls novel, opposites attract when an artist comes back home to help the grandmother who raised her and falls for the local hometown sports hero. Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Denise Hunter.She never wanted to come back. He never wants to leave. The town of Maple Falls has plans for them both.Riley... Read more

Isabel and The Rogue

By: Liana De la Rosa

Narrated by: Ruby Hunt

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her…

Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the “forgotten” Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in London, wallflower Isabel is poised to unearth any British... Read more

Sweet Tooth

By: Ian McEwan

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of such prestigious honors as the Booker Prize and Whitbread Award, Ian McEwan is justifiably regarded as a modern master. Set in 1972, Sweet Tooth follows Cambridge student Serena Frome, whose intelligence and beauty land her a job with England's intelligence agency, MI5. In an attempt to monitor writers' politics, MI5 tasks Serena with... Read more

The Paris Bookseller

By: Kerri Maher

Narrated by: Lauryn Allman

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“A love letter to bookstores and libraries.”
—The Boston Globe

The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in White Gloves.

A PopSugar Much-Anticipated 2022 Novel ∙ A BookTrib Top Ten Historical... Read more

The Once & Future Witch Hunt

By: Alice Markham-Cantor

Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

As the descendant of Martha Carrier, an accused woman executed at Salem, Alice Markham-Cantor presents a riveting story that spans centuries and brings the historical significance of the witch trials into modern times.



Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and nonfiction chapters, this book illuminates a shocking truth:... Read more

The Edge of the Sky

By: Roberto Trotta

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology—with a twist. The book's lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, even excluding... Read more

The Netanyahus

By: Joshua Cohen

Narrated by: Joshua Cohen, David Duchovny & Ethan Herschenfeld

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction and named one of the notable books of 2021 by The New York Times Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959–1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the... Read more

Qualified

By: Shari Dunn

Narrated by: Shari Dunn

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking work challenging the false narrative that diversity equals a lack of qualifications by uncovering the impact of “competency checking,” a practice that unjustly scrutinizes Black people and other people of color, forcing them to repeatedly prove their worth, intelligence, and even their right to be in the workplace.The... Read more

Kwame Crashes the Underworld

By: Craig Kofi Farmer

Narrated by: Joshua Quinn

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong and Amari and the Night Brothers.

Twelve-year-old Kwame Powell isn't ready to deal with losing his grandmother, even as he and his family head to Ghana for her celebration of life.

He's... Read more

Ours

By: Phillip B. Williams

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 22 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, People, Los Angeles Times, NPR, and more

“An inventive ode to self-determination and also a surrealistic vision of Black life as forged within the crucible of American history . . . [written in] lush, ornamental prose.” —The New Yorker

“Fans of The Underground Railroad, The Water Dancer, and Let Us... Read more

Empress of the Nile

By: Lynne Olson

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War

“A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane... Read more

A Witch in Time

By: Constance Sayers

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson, Claire Christie, Brittany W...

Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel.

Helen Lambert has lived several lives-a young piano virtuoso in 1890s Paris, an actress in 1930's Hollywood, a rock star in 1970s Los Angeles -- only she doesn't know it. Until she meets a strange man... Read more

Sons and Soldiers

By: Bruce Henderson

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 13 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Joining the ranks of Unbroken, Band of Brothers, and Boys in the Boat, the little-known saga of young German Jews, dubbed The Ritchie Boys, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, came of age in America, and returned to Europe at enormous personal risk as members of the U.S. Army to play a key role in the Allied victory.In 1942, the U.S. Army... Read more

A Good Apology

By: Molly Howes

Narrated by: Molly Howes & Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Through its four essential steps, A GOOD APOLOGY gives groundbreaking advice on how best to make an effective apology toward rebuilding any relationship, for readers of The Body Keeps the Score.

We've all done something wrong or made a mistake or insulted someone -- even if by accident. We've all been hurt and wanted the other person to help us... Read more