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If Walls Could Talk

By: Lucy Worsley

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries?" Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit?

In her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom,... Read more

The Secret Life of Groceries

By: Benjamin Lorr

Narrated by: Benjamin Lorr

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery storeThe American supermarket is an everyday miracle. But what does it take to run one? What are the inner workings of product delivery and distribution? Who sets the price? And who suffers for... Read more

Spineless

By: Juli Berwald

Narrated by: Juli Berwald

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"A book full of wonders" —Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk

"Witty, insightful. . . .The story of jellyfish. . . is a significant part of the environmental story. Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they matter to our oceans' future." —New York Times Book Review 

Jellyfish have been swimming... Read more

The Lost Diary of Venice

By: Margaux DeRoux

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.

“Enchanting from the first page.”—Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of All the Flowers in Paris

In the wake of her father’s death, Rose Newlin... Read more

Living in the Woods in a Tree

By: Sybil Rosen

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949–1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, "If I Could Only Fly." It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the... Read more

Killing Commendatore

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 28 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84

In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally... Read more

The Hill We Climb

By: Amanda Gorman

Narrated by: Amanda Gorman & Oprah Winfrey

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration

“Stunning.” —CNN 
“Dynamic.” —NPR
“Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue


On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th... Read more

The Do-Over

By: Bethany Turner

Narrated by: Talon David

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A witty, romantic comedy of errors as former high school rivals McKenna and Henry inadvertently reunite in their hometown.Hot-shot lawyer McKenna Keaton finds herself in hot water with her own law firm when she’s (falsely!) accused of embezzlement. Placed on unpaid leave, she suddenly finds herself with the free time to return home and attend... Read more

Come to the Edge

By: Christina Haag

Narrated by: Christina Haag

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep school friends, a skinny kid who lived with his mother and sister on Fifth Avenue and who happened to have a Secret Service detail following him at a discreet distance at all times. A decade later, after... Read more

Alice

By: Christina Henry

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll

In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City stands a hospital with cinder-block walls that echo the screams of the poor souls inside.

In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She... Read more

Gods of Howl Mountain

By: Taylor Brown

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

In Gods of Howl Mountain, award-winning author Taylor Brown explores a world of folk healers, whiskey-runners, and dark family secrets in the high country of 1950s North Carolina.Bootlegger Rory Docherty has returned home to the fabled mountain of his childhood—a misty wilderness that holds its secrets close and keeps the outside world at... Read more

The Mist

By: Ragnar Jónasson

Narrated by: Amanda Redman

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jónasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene.

1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland.

The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't.

The couple should never have let him in. But they did.

An... Read more

Really Very Crunchy

By: Emily Morrow

Narrated by: Emily Morrow

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author and her husband, Jason Morrow.Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star Really Very Crunchy. Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your... Read more

The House in the Woods

By: Mark Dawson

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime.



On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy.



At first it seems like an open and shut case:... Read more

Our Mathematical Universe

By: Max Tegmark

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and... Read more

The Gilly Salt Sisters

By: Tiffany Baker

Narrated by: Angela Brazil

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the New York Times bestselling The Little Giant of Aberdeen County returns with a magic-tinged tale of dreams, family secrets, and betrayals on a New England salt farm.

In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her... Read more

Mockingbird

By: Walter Tevis

Narrated by: Robert Fass & Nicole Poole

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden. And a strange love triangle: Spofforth, who... Read more

Payback's a Witch

By: Lana Harper

Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling New York Times bestselling rom-com by Lana Harper.

Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very powerful one—in part because she hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to... Read more

If Women Rose Rooted

By: Sharon Blackie

Narrated by: Sharon Blackie

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this life-changing book that blends myth, memoir, and modern-day mentors, renowned psychologist Dr. Sharon Blackie journeys from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection.



"Mind-blowing. An anthem for all we could be . . . I sincerely hope every woman who can read has the time and space to read it." —Manda Scott,... Read more

Round Here and Over Yonder

By: Trae Crowder & Corey Ryan Forrester

Narrated by: Trae Crowder & Corey Ryan Forrester

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the authors.Join Southern comedian duo Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester in this hilarious and irreverent travel guide as they wander about ponderin' the peculiarities beyond their small-town front porches.Trae and Corey will take you from the smallest of small towns to major US metropolises (or is it metropoli? We haven't a fartin'... Read more

How to Fail at Flirting

By: Denise Williams

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"A warm romance that bursts with realism and celebrates the symbiotic power of love and healing.”―Entertainment Weekly

#1 LibraryReads Pick
Indie Next Pick

One daring to-do list and a crash course in flirtation turn a Type A overachiever’s world upside down.

When her flailing department lands on the university's chopping block, Professor Naya... Read more

Wrath Goddess Sing

By: Maya Deane

Narrated by: Katherine Pucciariello

Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad, Maya Deane’s Wrath Goddess Sing weaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles’ vanished world, perfect for fans of Song of Achilles and the Inheritance trilogy.
The gods wanted blood. She fought for... Read more

The Missing Hours

By: Julia Dahl

Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed author of Invisible City and Conviction, The Missing Hours is a novel about obsession, privilege, and the explosive consequences of one violent act.

From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYU’s freshman class. But look closer, and... Read more

The Lying Life of Adults

By: Elena Ferrante

Narrated by: Marisa Tomei

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a NETFLIX Original Series.

A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter.

“There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.”—Elle 

Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly,... Read more