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Whisper Network

By: Chandler Baker

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra

Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“Honest, timely, and completely thrilling.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)

Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv’s CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a... Read more

The Shards

By: Bret Easton Ellis

Narrated by: Bret Easton Ellis

Length: 23 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged high school friends in a vibrantly fictionalized 1980s Los Angeles as a serial killer strikes across the city

“A thrilling page turner from Ellis, who revisits... Read more

Shutter

By: Ramona Emerson

Narrated by: Charley Flyte

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the
ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook.

As a lone portal to... Read more

Pelosi

By: Molly Ball

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"In a clear voice that lets the writing shine, Frankie Corzo narrates this detailed dive into American politics centered on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Corzo's portrayal of the most powerful woman in American political history showcases Pelosi's tireless energy and radiating impact, as well as the landscape at large." -- AudioFile Magazine

An... Read more

The River

By: Peter Heller

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A Nominee for the 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"A fiery tour de force… I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful." –Alison Borden, The Denver Post

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip--a gripping tale of a friendship... Read more

The Left Hand

By: Brittnay J. Sears

Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Step back in time with this swingin' new thriller that follows the lives of the women behind the men in an American crime family. This romantic period piece will have you falling in love with the characters, even as you witness their darker moments. Jan Hendricks grew up as a farm girl in rural Montana. She leaves the farm to start college in... Read more

Spin

By: Lamar Giles

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Shawana Carter & Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Even in murder, the music lives on.When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered her body. The... Read more

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

By: Laura van den Berg

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears draws listeners into a world of wholly original, sideways ghost stories that linger in the mouth and mind like rotten, fragrant fruit. Both timeless and urgent, these eleven stories confront misogyny, violence, and the impossible economics of America with van den Berg's trademark spiky humor and surreal eye. Moving from... Read more

Inseparable

By: Simone de Beauvoir

Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Gabra Zackman

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for the French-American Florence Gould Translation PrizeA novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship that, unpublished in her lifetime, displays “Beauvoir's genius as a fiction writer” (Wall Street Journal) From the moment Sylvie and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other... Read more

The Rediscovery of America

By: Ned Blackhawk

Narrated by: Jason Grasl

Length: 17 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American... Read more

Dead Man's Wake

By: Paul Doiron

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Henry Leyva's narration shapes the story wonderfully because he keeps his regional accents in line with the writer's intent." —Audiofile on Hatchet Island

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron.

On the evening of... Read more

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Sarah Gadon, Jackie Sanders & Ca...

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles and based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France—this is “a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to change our lives” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times... Read more

The June Boys

By: Court Stevens

Narrated by: McKenzie Fetters, Gabe Wicks, Court Stevens, Ri...

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook edition includes: The full-length, stand-alone Young Adult suspense novel A bonus scene with one of the Gemini Thief survivors A Q&A between Court Stevens and Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author of Fountains of Silence From award-winning and highly acclaimed author Court Stevens comes a gripping, emotional story... Read more

Early Morning Riser

By: Katherine Heiny

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Alternately bittersweet and laugh-out-loud funny, a wise, bighearted novel of love, disaster, and unconventional family—from the acclaimed author of Standard Deviation, who has been called the "literary descendant of Jane Austen, sharing Austen's essentially comic world view" (NPR).     

Jane falls in love with... Read more

Postscript

By: Cecelia Ahern

Narrated by: Amy Huberman

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Sixteen years after Cecelia Ahern's bestselling phenomenon PS, I Love You captured the hearts of millions, the long-awaited sequel follows Holly as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones.

Seven years after her husband's death -- six since she read his final letter -- Holly Kennedy has moved on with her life. When... Read more

Take It from the Top

By: Claire Swinarski

Narrated by: Emily Lawrence & Hope Newhouse

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Set at a camp over the course of six summers, this novel dives into the falling-out of two girls from different backgrounds who thought they'd be friends forever...until a production of Wicked brings all their buried issues to the surface. Claire Swinarski, Edgar Award nominee of the ALA Notable What Happened to Rachel Riley?, tackles privilege,... Read more

Remember Me Gone

By: Stacy Stokes

Narrated by: Catherine Taber

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Lucy Miller’s family has the unique ability to remove people’s painful memories—but Lucy isn’t prepared for truths she will uncover in this twisty speculative thriller, perfect for fans of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Neal Shusterman.

People come from everywhere to forget. At the Memory House, in Tumble Tree, Texas, Lucy’s father can... Read more

Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

By: Justine Pucella Winans

Narrated by: Vico Ortiz

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself investigating a murder with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group...and trying not to get killed next. Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre is an avid birder undergoing a... Read more

Hard Copy

By: Fien Veldman

Narrated by: James Faulkner & Sarah Slimani

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Hard Copy by Fien Veldman, read by Sarah Slimani and James Faulkner.

'A talented new voice worth paying attention to.' Irish Times
'Equal parts searing intelligence and madcap sweetness. Simply brilliant.' Jenny Mustard
'Many astute observations... very funny on the tedium of office life.' Irish Independent

This is a story of... Read more

White Tears

By: Hari Kunzru

Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe, Danny Campbell & Dominic Hoffman

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

White Tears is a ghost story, a terrifying murder mystery, a timely meditation on race, and a love letter to all the forgotten geniuses of American music and Delta Mississippi Blues.


"An incisive meditation on race, privilege and music. Spanning decades, this novel brings alive the history of old-time blues and America’s racial... Read more

The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

By: Jennifer Ryan

Narrated by: Various

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Just because the men have gone to war, why do we have to close the choir? And precisely when we need it most!"
  
As England enters World War II's dark early days, spirited music professor Primrose Trent, recently arrived to the village of Chilbury, emboldens the women of the town to defy the Vicar's stuffy edict to shutter the church's choir... Read more

Things We Couldn't Say

By: Jay Coles

Narrated by: Sheldon Best

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the brightest and most acclaimed new lights in YA fiction, a fantastic new novel about a bi Black boy finding firstlove . . . and facing the return of the mother who abandoned his preacher family when he was nine.There's always been a hole in Gio's life. Not because he's into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some... Read more

How to Romance a Rake

By: Manda Collins

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What's a nice girl like Miss Juliet Shelby doing at a place like Lord Deveril's ballroom? With her shy demeanor, she's a total stranger to the dance floor and a source of mockery for the ton. So imagine her surprise when Deveril gallantly comes to her defense—and offers to teach her to dance! Juliet can hardly believe the most handsome bachelor... Read more

Cassandra at the Wedding

By: Dorothy Baker

Narrated by: Morgan Hallett

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives back to her family ranch in the foothills of the Sierras to attend the wedding of her identical twin, Judith, to a nice young doctor from Connecticut. Cassandra, however, is hell-bent on sabotaging the wedding.... Read more