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Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake

By: Mazey Eddings

Narrated by: Summer Morton & Will Peters

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Mazey Eddings, author of the “witty, fast-paced rom-com”* A Brush with Love, mixes passion and humor to create a luscious love story between two people stumbling through life and learning to open their hearts in Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake.

Lizzie has made endless mistakes. Kitchen fires, pyramid schemes, bangs (of the hair and human variety),... Read more

All Is Not Forgotten

By: Wendy Walker

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

AudioFile Earphones Award Winner

The stunning national bestseller! Wendy Walker's All is Not Forgotten--the basis for the major motion film Gone But Not Forgotten--is a twisty, edge-of-your seat thrill ride from beginning to end.

“Fascinating and at times shocking.”—Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl

Everything... Read more

Dream Town

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Brittany Pressley

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci’s Nero Award-winning series.  

It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the... Read more

After the Crash

By: Michel Bussi

Narrated by: Daniel Philpott

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Wonderfully ingenious and altogether satisfying."---Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

Just after midnight on December 23, 1980, a night flight bound for Paris plummets toward the Swiss Alps, crashing into a snowy mountainside. Within seconds flames engulf the plane, which is filled with holiday travelers. Of the 169 passengers, all but... Read more

Dodgers

By: Bill Beverly

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Dodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger.

It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys—including East's hothead younger brother—to kill a key witness hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey... Read more

Smile

By: Roddy Doyle

Narrated by: Roddy Doyle

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a bold, haunting novel about the uncertainty of memory and how we contend with the past.

"It's his bravest novel yet; it's also, by far, his best." -- npr.org

“The closest thing he’s written to a psychological thriller."– The New York Times Book Review

Just moved into a new... Read more

The Names

By: Florence Knapp

Narrated by: Dervla Kirwan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

“A magnificent novel, thrumming with life in all its pain and precariousness, yet suffused with the glorious possibilities of love and redemption.” —Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Horse

“The Names is a truly gorgeous, heart-opening novel. I couldn’t put it down, and I’m grateful to have Cora and her children living inside my... Read more

The Story of Gumluck the Wizard

By: Adam Rex

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing.

It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful town, and a wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty good storyteller).

But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really, really wants to be a hero.... Read more

Breathe the Sky

By: Michelle Hazen

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Two strangers start out saving animals and end up rescuing each other in this heartwarming romance from the author of Unbreak Me.  

Mari Tucker is a wildlife biologist who scoops bunnies and endangered tortoises out of harm’s way on construction sites. Still haunted by her past, she takes the most remote jobs in the Mojave Desert to avoid people... Read more

The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright

Narrated by: Anne Enright, Aoife Duffin, Owen Roe & Liza Ross

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

An incandescent novel from one of our greatest living novelists (The Times) about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of women.

Nell McDaragh never knew her grandfather, the celebrated Irish poet Phil McDaragh. But his love poems seem to speak directly to her. Restless and wryly self-assured, at twenty-two Nell... Read more

The Woman in the Dunes

By: Kobo Abe

Narrated by: Julian Cihi

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.
 
After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he... Read more

Cold Storage

By: David Koepp

Narrated by: Rupert Friend

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

""On every level, Cold Storage is pure, unadulterated entertainment.""—Douglas Preston, The New York TimesFor readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organismWhen... Read more

The Light Between Oceans

By: M.L. Stedman

Narrated by: Noah Taylor

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The spectacular New York Times bestseller and major motion picture about a lighthouse keeper and his wife is "a beautifully delineated tale of love and loss, right and wrong, and what we will do for the happiness of those most dear" (The Boston Globe).

After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes... Read more

By the Smoke and the Smell

By: Thad Vogler

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

We care so much about the food we eat: how it is made, by whom, and where. Yet we are far less careful about the spirits we drink, often allowing the biggest brands with the most marketing dollars to control the narrative. In By the Smoke and the Smell, Vogler is here to set the record straight. This remarkable memoir is the first book to ask... Read more

MCU

By: Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales & Gavin Edwards

Narrated by: Andrew Kishino & Joanna Robinson

Length: 16 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Marvel Studios is the dominant player in Hollywood and global pop culture, having generated almost $30 billion in revenue and remade the entire business of movies and mass entertainment. Yet its origin story is as unlikely as that of any of its beloved superheroes. How did Marvel conquer the world? And will it be able to survive its own... Read more

Children of the New World

By: Alexander Weinstein

Narrated by: David Aaron Baker

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

AN EXTRAORDINARILY RESONANT AND PROPHETIC COLLECTION OF SPECULATIVE SHORT FICTION FOR OUR TECH-SAVVY ERA BY DEBUT AUTHOR ALEXANDER WEINSTEIN

Children of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Many of these... Read more

The Spectacular

By: Fiona Davis

Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs & Kimberly Farr

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times Bestselling Author of The Magnolia Palace: A thrilling story about love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of dreams, set amidst the glamour and glitz of Radio City Music Hall in its mid-century heyday.

New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her high school sweetheart is about to propose... Read more

Make Me Rain

By: Nikki Giovanni

Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary listening experience! Hear Nikki Giovanni read from her newest collection of poems!One of America’s most celebrated poets challenges us with this powerful and deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of society while illuminating the depths of her own heart.For more than fifty years, Nikki Giovanni’s... Read more

Careful What You Wish For

By: Hallie Ephron

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of There Was an Old Woman comes a novel about a professional organizer with a deadly problem she may not be able to clean up.Emily Harlow is a professional organizer who helps people declutter their lives; she’s married to man who can’t drive past a yard sale without stopping. He’s filled their... Read more

Bring Me Back

By: B.A. Paris

Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron & Kevin Hely

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW TWISTY, GRIPPING AUDIOBOOK FROM B. A. PARIS, THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING TITLES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THE BREAKDOWN

“We’re in a new Golden Age of suspense writing now, because of amazing books like Bring Me Back, and I for one am loving it.” —Lee Child

She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of... Read more

Sh*tshow!

By: Charlie LeDuff

Narrated by: Charlie LeDuff

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A daring, firsthand, and utterly-unscripted account of crisis in America, from Ferguson to Flint to Cliven Bundy's ranch to Donald Trump's unstoppable campaign for President--at every turn, Pulitzer-prize winner and bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff was there

In the Fall of 2013, long before any sane person had... Read more

Infectious

By: John S. Tregoning

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of infection and how to fight it grows more urgent every day. How do pathogens cause disease? And what tools can we give our bodies to do battle? Dr. John S. Tregoning has dedicated his career to answering these questions. Infectious uncovers fascinating success stories in immunology and virology, making this book not only a vital... Read more

Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz

Narrated by: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz & Various

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself—by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.
 
The inspiration for the Spike Jonze “live documentary” Beastie Boys Story, coming soon to IMAX... Read more

The Weekenders

By: Mary Kay Andrews

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 15 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Others come only for the weekends-and the mix between the regulars and “the weekenders” can sometimes make the sparks fly. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn. While... Read more