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The Last Resort

By: Marissa Stapley

Narrated by: Caroline Slaughter

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Lucky, A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK!

NAMED ONE OF 2019’S BEST BEACH READS BY Oprah Magazine • New York Post • PopSugar • The Globe and Mail

FEATURED IN Us Weekly • Parade • Hollywood Reporter • Chatelaine

“Marissa Stapley’s writing is a gift.”—Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author

Miles Markell is missing, and everyone is a... Read more

Lobizona

By: Romina Garber

Narrated by: Sol Madariaga

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Garber’s gorgeous novel combines the wonder of a Hogwarts-style magic school with the Twilight-esque dynamics of a hidden magical species that has strict rules about interacting with the human world." -- BOOKLIST (Starred Review)

Some people ARE illegal.

Lobizonas do NOT exist.

Both of these statements are false.

Manuela Azul has been crammed... Read more

The People in the Trees

By: Hanya Yanagihara

Narrated by: Arthur Morey & William Roberts

Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1950, a young doctor, Norton Perina, signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote island of Ivu'ivu in search of a rumored lost tribe. They succeed, finding not only that tribe but also a group of forest dwellers they dub 'The Dreamers,' who turn out to be fantastically long-lived but progressively more... Read more

Smoke

By: Dan Vyleta

Narrated by: Allan Corduner

Length: 18 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Readers of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta’s thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders—and dangerous secrets.
 
 
 
“Dan Vyleta writes with intricacy and imagination and... Read more

Mississippi Swindle

By: Shad White

Narrated by: Eric Burgher

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

How America’s youngest state auditor uncovered the largest public corruption scandal in the history of the nation’s poorest state

“A must read” with all the thrills of a John Grisham novel — for fans of shocking true crime exposés like Black Edge and Bad Blood (Peter Schweizer, author of Secret Empires)

This riveting exposé details how a small... Read more

The Widow

By: Fiona Barton

Narrated by: Hannah Curtis, Nicholas Guy Smith, Jayne Entwis...

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.

When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happen...
 
But that woman’s... Read more

Dirt

By: Bill Buford

Narrated by: Bill Buford

Length: 16 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal

What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old... Read more

Furious Hours

By: Casey Cep

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY Time, LitHub, Vulture, Glamour, O Magazine, Town and Country, Suspense Magazine, Inside Hook

New York Times Best Seller
 
“Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was... Read more

Annie in Paris

By: Carmen Reid

Narrated by: Julie Maisey

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

If you love Emily in Paris, you will love this book in the Annie Valentine series from bestselling author Carmen Reid.Personal shopper Annie Valentine is back! Older and bolder!Fashion guru Annie is struggling to cope with her hectic life. With the demands of two older children, plus four-year-old twins, her marriage to Ed is in a romance-free... Read more

In the Shadow of the Mountain

By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Narrated by: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert

This audiobook is read by the author.

"Through her narration, Vasquez-Lavado, whose first language... Read more

The Italian Teacher

By: Tom Rachman

Narrated by: Sam Alexander

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“An exotic touch of intrigue arises in THE ITALIAN TEACHER . . . deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
 
A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy, by the bestselling author of The Imperfectionists.

Conceived while his father, Bear, cavorted around Rome in the... Read more

It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway

By: Elizabeth Passarella

Narrated by: Elizabeth Passarellla

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.A collection of refreshingly honest and hilarious essays from Southern Living columnist Elizabeth Passarella about navigating change--whether emotional or logistical--and staying sane during life's unexpected twists and turns.After Elizabeth Passarella and her husband finally decided that it was time to sell their two-bedroom... Read more

Soldier Sailor

By: Claire Kilroy

Narrated by: Simone Collins

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST for the WOMEN’S PRIZE for FICTION * One of Vogue’s Best Books of the Year

Award-winning author Claire Kilroy’s “lyrical and incisive” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that reads with the pace of a thriller and is filled with astute and witty observations of life with a young child.

Soldier Sailor takes readers deep inside the early... Read more

Night School - Abridged

By: Lee Child

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher!

“Another timely tour de force . . . The taut thriller is textbook [Lee] Child: fast-paced and topical with a ‘ripped from the headlines’ feel.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

It’s 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the... Read more

Sin & Chocolate [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: K.F. Breene

Narrated by: Full Cast, Yenni Ann, Yasmin Tuazon, Alex Hill-...

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"A broody, broken god and the dark secrets that could destroy us both.
Kieran is here for revenge. He's here to kill the most powerful man in Magical San Francisco— his father. He'll destroy anything in his way.
And I've managed to catch his eye.
I live in the shadows for a reason, split between the worlds of the magical and the mundane. I'm a... Read more

Over the Edge of the World - Abridged

By: Laurence Bergreen

Narrated by: Laurence Bergreen

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A majestic tale of discovery thatchanged many long-held views about the world In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Three years later, a handful of survivors... Read more

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Abridged

By: Douglas Adams

Narrated by: Douglas Adams

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From Douglas Adams, the legendary author of one of the most beloved science fiction novels of all time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, comes a wildly inventive novel of ghosts, time travel, and one detective’s mission to save humanity from extinction.

DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
We solve the whole crime
We find the whole... Read more

A Child's Christmas In Wales - Abridged

By: Dylan Thomas

Narrated by: Dylan Thomas

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

First recorded in February of 1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago Christmas.Thomas’s wonderful recollection of this holiday in the seaside town of his youth is captured in this vivid performance. Also included are five poems selected and... Read more

How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Liam Neeson

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

The Goose Girl - Abridged

By: Shannon Hale

Narrated by: Cynthia Bishop & a full cast

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Princess Anidori-Kiladra of Kildenree was born with a word on her tongue and a secret magic. Though she is raised in luxury, she is never quite comfortable with who she is or what she is to become. Then she is sent on a journey to marry an unknown prince. The trip is difficult, and before it is finished all her expectations are overturned.... Read more

A Dance With The Fae Prince [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Elise Kova

Narrated by: Laura C. Harris, Gabriel Michael, David Cui Cui...

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Cinderella meets THE CRUEL PRINCE in this stand-alone fantasy romance about a human girl and her marriage to the prince of the fae.

She knew her hand in marriage would be sold. She had no idea a fae prince was the buyer.

Katria swore she'd never fall in love. She's seen what ""love"" means through the cruelty of her family. So when she's married... Read more

Good Poems - Abridged

By: Various

Narrated by: Ensemble cast & Garrison Keillor

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." Good... Read more

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Abridged

By: Lisa See

Narrated by: Jodi Long

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship. 

Lily is... Read more

The Bully Pulpit - Abridged

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for History/Biography and Finalist for Audiobook of the Year

Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in... Read more