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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

By: Kim Michele Richardson

Narrated by: Katie Schorr

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA USA TODAY BESTSELLERA LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERA PBS BOOK PICKThe hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything―everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.Cussy’s not only... Read more

In a New York Minute

By: Kate Spencer

Narrated by: Amanda Dolan & Neil Hellegers

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A clever, tender, and romantic "Nora Ephron romp for the modern ages" (Christina Lauren) for readers of Jasmine Guillory, Abby Jimenez, and Sophie Cousens, this laugh-out-loud debut is a perceptive reminder that fate can have a sense of humor, and that love can happen . . . In a New York Minute.

Franny Doyle is having the worst day. She’s been... Read more

The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes—just in case—from the author of The Wishing Game.

“This is the book you’ve been waiting for.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy

As boys, best... Read more

Humankind

By: Rutger Bregman

Narrated by: Rutger Bregman & Thomas Judd

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species.

If there is one belief that has united the... Read more

Dating and Dragons

By: Kristy Boyce

Narrated by: Abigail Reno

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the nationally bestselling Dungeons and Drama comes another gaming romance that's sure to win you over!

Quinn Norton is starting over at a new high school and hopes that joining a D&D game will be the trick to making friends. The plan sounds even better when she’s invited into a group that includes Logan Weber, the cute and... Read more

Heroes

By: Stephen Fry

Narrated by: Stephen Fry

Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes.

Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a tender love affair or a heroic triumph, Fry deftly... Read more

The Rage of Dragons

By: Evan Winter

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this blockbuster debut epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people's only hope for survival.

Winner of the Reddit/Fantasy Award for Best Debut Fantasy Novel

The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for almost two hundred years. The lucky ones are... Read more

VenCo

By: Cherie Dimaline

Narrated by: Michelle St. John

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

""Once I opened VenCo, I was propelled through an entire night of charmed reading. Cherie Dimaline creates a world utterly fantastical, yet real. VenCo is funny, tense, and cracking with a dark, divine energy.""  ---Louise Erdrich, New York Times bestselling author of The SentenceFor fans of The Once and Future Witches and Practical Magic, comes... Read more

The Binding

By: Bridget Collins

Narrated by: Carl Prekopp

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Proclaimed as “truly spellbinding,” a “great fable” that “functions as transporting romance” by the Guardian, the runaway #1 international bestseller arrives in America.""A rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding.” — TRACY CHEVALIERImagine you could... Read more

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

By: Marlon James

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 23 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize

Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award

The New York Times Bestseller

Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post

"Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe."... Read more

Vesper Flights

By: Helen Macdonald

Narrated by: Helen Macdonald

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAnimals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves.From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world.Helen Macdonald... Read more

Love on the Brain

By: Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by: Brooke Bloomingdale

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

A #1 LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe,... Read more

The Space Between Worlds

By: Micaiah Johnson

Narrated by: Nicole Lewis

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.

WINNER OF THE COMPTON CROOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • “Gorgeous writing,... Read more

A Little Devil in America

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The... Read more

Rebecca

By: Daphne du Maurier

Narrated by: Anna Massey

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier -- winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century -- is now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. 

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and... Read more

Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner & Michelle Burford

Narrated by: Andia Winslow & Brittney Griner

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.

“Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner’s time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a... Read more

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

By: Elle Cosimano

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"Angela Dawe's narration makes YA author Elle Cosimano's debut novel for grown-ups a wild and funny romp...Dawe offers Cosimano's laugh-out-loud moments with just the right sparkle." -- AudioFile Magazine

IT’S MURDER BEING A HIT-MOM

"Getting the job done" for one single mom takes on a whole new meaning in Finlay Donovan is Killing It, a... Read more

Book of Night

By: Holly Black

Narrated by: Sara Amini

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Award-winning YA author Holly Black has created an imaginary masterpiece yet again with her first foray into adult fantasy, narrated with perfection by Sara Amini." -AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)

In the vein of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern, #1 NYT bestselling author Holly Black’s stunning new audiobook is a dark fantasy of betrayals and... Read more

The Body Is Not an Apology

By: Sonya Renee Taylor

Narrated by: Sonya Renee Taylor

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A global movement guided by love

Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies.

The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted... Read more

Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Neil Gaiman

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Introducing an instant classic--master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse... Read more

The Lost Queen

By: Signe Pike

Narrated by: Toni Frutin

Length: 17 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“Outlander meets Camelot” (Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers) in the first book of an exciting historical series that reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a powerful and, until now, tragically forgotten queen of 6th-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legendary character of Merlin.

Intelligent, passionate,... Read more

Bluebird, Bluebird

By: Attica Locke

Narrated by: J. D. Jackson

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A "heartbreakingly resonant" thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire (USA Today).

"In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it."-Ann Patchett

When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules -- a... Read more

Madwoman

By: Chelsea Bieker

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking the arrival of a major fiction talent.

The world is not made for mothers.
Yet mothers made the world…

Clove has gone to extremes to... Read more

Trick Mirror

By: Jia Tolentino

Narrated by: Jia Tolentino

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire
 
Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia... Read more