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The Great Transition

By: Nick Fuller Googins

Narrated by: Stacy Carolan & Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This richly imaginative, immersive, and “electrifyingly relevant” (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel follows a shocking disappearance amid the climate crisis of our near future—perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last Thing He Told Me.

Emi Vargas, whose parents helped save the world, is tired of being... Read more

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us

By: Mariame Kaba

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you... Read more

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

By: Sarah Wilson

Narrated by: Sarah Wilson

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller""Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read.” – Mark Manson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckThe Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.Sarah Wilson first came across this Chinese proverb in psychiatrist Kay... Read more

Mobituaries

By: Mo Rocca

Narrated by: Mo Rocca

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, a rigorously researched, “funny and smart” (Jon Stewart) book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.

Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries—reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world.... Read more

Cassandra in Reverse

By: Holly Smale

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
"Fascinating...witty...self-deprecating...We meet Cassandra on the worst day of her life. She's getting fired, her boyfriend dumps her, and her roommates hate her. On that same day, she discovers she has the power to go back in time. You'd think you would know how this book is going to end, but it really surprised me.... Read more

Big Fan

By: Alexandra Romanoff

Narrated by: Heidi Rew

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A political strategist, tainted by a scandalous ex, finds an unexpected career detour when her teenage boy band crush offers a second chance at the spotlight…and maybe something more.

"Highbrow/Brilliant." —New York Magazine

"Big Fan serves up political intrigue with a side of spine-tingling romance." —Vogue

"Romanoff writes with a crisp,... Read more

Entitlement

By: Rumaan Alam

Narrated by: Nicole Lewis

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024
 
ONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S “BEST BOOKS WE’VE READ IN 2024”

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024
 
ONE OF KIRKUS’S “BEST BOOK CLUB FICTION OF 2024”

ONE OF REAL SIMPLE’S BEST BOOKS OF 2O24

“Rumaan Alam is a rarity...Entitlement — a psychological thriller that subtly turns into a vicious exposé of... Read more

The End of Policing

By: Alex S. Vitale

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in... Read more

The Blacktongue Thief

By: Christopher Buehlman

Narrated by: Christopher Buehlman

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"This irreverent fantasy is narrated superbly by author Christopher Buehlman. Along with his firsthand knowledge of the text and how he means it to be conveyed, Buehlman uses nuance, inflection, and a casual way of saying outrageous things to continually tickle the funny bone." -- AudioFile Magazine

Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized... Read more

No One Can Know

By: Kate Alice Marshall

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Vacker's narration keeps listeners on their toes throughout this twisty story of corrupt officials, sociopathic relatives, and dark family secrets. Vacker's character work captures the shifting nature of Emma's desperate need to protect her complicated family members."—AudioFile

Three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count.

Fourteen... Read more

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

By: Christy Lefteri

Narrated by: Art Malik

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable.

“A beautifully crafted novel of international significance that has the capacity to have us open our eyes and see.”—Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of... Read more

Cinder

By: Marissa Meyer

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!

A wicked mash-up of fairy tale and Terminator—set in a Star Wars kind of world—Marissa Meyer's Cinder is a fresh and fiercely ingenious futuristic retelling of Cinderella

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar... Read more

The Reading List

By: Sara Nisha Adams

Narrated by: Tara Divina, Sagar Arya & Paul Panting

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A LILLY'S LIBRARY PICK!""The most heartfelt read...a surprising delight of a novel.""--ShondalandAn unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West... Read more

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

Narrated by: Nikki Patel

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestseller!

“Knives Out feel by way of Lemony Snicket…This archly told, never muddled debut whodunit reveals a roster of distinct characters, a labyrinthine setting and plot, and a mystery that is as clever as its heroine.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The suspenseful denouement is positively writhing with twists.”... Read more

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

By: Maggie Smith

Narrated by: Maggie Smith

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NPR Best Book of the Year • Time Best Book of the Year • Oprah Daily Best Memoir of the Year

“A bittersweet study in both grief and joy.” ­—Time

“A sparklingly beautiful memoir-in-vignettes” (Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author) that explores coming of age in your middle age—from the... Read more

Cackle

By: Rachel Harrison

Narrated by: Dylan Moore

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return.
 
All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that... Read more

The Sherlock Society

By: James Ponti

Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery in this first book in the action-packed and funny Sherlock Society middle grade series from New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award–winning author James Ponti!

Siblings Alex and Zoe Sherlock take their last name as inspiration when choosing a... Read more

Yearbook

By: Seth Rogen

Narrated by: Seth Rogen & Full Cast

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to help this book show up in people’s searches using the wonders of algorithmic technology. Thanks for bearing with us!) The... Read more

Waking Gods

By: Sylvain Neuvel

Narrated by: Various

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In the gripping sequel to Sleeping Giants, which was hailed by Pierce Brown as “a luminous conspiracy yarn . . . reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z,” Sylvain Neuvel’s innovative series about human-alien contact takes another giant step forward.
 
As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep... Read more

The Gilded Ones #2: The Merciless Ones

By: Namina Forna

Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic, hotly anticipated sequel to the instant bestseller The Gilded Ones about a girl with the power to remake her world—or destroy it.

“Fans of Children of Blood and Bone, Mulan, and the Dora Milaje from Black Panther are going to adore [The Gilded Ones].”—BuzzFeed

It's been six months since Deka freed the... Read more

The Stowaway

By: Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring of the Jazz Age, The Stowaway is “a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation” (David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).

It was 1928: a time... Read more

Essex Dogs

By: Dan Jones

Narrated by: Ben Miles

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel set during the Hundred Years' War.

July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They call themselves the Essex Dogs: an unruly platoon of archers and men-at-arms led by a battle-scarred captain whose best... Read more

Begin Again

By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time

James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. What can we learn from his struggle in our own moment?
 
One of the Best Books of the Year:... Read more

Your Table Is Ready

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

Narrated by: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is an entertaining and insightful audiobook."-... Read more