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How to Walk Away

By: Katherine Center

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Happiness for Beginners comes an unforgettable audiobook about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances.

Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she’s worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancé she adores, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then,... Read more

Mango, Mambo, and Murder

By: Raquel V. Reyes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Food anthropologist Miriam Quiñones-Smith's move from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, puts her academic career on hold to stay at home with her young son. Adding to her funk is an opinionated mother-in-law and a husband rekindling a friendship with his ex. Gracias to her best friend, Alma, she gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert... Read more

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

By: Joanna Cannon

Narrated by: Paula Wilcox

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“I loved this book. It's one of those books that you just want to give to everybody.” —Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition

“An astute, engaging debut” (Publishers Weekly), The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky and utterly charming tale of a community in need of reconciliation and two girls learning what it means to belong.

England,... Read more

She Doesn't Have a Clue

By: Jenny Elder Moke

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen—from murder to a second chance at love—in Jenny Elder Moke's half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding.

A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling... Read more

The Soulmate Equation

By: Christina Lauren

Narrated by: Patti Murin

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Writing duo and reigning romance queens Christina Lauren are back with The Soulmate Equation, their most ambitious book to date.” —PopSugar

​“A sexy, science-filled, and surprising romance full of warmth and wit.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Chosen as a best pick by Bustle, Marie Claire, Entertainment... Read more

The Almost Sisters

By: Joshilyn Jackson

Narrated by: Joshilyn Jackson

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality---the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are.Superheroes have always been Leia... Read more

Christmas in Bethel

By: Richard Paul Evans

Narrated by: Helene Maksoud

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From Richard Paul Evans, the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Promise and The Christmas Box—“the most popular holiday tale since Tiny Tim” (Newsweek)—a new novel celebrating the life-changing power of the holiday spirit.

Leigh Beth Stilton has never liked the holidays. After growing up in an unstable home, escaping an abusive... Read more

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

By: Cherie Jones

Narrated by: Danielle Vitalis

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, a brilliant Caribbean writer delivers a powerful story about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so-called "paradise."

In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister. It’s a cautionary tale, about what happens to girls... Read more

Waxing On

By: Ralph Macchio

Narrated by: Ralph Macchio

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times Bestseller! 

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, there hasn’t been a week Ralph Macchio hasn’t heard friendly shouts of “Wax on, wax off” or “Sweep the leg!” Now, with Macchio reprising his role as Daniel LaRusso in the #1 ranked Netflix show Cobra Kai, he is... Read more

Left of Forever

By: Tarah DeWitt

Narrated by: Connor Crais & Megan Wicks

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Most Anticipated by SheReads

An emotional, irresistible second-chance romance filled with sparkling humor, big feelings, and "melt your face off intimacy" (Jessica Joyce) from celebrated USA Today bestselling author Tarah DeWitt.

This time, they'll get it right.

Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as kids, had their son Sam when they were only... Read more

The Love of My Life

By: Rosie Walsh

Narrated by: Imogen Church & Theo Solomon

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

“Gripping, heartbreaking and impossible to put down.”—Laura Dave

“A dazzling supernova of a book, it picks you up on line one and doesn't let you go until the very end.” —Lisa Jewell

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an... Read more

American Mermaid

By: Julia Langbein

Narrated by: Tara Sands

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR • "Sublime." —New York Times Book Review

"Brilliantly sharp, funny, and thought-provoking, the gripping story of a woman trying to find her way in our chaotic world." —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe

Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist, eco-warrior... Read more

The Christmas Crush

By: Noelle Douglas

Narrated by: Kim Churchill

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A small-town baker and a career woman working for a cookie conglomerate get all mixed up in this Christmas romcom, perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Maggie Knox. Marketing executive Elena Voss’s newest assignment for Sparkle Cookie, a large cookie conglomerate, was meant to be a much-needed break from her toxic boss and the stressful city.... Read more

Violet Made of Thorns

By: Gina Chen

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A darkly enchanting fantasy about a lying witch, a cursed prince, and a sinister prophecy that ignites their doomed destinies—perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince.

“Everything you want from an enemies-to-lovers fantasy starring morally gray characters.”—BuzzFeed

Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal... Read more

The Second Sleep

By: Robert Harris

Narrated by: Roy McMillan

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally best-selling author of Fatherland and the Cicero Trilogy--a chilling and dark new thriller unlike anything Robert Harris has done before.

1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts--coins,... Read more

The Rest of the Story

By: Sarah Dessen

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl—and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does... Read more

How to Excavate a Heart

By: Jake Maia Arlow

Narrated by: Hope Newhouse

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Stonewall Honor author Jake Maia Arlow delivers a sapphic Jewish twist on the classic Christmas rom-com in a read perfect for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Casey McQuiston.It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru.Attempted vehicular manslaughter was not part of Shani’s plan. She was supposed to be focusing on... Read more

The Third Rainbow Girl

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

Narrated by: Emma Copley Eisenberg

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia -- and the writer determined to put the pieces back together.
In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an... Read more

The Fetishist

By: Katherine Min

Narrated by: Eunice Wong & Kayla Min Andrews

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An Indie Next Pick

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s revenge on the man who caused her mother’s death sets off a series of unexpected reckonings.

On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie’s pocket. Her target is Daniel, who... Read more

Easy Beauty

By: Chloé Cooper Jones

Narrated by: Chloé Cooper Jones

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 * Vulture’s #1 Memoir of 2022 * A Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Time, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * One of Oprah Daily’s 33 Memoirs That Changed a Generation

From Chloé... Read more

Paved Paradise

By: Henry Grabar

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book Prize

Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic

“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.” —The New Yorker

“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times

"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone... Read more

Dark Roads

By: Chevy Stevens

Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Brittany Pressley & Isabella Star ...

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“Chevy Stevens is a brilliant and unique talent and Dark Roads is an instant classic. My hat’s off to her.” — C. J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long Range

"Dark Roads is an entertaining thriller whether you read it or listen to it!" - Toronto.com

The Cold Creek Highway stretches close to five hundred miles through British... Read more

The Modern Fairies

By: Clare Pollard

Narrated by: Kathryn Drysdale

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A BookPage Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year • “Artfully composed…keenly alive…this memorable novel reminds the reader of the enduring power of storytelling to transform and even save lives.” —The New York Times

Lauren Groff’s Matrix meets Ophelia Field’s The Favourite in this wry and “bawdy” (Los Angeles Times) historical novel—inspired... Read more

Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino

Narrated by: Richard Higgins

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” — from Invisible Cities

In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo — Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed... Read more