Audiobook Series You Need to Read ASAP

Audiobook Series You Need to Read ASAP

Audiobook Series You Need to Read ASAP

Murder at the Mayfair Hotel (Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

Murder at the Mayfair Hotel (Cleopatra Fox Mysteries Book 1)

By C. J. Archer, narrated by Marian Hussey
Tags: Mystery

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December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her. But the poisoning of a guest throws her new life, and the hotel, into chaos. Cleo quickly realizes no one can be trusted, not Scotland Yard and especially not the hotel’s charming assistant manager.

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Genre: Thriller & Suspense

Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Book 1)

By Lee Child, narrated by Dick Hill
Tags: Thriller & Suspense

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Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.

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Genre: Mystery

All His Pretty Girls (Detective Alyssa Wyatt Book 1)

By Charly Cox, narrated by Kate Zane
Tags: Mystery

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A woman is found naked, badly beaten, and barely alive in the New Mexico mountains. The shocking discovery plunges Albuquerque Detective Alyssa Wyatt into a case that will test her to the limit.

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Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Uncover the shocking and brutal truths behind some of the most heinous crimes committed against innocent victims in Killer Case Files, the true crime anthology that takes you on a gripping journey into the minds of depraved murderers. An anthology of 100 stories, Killer Case Files delivers riveting accounts of deviant and horrifying murders.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Since the Day We Danced (Hadley Cove Sweet Romance Book 1)

By Kerk Murray, narrated by Luke Welland and Skye Alley
Tags: Clean Romance

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Emma Wright’s world came crashing down when her husband blindsided her with divorce papers on their anniversary and left her for a younger woman. Starting over at forty, she moves into a quaint beachfront cottage on the other side of Hadley Cove with her beloved rescue dog, Riley. But just as she’s picking up the shattered pieces of her life, Riley goes missing.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Dark Lover (The Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 1)

By J. R. Ward, narrated by Jim Frangione
Tags: Steamy Romance

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The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most trusted fighter is killed—orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate—Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful female into another world.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Though I Stumble (A Promises of God Novel Book 1)

By Kim Cash Tate, narrated by Kim Cash Tate
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Four women in different seasons of life converge at a women’s conference—with a theme that charges them to run “in hot pursuit” of Christ. But how do they run when challenges seem insurmountable? And can they help one another navigate the difficult terrain?

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Genre: Fantasy

Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad Book 1)

By David Eddings, narrated by Brian Wiggins
Tags: Fantasy

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A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men—of strange lands and events—of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!

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Genre: Fantasy

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic Book 1)

By V. E. Schwab, narrated by Steven Crossley
Tags: Fantasy

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Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes. As such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Hell Divers (Hell Divers Book 1)

By Nicholas Sansbury Smith, narrated by R.C. Bray
Tags: Science Fiction

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More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to Earth long ago.

Soaking Up the Sun

Soaking Up the Sun

Soaking Up the Sun

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Genre: Thriller & Suspense

The Last Time I Lied

By Riley Sager, narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
Tags: Thriller & Suspense

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Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she - or anyone - saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her...

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Genre: Mystery

Squeeze Me

By Carl Hiaasen, narrated by Scott Brick
Tags: Mystery

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At the height of Palm Beach’s charity ball season, Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons, a prominent member of geriatric high society, suddenly vanishes during a swank gala. Kiki Pew was a founding member of the Potussies, a group of women dedicated to supporting the President, who spends half the year at the “Winter White House” just down the road.

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Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Ann Rule was working on the biggest story of her career, tracking the trail of victims left by a brutal serial killer. Little did this future best-selling author know that the savage slayer she was hunting was the young man she counted among her closest friends. Everyone's picture of a natural winner, Ted Bundy was a bright, charming, and handsome man with a promising future as an attorney.

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Genre: Young Adult

Love & Gelato

By Jenna Evans Welch, narrated by Rebekkah Ross
Tags: Young Adult

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A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father hasn't been around for 16 years?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Keeping It Hot (The Breakfast in Bed Series Book 1)

By Sydney Landon, narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Zoe Hart owns the coffee shop in one of the hottest upscale resorts in Florida, which is run by her childhood best friend, Dylan Jackson. Even though Dylan is a workaholic, he still finds time to enjoy the beautiful women who pass through his hotel - all of them except Zoe. She has been in love with Dylan for years without him noticing.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Summer Tree (Fionavar Tapestry Book 1)

By Guy Gavriel Kay, narrated by Simon Vance
Tags: Fantasy

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In the first book of his Fionavar Tapestry series, five college students meet a wizard who takes them to the heart of the first of all worlds - a place called Fionavar. The students soon discover that they have been pre-ordained as part of the pattern called the Fionavar Tapestry - and if they don't fulfill their destinies, the world will suffer devastating consequences.

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Genre: Science Fiction

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot Book 1)

By Becky Chambers, narrated by Em Grosland
Tags: Science Fiction

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It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in.

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Genre: Mystery

One Perfect Couple

By Ruth Ware, narrated by Imogen Church
Tags: Mystery

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Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him.

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Genre: Young Adult

Where the Crawdads Sing

By Delia Owens, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Tags: Young Adult

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Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder, Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Same Time Next Summer

By Annabel Monaghan, narrated by Dan Bittner and Brittany Pressley
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Secrets of a Summer Night (The Wallflowers Book 1)

By Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Rosalyn Landor
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors - if only she had a dowry. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way Annabelle can save them is to marry a wealthy man. Unfortunately, her most persistent admirer is the brash Simon Hunt, a handsome and ambitious entrepreneur who wants her as his mistress.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

By Dani Shapiro, narrated by Dani Shapiro
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From the acclaimed, best-selling memoirist, novelist - "a writer of rare talent" (Cheryl Strayed) - and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets, comes a memoir about the staggering family secret uncovered by a genealogy test: an exploration of the urgent ethical questions surrounding fertility treatments and DNA testing, and a profound inquiry of paternity, identity, and love.

11 Laugh Out Loud Books

11 Laugh Out Loud Books

11 Laugh Out Loud Books

Death and Croissants (A Follet Valley Mystery Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery
Tags: Mystery

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Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that’s the way he likes it. One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Another guest, the exotic Valérie, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance.

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Genre: Mystery

Mexico, Margaritas, and Murder

By Wendy Day, narrated by Grace Noble
Tags: Mystery

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After her grumpy husband dies, Sally throws out his thread-worn plaid recliner, cashes the life insurance check, and lets her spunky best friend, Pearl, drag her to Mexico for an all-inclusive vacation using their Senior Citizen’s discount. They kayak, sing karaoke, and spy on the next-door nudist resort.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

A Long Time Coming

By Meghan Quinn, narrated by Erin Mallon
Tags: Steamy Romance

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From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a witty take on a romantic comedy classic, My Best Friend's Wedding. Steamy, laugh-out-loud, and full of charm, these two best friends heat up the audio while proving true love might be right in front of you.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

By Elle Cosimano, narrated by Angela Dawe
Tags: Literary Fiction

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FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT...except, she’s really not. The new book she promised her literary agent hasn’t written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head.

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Genre: Young Adult

How to Date a Superhero (and Not Die Trying)

By Cristina Fernandez, narrated by Chloe Dolandis
Tags: Young Adult

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Falling for a superhero is dangerous. You have to trust that they’ll catch you. Astrid isn’t a superhero, not like the ones she sees on the news, but she has something she thinks of as a small superpower: She has a perfect sense of time. And she’s not going to waste a single second.

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free - not just for the people and their purported ideals but for the actual land itself: the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed.

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Genre: Fantasy

Midnight Riot (Rivers of London Book 1)

By Ben Aaronovitch, narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Tags: Fantasy

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Probationary constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he'll face is a paper cut. But Peter's prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost.

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Genre: Fantasy

Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story

By Christopher Moore, narrated by Susan Bennett
Tags: Fantasy

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A striking red-head, 20-something Jody is attacked and transformed into a vampire while walking home one night in downtown San Francisco. Befriending 19-year-old Tommy, Jody tries to understand her new undead life, but trouble finds her when the cops start suspecting Tommy of being a local bloodsucking serial killer.

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Slow Horses (Slough House Book 1)

By Mick Herron, narrated by Gerard Doyle
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Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up cases in any number of ways - by leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a surveillance. River Cartwright, one such "slow horse", is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Funny Feelings

By Tarah DeWitt, narrated by Nelson Hobbs and Stephanie Bentley
Tags: Clean Romance

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When falling in love is the punchline . . . Farley Jones is being forced to date Meyer Harrigan, the man she has come to love, in order to make all of her stand-up dreams come true. It's agony tragedy, even. In lieu of flowers, please send cash . . . Meyer and his daughter Hazel have been everything to her since they came into her life three years ago.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Writer Jessica Pan intends to find out.

Books in Bloom

Books in Bloom

Books in Bloom

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Genre: Mystery

A World of Curiosities

By Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst
Tags: Mystery

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It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Last Green Valley

By Mark Sullivan, narrated by Will Damron
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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From the author of the number one bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

By Alison Espach, narrated by Jesse Vilinsky
Tags: Literary Fiction

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For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, love, and Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Honey Witch

By Sydney J. Shields, narrated by Mia Hutchinson Shaw
Tags: Fantasy

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Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who’ve tried to woo her. So when her grandmother whisks her away to the family cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately.

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Genre: Fantasy

A Crown of Ivy and Glass (The Middlemist Trilogy Book 1)

By Claire Legrand, narrated by Evelyn Rose
Tags: Fantasy

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Lady Gemma Ashbourne seemingly has it all. She's young, gorgeous, and rich. Her family was Anointed by the gods, and blessed with incredible abilities. But underneath her glittering façade, Gemma is deeply sad. Years ago, her sister Mara was taken to the Middlemist to guard against treacherous magic. Her mother abandoned the family.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Unmaking of June Farrow

By Adrienne Young, narrated by Brittany Pressley
Tags: Young Adult

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In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Practice Makes Perfect

By Sarah Adams, narrated by Will Peters and Jorjeana Marie
Tags: Clean Romance

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Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements her happy, quiet life running the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. But finding her dream man may be harder than Annie imagined. Everyone knows everyone in her hometown, and the dating prospects are getting fewer by the day.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Things We Never Got Over

By Lucy Score, narrated by Lila Winters
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded, runaway bride.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Paper Palace

By Miranda Cowley Heller, narrated by Nan McNamara
Tags: Literary Fiction

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It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a 50-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at “The Paper Palace” - the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: Last night Elle and her oldest friend, Jonas, crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time...

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The Grace Year

By Kim Liggett, narrated by Emily Shaffer
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No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood.

Love in Literature

Love in Literature

Love in Literature

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Ugly Love

By Colleen Hoover, narrated by Grace Grant and Deacon Lee
Tags: Literary Fiction

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When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up.

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Genre: Mystery

Lavender House

By Lev AC Rosen, narrated by Vikas Adam
Tags: Mystery

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Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well-guarded secret—but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

A Place for Us

By Brandon J. Wolf, narrated by Brandon J. Wolf
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Growing up in rural Oregon, Brandon Wolf grappled with the devastating loss of his supportive mother and with the embedded racism and homophobia of a community that made him feel like an unwelcome stranger. After the lack of connection and role models led him down a spiral of risky behavior, Wolf escaped to survive.

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Genre: Young Adult

Every Other Weekend

By Abigail Johnson, narrated by Kirby Heyborne and Taylor Meskimen
Tags: Young Adult

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Adam's life used to be awesome. Straight As, close friends, and a perfect home life. Then his oldest brother died. Now his mom cries constantly, he and his middle brother can't talk without fighting, and the father he always admired moved out when they needed him most.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

If We Ever Meet Again (If Love Book 1)

By Ana Huang, narrated by Cindy Kay and Aiden Snow
Tags: Steamy Romance

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One year, two opposites, and a love that will blindside and, ultimately, shatter them. She's an aspiring interior designer who dreams of falling in love. He's an ex-football star who thinks love is a con. She's a virgin, and he doesn't do virgins. He's cocky, infuriating, and not her type. She wants the fairytale. He wants freedom.

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Genre: Fantasy

Moon Tortured (Sky Brooks Series Book 1)

By McKenzie Hunter, narrated by Jorjeana Marie
Tags: Fantasy

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Nothing is ever what it seems-including me. The Midwest Pack has three goals: Protect the pack. Protect the pack. And yeah, protect the pack. I have my own goal: Live a simple life and hope no one ever discovers that the quiet young woman next door turns into a wolf. All my efforts go up in flames when a vampire attack draws the attention of the Midwest Pack.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Savior's Sister

By Jenna Moreci, narrated by Emma Tigan
Tags: Fantasy

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In the thrilling companion to one of Book Depository’s Best Books of All Time, experience the peril and heart-stopping romance through Leila’s fresh perspective. Leila T. Salvatíraas, Savior of Thessen and magical Queen of Her realm, is worshipped by all, except for Her father. He wants Her dead.

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The Beach Cottage

By Joanne DeMaio, narrated by Steven Barnett
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For Mack and Avery Martinelli, the summer is their oyster. They can spend all day on the beach, or not. Cruise the dusty beach roads, or never leave their deck overlooking Long Island Sound. Fill their itinerary with excursions on the Connecticut shore, or while away the hours in a shingled cottage. Every decision this week is theirs to make.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries Book 1)

By Elle Kennedy, narrated by CJ Bloom and Teddy Hamilton
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Gigi Graham has exactly three goals: qualify for the women's national hockey team, win Olympic gold, and step out of her famous father's shadow. So far, so good, except for two little things. Fine—a little thing and a big, grumpy thing. She needs to improve her game behind the net, and she needs help from Luke Ryder.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Find Me

By André Aciman, narrated by Michael Stuhlbarg
Tags: Literary Fiction

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No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman’s haunting Call Me by Your Name. First published in 2007, it was hailed as “a love letter, an invocation . . . an exceptionally beautiful book” (Stacey D’Erasmo, The New York Times Book Review).

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Great Alone

By Kristin Hannah, narrated by Julia Whelan
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Lost Luggage

By Samantha Tonge, narrated by Jilly Bond
Tags: Literary Fiction

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For almost fifty years, sisters Dolly and Greta have lived together—getting each other through the good times and the bad. Except this year, Greta isn’t there and Dolly is feeling lost and alone. In memory of her sister, Dolly heads to the lost luggage auction where she and Greta go each Christmas. But her bid reveals a gift she never imagined.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

By Suleika Jaouad, narrated by Suleika Jaouad
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world”. She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone.

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Genre: Young Adult

Sweet Sorrow

By David Nicholls, narrated by Rory Kinnear
Tags: Young Adult

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Now: On the verge of marriage and a fresh start, 38-year-old Charlie Lewis finds that he can’t stop thinking about the past and the events of one particular summer. Then: Sixteen-year-old Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don’t remember in the school photograph. He’s failing his classes.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Space Between Worlds

By Micaiah Johnson, narrated by Nicole Lewis
Tags: Science Fiction

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Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying—from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Float Plan

By Trish Doller, narrated by Sarah Naughton
Tags: Steamy Romance

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After a reminder goes off for the Caribbean sailing trip Anna was supposed to take with her fiancé, she impulsively goes to sea in the sailboat he left her, intending to complete the voyage alone. But after a treacherous night’s sail, she realizes she can’t do it by herself and hires Keane, a professional sailor, to help.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

How to Catch a Queen: Runaway Royals

By Alyssa Cole, narrated by Karen Chilton
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When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong.

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Genre: Young Adult

I Wish You All the Best

By Mason Deaver, narrated by MW Cartozian Wilson
Tags: Young Adult

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When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents' rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile in a new school.

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Genre: Mystery

On Skein of Death

By Allie Pleiter, narrated by Allie Pleiter and Brittany Pressley
Tags: Mystery

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Libby has come home to Collinstown, Maryland, to live her dream and open her own yarn shop, aptly named Y.A.R.N., along the Chester River. To Libby, Y.A.R.N. stands for "You're Absolutely Ready Now". But the acronym changes whenever inspiration strikes, and customers add to the list of suggestions that fill the blackboard wall in a shop stuffed with color, fiber, and comfort.

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True Crime Story

By Joseph Knox, narrated by Joseph Knox and More
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A strikingly original novel in the vein of Daisy Jones and The Six meets Riley Sager, True Crime Story twists together transcripts, emails, and documents into an investigation of a missing college girl, also weaving in the mysteries of how the narrator, "Joseph Knox", came to be in possession of these files and what fate befell the original author...

Books to Help You Escape The Cold

Books to Help You Escape The Cold

Books to Help You Escape The Cold

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Something in the Water

By Catherine Steadman, narrated by Catherine Steadman
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Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, and Mark is a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....

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Genre: Mystery

Smile Beach Murder (Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery Book 1)

By Alicia Bessette, narrated by Karissa Vacker
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When Callie is laid off from her reporting job, she returns to her hometown of Cattail Island and lands a gig at the local bookstore—the same one where she found comfort after her mother died. In fact, the anniversary of her mother’s infamous death is approaching. Years ago, Teri Padget tumbled from the top of the lighthouse.

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The Drowning Woman

By Robyn Harding, narrated by Brittany Wilkerson and Henriette Zoutomou
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Lee Gulliver never thought she’d find herself living on the streets—no one ever does—but when her restaurant fails, and she falls deeper into debt, she leaves her old life behind with nothing but her clothes and her Toyota Corolla. In Seattle, she parks in a secluded spot by the beach to lay low and plan her next move—until early one morning, she sees a sobbing woman throw herself into the ocean.

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Genre: Fantasy

Psyche and Eros

By Luna McNamara, narrated by Rachel Petladwala and Joshua Riley
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Who said true love is a myth? A prophecy claims that Psyche, princess of Mycenae, will defeat a monster feared even by the gods. Rebelling against her society’s expectations for women, Psyche spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing to meet her destiny.

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Genre: Fantasy

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

By Moniquill Blackgoose, narrated by Charley Flyte
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The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon’s egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted, for all remember the tales of the days when dragons lived among them and danced away the storms of autumn, enabling the people to thrive.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Layover

By Lacie Waldon, narrated by Jorjeana Marie
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After 10 years as a flight attendant, Ava Greene is poised to hang up her wings and finally put down roots. She's got one trip left before she bids her old life farewell, and she plans to enjoy every second of it. But then, she discovers that former pilot Jack Stone - the absurdly gorgeous, ridiculously cocky man she's held a secret grudge against for years - is on her flight.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

You Can Trust Me

By Wendy Heard, narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster and Natalie Naudus
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Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her place in a hostile and unforgiving world, and united by the call of the open road, they travel around sunny California in Summer’s tricked-out Land Cruiser. It’s not a glamorous life, but it gives them the freedom they crave from the painful pasts they’ve left behind.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Have You Seen Her

By Catherine McKenzie, narrated by Amanda Dolan, Stacy Gonzalez, Tyla Collier, Machelle Williams and, Ali Andre Ali
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Equipped with a burner phone and a new job, Cassie Peters has left her hectic and secretive life in New York City for the refuge of her hometown of Mammoth Lakes, California. There, she begins working again with Yosemite Search and Rescue, where a case she worked a decade ago continues to haunt her.

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Genre: Young Adult

Never Saw You Coming

By Erin Hahn, narrated by Jessica Almasy and Michael Crouch
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Raised by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college to find herself, she ends up traveling north to meet what’s left of the family she never knew existed.

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Genre: Clean Romance

One Summer in Italy

By Sue Moorcroft, narrated by Helen Johns
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When Sofia Bianchi’s father, Aldo, dies, it makes her stop and look at things afresh. Having been his carer for so many years, she knows it’s time for her to live her own life—and to fulfil some promises she made to Aldo in his final days.

11 Halloween Audiobooks for a Spooky Night

11 Halloween Audiobooks for a Spooky Night

11 Halloween Audiobooks for a Spooky Night

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Genre: Mystery

Halloween Party Murder (Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery Book 1)

By Leighann Dobbs, narrated by Kasey Logan
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Everyone knows a Juniper Holiday Halloween party is to die for. To get an invite is the most talked about topic in Crescent Cove. To experience the Holiday mansion in all its (supposedly) haunted glory is the stuff of legend. Of course, no one has actually seen a ghost in residence—but how could they when they’re having the time of their life?

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The House in the Pines

By Ana Reyes, narrated by Marisol Ramirez
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Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer. Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago, the gaps in her memories, and the lost time that she can’t account for.

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Genre: Clean Romance

My Roommate Is a Vampire

By Jenna Levine, narrated by Gilli Messer
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Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in)

By Stephen King, narrated by Ron McLarty
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Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.

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Genre: Fantasy

How to Be Eaten

By Maria Adelmann, narrated by Lauren Ezzo
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In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy.

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Genre: Young Adult

What Happens After Midnight

By K. L. Walther, narrated by Tina Wolstencroft
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Lily Hopper has two more weeks until she's officially finished with boarding school. With graduation quickly approaching Lily is worried that she's somehow missed out on the fun of being in high school.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane

By Julia Nobel, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
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With a dad who disappeared years ago and a mother who's a bit too busy to parent, Emmy is shipped off to Wellsworth, a prestigious boarding school in England, where she's sure she won't fit in. But then she finds a box of mysterious medallions in the attic of her home - medallions that belonged to her father…who may have gone to Wellsworth.

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The Only One Left

By Riley Sager, narrated by Christine Lakin and Dawn Harvey
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At seventeen, Lenora Hope hung her sister with a rope. Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it.

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Genre: Clean Romance

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon

By Sarah Hawley, narrated by Helen Laser
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Mariel Spark is prophesied to be the most powerful witch seen in centuries of the famed Spark family, but to the displeasure of her mother, she prefers baking to brewing potions and gardening to casting hexes. When a spell to summon flour goes very wrong, Mariel finds herself staring down a demon—one she inadvertently summoned for a soul bargain.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By Shirley Jackson, narrated by Bernadette Dunne
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Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation.

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Genre: Science Fiction

And Then I Woke Up

By Malcolm Devlin, narrated by Graham Mack
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In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up is a creepy, layered, literary story about false narratives and their ability to divide us. In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening.

Books That Give Fall Feels

Books That Give Fall Feels

Books That Give Fall Feels

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Home Before Dark

By Riley Sager, narrated by Cady McClain and Jon Lindstrom
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Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal her father recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His story of supernatural happenings and malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity - and skepticism.

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The Last Word

By Taylor Adams, narrated by Carlotta Brentan and Jim Meskimen
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Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Invisible Hour

By Alice Hoffman, narrated by Jessie Mueller
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One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Well Met

By Jen DeLuca, narrated by Brittany Pressley
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Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece?

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Genre: Clean Romance

Pumpkin Everything

By Beth Labonte, narrated by Lisa Larsen
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After calling off her fall wedding, horror novelist Amy Fox is left with a broken heart, a mega case of writer's block, and a serious aversion to all things pumpkin spice. When she receives news that her grandfather has broken his wrist driving through a Dunkin Donuts, Amy has no choice but to return to check on him.

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Genre: Young Adult

Maybe Meant to Be

By K. L. Walther, narrated by Alexa Elmy and Graham Halstead
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Everyone at the Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month, and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it's just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Binding

By Bridget Collins, narrated by Carl Prekopp
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Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder—a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice amongst their small community, but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Weyward

By Emilia Hart, narrated by Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley and, Nell Barlow
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Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.

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Genre: Mystery

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

By Joanne Fluke, narrated by Suzanne Toren
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In her first foray into the sleuthing game, resourceful, red-headed Hannah Swensen must find the right ingredients to solve two perplexing murders. One chilly morning on her way to The Cookie Jar, Hannah discovers Ron, the dairy delivery man, shot dead in his truck. When she begins to investigate, she suspects the dairy owner.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Graveyard Book

By Neil Gaiman, narrated by Neil Gaiman
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Nobody Owens is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings - such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.

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Genre: Fantasy

Thornhedge

By T. Kingfisher, narrated by Jennifer Blom
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There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?

Books with Shocking Plot Twists

Books with Shocking Plot Twists

Books with Shocking Plot Twists

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Genre: Mystery

The Night Olivia Fell

By Christina McDonald, narrated by Kelly Burke and Laurel Lefkow
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In the small hours of the morning, Abi Knight is startled awake by the phone call no mother ever wants to get: Her teenage daughter, Olivia, has fallen off a bridge. Not only is Olivia brain-dead, she’s pregnant and must remain on life support to keep her baby alive. And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia’s wrists.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Other People's Clothes

By Calla Henkel, narrated by Lauryn Allman
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Hoping to escape the pain of the recent murder of her best friend, art student Zoe Beech finds herself studying abroad in the bohemian capital of Europe—Berlin. Rudderless, Zoe relies on the arrangements of fellow exchange student Hailey Mader, who idolizes Warhol and Britney Spears and wants nothing more than to be an art star.

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The Sanatorium

By Sarah Pearse, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
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Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries Book 1)

By Mia P. Manansala, narrated by Danice Cabanela
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When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment.

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I Know What You've Done

By Dorothy Koomson, narrated by Anna Acton, Ginny Holder, Madeline Appiah and, Mira Dovreni
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What if all your neighbours' secrets landed in a diary on your doorstep? What if the woman who gave it to you was murdered by one of the people in the diary? What if the police asked if you knew anything? Would you hand over the book of secrets? Or...would you try to find out what everyone had done?

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Genre: Young Adult

NOCTE

By Courtney Cole, narrated by Stephen Dexter and Simone Tetrault
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Save me, and I'll save you.... My name is Calla Price. I'm 18 years old, and I'm one half of a whole. My other half - my twin brother, my Finn - is crazy. I love him. More than life, more than anything. And even though I'm terrified he'll suck me down with him, no one can save him but me. I'm doing all I can to stay afloat in a sea of insanity, but I'm drowning more and more each day.

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Genre: Fantasy

A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone Series Book 1)

By Scarlett St. Clair, narrated by Meg Sylvan
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Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

King’s Captive

By Amber Bardan, narrated by Sofia Willingham
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For three years, I've belonged to Julius King. Some people would think being stuck on a private island is heaven, but this is my hell. Because I'm not here as a guest. Not even close. I'm a prisoner. I'm his. Julius King. Powerful. Wealthy. Dangerous.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Written with Regret (The Regret Duet Book 1)

By Aly Martinez, narrated by Andi Arndt
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Every little girl dreams of the fairy tale. The one where the white knight rushes in to save her from the clutches of evil. They fall in love, have babies, and live happily ever after. By that definition, my life should have been a fairy tale, too.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Hazel Wood

By Melissa Albert, narrated by Rebecca Soler and James Fouhey
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Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: Her mother is stolen away.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Dead Zone

By Stephen King, narrated by James Franco
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Johnny Smith awakens from a five-year coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see people's futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancée married another man during his coma, and people clamor for him to solve their problems.