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THE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS

THE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS Essays, Book 2

by Ross Gay | Read by Ross Gay

Algonquin Books
Contemporary Culture

Ross Gay's second book of "essayettes" celebrating delight is as joyful, buoyant, utterly life-affirming, and wonderfully meandering as his first one. Over a year, he writes about the delight he finds in cats, trading fruit, trees, remembering his father, a woman talking to passersby on her porch and the many other residents of Bloomington, Indiana, poetry, teachers, kissing... Read More

BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST

BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST Legends & Lattes, Book 2

Earphones Award Winner

by Travis Baldree | Read by Travis Baldree

Macmillan Audio
Fantasy

Author/narrator Travis Baldree returns with a prequel to LEGENDS & LATTES, set 20 years earlier. Viv, a mercenary orc, has been injured in a campaign against a necromancer and needs to heal. Looking for distraction, Viv hangs out in a run-down bookstore owned by a foulmouthed rattkin and discovers a love of reading, some good friends, and a little romance. Baldree introduces... Read More

THE BREAKAWAY

THE BREAKAWAY

by Jennifer Weiner | Read by Nikki Blonsky, Santino Fontana, Jenni Barber, Soneela Nankani, Joy Osmanski

Simon & Schuster Audio
Fiction

Nikki Blonsky, Santino Fontana, Jenni Barber, Soneela Nankani, and Joy Osmanski are an amazing ensemble for this captivating drama. As a plus-size woman with a meandering career, Abby feels at odds with societal expectations. But she is rooted in her love of bicycling and her steadfast boyfriend. Now she's about to lead a two-week cycling trip that includes her critical mother... Read More

CASSIEL'S SERVANT

CASSIEL'S SERVANT Kushiel's Legacy, Book 4

by Jacqueline Carey | Read by Owen Findlay

Macmillan Audio
Fantasy

This audiobook--the fourth in the Kushiel's Legacy fantasy series, but the second chronologically--offers more than a retelling of KUSHIEL'S DART. This companion piece is narrated from Joscelin's point of view. Narrator Owen Findlay is a master of distinctive voices as he reintroduces listeners to Joscelin, a warrior-priest who is sworn to celibacy and dedicated to protecting... Read More

THE FRAUD

THE FRAUD

Earphones Award Winner

by Zadie Smith | Read by Zadie Smith

Penguin Audio
Historical Fiction

Zadie Smith expertly performs her historical novel inspired by true events. It's 1873, and Mrs. Eliza Touchet, a Scottish housekeeper, is watching the trial of a working-class Australian man who claims to be the true inheritor of a great estate and title. Mrs. Touchet begins thinking about her cousin William Ainsworth, a formerly great novelist now down on his luck who she... Read More

HOLLY

HOLLY Holly Gibney, Book 3

Earphones Award Winner

by Stephen King | Read by Justine Lupe, Stephen King [Note]

Simon & Schuster Audio
Horror

Justine Lupe brings a beloved Stephen King character, Holly Gibney, vividly to life with her narration. When a distraught mother with a missing daughter calls Holly's investigative agency for help, quirky, brilliant Holly takes the case. She soon finds connections to other missing people and is slowly drawn into a world of pure evil. Lupe conveys the depravity of the... Read More

HOW TO SAY BABYLON

HOW TO SAY BABYLON A Memoir

Earphones Award Winner

by Safiya Sinclair | Read by Safiya Sinclair

Simon & Schuster Audio
Biography & Memoir

Author/narrator Safiya Sinclair emphasizes the poetry of her words as she narrates her memoir. Her soft Jamaican accent sounds like gentle waves. Sinclair begins by defining "Babylon," the term that Rastafarians coined to refer to the corrupting influences of Western culture--white oppression, in particular. Her father, a musician, became a strict Rastafarian who expected women... Read More

THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE

THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE Thursday Murder Club, Book 4

Earphones Award Winner

by Richard Osman | Read by Fiona Shaw

Penguin Audio
Mystery & Suspense

Fiona Shaw returns to the Thursday Murder Club series with a tour-de-force performance befitting Richard Osman's rich character development and cleverly connected crimes. Shaw's subtle variations in tone, cadence, and accent distinguish the familiar residents of Cooper's Chase, as well as the sweeping cast of police detectives and criminals. Osman's wise decision to continue... Read More

THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE

THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE Walt Longmire, Book 19

by Craig Johnson | Read by George Guidall

Recorded Books
Mystery & Suspense

George Guidall once again enchants listeners with his performance of the characters in this 19th audiobook in Craig Johnson's Longmire series. Guidall's rich, weathered tones perfectly convey Sheriff Walt Longmire--Guidall's voice is now synonymous with the character in the audiobooks. With deft skill, Guidall navigates shifts in rhythm, pitch, and accent, smoothly... Read More

NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLY

NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLY Stories

Earphones Award Winner

by Kate Atkinson | Read by Paterson Joseph

Random House Audio
Fiction

Paterson Joseph's remarkable performance of Kate Atkinson's newest book transmutes the whimsical, witty, and absurdist stories from adroit to splendid. The acclaimed British actor's light, engaging baritone and exquisite delivery offer pleasure and comfort in equal measure as he guides us through narratives that truly do not follow normal rules. They include talking animals,... Read More

PROPHET

PROPHET

by Helen Macdonald, Sin Blaché | Read by Jake Fairbrother, Ryan Forde Iosco, Charlotte Davey

Recorded Books
Science Fiction

Jake Fairbrother, Ryan Forde Iosco, and Charlotte Davey share narrator duties. Rao, a former MI6 agent with an uncanny ability to know whether a person is telling the truth, and Adam, an American intelligence officer, are investigating a drug that materializes people's fondest memories--although it causes a psychic break with sometimes fatal consequences. Fairbrother takes the... Read More

STARLING HOUSE

STARLING HOUSE

by Alix E. Harrow | Read by Natalie Naudus

Macmillan Audio
Fantasy

Natalie Naudus narrates the story of Opal, who is living in the desolate town of Eden, home to the mysterious Starling Mansion. The old house appeared on the day that the writer-illustrator of the gothic fantasy children's book THE UNDERLAND, Eleanor Starling, disappeared. Opal, who is providing for her brother, works for the current heir, Arthur Starling. Strange things are... Read More

THICKER THAN WATER

THICKER THAN WATER A Memoir

by Kerry Washington | Read by Kerry Washington

Hachette Audio
Biography & Memoir

This heartfelt memoir takes listeners from Kerry Washington's childhood in the Bronx through her award-winning career thus far. The Emmy and SAG winner and Golden Globe nominee recounts her extraordinary life as a Black female actor and activist who aims to break down barriers, as well as a devoted daughter, mentor, director, and producer. With humor and honesty, Washington... Read More

THE VASTER WILDS

THE VASTER WILDS

Earphones Award Winner

by Lauren Groff | Read by January LaVoy

Penguin Audio
Fiction

January LaVoy gives a breathtaking narration of an astonishing historical novel. Listeners meet a servant girl in the winter of 1609 as she escapes certain death by fleeing into the unknown dangers of the forest. What follows is a beautifully wrought story of survival, narrated with precision, emotion, and a keen sense of the drama that unfolds. The girl's past is slowly... Read More

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