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HOW TO BE PERFECT by Michael Schur, read by Michael Schur, Kristen Bell, and a full cast
7 mins; May 11, 2022
FINDING ME by Viola Davis, read by Viola Davis
7 mins; May 10, 2022
TEN STEPS TO NANETTE by Hannah Gadsby, read by Hannah Gadsby
6 mins; May 09, 2022
THE LAST MAPMAKER by Christina Soontornvat, read by Sura Siu
6 mins; May 06, 2022
SEATMATE by Cara Bastone, read by Amanda Ronconi, Zachary Webber, and a full cast
6 mins; May 05, 2022
FEVERED STAR by Rebecca Roanhorse, read by Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
6 mins; May 04, 2022
BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry, read by Julia Whelan
6 mins; May 03, 2022
SEA OF TRANQUILITY by Emily St. John Mandel, read by John Lee, Dylan Moore, Arthur Morey, Kirsten Potter
6 mins; May 02, 2022
The Welcoming Library and AudioFile Magazine
9 mins; April 29, 2022
BRINGING UP BOOKMONSTERS by Amber Ankowski, Andy Ankowski, read by Khristine Hvam
6 mins; April 28, 2022
Celebrating 1,000 Episodes of Behind the Mic
9 mins; April 27, 2022
IMAGINE IF . . . by Ken Robinson, Kate Robinson, read by Kate Robinson
7 mins; April 26, 2022
EMILE AND THE FIELD by Kevin Young, read by Kevin Young
6 mins; April 25, 2022
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell, read by Rupert Degas
5 mins; April 22, 2022
THANK YOU, MR. NIXON by Gish Jen, read by Justin Chien, Catherine Ho, Annie Q, Eunice Wong
6 mins; April 21, 2022
SAVING YELLOWSTONE by Megan Kate Nelson, read by Cynthia Farrell
5 mins; April 20, 2022
LESSONS FROM THE EDGE by Marie Yovanovitch, read by Marie Yovanovitch
5 mins; April 19, 2022
THE CANDY HOUSE by Jennifer Egan, read by a Full Cast
6 mins; April 18, 2022
LOVE & SAFFRON by Kim Fay, read by Kimberly Farr, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Bramhall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Kim Fay [Note]
6 mins; April 15, 2022
THE LAST CONFESSIONS OF SYLVIA P. by Lee Kravetz, read by Maggi-Meg Reed, Karissa Vacker, Teri Clark Linden
6 mins; April 14, 2022
MISS PEARLY'S GIRLS by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, read by Patricia R. Floyd
5 mins; April 13, 2022
THE CARTOGRAPHERS by Peng Shepherd, read by Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Karen Chilton, Ron Butler, Neil Hellegers, Jason Culp, Brittany Pressley
6 mins; April 12, 2022
I WAS BETTER LAST NIGHT by Harvey Fierstein, read by Harvey Fierstein
6 mins; April 11, 2022
HELLO, MOLLY! by Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey, read by Molly Shannon
7 mins; April 08, 2022
DO YOU FOLLOW? by J.C. Bidonde, read by Marnye Young
6 mins; April 07, 2022
ENOUGH ALREADY by Valerie Bertinelli, read by Valerie Bertinelli
7 mins; April 06, 2022
HEARTBREAK by Florence Williams, read by Florence Williams
6 mins; April 05, 2022
THE GOLDEN COUPLE by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, read by Marin Ireland, Karissa Vacker
6 mins; April 04, 2022
In conversation with Morris Gleitzman, author and narrator
38 mins; April 02, 2022
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AND I'M IN MY BATHING SUIT by Justin A. Reynolds, read by Nile Bullock
7 mins; April 01, 2022
PILAR RAMIREZ AND THE ESCAPE FROM ZAFA by Julian Randall, read by Amanda Alcántara
5 mins; March 31, 2022
ALL MY RAGE by Sabaa Tahir, read by Deepti Gupta, Kamran R. Khan, Kausar Mohammed
6 mins; March 30, 2022
A THOUSAND STEPS INTO NIGHT by Traci Chee, read by Grace Rolek
5 mins; March 29, 2022
DELILAH GREEN DOESN'T CARE by Ashley Herring Blake, read by Kristen DiMercurio
5 mins; March 28, 2022
Narrator Rosalyn Landor on all things BRIDGERTON and more
31 mins; March 25, 2022
THE BERLIN EXCHANGE by Joseph Kanon, read by Jonathan Davis
6 mins; March 25, 2022
MACHIAVELLI FOR WOMEN by Stacey Vanek Smith, read by Stacey Vanek Smith
6 mins; March 24, 2022
IN LOVE by Amy Bloom, read by Amy Bloom
5 mins; March 23, 2022
A SUNLIT WEAPON by Jacqueline Winspear, read by Orlagh Cassidy
6 mins; March 22, 2022
THE PARTED EARTH by Anjali Enjeti, read by Deepti Gupta
6 mins; March 21, 2022
AT THE END OF THE WORLD, TURN LEFT by Zhanna Slor, read by Zura Johnson, Caitlin Kelly
6 mins; March 18, 2022
THE FORTUNE MEN by Nadifa Mohamed, read by Hugh Quarshie
5 mins; March 17, 2022
COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY DRAMA by Bob Odenkirk, read by Bob Odenkirk, Steve Rudnick, Leo Benvenuti
5 mins; March 16, 2022
THE BOOKS OF JACOB by Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft [Trans.], read by Gilli Messer, Allen Lewis Rickman
5 mins; March 15, 2022
THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton, read by Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, and a Full Cast
5 mins; March 14, 2022
Malcolm Gladwell on the Future of Audiobooks
17 mins; March 11, 2022
THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS by Meg Waite Clayton, read by Imani Jade Powers, Graham Halstead
6 mins; March 11, 2022
GARBO by Robert Gottlieb, read by Maria Tucci
6 mins; March 10, 2022
THE LETTERS PROJECT by Eleanor Reissa, read by Eleanor Reissa
5 mins; March 09, 2022
THE LEOPARD IS LOOSE by Stephen Harrigan, read by George Guidall
5 mins; March 08, 2022
THE GOODBYE COAST by Joe Ide, read by Vikas Adam
5 mins; March 07, 2022
All about the 2022 Audie Awards
12 mins; March 05, 2022
THE TELLER OF SECRETS by Bisi Adjapon, read by Anniwaa Buachie
6 mins; March 04, 2022
KEEP CALM AND TRUST THE SCIENCE by Luke O'Neill, read by Ruairi Conaghan
5 mins; March 03, 2022
BITTER by Akwaeke Emezi, read by Bahni Turpin
5 mins; March 02, 2022
WAHALA by Nikki May, read by Natalie Simpson
5 mins; March 01, 2022
I MUST BETRAY YOU by Ruta Sepetys, read by Edoardo Ballerini
6 mins; February 28, 2022
OPERATION SISTERHOOD by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, read by Kristen Ariza
6 mins; February 25, 2022
A IS FOR OBOE: THE ORCHESTRA'S ALPHABET by Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson, read by Thomas Quasthoff
6 mins; February 24, 2022
HOMICIDE AND HALO-HALO by Mia P. Manansala, read by Danice Cabanela
5 mins; February 23, 2022
THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA by Axie Oh, read by Rosa Escoda
5 mins; February 22, 2022
WEATHER GIRL by Rachel Lynn Solomon, read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
6 mins; February 21, 2022
WILD SWAN by Patti Callahan, read by Cynthia Erivo
5 mins; February 18, 2022
FAMILY BUSINESS by S.J. Rozan, read by Emily Woo Zeller
5 mins; February 17, 2022
HANGSAMAN by Shirley Jackson, read by Julia Whelan
6 mins; February 16, 2022
THE MAID by Nita Prose, read by Lauren Ambrose
6 mins; February 15, 2022
ARSÈNE LUPIN VERSUS HERLOCK SHOLMES by Maurice Leblanc, read by David Timson
6 mins; February 14, 2022
JOAN IS OKAY by Weike Wang, read by Catherine Ho
7 mins; February 11, 2022
UNPROTECTED by Billy Porter, read by Billy Porter
6 mins; February 10, 2022
RECKLESS GIRLS by Rachel Hawkins, read by Barrie Kreinik
6 mins; February 09, 2022
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS by Kal Penn, read by Kal Penn
5 mins; February 08, 2022
ANTHEM by Noah Hawley, read by Shiromi Arserio, Noah Hawley
6 mins; February 07, 2022
In conversation with narrator Davina Porter
43 mins; February 04, 2022
THE FIFTIES by James R. Gaines, read by James Fouhey
6 mins; February 04, 2022
CHASING HISTORY by Carl Bernstein, read by Robert Petkoff, Carl Bernstein
6 mins; February 03, 2022
HOW WE EAT by Paco Underhill, read by Adam Barr, Aden Hakimi, Karissa Vacker
5 mins; February 02, 2022
SMALL WORLD by Jonathan Evison, read by William DeMeritt
5 mins; February 01, 2022
YOU DON'T KNOW US NEGROES by Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Genevieve West [Eds. & Intro.], read by Robin Miles
6 mins; January 31, 2022
STEPHEN FRY'S EDWARDIAN SECRETS by Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker, read by Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
5 mins; January 28, 2022
THE LADIES' PARADISE by Émile Zola, read by Leighton Pugh
5 mins; January 27, 2022
EAST LYNNE by Ellen Wood, read by Rachel Atkins
5 mins; January 26, 2022
CHARLOTTE SOPHIA by Tina Andrews, read by Adjoa Andoh
4 mins; January 25, 2022
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, WITH SONGS FROM REGENCY ENGLAND by Jane Austen, read by Alison Larkin
6 mins; January 24, 2022
AIN'T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT by Jason Reynolds, read by Jason Reynolds, Nile Bullock, Tatum Marylin Hall, JaQwan J. Kelly, DePre Owens
5 mins; January 21, 2022
AARON SLATER, ILLUSTRATOR by Andrea Beaty, read by Sullivan Jones
6 mins; January 20, 2022
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow, read by Amy Landon
5 mins; January 19, 2022
DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS by Sue Lynn Tan, read by Natalie Naudus
5 mins; January 18, 2022
CALL US WHAT WE CARRY by Amanda Gorman, read by Amanda Gorman
5 mins; January 17, 2022
DAGGERS DRAWN by Maxim Jakubowski [Ed.], read by Maxwell Caulfield, Gabrielle de Cuir, Justine Eyre, Alex Hyde-White, John Lee, Juliette Mills, Kate Orsini, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki
6 mins; January 14, 2022
NEVER by Ken Follett, read by January LaVoy
6 mins; January 13, 2022
ONCE UPON A WARDROBE by Patti Callahan, read by Fiona Hardingham
6 mins; January 12, 2022
MADAM by Debby Applegate, read by Erin Bennett
6 mins; January 11, 2022
THE JOY AND LIGHT BUS COMPANY by Alexander McCall Smith, read by Bianca Amato
6 mins; January 10, 2022
REVOLUTION IN OUR TIME by Kekla Magoon, read by Tyla Collier
7 mins; January 07, 2022
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Catherynne M. Valente, read by Karis Campbell
6 mins; January 06, 2022
THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE by Alessandra Narváez Varela, read by Alessandra Narváez Varela
7 mins; January 05, 2022
WILL by Will Smith, Mark Manson, read by Will Smith
7 mins; January 04, 2022
MIRACLE AND WONDER by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon, read by Malcom Gladwell, Paul Simon
6 mins; January 03, 2022
LOOK FOR ME AND I'LL BE GONE by John Edgar Wideman, read by Dion Graham, Janina Edwards
7 mins; December 31, 2021
THE LAST WINTER by Porter Fox, read by Jeremy Arthur
5 mins; December 30, 2021
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