My 2026 Reads So Far!

Lost Lambs

A Novel

By: Madeline Cash
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

“The Flynns are a disaster. They are a lonely, dysfunctional, selfish family that blithely stumbles through a series of events that actually makes you root for them. Surprisingly warm-hearted, inclusive, and told with a messy moral center that feels cathartic, especially during these times. Read more

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

A Novel

By: Alice Evelyn Yang
Narrated by: Carolyn Kang
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

A dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effects of intergenerational trauma, the legacy of colonialism, and the inescapability of fate.Qianze has not seen her father in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of... Read more about A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

Some Bright Nowhere

A Novel

By: Ann Packer
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK "Extraordinary. Books like this are why I love reading. This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel." —Elin Hilderbrand “Profound and moving and real.”—Andrew Sean Greer“Some Bright Nowhere is a novel that draws you in deeply and holds you there. Wonderful.”—Meg WolitzerThe bestselling,... Read more about Some Bright Nowhere

Anatomy of an Alibi

A Novel

By: Ashley Elston
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Saskia Maarleveld, Amanda Stribling & Dan Bittner
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

“The question “how are all of these people so intertwined with one another?” will be on repeat as you move through the chapters. I didn’t want to stop listening until my theories were either proven right or wrong. Highly recommended if you loved First Lie Wins. Read more

I Could Be Famous

Stories

By: Sydney Rende
Narrated by: Rachel Angco
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Bloomsbury presents I Could Be Famous by Sydney Rende, read by Rachel Angco

"A terrific debut: fresh, original, and surprising." --George Saunders, Booker-Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo

From a magnetic new voice in fiction "made for this moment and for those coming of age within it" (Jonathan Dee), a debut story collection following... Read more about I Could Be Famous

The Future Saints

A Novel

By: Ashley Winstead
Narrated by: Ali Andre Ali, Brittany Pressley, Vikas Adam & Tyla Collier
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

“Every year, it seems theres a book that captures the spirit of Daisy Jones & the Six and packages it in a new story that feels like a familiar tune. The Future Saints did remind me of Daisy Jones, and yet it was able to start on its own as a true work of art. From the very first chapter, you know you're in for a wild ride with these... Read more

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook

A Hot-Mess Guide for Women in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond Who Are Over It

We Do Not Care Club: Book #1

By: Melani Sanders
Narrated by: Melani Sanders
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

“Anyone in peri/menopause needs to read this! And maybe their partners too! Read more

Dandelion Is Dead

A Novel About Life

By: Rosie Storey
Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz & Olivia Dowd
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

“I’m not sure why my best reads recently seem to twine grief with laugh-out-loud humour, but this one is another winner in the vein of The Guncle, and I See You’ve Called in Dead. Fresh premise starts with meeting someone from a dead sister’s dating app, and the audio has wonderful accents to enjoy along the ride. Read more

Darkening Song

By: Delphine Seddon
Narrated by: Cherise Silvestri, Mei Mei MacLeod & Milly Oldfield
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

“Darkening Song by Delphine Seddon is a tragic, poignant look at fame and the music industry and what it's like for women, particularly. And it's not all doom and gloom. There's a definite thread of hope. For the record, though, this is not a light, fluffy read. It does feel specifically important right now, in an era where we're finally talking... Read more

Half His Age

A Novel

By: Jennette McCurdy
Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

“Jennette McCurdy stays rigorously true to her voice in her first work of fiction, and it is precisely the simplicity of the prose that makes the novel feel so charged. Half His Age paints a stark, unfiltered portrait of a Lolitaesque affair, offering no emotional signposts and no guidance on how the reader should feel. We are left only with the... Read more

The Storm

A Novel

By: Rachel Hawkins
Narrated by: Alex Knox, Cathi Colas, Dan Bittner, Jane Oppenheimer, Patti Murin, Petrea Burchard & Stephanie Németh-Parker
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

“Just like a hurricane, this book takes you on an expected path of trajectory and then makes an unexpected hook and hits land. All the rain and all the damage is unleashed as this 1984 murder is solved decades later. Narrated by a full cast. This south Alabama, slow burn thriller was a win for me. Read more

Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl

A Novel

Academic Affairs: Book #1

By: Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
Narrated by: Connor Crais, Victoria Connolly & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“Shameless smut read! We’ve got an adjunct/nanny + professor/single dad combo, and endless libidos. Jk! The book centers on the FMC’s drive to improve her life and eventually enter politics. But let’s be real, we’re not reading this book for the political discourse. And the spice is spicing. So, if you want to pretend to care about fictional... Read more

Sheer

A Novel

By: Vanessa Lawrence
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Told over nine charged days, Sheer is the gripping tale of a controversial beauty mogul’s insatiable ambition and the slippery ground between empowerment and abuse of power.

It’s 2015 and Maxine Thomas, the founder and creative director of the cult makeup company Reveal, has just been suspended by her own Board for a scandalous transgression.... Read more about Sheer

The First Time I Saw Him (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick)

By: Laura Dave
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Tessa Albertson, Colin Donnell & CJ Wilson
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

“This is the way to do a sequel! A beautiful and suspenseful tale to rival the first time we met Hannah and Bailey in The Last Thing He Told Me, with its own twists and turns that will have you saying, “just one more chapter!” again and again. Read more

When I Kill You

A Novel

By: B.A. Paris
Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

“Well this was a wild ride! This goes back and forth between 14 years ago and now. Nell has a stalker and she did things in her past she isn't proud of so she thinks she doesn't deserve to have a normal, happy life. She thinks the stalker has come to make her atone for things she has done, and she has been expecting this. But she finally let... Read more