Big Books for the Season

Cleopatra

A Novel

By: Saara El-Arifi
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: TBA

Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife.

“Enchanting, smart, and subversive—this is El-Arifi’s masterpiece”—RF Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis

YOU KNOW MY NAME, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.

Your historians call me... Read more about Cleopatra

Operation Bounce House

By: Matt Dinniman
Narrated by: Travis Baldree & Jeff Hays
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

“On the planet colony of New Sonora, survival is no game—until it is. It’s Red Dawn for a future where humans have colonized new planets, except instead of the Russians invading, it’s teenage streamers piloting battle mechs. The action as we follow the ragtag crew is fun and frenetic, but it’s the cast of characters—including an AI bot named... Read more

And Now, Back to You

Heartstrings: Book #2

By: B.K. Borison
Narrated by: Max Meyers & Brittany Pressley
Length: TBA

“ Not to be dramatic, but this may be the best romance novel I've ever read. I can't wait for everyone to experience this book that felt like being wrapped in a warm blanket on a winter night. There was so much love in this book, and it wasn't even all romantic love. This was hopeful and uplifting and utterly heart-warming. Jackson. Oh Jackson.... Read more

Operation Bounce House

By: Matt Dinniman
Narrated by: Travis Baldree & Jeff Hays
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BECOME YOUR PLANET’S FINAL BOSS?

THE EPIC AND FAST-PACED NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SMASH-HIT DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL AND JOIN THE FIGHT.

All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking.

But now the... Read more about Operation Bounce House

Backtalker

A Memoir

By: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Narrated by: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Length: TBA

One of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas.

It is not very often that someone comes along and permanently reshapes the way Americans think about two of the most... Read more about Backtalker

Chain of Ideas

The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

By: Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
Length: TBA

The National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age.

“[Kendi] has a gift for tracing how historical ideas metastasize into present, real-world damage. . . . Kendi reveals the mechanics behind the myth, and... Read more about Chain of Ideas

Language as Liberation

Reflections on the American Canon

By: Toni Morrison
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Beloved Toni Morrison investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious.

In a dazzling series of lectures from her tenure as a professor at Princeton University, Toni Morrison interrogates America’s most famous works and... Read more about Language as Liberation

Sisters in Yellow

A Novel

By: Mieko Kawakami
Narrated by: Annie Q. Riegel
Length: TBA

From Mieko Kawakami, award-winning author of Breasts and Eggs, comes a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990s.

“I can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read Mieko Kawakami.” —Haruki Murakami

Hana has nothing – she’s fifteen years old and living in a tiny... Read more about Sisters in Yellow

Judy Blume

A Life

By: Mark Oppenheimer
Narrated by: Molly Ringwald
Length: TBA

The highly anticipated biography of one of the world’s most treasured literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted.

To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics—including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Deenie;... Read more about Judy Blume

Last Night in Brooklyn

A Novel

By: Xochitl Gonzalez
Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodriguez
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY TIME, OPRAH DAILY, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS, AND MORE!

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor’s secret past

SPRING,... Read more about Last Night in Brooklyn

Superfan

A Novel

By: Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Narrated by: Eric Yang & Katharine Chin
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

From National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree Jenny Tinghui Zhang, a novel about a pop idol and his superfan, whose stories shockingly collide

“Narrator Katharine Chin’s outstanding performance will have listeners weeping as they hear Zhang’s debut novel, based on actual events.” —Library Journal on Four Treasures of the Sky (Starred... Read more about Superfan

Kin

A Novel

By: Tayari Jones
Narrated by: Angel Pean & Ashley J. Hobbs
Length: TBA

A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.

"Kin is the kind of all-encompassing... Read more about Kin

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!

By: Liza Minnelli
Narrated by: Liza Minnelli
Length: TBA

Global icon Liza Minnelli shares her inspiring story: stepping out from the long shadow of a mega-star mother and legendary film director father, fighting a lifetime battle with addiction, and emerging from it all to become a once-in-a-lifetime artist.

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! is the autobiography of EGOT... Read more about Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!

The Republic of Memory

A Novel

By: Mahmud El Sayed
Length: TBA

A Memory Called Empire meets Children of Time in this Arabfuturist debut set on a generation ship on the brink of revolution as its crew begin to ask why they should toil for a people, and an empire, none of them remember.

The Safina is a city ship halfway through its four-hundred-year voyage from the ruins of Earth to a new colony world. Its... Read more about The Republic of Memory

Honeysuckle

A Novel

By: Bar Fridman-Tell
Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth & Geraint Rhys
Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

“Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell is just the right amount of creepy for this scaredy-cat reader. It deals with themes of consent and power dynamics. It starts out as such a sweet story of friendship and then goes very dark. The part that hit me the most is the dual POV, so you get to see the justification through the lens of the one with all the... Read more

Murder Bimbo

A Novel

By: Rebecca Novack
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

“In this darkly comedic novel of espionage, rage, confusion, and murder, the reader follows a pitiable sex worker who is unwittingly drawn into a plot to assassinate a politician. Or, actually, it's about a heartbroken sex worker who teams up with a group of neo-Nazis to kill her abuser. Wait, sorry, it's actually about a sex worker who, to win... Read more

Crown of War and Shadow

Kingdoms of the Compass

Kingdoms of the Compass: Book #1

By: J.R. Ward
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
Length: 19 hours 45 minutes

“Crown of War and Shadow by JR Ward: The Princess Bride vibes, the road trip setting, the twists, the tension! It's delicious. If you love the author for the Black Dagger Brotherhood, this one is just as dark but doesn't feel as heavy. It is also much more fantasy than romance, with a very slow burn. It's the beginning of a series, so everything... Read more

Lady Tremaine

A Novel

By: Rachel Hochhauser
Narrated by: Bessie Carter
Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

“I love a twist on classic tales, and this did not disappoint. What I didn’t expect was a story with so much depth and life of its own. Vastly entertaining. Fantastic twists. Read more

Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line

A Novel

The Finlay Donovan Series: Book #6

By: Elle Cosimano
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

“Another fun mystery in the series. This story feels even more madcap than the last! I love the focus on Vero and the relationship development in the women’s lives. Read more

Queen of Faces

Queen of Faces: Book #1

By: Petra Lord
Narrated by: Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, E. A. Castillo & Nicky Endres
Length: 16 hours 27 minutes

“The way this book started had me thinking it was going to be the typical "poor girl miraculously gets into magic school and proves them so wrong", but I was so wrong. Completely unexpected and delightfully twisty - this one will stick with me. Read more