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Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

A Love Story

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan & Taylor Jenkins Reid
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

“This one was slow to hook me, but once it did, I couldn't stop reading! Get the Kleenex at the ready! Read more

The Exorcist

A Novel

By: William Peter Blatty
Narrated by: William Peter Blatty & Eliana Shaskan
Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

""A horror story for all midnights.""  —The Boston Globe“Read the book. It's an experience you will never forget.”—St. Louis Post-DispatchThe phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture, which remains the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written.Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist is a... Read more about The Exorcist

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

A Novel

By: Emily Austin
Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Gilda never wants to disappoint anyone, which is exactly how she ends up with a job as a secretary at a Catholic church. As a gay atheist, it's problematic. Alternatively hilarious and tragic, Gilda’s story is one that stays with you. Read more

The Hexologists

The Hexologists: Book #1

By: Josiah Bancroft
Narrated by: Sarah Slimani
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

“The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft is a fantastical mystery with a fascinating magic system. It's very British, which I happen to love, and the narrator for the audiobook has the perfect pitch for it. Iz is the main character, and I like her dry, impulsive attitude, but I much prefer her bumbling, secretly rageful husband and the dragon they... Read more

A Long Way Gone

Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

By: Ishmael Beah
Narrated by: Ishmael Beah
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.

This is how wars are... Read more about A Long Way Gone

On Beauty - Abridged

By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Peter Francis James
Length: TBA

One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth

"Thoroughly original . . . A novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining, as provocative as it is humane." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

This... Read more about On Beauty - Abridged

Butcher’s Crossing

By: John Williams
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“My first western and it did not disappoint! This book is simultaneously brutal and beautiful where the main character is the wilderness and the setting. It's a story of survival, ambition amidst a rapidly changing world. I think many of the themes presented in Butcher's Crossing are incredibly insightful to anyone grappling with meaning in a... Read more

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

“A darkly comic novel in which a young woman, bogged down by the daily stresses and grievances of life commits to sleeping for an entire year. Perfect in literally every way. A druggie New York City diva living her best Xanax-fueled life. Brat before Brat was a thing. Drug abuse, bodega coffee, and deep dark bouts of depression abound. Read more

Martyr!

A novel

By: Kaveh Akbar
Narrated by: Arian Moayed
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“I honestly have a hard time verbalizing exactly what I love about this novel, except to say that I am writing this staff pick months after reading it because it's still on my mind. Cyrus Shams was a baby when his mother's plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf. Following her death, Cyrus and his father move to Indiana; his father dies as... Read more

Carmilla - Unabridged

By: Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by: Sara Nichols
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

“Loved this melodramatic, gothic, gift of a novella as a queer person, loved it as a horror fan, loved it as a classics enjoyer. Yay! Lesbian vampire! She did it first. Read more

Howards End

By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

“An eternally clever and nuanced novel about sisterhood, houses, and Beethoven's Fifth. Also, a cautionary tale about standing under too-full bookshelves. Read more

All The Beauty in the World

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

By: Patrick Bringley
Narrated by: Patrick Bringley
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

“A truly lovely book that captures the sort of reverence and passion I feel for art museums. If you know me, you know that taking me to any art museum is bound to result in a whole day spent there. Bringley's memoir and his musings here are entertaining, moving, and resonate deeply. Read more

The Language of the Night

Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan & Michael Crouch
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

“Delightful, refreshing, composed of words most warm and ever-welcoming. As a lover of all things Le Guin, even I expected this collection to be a rather dense, academic read (she is, after all, a brilliant mind, and essays on writing by such an author...I was excited for the challenge). I feel very humbled, by her humility. My surprise feels a... Read more

Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

“Grey Dog, a diary-style narrative, offers a gripping exploration of one woman's descent into madness and subsequent liberation, akin to a blend of A24's Midsommar and M. Night Shyamalan's The Village. Gish's adept characterizations and captivating prose make it a must-read, leaving me in breathless anticipation for her future works. Read more

Matrix

A Novel

By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

“Less a traditional novel, and more a grand story about a grand woman, and the sanctuary she carves out for herself and her sisters. Shook me, grounded me, challenged my idea of myself. Lauren Groff has such a knack for transporting her reader into the story world, into the minds and hearts of her characters. I am as much, if not more, in awe of... Read more

James

A Novel

By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

“Listening to James was marvellous, the clever story brought to life by Dominic Hoffman, gentle, resonating narration - I've played the sample aloud for customers at the shop and everyone stops to listen. You get a flavor with this audio book that reading might be hard to match, as the southern accents are almost impossible to imagine. One of my... Read more

The Song of Achilles

A Novel

By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

“A wonderful retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus, companion to Achilles. With its simple yet powerful prose, it has become one of our favourite books of all time. The audiobook adds a haunting force to the epic tale. Read more

Devotions

The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

“Reading any collection of beautiful poetry in a short period of time is immersive, dare I say life-altering. Reading Devotions is somehow more intimate than even that. Oliver’s way of viewing the world is so crystal-clear, so inviting. Every poem is like taking a step outside and breathing in a lungful of crisp, clean, cold air. Her way of... Read more

On Beauty

By: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Peter Francis James
Length: 18 hours 48 minutes

“"All is fair in love and...academia." On Beauty is an unflinching, harsh, full-bodied approach to family, politics, and academia. In this novel, a microcosm of opinionated, muddled, chaotic people unravels; their high-and-mighty ideals are called into question. Smith's novel is a challenging read; while scrutinizing the Belseys and the Kipps,... Read more

This Is How You Lose The Time War

By: Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell & Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

“This book was beautifully written in love letter style. While it was slightly confusing for the first few chapters once I sunk into the plot I couldn't stop until it was finished. It was beautifully complex while still simple. 10/10 recommend. Read more