New Audiobooks To Listen to Right Now

Jill and Ted adore their New York brownstone the way others adore their children. It is their sanctuary. So when Ted’s inheritance runs out and he makes a bad investment, they panic. How can they protect their beloved home and enviable lifestyle? The answer is obvious. Or at least, it is obvious to Jill and Ted. The death of one wealthy family member — from whom they stand to inherit millions — could solve all their problems. Together, they will get away with murder … As long as they trust each other. As long as neither makes a mistake. As long as there are no surprises …

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy.

A woman is newly engaged to a man she adores when she receives a call from her first love with news that shatters her carefully ordered world, in this emotionally powerful novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Pact. Gripping and deeply moving, Love You More is a story about the plot twists life throws at us — and how love, in all its forms, has the power to change everything.

A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont), leaving all the comforts of home behind — a rollicking, lyrical novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of North Woods and one of America’s greatest living writers. Joyous, absurd, and life-affirming, Country People is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.

From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and Everyone Is Lying to You comes a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets, betrayal, and the intoxicating lure of power.

Why do some fights for justice hit a wall while others succeed? What does it take to win social change, especially now? It comes down to understanding one thing: The difference between presence and power. This book offers a set of essential lessons about power for anyone who wants to understand it, gain it, and use it to win the progress we all deserve — and to defeat the forces trying to take our freedoms away. Robinson provides the tools needed to help everyday people build real leverage in systems designed to prevent them from doing so.

A hockey player and a grad student are on thin ice until they meet their match in this sexy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson.

From Indigenous chef Nephi Craig, a searing personal and cultural reckoning that demonstrates the power of food to heal intergenerational wounds. Interweaving personal reflection with illuminating cultural insight, Our Knives Will Save Us offers a vision of hope: One where food is decolonized and cooking is a pathway to healing for all of us.

A woman with no past. A warrior with no future. Their love could save the world — or burn it down … Fourth Wing — by way of Chinese mythology — meets The Hunger Games in a perilous world where a young woman with no memory and little magic may hold the key to uniting the Dominions and saving the mortal realm, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Read with Jenna pick Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation.

In this witty, absurd, and surprisingly moving memoir-in-essays, comedian Alison Leiby unpacks the multitudes women are told to be — and the joy of refusing to pick just one. In 14 personal essays full of deadpan jokes, tender moments of candid introspection, and insightful social commentary, Leiby encourages us to ditch the manufactured Instagram persona and embrace the fact that sometimes the puzzle pieces don’t always fit to create a perfect picture, but that doesn’t mean we are incomplete.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con.

In this concise book, Buddhist monk Ryushun Kusanagi presents a central teaching of the Buddha’s path: It is not what happens that disturbs the heart, but the desires, aversions, and judgments that arise in the mind. When we stop reacting, the mind settles and we find peace. Drawing on Buddhist practice, Kusanagi shows how to release anger and anxiety, loosen the grip of “good” and “bad,” and allow each reaction to rise and pass, like waves in the ocean.

A romantic, life-affirming memoir about a young woman’s solo honeymoon to Europe after her fiancé’s sudden death weeks before their wedding, and the community of hope and wonder she built along the way. The result is a beautiful exploration of what it means to choose life in the face of unimaginable pain. The Solo Honeymoon shines a light on the joy of love, the depths of grief, and all the beauty there is in the world.

From Instagram phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring themes of identity, loss, and what it means to rediscover yourself. Through themes of identity, loss, healing, and emotional reconstruction, the collection explores what it means to unlearn inherited beliefs, confront the weight of the past, and slowly rebuild a relationship with oneself, others, and the world. This is a book not primarily about romantic love but about reengaging with life by confronting the past and reconnecting with a sense of self.

From the beloved, award-winning author of the culture-changing hits Lost Children Archive and Tell Me How It Ends comes her most powerful and page-turning novel yet: The tale of a mother and daughter traveling together after the collapse of a marriage and the dissolution of their traditional family structure.

Maxton Hall meets RuNyx in the stunning conclusion to the Nightshade duology, a dark academia romance brimming with snarky banter and sizzling tension, in which Alex and Ophelia must fight through betrayal, heartbreak, and deadly new threats.

A teen girl is swept into an opulent world of love, lies, and ghosts after she moves in with the wealthy, mysterious family she never knew she had in book one of the Grove Hollow series. “A spellbinding YA gothic paranormal romance, Grove Hollow blends ‘80s nostalgia, haunted secrets, and an aching slow-burn love with with a ghost into an immersive, unforgettable coming-of-age tale” (Logan Karlie, New York Times bestselling author of Dream by the Shadows).

The daughter of a sinister magical family who made a deal with the devil must stop the man killing them off, one by one, in this deliciously dark fantasy thriller that’s House of Hollow meets Succession, laced with a kiss-or-kill romance.

The future of Blackwood Academy — and the entire afterlife — is at stake in the must-read sequel to the viral dark fantasy sensation Immortal Consequences. Now the fate of the academy, and all the souls within it, rests in the hands of six former pupils. Any one of them could be the hero the afterlife needs … or the villain who will destroy it for good. Because the truth is, Blackwood’s biggest secret has yet to come to light — and when it does, it will shake the institution to its core.

A charming young adult romance featuring all-new characters (plus cameos!), a magnetic attraction, a mysterious artifact, and the fearsome First Order from New York Times bestseller, Ashley Poston.

From the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, comes a picture book that teaches the smallest readers that no voice is too quiet, no message too small, to have an impact on a friend.

It’s 1979 and 12-year-old Theodora “Thunder” Underwood is spending her summer at Mount Pleasant, her aunt’s historic yet crumbling old mansion once owned by Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. When Thunder discovers a mysterious diary written by Mercy, a girl her age who lived through the American Revolution, Thunder is plunged into a mystery that involves a shadowy prowler, a hidden ring, and mysterious spies. Fast-paced and full of twists, this suspenseful middle grade novel transports young readers between the 1770s and 1970s as Thunder uncovers the truth behind a Revolutionary-era spy network — and discovers the importance of friendship, family, and her own voice along the way.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Wonder comes a spine-tingling Halloween audiobook adventure! When all the trick-or-treating is done and children are tucked in, ghosts are drawn to one special place: The Haunted Playground! Ruled by Rex Magnificus, ghosts arrive not to haunt but to play. But will the appearance of two human children interrupt their revelry?