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Project Hail Mary Audiobook By Andy Weir cover art
Project Hail Mary By: Andy Weir
The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in) Audiobook By Colson Whitehead cover art
The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in) By: Colson Whitehead
Finding Tamika Audiobook By Erika Alexander, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, Ben Arnon, Rebkah Howard, David Person, James T. Green, SBH Productions, Color Farm Media cover art
Finding Tamika By: Erika Alexander, and others
Hidden Figures Audiobook By Margot Lee Shetterly cover art
Hidden Figures By: Margot Lee Shetterly
The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition Audiobook By Margaret Atwood, Valerie Martin - essay cover art
The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition By: Margaret Atwood, and others
Maejor Frequency Podcast By Maejor cover art
Maejor Frequency By: Maejor
Mrs. Wickham Audiobook By Sarah Page cover art
Mrs. Wickham By: Sarah Page
The Kite Runner Audiobook By Khaled Hosseini cover art
The Kite Runner By: Khaled Hosseini
Circe Audiobook By Madeline Miller cover art
Circe By: Madeline Miller
Steve Jobs Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
Steve Jobs By: Walter Isaacson
I Am Malala Audiobook By Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb - contributor cover art
I Am Malala By: Malala Yousafzai, and others
The Sandman Audiobook By Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs cover art
The Sandman By: Neil Gaiman, and others
The Godfather Audiobook By Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction, Anthony Puzo - note, Robert J. Thompson - afterword cover art
The Godfather By: Mario Puzo, and others
Atonement Audiobook By Ian McEwan cover art
Atonement By: Ian McEwan
Call Me by Your Name Audiobook By André Aciman cover art
Call Me by Your Name By: André Aciman
Schindler's List Audiobook By Thomas Keneally cover art
Schindler's List By: Thomas Keneally
To Kill a Mockingbird Audiobook By Harper Lee cover art
To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee
If Beale Street Could Talk Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
If Beale Street Could Talk By: James Baldwin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Audiobook By Ken Kesey, Robert Faggen - introduction cover art
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest By: Ken Kesey, and others
Breakfast at Tiffany's Audiobook By Truman Capote cover art
Breakfast at Tiffany's By: Truman Capote
Room Audiobook By Emma Donoghue cover art
Room By: Emma Donoghue
No Country for Old Men Audiobook By Cormac McCarthy cover art
No Country for Old Men By: Cormac McCarthy
The Remains of the Day Audiobook By Kazuo Ishiguro cover art
The Remains of the Day By: Kazuo Ishiguro
The Green Mile Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
The Green Mile By: Stephen King
Why Fish Don't Exist Audiobook By Lulu Miller cover art
Why Fish Don't Exist By: Lulu Miller
Hunger Audiobook By Roxane Gay cover art
Hunger By: Roxane Gay
Brown Girl Dreaming Audiobook By Jacqueline Woodson cover art
Brown Girl Dreaming By: Jacqueline Woodson
In the Dream House Audiobook By Carmen Maria Machado cover art
In the Dream House By: Carmen Maria Machado
On Writing Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
On Writing By: Stephen King
The Woman Warrior Audiobook By Maxine Hong Kingston cover art
The Woman Warrior By: Maxine Hong Kingston
Reading Lolita in Tehran Audiobook By Azar Nafisi cover art
Reading Lolita in Tehran By: Azar Nafisi
The Glass Castle Audiobook By Jeannette Walls cover art
The Glass Castle By: Jeannette Walls
Educated Audiobook By Tara Westover cover art
Educated By: Tara Westover
Shrill Audiobook By Lindy West cover art
Shrill By: Lindy West
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Audiobook By Anne Frank cover art
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl By: Anne Frank
The Yellow House Audiobook By Sarah M. Broom cover art
The Yellow House By: Sarah M. Broom
Invisible Man Audiobook By Ralph Ellison cover art
Invisible Man By: Ralph Ellison
Moby Dick Audiobook By Herman Melville cover art
Moby Dick By: Herman Melville
Carrie Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
Carrie By: Stephen King
North and South Audiobook By Elizabeth Gaskell cover art
North and South By: Elizabeth Gaskell
Anna Karenina Audiobook By Leo Tolstoy cover art
Anna Karenina By: Leo Tolstoy
The Count of Monte Cristo Audiobook By Alexandre Dumas cover art
The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas
East of Eden Audiobook By John Steinbeck cover art
East of Eden By: John Steinbeck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Audiobook By Maya Angelou cover art
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By: Maya Angelou
Jane Eyre Audiobook By Charlotte Brontë cover art
Jane Eyre By: Charlotte Brontë
The Godfather Audiobook By Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola - introduction, Anthony Puzo - note, Robert J. Thompson - afterword cover art
The Godfather By: Mario Puzo, and others
Middlemarch Audiobook By George Eliot cover art
Middlemarch By: George Eliot
The Worthy Project Audiobook By Meadow DeVor cover art
The Worthy Project By: Meadow DeVor
Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition) Audiobook By Cheryl Strayed cover art
Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition) By: Cheryl Strayed
The Light We Carry Audiobook By Michelle Obama cover art
The Light We Carry By: Michelle Obama
Self-Care for Black Women Audiobook By Oludara Adeeyo cover art
Self-Care for Black Women By: Oludara Adeeyo
This Year Will Be Different Audiobook By Domonique Bertolucci cover art
This Year Will Be Different By: Domonique Bertolucci
Year of Yes Audiobook By Shonda Rhimes cover art
Year of Yes By: Shonda Rhimes
More Than Enough Audiobook By Elaine Welteroth cover art
More Than Enough By: Elaine Welteroth
You Are a Badass Audiobook By Jen Sincero cover art
You Are a Badass By: Jen Sincero
The Courage to Be Disliked Audiobook By Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga cover art
The Courage to Be Disliked By: Ichiro Kishimi, and others
You Gotta Be You Audiobook By Brandon Kyle Goodman cover art
You Gotta Be You By: Brandon Kyle Goodman
Rejection Proof Audiobook By Jia Jiang cover art
Rejection Proof By: Jia Jiang
Quit Audiobook By Annie Duke cover art
Quit By: Annie Duke
Pride and Prejudice Audiobook By Jane Austen cover art
Pride and Prejudice By: Jane Austen
Red, White & Royal Blue Audiobook By Casey McQuiston cover art
Red, White & Royal Blue By: Casey McQuiston
The Stand-In Audiobook By Lily Chu cover art
The Stand-In By: Lily Chu
Book Lovers Audiobook By Emily Henry cover art
Book Lovers By: Emily Henry
Lady Chatterley's Lover Audiobook By D. H. Lawrence cover art
Lady Chatterley's Lover By: D. H. Lawrence
Getting Schooled Audiobook By Emma Chase cover art
Getting Schooled By: Emma Chase
Someone to Love Audiobook By Mary Balogh cover art
Someone to Love By: Mary Balogh
Jane Eyre Audiobook By Charlotte Brontë cover art
Jane Eyre By: Charlotte Brontë
The Governess Game Audiobook By Tessa Dare cover art
The Governess Game By: Tessa Dare
Priest: A Love Story Audiobook By Sierra Simone cover art
Priest: A Love Story By: Sierra Simone
Dial A for Aunties Audiobook By Jesse Q. Sutanto cover art
Dial A for Aunties By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Love at First Audiobook By Kate Clayborn cover art
Love at First By: Kate Clayborn
Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For Audiobook By Alison Bechdel, Madeleine George cover art
Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For By: Alison Bechdel, and others
Over the Top Audiobook By Jonathan Van Ness cover art
Over the Top By: Jonathan Van Ness
Melissa Audiobook By Alex Gino cover art
Melissa By: Alex Gino
Red, White & Royal Blue Audiobook By Casey McQuiston cover art
Red, White & Royal Blue By: Casey McQuiston
The Greatest Menace Podcast By Patrick Abboud, Simon Cunich cover art
The Greatest Menace By: Patrick Abboud, and others
The House in the Cerulean Sea Audiobook By TJ Klune cover art
The House in the Cerulean Sea By: TJ Klune
Me Audiobook By Elton John cover art
Me By: Elton John
Less Audiobook By Andrew Sean Greer cover art
Less By: Andrew Sean Greer
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim By: David Sedaris
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Audiobook By Benjamin Alire Saenz cover art
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe By: Benjamin Alire Saenz
And Tango Makes Three Audiobook By Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell cover art
And Tango Makes Three By: Justin Richardson, and others
Ace Audiobook By Angela Chen cover art
Ace By: Angela Chen
Jade City Audiobook By Fonda Lee cover art
Jade City By: Fonda Lee
The Changeling Audiobook By Victor LaValle cover art
The Changeling By: Victor LaValle
Oathbringer Audiobook By Brandon Sanderson cover art
Oathbringer By: Brandon Sanderson
Who Fears Death Audiobook By Nnedi Okorafor cover art
Who Fears Death By: Nnedi Okorafor
The Final Empire Audiobook By Brandon Sanderson cover art
The Final Empire By: Brandon Sanderson
Spinning Silver Audiobook By Naomi Novik cover art
Spinning Silver By: Naomi Novik
The Eye of the World Audiobook By Robert Jordan cover art
The Eye of the World By: Robert Jordan
The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga Audiobook By Aleron Kong cover art
The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga By: Aleron Kong
The Name of the Wind Audiobook By Patrick Rothfuss cover art
The Name of the Wind By: Patrick Rothfuss
The Hobbit Audiobook By J. R. R. Tolkien cover art
The Hobbit By: J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring Audiobook By J. R. R. Tolkien cover art
The Fellowship of the Ring By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Unsouled Audiobook By Will Wight cover art
Unsouled By: Will Wight Legacy of Orïsha An Ember in the Ashes Bill Hodges Trilogy Royal Spyness Garden Heights Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines The Kiss Quotient Series You Bobiverse A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel Hunger Games Outlander

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Emily C.

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Debuts, Memoir

Kat J.

True Crime

Katie O.

YA, Romance

Madeline A.

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Margaret H.

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Melissa B.

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Michael C.

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Mysia H.

Mystery

Nicole R.

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Patty R.

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Phoebe N.

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Sam D.

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Fantasy, Memoir

Tricia F.

Fiction, Debuts

Yvonne D.

Memoir
You Like It Darker Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
You Like It Darker By: Stephen King
Yellow Face Audiobook By David Henry Hwang cover art
Yellow Face By: David Henry Hwang
I Hope This Finds You Well Audiobook By Natalie Sue cover art
I Hope This Finds You Well By: Natalie Sue
Queer West Audiobook By Brenna Farrell, Zakiya Gibbons, Ellen Horne cover art
Queer West By: Brenna Farrell, and others
The Paradise Problem Audiobook By Christina Lauren cover art
The Paradise Problem By: Christina Lauren
All the Glimmering Stars Audiobook By Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword cover art
All the Glimmering Stars By: Mark Sullivan, and others
The Safe Man Podcast By Michael Connelly, Terrill Lee Lankford cover art
The Safe Man By: Michael Connelly, and others
You Are Here Audiobook By David Nicholls cover art
You Are Here By: David Nicholls
In My Time of Dying Audiobook By Sebastian Junger cover art
In My Time of Dying By: Sebastian Junger
Maybe This Time Audiobook By Cara Bastone cover art
Maybe This Time By: Cara Bastone
Blood at the Root Audiobook By LaDarrion Williams cover art
Blood at the Root By: LaDarrion Williams
This Summer Will Be Different Audiobook By Carley Fortune cover art
This Summer Will Be Different By: Carley Fortune

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