Summer's Best Listening

Summer is filled with road trips, beach vacations, pool days, and lazy afternoons—making it the perfect time to dive into an audiobook. Discover the best new and upcoming releases to add to your summer listening list for entertainment all season long.

 

The Covenant of Water Oprah Book ClubThe Covenant of Water

Written by Abraham Verghese

Performed by Abraham Verghese

Oprah’s Book Club Pick & Instant New York Tims Bestseller

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, and following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret.

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Fourth WingFourth Wing

Written by Rebecca Yarros

Performed by Rebecca Soler and Teddy Hamilton

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

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TremendousTremendous

Written by Joey “Coco” Diaz

Performed by Joey “Coco” Diaz

Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled.

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DIVA 2.0Diva 2.0: 12 Life Lessons From Me To You

Written by Sheryl Lee Ralph

Performed by Sheryl Lee Ralph

Emmy, Tony and Spirit Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph knows a thing or two about staying power in the capricious world of Hollywood. A seasoned professional who has taken the best lessons learned and used them to move her stellar career forward, she now shares them with you.

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You Will Find Your PeopleYou Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult

Written by Lane Moore

Performed by Lane Moore

From Lane Moore, the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone, comes a searingly intimate, yet wildly funny exploration of the frustrating, messy, and, at times, deeply joyful experience of learning how to make meaningful friendships as an adult.

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My Father's ListMy Father’s List: How Living My Dad’s Dreams Set Me Free

Written by Laura Carney

Performed by Laura Carney

Killed in a car crash when Laura was twenty-five, her father seemed lost forever. My Father’s List is the story of how one woman—with the help of family, friends, and even strangers—found the courage to go after her own dreams after realizing those of a beloved yet mysterious man.

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Light BringerLight Bringer (Red Rising, Book 6)

Written by Pierce Brown

Performed by Tim Gerard Reynolds

Coming July 2023!

Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age

 

 

 

 

Star BringerStar Bringer

Written by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft

Performed by Mia Barron, Suzy Jackson, Samara Naeymi, and Ruffin Prentiss

Coming July 2023!

Firefly meets The Breakfast Club in this snarky, new adult romance. The sun is dying…and it’s happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn’t want the universe saved and blows that station up―while you’re still on it.

 

 

 

ProphetProphet

Written by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché

Performed by TBD

Coming August 2023!

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from BookPage

From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance―set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.