While you trade your swimsuits for sweaters as summer comes to an end, check out these audiobooks to keep you company!

The Maid and the Crocodile

Written by Jordan Ifueko

Performed by Adetinpo Thomas

Published by Recorded Books

“A beautifully realized evergreen story about finding love and community.” ― Kirkus Reviews

In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a maid, for employers who don’t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot.

But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumored to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: She is not only an orphan and an aspiring maid, but also a Curse-Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people’s fates by cleaning their houses.

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I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine

Written by Daniel J. Levitin

Performed by Daniel J. Levitin

Published by Recorded Books

“Levitin’s story is a fascinating piece of work, written with authority, empathy, and occasional humor.”― Kirkus Reviews, starred review

In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Brain on Music) explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent therapies today. Audiobook includes an original song “Headed For The Fall,”  composed and performed by the author.

BONUS: the audiobook includes an original song! “Headed For The Fall,” composed and performed by the author.

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Everything We Never Knew

Written by Julianne Hough and Ellen Goodlett

Performed by Julianne Hough

Published by Recorded Books

The Instant National Bestseller!

“A beautiful story about the courage to be curious and change from within.” ― Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Like A Monk and host of On Purpose

A dazzling and heartwarming novel from Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and Rule author Ellen Goodlett. On stage at an awards banquet is the last place Lexi Cole expected to drown. But as she accepts the award for top seller at her realty firm, something unusual catches Lexi’s eye: a man surrounded by a dark haze. Then she hears a woman screaming for help, and the taste of salt water overwhelms her. Just as Lexi’s throat begins to close, the man leaves the room and the sensation of drowning abruptly stops. Later that night, the man dies of an overdose, and Lexi learns about the traumatic boating accident that killed his sons and tore his family apart.

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The Mercy of Gods

Written by James S. A. Corey

Performed by Jefferson Mays

Published by Recorded Books

An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller

From the Hugo Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse, James S. A. Corey, comes the start of a monumental new space opera series.

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Covet Part 1 (Crave, Book 3)

Written by Tracy Wolff

Performed by a full cast

Published by GraphicAudio

The instant #1 New York Times Bestselling Series

I may have reached my breaking point. As if trying to graduate from a school for supernaturals isn’t stressful enough, my relationship status has gone from complicated to a straight-up dumpster fire. Oh, and the Bloodletter has decided to drop a bomb of epic proportions on us all…

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Wild Scottish Knight

Written by Tricia O’Malley

Performed by a full cast

Published by GraphicAudio

Opposites attract in this modern-day fairytale when American, Sophie MacKnight, inherits a Scottish castle along with a hot grumpy Scotsman who is tasked with training her to be a magickal knight before the Kelpies wreak havoc on the people of Loren Brae.

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Then Things Went Dark

Written by Bea Fitzgerald

Performed by Zura Johnson

Published by Tantor Media

For fans of Rachel Hawkins with a salacious reality show edge, Then Things Went Dark follows a cast of hot-headed contestants competing to prove themselves to an audience of millions . . . but with eyes following you everywhere, how can you hide your motive to kill?

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Villa E

Written by Jane Alison

Performed by Brigid Lohrey

Published by Tantor Media

From the author of Meander, Spiral, Explode, comes an astounding novel inspired by the collision of Irish designer Eileen Gray and famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

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Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant

Written by Stephanie Kiser

Performed by Stephanie Kiser

Published by Tantor Media

National Bestseller

When Stephanie Kiser moves to New York City after college to pursue a career in writing, she quickly learns that her entry-level salary won’t cover the cost of living. But there is one in-demand job that pays enough to allow Stephanie to stay in the city: nannying for the 1%. Desperate to escape the poverty of her own childhood, Stephanie falls into a job that hijacks her life for the next seven years: a glorified personal assistant to toddlers on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

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Zero Sum

Written by John Gilstrap

Performed by Basil Sands

Published by Highbridge Audio

When a boy under Jonathan Grave’s protection dies of a drug overdose, the black-ops veteran decides it’s time for a war on drugs that actually looks like a war.

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Kent State: An American Tragedy

Written by Brian VanDeMark

Performed by Daniel Henning

Published by Highbridge Audio

“[This] top-notch book embodies the term must-read.” ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Focusing on the thirteen victims of the Kent State shooting and a painstaking reconstruction of the days surrounding it, historian Brian VanDeMark draws on crucial new research and interviews—including, for the first time, the perspective of guardsmen who were there. The result is a complete reckoning with the tragedy that marked the end of the sixties.

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The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers

Written by Richard Estep

Performed by David Stifel

Published by Highbridge Audio

How well do you know your neighbors? Maybe you should get to know them better! Growing up, we are taught that monsters are easy to identify, but the truth is very different. Too often, the serial murderer does not stand out. Otherwise, he, or she, would get caught.

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