August is the perfect month to soak up the last stretch of summer with a fresh lineup of audiobooks. Whether you’re lounging by the pool, road-tripping, or easing back into a routine, there’s something new to keep your ears entertained. This month’s releases span every genre – hit play now! 

Songs for Other People’s Weddings

Written by David Levithan and Jens Lekman
Performed by Jefferson Mays
Published by Recorded Books

Audiobook features exclusive original music

From award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship.

 

 

 

Hotshot

Written by River Selby
Performed by River Selby
Published by Recorded Books

Amazon Editor’s Pick: Best Biographies & Memoirs of August
A Kirkus Best Book of the Month
A Most Anticipated Book by Autostraddle and featured in the New York Times and NPR’s Books of the Summer

The fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter, Hotshot navigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefighting.

 

 

 

 

Voyager (Outlander, Book 3)

Written by Diana Gabaldon
Performed by Kristin Atherton
Published by Recorded Books

New recording narrated by Kristin Atherton (Outlander, STARZ)

The third book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel.

 

 

 

I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen

Written by Kate Strickler
Performed by Kate Strickler
Published by Christian Audio

In a social-media saturated world, it’s all too easy to see the shiny lives of others and find your own less than lustrous. And while most women won’t admit they’re unhappy, they will tell you they just wish. “I love my life! I just wish ____.” After ten-plus years of professional life online, Kate Strickler, founder of Naptime Kitchen, has experienced the many ways we see a life on the other side of the screen—and wish it were our own.

 

 

 

Dim Sum and Faith

Written by Jenn Suen Chen
Performed by Jenn Suen Chen
Published by Christian Audio

Imagine gathering around a dim sum table, a lively setting where stories are shared over flavorful bites and heartfelt moments. This is the inviting atmosphere Jenn Suen Chen recreates in Dim Sum and Faith. Drawing from her own rich tapestry of experiences Jenn helps listeners to explore how our personal narratives shape our spiritual journeys.

 

 

 

 

House of Dusk

Written by Deva Fagan
Performed by Raquel Beattie
Published by Dreamscape

“One of those books that consumes you in the best way!” —Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times-bestselling author of The Spellshop

A romantic epic fantasy featuring a fire-wielding nun grappling with her dark past and a young spy caught between her mission and a growing attraction to an enemy princess. With complex relationships, a rich and mythic world, and brisk pacing, this standalone novel is perfect for fans of Tasha Suri, Samantha Shannon, and Shannon Chakraborty.

 

 

 

 

The Dead Husband Cookbook

Written by Danielle Valentine
Performed by Lauryn Allman
Published by Dreamscape

“A tasty and wildly macabre story that foodies and horror fans will devour.” ― Booklist, starred review

When infamous chef, restaurateur, and television personality Maria Capello’s husband died, the media circus was intense… and quick to cast the blame. Whispers claimed Maria murdered her husband to build her culinary empire on his bones, and that there was an all-too-grisly reason his body was never recovered. Yet for the past few decades, the Capello family maintained their stony silence―until now.

 

 

 

How to Be a Saint

Written by Kate Sidley
Performed by Kate Sidley
Published by Tantor Audio

“Granular, informative, and sometimes bizarre.” ― Publishers Weekly, starred review

Part history lesson. Part sacrilege. An entirely good time. How to Be Saint is an endlessly entertaining ride through Catholicism for anyone who enjoys their history with a side of comedy. From flying friars to severed heads, this book explores the wild lives (and deaths) of saints and pulls the curtain back on the oddest quirks of religious doctrine.

 

 

 

 

Evil at Our Table

Written by Samantha Stein, PsyD
Performed by Patricia Burgos
Published by Tantor Audio

“This is a fascinating, won’t-flinch story that keeps the pages flying by.” — Joshua Mohr, author of Model Citizen

Working under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Law, Samantha Stein, PsyD, faces such offenders alone, one by one, in a prison interview room. As a forensic psychologist, her high-stakes decisions can determine the difference between a life lived back in society or one condemned to indefinite incarceration. Part forensics, part exploration of human nature, Evil at Our Table is the first in-depth account by a treatment provider and evaluator in the field.

 

 

 

Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing

Written by Nicholas Meyer
Performed by David Robb and Nick Meyer
Published by HighBridge

“A generation of readers will be ever grateful for [Meyer’s] efforts.” ― Kirkus, starred review

London, 189–: The great city is brought to a standstill by a series of blizzards and Sherlock Holmes is bored to distraction. It would take a miracle to bring a case to the detective’s door . . .But, next thing you know, there are several corpses and Sherlock Holmes and his biographer, John H. Watson, MD, find themselves drawn into one of the most bizarre cases of the great detective’s career.

 

 

 

Here Comes the Sun

Written by Bill McKibben
Performed by Patrick Lawlor
Published by HighBridge

From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness solar power and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future. In Here Comes the Sun, world-renowned author Bill McKibben tells the story of our sudden spike in power from the sun and wind.

 

 

 

 

The Book of Azrael (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Written by Amber V. Nicole
Performed by a full cast
Published by GraphicAudio

Viral Booktok sensation!

World Ender meets Ender of Worlds…A King thought long dead and long forgotten. Now enemies older than time must put aside their differences and work together in hopes of saving both their world and every realm in between.

 

 

 

 

Dark Age (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Written by Pierce Brown
Performed by a full cast
Published by GraphicAudio

New York Times Bestseller

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.