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The Rest of Our Lives

A Novel

by Ben Markovits ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE“Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend as he navigates the road up ahead. A profoundly moving experience.” —Ann Patchett“Deeply human...a beautifully quiet and devastating book.” —Sarah Jessica ParkerA triumphantly life-affirming road trip novel about marriage, middle-age, and a man at a cro... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE“Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend as he navigates the road up ahead. A profoundly moving experience.” —Ann Patchett“Deeply human...a beautifully quiet and devastating book.” —Sarah Jessica ParkerA triumphantly life-affirming road trip novel about marriage, middle-age, and a man at a cro...
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Starting Out

A Novel

by Ben Markovits ...

“She thought, maybe later you’ll remember this and think when you were young, you were carefree, everything was possible, but that’s not what it was actually like.”From the bestselling, Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives comes a novel about beginnings: the stories we tell ourselves about how we’re supposed to grow up, and what happens when we discover they might not be true ... Read more

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“She thought, maybe later you’ll remember this and think when you were young, you were carefree, everything was possible, but that’s not what it was actually like.”From the bestselling, Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives comes a novel about beginnings: the stories we tell ourselves about how we’re supposed to grow up, and what happens when we discover they might not be true
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The Rest of Our Lives

A Novel

by Ben Markovits ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE“Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend as he navigates the road up ahead. A profoundly moving experience.” —Ann Patchett“Deeply human...a beautifully quiet and devastating book.” —Sarah Jessica ParkerA triumphantly life-affirming road trip novel about marriage, middle-age, and a man at a cro... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE“Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend as he navigates the road up ahead. A profoundly moving experience.” —Ann Patchett“Deeply human...a beautifully quiet and devastating book.” —Sarah Jessica ParkerA triumphantly life-affirming road trip novel about marriage, middle-age, and a man at a cro...
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Misinterpretation

by Ledia Xhoga ...

Narrated by Morgan Hallett ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ struggles: Alfred’s nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to a risky encounter and a reckless plan.As ill-fated ... Read more

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In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ struggles: Alfred’s nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to a risky encounter and a reckless plan.As ill-fated
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One Boat

A Novel

by Jonathan Buckley ...

**Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2025“Buckley creates a novel of quiet brilliance and sly humour, packed with mystery and indeterminacy.”—The Booker Prize judges**After losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast—the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. Soon, she encounters some of the people she met last time around: John, a man struggling to ... Read more

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**Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2025“Buckley creates a novel of quiet brilliance and sly humour, packed with mystery and indeterminacy.”—The Booker Prize judges**After losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast—the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. Soon, she encounters some of the people she met last time around: John, a man struggling to
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Love Forms

A Novel

by Claire Adam ...

**BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST • “A vibrant, heartstrings-tugging novel” (People) about a mother’s love, in all its forms, as a woman searches for the daughter she gave up for adoption, from the prize-winning author of Golden Child“A beautiful story . . . explores what it means to be a woman and what it means to love.”—Amanda Peters, author of The Berry Pickers**“Reads like a Claire Keegan story expanded ... Read more

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**BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST • “A vibrant, heartstrings-tugging novel” (People) about a mother’s love, in all its forms, as a woman searches for the daughter she gave up for adoption, from the prize-winning author of Golden Child“A beautiful story . . . explores what it means to be a woman and what it means to love.”—Amanda Peters, author of The Berry Pickers**“Reads like a Claire Keegan story expanded
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Audition

A Novel

by Katie Kitamura ...

Narrated by Traci Kato-Kiriyama ...

Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

**FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE AND THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTIONNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BARACK OBAMA, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE GUARDIAN AND MORE!“A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thri. ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE AND THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTIONNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BARACK OBAMA, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE GUARDIAN AND MORE!“A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thri.
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Helm

A Novel

by Sarah Hall ...

Narrated by Louise Brealey ...

Unabridged

13 hours 3 min

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Independent, and the Chicago Public Library • From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that explores faith, connection, and our relationship to the natural world."A moving, urgent novel.”—The New York Times Book Rev... ... Read more

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Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Independent, and the Chicago Public Library • From the twice-Booker-nominated writer of Burntcoat, a bold and astonishing literary masterpiece that explores faith, connection, and our relationship to the natural world."A moving, urgent novel.”—The New York Times Book Rev...
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Dream State: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

by Eric Puchner ...

Narrated by MacLeod Andrews ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

**2025 Oprah’s Book Club PickNew York Times Bestseller“Fresh, wise, funny, and compassionate…Cinematic from the outset, Dream State opens (just as if a circular lens were unscrewing) upon a beloved old family homestead, site of a doomed wedding—descriptions so warm and attentive, a reader can’t help falling in headfirst…a wonderful feast, and feat.”—The Boston Globe“A transporting wonder…Puchner’s ... Read more

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**2025 Oprah’s Book Club PickNew York Times Bestseller“Fresh, wise, funny, and compassionate…Cinematic from the outset, Dream State opens (just as if a circular lens were unscrewing) upon a beloved old family homestead, site of a doomed wedding—descriptions so warm and attentive, a reader can’t help falling in headfirst…a wonderful feast, and feat.”—The Boston Globe“A transporting wonder…Puchner’s
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Endling

A Novel

by Maria Reva ...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE • WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDSSet in Ukraine, an eccentric ... Read more

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE • WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDSSet in Ukraine, an eccentric
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The Sisters

A Novel

by Jonas Hassen Khemiri ...

Narrated by Aleksander Varadian ...

Unabridged

18 hours 40 min

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of The New Yorker's 24 Essential Reads of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for FictionOne of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize and the Andrew Carnegie MedalOne of the BBC’s 10 Best Books of the Summer | A Times (London)... ... Read more

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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of The New Yorker's 24 Essential Reads of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award for FictionOne of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the YearLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize and the Andrew Carnegie MedalOne of the BBC’s 10 Best Books of the Summer | A Times (London)...
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Moderation

A Novel

by Elaine Castillo ...

Narrated by Elaine Castillo ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction and named a Top Ten Book of 2025 by The Atlantic and Slate, and a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Kirkus Reviews and more.“A love story for those who love Severance (both Ling Ma’s book and the unaffiliated Apple TV+ series). . . ambitious, challenging, and brilliant.” —Elle“Castillo’s flinty satire of the tech industry [transforms] in... ... Read more

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Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction and named a Top Ten Book of 2025 by The Atlantic and Slate, and a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Kirkus Reviews and more.“A love story for those who love Severance (both Ling Ma’s book and the unaffiliated Apple TV+ series). . . ambitious, challenging, and brilliant.” —Elle“Castillo’s flinty satire of the tech industry [transforms] in...
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