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AUGUST 2021 BUYER’S GUIDE
AUDIOBOOK
August 2021
Battle Royal Lucy Parker
My Heart Is a Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones
Available August 17
Available August 31
The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams
A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins
Yours Cheerfully AJ Pearce
Available August 3
Available August 31
Available August 10
16-19 Must-Haves
32 Hot New Children’s
4-11 Hot New Releases
20-21 We Recommend
33 Hot New Young Adult
12 New Biographies
22-29 NY Times Bestsellers
34 New & Notable
13 New Self-Help
30-31 New Mystery & Suspense
35 Playaway
Harper Collins Publishers Romance
Simon & Schuster Audio Horror
10 Discs 13963010 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers General
Penguin Random House Audio Suspense
10 Discs 13962878 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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Simon & Schuster Audio Historical
8 Discs 13914187 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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TOP TITLES
Grab these hot releases before they become bestsellers-and light up your patrons’ wish list. “Terrifically propulsive.”
“...most entertaining.” -Kirkus Reviews
-ALA Booklist
Ashfall Legacy Pittacus Lore
Harper Collins Publishers Young Adult Syd Chambers knows that there’s life on other planets because he’s descended from it. His father was from a distant world called Denza and has been missing for years.
Available August 17
Billy Summers Stephen King
Simon & Schuster Audio Action A thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.
Available August 3
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Scandal and tragedy erupt in Danielle Steel’s latest novel.
Complications Danielle Steel
Recorded Books, LLC Women’s Fiction An unforgettable story about a famed hotel, where a few complications quickly escalate into a matter of life and death.
Available August 17
7 Discs 14040997 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
“…will leave readers breathless.” -Kirkus Reviews
Spy School at Sea Stuart Gibbs Simon & Schuster Audio Children’s Ben Ripley faces his nemesis, Murray Hill, on the high seas.
Available August 31
6 Discs 14176788 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
“...insightful, well-crafted.” -CNN
The Reckoning Mary L. Trump, PhD
Macmillan Audio History Clinical psychiatrist Mary L. Trump examines America’s historical trauma, which was dramatically exacerbated by current events and the Trump administration.
Available August 17
7 Discs 13890581 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
An inspiring new middle grade novel from NBA superstar LeBron James!
We Are Family LeBron James
Harper Collins Publishers Children’s When Jayden and his teammates find out there won’t be a Hoop Group this year, they must learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season.
Available August 31
6 Discs 13962353 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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HOT NEW RELEASES New York Times Bestselling Authors
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr Simon and Schuster
General A hauntingly beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship–of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart.
Available September 28
13 Discs 13934310 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
...a marvel.
Joyce Carol Oates Breathe
-Publishers Weekly
Harper Collins Publishers 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 3
Karen Kingsbury Forgiving Paris
Simon & Schuster Audio 7 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 26
Women’s Fiction $29.99 13961076 Replacements Available
Jonathan Franzen Crossroads
Macmillan Audio 13 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 5
General $59.99 13777157 Replacements Available
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Elizabeth Strout Oh William!
Penguin Random House Audio Women’s Fiction $39.99 8 Discs 14284252 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 19
The Book of Magic Alice Hoffman
Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction
Available October 5 9 Discs 13961110
$39.99
Danielle Steel The Butler
Recorded Books, LLC 7 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 5
Women’s Fiction $39.99 14248361 Replacements Available
Patrick Taylor An Irish Country Yuletide
Macmillan Audio 6 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 12
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Practical Magic 8 Discs
11876003
$19.99
The breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series.
Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.
SCI-FI & FANTASY
New York Times Bestselling Authors Ten years after ending the Wicked series, Maguire unveils a new spinoff.
Richard Kadrey King Bullet
Harper Collins Publishers 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 17
Action $44.99 13962999 Replacements Available
Orson Scott Card The Last Shadow
Macmillan Audio 8 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 19
Sci-Fi $39.99 13900683 Replacements Available
The Brides of Maracoor Gregory Maguire Harper Collins Publishers
Fantasy Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washes ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices.
Available October 12
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Wicked
16 Discs 10190979 $49.99
John Jackson Miller Rogue Elements
Simon & Schuster Audio 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 17
Sci-Fi $44.99 13914261 Replacements Available
Dune
The Lady of Caladan
Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert
Macmillan Audio Sci-Fi A brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series.
Available September 21
11 Discs 13900852 $69.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
R. A. Salvatore Starlight Enclave
Harper Collins Publishers 12 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 3
Action $44.99 13962933 Replacements Available
Troy Denning Halo Divine Wind
Simon & Schuster Audio 11 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 19
Sci-Fi $49.99 13914316 Replacements Available
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Dune
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Dune coming to theaters October 1!
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HOT NEW RELEASES
HISTORICAL FICTION
Harlem Shuffle Colson Whitehead
Penguin Random House Audio A glorious novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.
Available September 14
7 Discs 14284235 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
…a loving depiction. -Publishers Weekly
Sandra Brown Blind Tiger
Hachette Audio 12 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 14
Don Winslow City on Fire
Harper Collins Publishers 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 21
$39.99 14047937 Replacements Available
Heather Morris Three Sisters
Macmillan Audio 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 5
$39.99 13900738 Replacements Available
Colm Toibin The Magician
Simon & Schuster Audio 16 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 7
$49.99 13945764 Replacements Available
Beatriz Williams The Wicked Widow
Harper Collins Publishers 11 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 26
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T. C. Boyle Talk to Me
Harper Collins Publishers 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 14
$44.99 14242526 Replacements Available
James Lee Burke Another Kind of Eden
Simon & Schuster Audio 6 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 17
$29.99 13686767 Replacements Available
ROMANCE
New York Times Bestselling Authors
Debbie Macomber A Country Affair
Harper Collins Publishers 4 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 24
Jude Deveraux An Impossible Promise
Harper Collins Publishers 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
$29.99 13697719 Replacements Available
Available September 21
Meg Cabot No Words
Harper Collins Publishers 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 28
Lynsay Sands Mile High with a Vampire
Harper Collins Publishers 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
$44.99 13943367 Replacements Available
Available September 28
Sophie Kinsella The Party Crasher
Nicholas Sparks The Wish
Penguin Random House Audio $39.99 10 Discs 14294661 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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Hachette Audio 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 12
Available September 28
$39.99 13915804 Replacements Available
HEATHER GRAHAM Haunted House
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Jon’s fiancée is contacted by an old friend, new to Salem, Massachusetts, when the unimaginable happens as the holiday approaches.
Available October 12 4 Discs 13917223 Simultaneous Release
$19.99
The Unknown
Harper Collins Publishers Sienna Murray was only fourteen when she pulled her neighbors out of a raging house fire. A decade later, she still can’t explain what happened that night.
Available September 28
10 Discs 13943378 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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HOT NEW RELEASES
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
JAMES PATTERSON Two sisters go into the family business they didn’t know they had, solving crimes.
Liane Moriarty Apples Never Fall
Macmillan Audio 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 14
$44.99 13961140 Replacements Available
Lee Child, Andrew Child Better Off Dead
Penguin Random House Audio $44.99 10 Discs 14118328 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 26
2 Sisters Detective Agency Co-Author: Candice Fox Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement to find her father has died.
Available October 5
7 Discs
14185190
$34.99
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Bloodless
Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is hard time.
Hachette Audio 11 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 17
The Jailhouse Lawyer Co-Author: Nancy Allen
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown.
Available September 20
8 Discs
13788205
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$34.99
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Catherynne M. Valente Comfort Me with Apples
Dreamscape Media, LLC 3 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 26
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Barry Eisler The Chaos Kind
Brilliance Audio, Inc. 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 21
$34.99 13757782 Replacements Available
Chevy Stevens Dark Roads
Macmillan Audio 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 3
$39.99 13572098 Replacements Available
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
New York Times Bestselling Authors
A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins
Penguin Random House Audio When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him.
Available August 31
9 Discs 14273274 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Craig Johnson Daughter of the Morning Star
Recorded Books, LLC 12 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 21
$39.99 14132859 Replacements Available
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills Enemy at the Gates
Simon & Schuster Audio 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 14
$39.99 13945727 Replacements Available
Lee Goldberg Gated Prey
Brilliance Audio, Inc. 7 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 26
$34.99 13917252 Replacements Available
$44.99
...deep, intelligent and intensely human. -Lee Child
J. D. Robb Forgotten in Death
Macmillan Audio 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 7
$39.99 13900808 Replacements Available
Carolyn Hart Ghost Blows a Kiss
Dreamscape Media, LLC 7 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 24
$47.99 14124611 Replacements Available
F. Paul Wilson Double Threat
Dreamscape Media, LLC 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 10
$47.99 13894189 Replacements Available
Kimberly McCreight Friends Like These
Harper Collins Publishers 8 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 7
$44.99 14242317 Replacements Available
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HOT NEW RELEASES
Ann Cleeves The Heron’s Cry
Macmillan Audio 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 7
$39.99 13900728 Replacements Available
John Grisham The Judge’s List
Penguin Random House Audio $44.99 14 Discs 14185589 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 19
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
Iris Johansen High Stakes
Hachette Audio 12 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 7
Ben Coes The Island
$39.99 13915814 Replacements Available
Lisa Unger Last Girl Ghosted
Harper Collins Publishers 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 5
Macmillan Audio 7 Discs Simultaneous Release
$39.99 13571825 Replacements Available
Available August 17
Anthony Horowitz A Line to Kill
$44.99 13943187 Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
$39.99 14107679 Replacements Available
Available October 19
STUART WOODS Class Act
After a rocky jaunt in Maine, an old client reaches out for help with a delicate matter. A feud they thought was put to rest long ago has reemerged with a vengeance. 6 Discs
Available August 3 14008088
$34.99
Foul Play
The latest from perennial favorite Stuart Woods. 10 August 2021 | Midwest Tape | 1.800.875.2785
Stone Barrington is nearing his New York City abode when he stumbles into trouble. As it turns out, a new client is in danger—and with both business and the safety of the city at stake, Stone has no choice but to get involved.
Available October 5
6 Discs
14248368
$34.99
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MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
New York Times Bestselling Authors
LOUISE PENNY Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny deliver a novel of unsurpassed thrills!
John Connolly The Nameless Ones
Simon & Schuster Audio 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available October 12
$44.99 14030544 Replacements Available
Lisa Jewell The Night She Disappeared
Simon & Schuster Audio 8 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 7
$39.99 13945708 Replacements Available
State of Terror Co-Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Simon & Schuster Audio A novice Secretary of State joins the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage.
Available October 12
9 Discs
John le Carre Silverview
Penguin Random House Audio $39.99 8 Discs 14284243 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 12
13961120
$39.99
Robin Cook Viral
Penguin Random House Audio $39.99 10 Discs 14041018 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available August 17
...a must-have mystery. -Library Journal
The Madness of Crowds
Catherine Coulter Vortex
Harper Collins Publishers 10 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available August 10
$44.99 13962977 Replacements Available
Wiley Cash When Ghosts Come Home
Harper Collins Publishers 9 Discs Simultaneous Release
Available September 21
$39.99 14242380 Replacements Available
Macmillan Audio On a ski vacation at Three Pines with his family, the Chief Inspector is interrupted by a request. As he starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson, he discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture.
Available August 24
10 Discs
13902834
$39.99
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NEW BIOGRAPHIES Your patrons will be inspired by these life stories.
MUSICIANS The Storyteller Dave Grohl
Harper Collins Publishers Having entertained the idea for years, Dave Grohl tells these stories in his own voice.
Available October 5
8 Discs 14107650 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
This Bright Future Bobby Hall
Simon & Schuster Audio An explosive memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic.
Available September 7 7 Discs 13959130 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Mellencamp Paul Rees
Simon & Schuster Audio The definitive biography of John Mellencamp, the iconic American rock n’ roll original.
Available September 14
9 Discs 14030514 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Lives of Brian Brian Johnson
Harper Collins Publishers Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to ultimately replacing the lead singer of AC/DC.
Available October 26 8 Discs 14244691 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Baby Girl
Better Known as Aaliyah
Kathy Iandoli
Simon & Schuster Audio The biography of Aaliyah, whose tragic death at a young age shocked the entertainment world.
Available August 17
7 Discs 13914120 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Book of Hope Jane Goodall, Doug Abrams
Macmillan Audio Told through stories from a remarkable career and fascinating research, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our children?
Available October 19
8 Discs 13900701 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
A Carnival of Snackery David Sedaris Hachette Audio Picking up where his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, left off, David Sedaris chronicles the years 2003-2020.
Available October 5
14 Discs 14105157 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Great Dissenter Peter S. Canellos
Steve Kerr Scott HowardCooper
I Left My Homework in the Hamptons Blythe Grossberg
The Sisters of Auschwitz Roxane Van Iperen
Simon & Schuster Audio The definitive, sweeping biography of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. $74.99 16 Discs 13759231 Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers A captivating memoir about tutoring for Manhattan’s elite, revealing how a life of extreme wealth both helps and harms the children of the one percent.
Available August 17
10 Discs 13698907 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Here, Right Matters Alexander Vindman
Harper Collins Publishers Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to presidential impeachment, tells his own story for the first time.
Available August 3
6 Discs 13628130 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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Harper Collins Publishers Few individuals have had a career as storied, and improbable, as Steve Kerr. Sports journalist Scott Howard-Cooper uncovers the fascinating life story of a basketball legend. $39.99 8 Discs 13408622 Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, were captured by the Nazis, and ultimately survived the Holocaust.
Available August 31
9 Discs 13962703 $44.99 Replacements Available
E.R. Nurses James Patterson, Matt Eversmann
Hachette Audio Around the clock and across the country, ER nurses are the heart and soul of our city, town, and county hospitals. James Patterson and Matt Eversmann reveal why nurses do what they do, and all the reasons to say thank you.
Available October 18
8 Discs 14185299 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
NEW SELF-HELP Credible Deborah Tuerkheimer
Harper Collins Español A former prosecutor, legal expert, and leading authority on sexual violence examines why people are primed to disbelieve allegations of sexual abuse, and how they can transform a culture and a legal system structured to dismiss accusers.
Available September 28
World War C Sanjay Gupta, MD
Simon & Schuster Audio CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers an accessible, data-packed answer to the biggest questions about COVID-19: What have people learned about this pandemic and how can they prepare for, or prevent, the next one?
Available October 5
7 Discs 14025071 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
8 Discs 14242416 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Relatable Rachel DeAlto
Simon & Schuster Audio Learn how to connect with anyone, anywhere, with this helpful guide for improving social skills, from relationship expert and media personality Rachel DeAlto.
Available September 7
4 Discs 14084475 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Feeding the Soul Tabitha Brown Harper Collins Publishers Actress, vegan superstar, and ‘America’s Mom’ Tabitha Brown offers inspirational life lessons in her warm, charismatic voice.
Available September 28
8 Discs 14242434 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Hear Yourself Prem Rawat
Harper Collins Publishers The popular renowned teacher and author of the internationally bestselling Peace Is Possible shows us how to quiet the noise of our busy lives to hear our own unique authentic voice, the source of peace.
Available September 14
7 Discs 14242235 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Dr. Gupta provides real information that will leave you more resilient and secure.
Baby, Unplugged Sophie Brickman Harper Collins Publishers A charming, meticulously researched, and illuminating look at how technology infiltrates every aspect of raising children today.
Peak Mind Amishi P. Jha
Harper Collins Publishers Research shows we are missing 50% of our lives. Why? Because we aren’t paying attention.
Available October 19
Available September 4
9 Discs 14244898 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Social Justice Parenting Dr. Traci Baxley
The Power of Flexing Susan J. Ashford
Available October 19
Available September 28
8 Discs 14242299 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers An empowering, timely guide to raising anti-racist, compassionate, and socially conscious children, from a diversity and inclusion educator with more than thirty years of experience. 7 Discs 14244549 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Self-Care for Grief Nneka M. Okona Simon & Schuster Audio Process grief, protect mental health, and find moments of happiness with these 100 self-care activities specifically designed for difficult and distressing situations.
Available August 3
Harper Collins Publishers A leadership and learning expert shows listeners how to change their behavior, develop soft skills, and achieve personal and professional growth through a series of small experiments she calls ‘Flexing.’ 8 Discs 14242425 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Lymph & Longevity Gerald Lemole Simon & Schuster Audio Learn how to boost the immune system and help prevent virtually every major medical condition by keeping the lymph system healthy, as explained by renowned cardiologist Gerald Lemole.
3 Discs 14176774 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 5
The Wisdom Principles Ervin Laszlo, Neale Walsch
You Are Stronger Than You Think Joel Osteen
Belonging Reverend Angel Kyodo Williams
Available September 28
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Available August 31
Dreamscape Media, LLC The truths that are revealed in this book are ancient in origin, but as humanity stands at a crossroads of civilization, there has never been a greater need for them than today.
Hachette Audio Joel Osteen expands on his powerful message of aligning words with what’s in the heart–and what God says about listeners–to release miracles that are meant for them.
5 Discs 14109996 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
4 Discs 13786036 $34.99 Simultaneous Release
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Macmillan Audio A celebrated social and cultural visionary, Zen teacher, master trainer, activist, and author takes listeners on a journey of inward transformation by teaching how to show up to their lives with greater courage and compassion. 6 Discs 13619632 $69.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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NEW NONFICTION Trending true tales your patrons will be asking for.
ANIMALS
Black Nerd Problems William Evans, Omar Holmon
The Forever Dog Rodney Habib, Karen Shaw Becker
The Perfect Day to Boss Up Rick Ross
Harper Collins Publishers Business Rick Ross is a hip-hop icon and a towering figure in the business world, but his path to success was not always easy. Now, for the first time, he shares his secrets to success, offering his own life as a road map to listeners looking to build their own empire.
Simon & Schuster Audio Essays The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays on everything from Mario Kart and The Wire to issues of representation and police brutality across media.
Harper Collins Publishers In this pathbreaking guide, two of the world’s most popular and trusted pet care advocates reveal new science to teach us how to delay aging and provide a long, happy, healthy life for our canine companions.
Available September 7
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9 Discs 13943087 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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Available October 12
10 Discs 14242781 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Fuzz Mary Roach
The Blues Chris Thomas King
Mystery Jonah Lehrer
Simon & Schuster Audio Psychology Jonah Lehrer unlocks the secrets of mystery’s allure, putting together recent discoveries in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology and shining a new light.
Dreamscape Media, LLC Music All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. But this counter-narrative presents facts to disprove such myths.
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Join Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.
Available August 17
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5 Discs 13959067 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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8 Discs 14237473 $36.99 Simultaneous Release
Out of the Pocket Kirk Herbstreit
On Animals Susan Orlean
The Matter of Black Lives Jelani Cobb, David Remnick
Simon & Schuster Audio Sports A powerfully intimate, plain-spoken memoir about fathers and sons, fortitude, and football from the face and voice of college football—Kirk Herbstreit.
Simon & Schuster Audio Susan Orlean delivers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and indepth profiles about animals.
Harper Collins Publishers African-American Interest This anthology from the pages of The New Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration.
Available August 17
8 Discs 13914223 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 12 6 Discs 14030390 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available September 28
22 Discs 14243096 $74.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
POLITICAL SCIENCE An Abolitionist’s Handbook Patrisse KhanCullors
Macmillan Audio Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future, asking listeners to lead with love, fierce compassion, and precision.
Available October 5 7 Discs
14041000
$39.99
Uncontrolled Spread Scott Gottlieb Harper Collins Publishers The former FDA commissioner outlines how the United States must prepare for future pandemics by learning from the mistakes made handling the COVID-19 outbreak.
Available September 21 8 Discs
13962471
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The Long Slide Tucker Carlson
Simon & Schuster Audio From the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News and the New York Times bestselling author of Ship of Fools, a collection of nostalgic writings that underscore America’s long slide from innocence to orthodoxy.
Available August 10 6 Discs
14281318
$29.99
Beyond Biden
Newt Gingrich
Hachette Audio Bestselling author Newt Gingrich brings together the various strands of the movement seeking to destroy true, historic American values and replace this country with one that’s imposed on us by the combined power of government and social acceptance.
Available October 5 8 Discs
14185271
$34.99
NEW NONFICTION
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Daily Magic Judika Illes
Harper Collins Publishers A year-long collection of spells and rituals for harnessing the magical power of each day from the author of The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells.
Available August 31
HISTORY Out on a Limb Andrew Sullivan
Simon & Schuster Audio Essays Andrew Sullivan presents a collection of his most iconic and powerful essays of social and political commentary from The New Republic, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, and more.
12 Discs 13394009 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available August 10
Future Glory Ed Hindson
The Power of Nothing to Lose William L. Silber
Dreamscape Media, LLC Written with Christ-minded wisdom, this guide will take listeners on an incredible journey into the prophetic future and the everlasting destiny God has prepared.
Available August 24
5 Discs 14292598 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Fairies Skye Alexander
Simon & Schuster Audio Interact with magical fairy folk and incorporate them into witchcraft practice with this detailed account of the ancient wisdom and traditions of fairies and witchcraft. $34.99 8 Discs 14030355 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible Michael F. Bird
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Bible scholar, prolific author, and Anglican minister Michael Bird presents a short and readable introduction to the Bible, its origins, interpretation, truthfulness, and authority. $27.99 5 Discs 14118217 Replacements Available
When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable Karen Ehman
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Karen Ehman offers stories and helpful tools from her own life to equip listeners with practical and biblical advice on how to break free from the pleasing game and reclaim their peace and purpose.
Available August 3
7 Discs 14118231 $28.99 Simultaneous Release
15 Discs 13914328 $65.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Business Following books by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Ariely, noted economics professor William L. Silber explores the Hail Mary effect, from its origins in sports to its applications to history, nature, politics, and business.
Available August 17
6 Discs 13962346 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Quiet Zone Stephen Kurczy
Harper Collins Publishers Social Science In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and Wi-Fi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology and the innate human need for quiet.
Available August 3
8 Discs 13962534 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Secret History of Food Matt Siegel
Harper Collins Publishers Cooking An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods everyone knows and loves.
Available August 31
8 Discs 13962624 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Star Builders Arthur Turrell
Simon & Schuster Audio Sicence A look at one of the most compelling and historic turning points of our time: the race to harness the power of the stars and produce controlled fusion, creating a practically unlimited supply of clean energy.
Available August 3
6 Discs 13914097 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz Lucy Adlington
Harper Collins Publishers A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps.
Available September 14
8 Discs 14242335 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Karachi Vice Samira Shackle
Dreamscape Media, LLC Join an electrifying new voice in narrative nonfiction for a fast-paced, hair-raising journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside and out.
Available August 10
8 Discs 14292610 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Marine Raiders Carole Engle Avriett
Dreamscape Media, LLC A gripping account that explains what it took to become a member of this elite battalion and how they survived their desperate fight in the South Pacific.
Available August 31
6 Discs 13938371 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Once More to the Sky Scott Raab, Joe Woolhead
Simon & Schuster Audio The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer.
Available August 31
6 Discs 14030376 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
There She Was Amy Argetsinger Simon & Schuster Audio A Washington Post senior style editor’s fascinating and irresistible look back on the Miss America pageant as it approaches its 100th anniversary.
Available September 7
7 Discs 13968740 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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MUST-HAVES In-demand titles.
The Night Watchman 2021 Pulitzer Prize Louise Erdrich NY Times Bestseller
Winner
Harper Collins Publishers Historical Based on the extraordinary life of Thomas Wazhushk, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, DC. 11 Discs 13641910 $19.99 Replacements Available
The Leopard Behind the Moon Mayonn PaaseweValchev
Harper Collins Publishers Children’s When Ezomo encounters the leopard believed to have killed his father, he and his two best friends embark on a journey that leads them past the boundaries set by their elders.
Available September 21
8 Discs 14242407 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Bennet Women Eden Appiah-Kubi
Bombshell Sarah MacLean Harper Collins Publishers Romance A bold bombshell of a heroine, is able to dispose of a scoundrel—or seduce one—in a single night.
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Women’s Fiction Welcome to Bennet House, the only all-women’s dorm at prestigious Longbourn University, home to three close friends who are about to have an eventful year.
Available August 24
8 Discs 13962606 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available September 1
8 Discs 13757648 $22.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Curse of the Phoenix Aimee Carter
Dreamscape Media, LLC Children’s The creatures of legend are real, and it’s up to twins Zac and Lu to save them in this fun-filled middle-grade adventure perfect for fans of Fablehaven.
Available September 14
7 Discs 14116668 $31.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All Josh Ritti
Battle of the Bands Lauren Gibaldi, Eric Smith
The Actual Star Monica Byrne
Available September 7
Available September 7
Available September 14
Dreamscape Media, LLC Young Adult Fifteen young-adult authors and one real-life rock star band together for one epic, and interconnected, take on a memorable high school rite of passage.
Harper Collins Publishers Historical A lyrical, sweeping novel about a young boy’s coming of age during the last days of the lumberjacks.
6 Discs 13943004 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
7 Discs 14269432 $31.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Sci-Fi This book takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents, telling three powerful tales a thousand years apart, all of them converging in the same cave in the Belizean jungle.
16 Discs 14243079 $65.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY|CRIME & MYSTERY Killer Triggers Joe Kenda Blackstone Audio, Inc. True Crime This audiobook offers Kenda’s memories of homicide cases that he investigated or oversaw. In each case, he examines the trigger that led to death. 7 Discs 13369863 $34.99
Pretty Things Janelle Brown
Random House, Inc. Suspense Two wildly different women–one a grifter, the other an heiress–are brought together by the scam of a lifetime. 13 Discs 12573501 $44.99 Replacements Available
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Half Moon Bay Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman Random House, Inc. Mystery Deputy Coroner Clay Edison discovers that buried secrets can be deadly 8 Discs 12385952 $39.99 Replacements Available
MUST-HAVES Soon to be a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann NY Times Bestseller
Random House, Inc. True Crime A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. 7 Discs 12298381 $19.99
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Simon & Schuster Audio Young Adult When her twin sister reaches social media stardom, Moon Fuentez accepts her destiny to be nothing more than her sister’s camerawoman. But then, Moon takes a summer job that causes her fate to shift.
Available August 10
8 Discs 13914205 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Impossible Truths of Love Hannah Beckerman Brilliance Audio, Inc. Women’s Fiction A moving story about memory, secrets, and what it really means to feel that you’re one of the family.
Available October 1
8 Discs 13917188 $24.99 Simultaneous Release
A Secret Shared Patricia MacLachlan
Harper Collins Publishers Children’s A moving portrait of what it means to be a family, the power of love, and the importance of bringing the truth out into the light, in this beautiful and profound story about adoption.
Available September 28
4 Discs 14242131 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Afghanistan Papers Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post
Simon & Schuster Audio History The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year.
Available August 31
8 Discs 13968774 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Hemlock Susan Wittig Albert
Dreamscape Media, LLC Mystery This tightly crafted novel juxtaposes the disappearance of a rare illustrated 18th century herbal with the all-too-human story of its gifted creator, Elizabeth Blackwell.
Available September 7
7 Discs 14269424 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Inseparable Simone de Beauvoir
Harper Collins Publishers General A never-before-published novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship
Available September 7
5 Discs 14242136 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Woman They Could Not Silence Kate Moore Blackstone Audio, Inc. Biography 12 Discs 14232692 $54.99 Replacements Available
No Hiding in Boise Kim Hooper
Dreamscape Media, LLC Suspense 8 Discs 13949901 $47.99 Replacements Available
The Forest of Vanishing Stars Kristin Harmel Simon & Schuster Audio Historical 10 Discs 13690001 $39.99 Replacements Available
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead Emily Austin
Simon & Schuster Audio Humor 7 Discs 13804730 $34.99 Replacements Available
Dear Miss Metropolitan Carolyn Ferrell
Macmillan Audio African-American Interest 9 Discs 13571908 $45.99 Replacements Available
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MUST-HAVES Being Seen Elsa Sjunneson Simon & Schuster Audio Social Science A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else.
Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected, and the man she enlists to help her, in this heartfelt new romance.
Available October 5
Available August 31
The latest in the bestselling Kiss Quotient series!
7 Discs 13802232 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Kiss Quotient
8 Discs 12025068 $47.99 Replacements Available
The Bride Test
AudioFile Earphones
6 Discs 14084487 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
We Can Be Heroes Kyrie McCauley
Harper Collins Publishers Young Adult Beck and Vivian never could stand each other, but they always tried their best for their mutual friend, Cassie. After the town moves on from Cassie’s murder too fast, Beck and Vivian finally find common ground: vengeance.
Available September 7
10 Discs 14242660 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
8 Discs 12193190 $47.99 Replacements Available
Countdown Bin Laden Chris Wallace
Simon & Schuster Audio Politcal Science A deeply reported, revelatory, and thrillingly told account of the final months of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Available September 7
7 Discs 13945700 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Law of the Heart Boris Starling Brilliance Audio, Inc. Women’s Fiction Their love is against the laws of a merciless state–but the heart has its own power.
Available August 1
10 Discs 13651938 $24.99 Simultaneous Release
Girly Drinks Mallory O’Meara
Harper Collins Publishers Food & Wine This audiobook unveils an entire untold history of the female distillers, drinkers, and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol.
Available October 19
10 Discs 13422380 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Once Upon a Royal Summer Teri Wilson Hallmark Publishing Romance When an undercover widowed prince and his daughter go as regular tourists to an amusement park, a pretend princess encounter might change their lives forever. 6 Discs 13894182 $34.99 Replacements Available
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Bourdain Laurie Woolever
Harper Collins Publishers Biography For the first time, people are given a look into Bourdain’s life through the stories and recollections of his closest friends and colleagues.
Available October 12 12 Discs 14243010 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Random House, Inc. Historical A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. $39.99 9 Discs 11522177 Replacements Available
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The Last Checkmate Gabriella Saab
NC EL ED
The Heart Principle
Harper Collins Publishers Historical A young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in Auschwitz as a political prisoner, plays chess in exchange for her life, and in doing so fights to bring the man who destroyed her family to justice.
Available October 19
CA
HELEN HOANG
11 Discs 14242896 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller
Penguin Random House Audio Women’s Fiction A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades.
$44.99 10 Discs 14369418 Replacements Available
MUST-HAVES Go Where There Is No Path Christopher Gray
Harper Collins Publishers African-American Interest Shirley Smith, wife of NBA Champion and All-Star J. R. Smith, tells the story of giving birth to one of the youngest premature babies to survive.
Harper Collins Publishers Self Help For all who dare to go off the beaten track, this is the inspirational, power-packed playbook for transforming life and the world, from a young, Black social entrepreneur.
Available August 3
Harper Collins Publishers General A powerful novel that captures the painful divide between the haves and have-nots and the seductive lure of the American dream.
Available August 3
8 Discs 13962525 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Historical Breaking into the newspaper business in 1960s Sydney, a competitive world dominated by hard-edged men, isn’t easy for a woman. But Blaise Hill is far from ordinary.
Available September 14
6 Discs 13962489 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Palm Beach Mary Adkins
The Royal Correspondent Alexandra Joel
Mama Bear Shirley Smith
7 Discs 14242251 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available September 7
12 Discs 14242616 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
When Night Breaks Janella Angeles
Out of Character Annabeth Albert Dreamscape Media, LLC LGBTQ+ It’s friends to enemies to friends to lovers in this LGBTQIA+ romance that’s perfect for fans of Red, White & Royal Blue and The Pros of Cons.
Macmillan Audio Young Adult The dramatic last act of the Kingdom of Cards duology: the stage is set, the spectacle awaits… and the show must finally come to an end.
Available August 24
8 Discs 14090716 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available August 24
7 Discs 13571841 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
NEW CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN Spooky tales for young listeners.
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney Recorded Books, LLC 2 Discs 14131260 $14.99
The Graveyard Riddle Lisa Thompson Scholastic
Available August 1
6 Discs 14280075 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Ghoulia and the Doomed Manor Barbara Cantini
Hide and Don’t Seek Anica Mrose Rissi
Available August 31
6 Discs 13962339 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Dreamscape Media, LLC
2 Discs 14090197 $11.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Fangs for Having Us! Nancy Krulik Dreamscape Media, LLC 2 Discs 14090229 $31.99 Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers
Available August 3
Rules for Vampires Alexandra Foulkes Simon & Schuster Audio
Available October 5
Shadow School #3 Phantoms
J. A. White
Harper Collins Publishers
Available August 10
7 Discs 13962384 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Halloween Moon Joseph Fink Harper Collins Publishers 6 Discs 13962462 $29.99 Replacements Available
6 Discs 14103999 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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WE RECOMMEND Selected specifically for you and your patrons! Person of Interest J. Warner Wallace
Small Pleasures Clare Chambers
Available September 21
Available October 5
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Religion Dateline featured cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace investigates Jesus, the most significant person in history, demonstrating why Jesus still matters, even in a world of skepticism.
Harper Collins Publishers Historical An astonishing period piece about an ordinary British woman in the 1950s whose dutiful life takes a sudden turn into a pitched battle between propriety and unexpected passion.
7 Discs 14118244 $29.99 Simultaneous Release
9 Discs 14242586 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Shimmering State Meredith Westgate
The Sweetness of Water Nathan Harris NY Times Bestseller
Simon & Schuster Audio General A luminous literary debut following two patients in recovery after an experimental memory drug warps their lives.
Hachette Audio Historical A profound debut about the unlikely bond between two freedmen and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever. 10 Discs 14111269 $39.99 Replacements Available
Available August 10
8 Discs 13914214 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Tech Panic Robby Soave
Simon & Schuster Audio Business Robby Soave explores some of the biggest issues animating both the right and the left: bias, censorship, disinformation, privacy, screen addiction, crime, and more.
Available September 28
6 Discs 14104034 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
“...stunning…” -Oprah Daily
Snowflake Louise Nealon Harper Collins Publishers General A tale of love and family, depression and joy, and coming of age in the twenty-first century.
Available September 14
7 Discs 14242227 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
MICHAEL WOLFF Landslide
Wolff closes the story of Trump’s four years in office and his tumultuous last months at the helm of the country.
Available August 3
9 Discs 14312254 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Too Famous
A mesmerizing portrait of the hubris, overreach, and nearly inevitable self-destruction of some of the most famous faces, from the Clinton era through the Trump years.
Available October 19
10 Discs 14289067 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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The bestselling author of Fire and Fury returns!
Sky Aaron Ehasz, Melanie McGanney Ehasz
Scholastic Children’s Rayla, Callum, and Ezran have their work cut out for them now that they have to take care of Zym, the newly hatched Dragon Prince.
Available August 1
6 Discs 14280089 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Resistance Jennifer Rubin Harper Collins Publishers Politcal Science An inside look at how women, from activists to voters to politicians, carried a revolution to the ballot box in local and national elections, rescuing democracy from Donald Trump.
Available September 21
8 Discs 14242371 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
WE RECOMMEND Stowaway John David Anderson
Harper Collins Publishers Children’s The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in order to save his family, and, possibly, the planet Earth.
Available August 3
10 Discs 13962900 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Simon & Schuster Audio Social Science A riveting memoir about three Black girls that offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, sisterhood, and the powerful forces that allow some to flourish and others to falter.
Available September 7
9 Discs 13968792 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Witch Haven Sasha Peyton Smith
Simon & Schuster Audio Young Adult A thrilling fantasy following a young woman who discovers she has magical powers and is thrust into a battle between witches and wizards.
Available August 31
10 Discs 14176821 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
NC EL ED
Year of Plagues Fred D’Aguiar
Harper Collins Publishers Biography In this piercing and unforgettable memoir, the award-winning poet reflects on a year of turbulence, fear, and hope.
Available August 3
Tales from the Café Toshikazu Kawaguchi Harper Collins Publishers General This highly anticipated sequel follows four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Japanese café.
Available October 12
9 Discs 13943287 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Venom
Lethal Protector
James R. Tuck
Venom takes up his antihero role as the Lethal Protector, joining forces with Spider-Man to defeat the Spawn of Venom. 6 Discs 13938559 $35.99 Replacements Available
Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai Debbi Michiko Florence Scholastic
Available August 1
4 Discs 14280045 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
You Got Anything Stronger? Gabrielle Union
Harper Collins Publishers Biography Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided We’re Going to Need More Wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, You Got Anything Stronger?
Mi Casa Is My Home Laurenne Sala
Available September 14
7 Discs 14242243 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Available September 7
1 Disc 14121712 $11.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Write My Name Across the Sky Barbara O’Neal
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Women’s Fiction The USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids returns with a tale of two generations of women reconciling family secrets and past regrets.
Partly Cloudy Tanita S. Davis
Available August 10
9 Discs 13917203 $34.99 Simultaneous Release
Harper Collins Publishers
Available September 7
A Wild Idea Jonathan Franklin
6 Discs 14242142 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Science The incredible true story of the entrepreneur turned conservationist.
Available August 10
9 Discs 13962570 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
CA
9 Discs 13962683 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
CHILDREN’S DIVERSITY
Wolverine
The Nature of the Beast
Dave Stern
Wolverine, bloodied but unbowed, faces long-forgotten foes from his past and unexpected challenges from his future. 7 Discs 13737596 $44.99 Replacements Available
Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero Saadia Faruqi
Harper Collins Publishers
Available September 7
10 Discs 14242649 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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BESTSELLERS NONFICTION HARDCOVER Greenlights Matthew McConaughey Penguin Random House Audio
Biography An unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. 13764382 $29.99 AB CD 6 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14146609 $33.25 eB Metered 12 Months 14225318 $27.50 eB Metered 24 Months 13195988 $55.00 AB Perpetual 13469761 $66.50
...full of good lessons. -Kirkus Reviews
The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green Penguin Random House Audio Essays 13945717 AB CD 8 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14146939 eB Metered 12 Months 14221444 eB Metered 24 Months 13572758 AB Perpetual 13580359
$ 34.99 $ 38.00 $27.50 $55.00 $ 76.00
Breaking the News Alex Marlow Simon & Schuster Audio Political Science AB CD 9 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
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$ 34.99 $ 79.99 $59.99
“...a must-read.” -Peter Schweizer
“The perfect book for right now.” -People Magazine
A Course Called America Tom Coyne Simon & Schuster Audio Travel AB CD 7 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
How the Word Is Passed Clint Smith III $ 39.99 $ 79.99 $59.99
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“Golf nuts will be tantalized…” -Publishers Weekly
The Tyranny of Big Tech Josh Hawley Black Hills Audiobooks, LLC Science 14002939 AB CD 6 Discs eB Metered 24 Months 13930097 AB Perpetual 14095246
Hachette Audio African-American Interest 13686783 AB CD 9 Discs
$ 39.99
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“...unlike anything you’ve read before.” -Entertainment Weekly
Somebody’s Daughter Ashley C. Ford $ 34.99 $59.99 $24.99
Macmillan Audio Biography AB CD 7 Discs eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
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“...wrenchingly brilliant...” -John Green
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BESTSELLERS
FICTION HARDCOVER The President’s Daughter James Patterson, Bill Clinton Hachette Audio
Suspense Matthew Keating has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. 13363247 $39.99 AB CD 12 Discs Playaway 14252918 $71.99 AB Metered 24 Months 14051258 $65.00 eB Metered 24 Months 13767714 $65.00
You’ll devour it. -Karin Slaughter
The Lost Apothecary Sarah Penner
Harper Collins Publishers Historical 13422391 AB CD 9 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13319279 AB Perpetual 13492367
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand
$ 39.99 $24.14 $67.48
Hachette Audio Women’s Fiction AB CD 11 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
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$ 39.99 $67.99 $65.00 $65.00
“...touching...”
-Good Housekeeping
The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave Reese W. Book Club Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction AB CD 8 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
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$29.99 $59.99 $59.99
“The ULTIMATE page-turner!” -Reese Witherspoon
The Maidens Alex Michaelides
Macmillan Audio Suspense AB CD 8 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
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“...a home run.” -David Baldacci
Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Other Black Girl Zakiya Dalila Harris
Penguin Random House Audio Historical 13619280 AB CD 9 Discs Playaway 14253004 AB Metered 12 Months 14141076 eB Metered 12 Months 14195828 eB Metered 24 Months 13608908 AB Perpetual 13614485
Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction AB CD 11 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
Jenna Bush Book Club
GMA Book Club $ 39.99 $67.99 $ 47.50 $27.50 $55.00 $95.00
“Mesmerizing…” -Us Weekly
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$ 39.99 $59.99 $60.00 $ 49.99
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“…thrilling.”
-Washington Post
$ 39.99 $ 79.99 $59.99
FICTION HARDCOVER
The Woman with the Blue Star Pam Jenoff Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction 13698709 AB CD 10 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13509595 AB Perpetual 13922945
$ 39.99 $20.69 $67.48
BESTSELLERS The Saboteurs Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul Penguin Audio Action AB CD 9 Discs AB Metered 12 Months eB Metered 12 Months eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
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“Top notch…”
-Publishers Weekly
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid Simon & Schuster Audio Romance AB CD 10 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
The Sweetness of Water Nathan Harris Oprah Book Club $59.99 $ 79.99 $55.99
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“…a touching tale.”
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“…a stunning debut.”
-Cosmopolitan
-Oprah Daily
That Summer Jennifer Weiner Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction AB CD 11 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
Hachette Audio LGBTQ+ AB CD 10 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
Tom Clancy Target Acquired Tom Clancy, Don Bentley
$ 39.99 $ 79.99 $59.99
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“Sexy and satisfying.” -USA Today
Penguin Random House Audio Action 13646764 AB CD 10 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14149260 eB Metered 12 Months 14218713 eB Metered 24 Months 13614472 AB Perpetual 13648300
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“...a worthy successor to Tom Clancy.“ -Publishers Weekly
Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty Lauren Weisberger Penguin Random House Audio Humor 14079247 AB CD 10 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14150357 eB Metered 12 Months 14169189 eB Metered 24 Months 13790836 AB Perpetual 13791840
While Justice Sleeps Stacey Abrams
$ 39.99 $ 47.50 $27.50 $55.00 $95.00
“Fearless and hilarious...” -Emily Giffin
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“...mesmerizing...” -Michael Connelly
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BESTSELLERS ADVICE, HOW-TO, & MISCELLANEOUS
YOUNG ADULT Ace of Spades Faridah Abike-Iyimide
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy
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“A revelatory, buzzworthy debut.” -School Library Journal
The Box in the Woods Maureen Johnson Harper Collins Publishers Mystery AB CD 8 Discs Playaway eB Metered 26 Circs AB Perpetual
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Instructions for Dancing Nicola Yoon 14134061 14253003 14142349 13597474 13936168
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They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera 11881762 11929395 12487102 12537829
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“...refreshing and spot-on...” -Booklist
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“...an insightful glimpse…” -People Magazine
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“...a groundbreaking book.” -Ricki Lake
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A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance.
You Will Get Through This Night Daniel Howell
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The Plant-Based Athlete Matt Frazier, Robert Cheeke
Tokyo Ever After Emiko Jean Macmillan Audio Multi-Cultural AB CD 8 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
“…whimsical…”
Hormone Intelligence Aviva Romm
“…a remarkable, irresistible love story.” -Publishers Weekly
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison Jim Morrison
“...a gripping and complex mystery.”
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“Bold, raw, and powerful…” -Library Journal
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Stamped (For Kids) Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Sonja Cherry-Paul Blackstone Audio, Inc. Multi-Cultural AB CD 2 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
$ 39.99 $ 47.99 $65.00 $ 45.00
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“Exhilarating, excellent, necessary.” -Kirkus Reviews
Best Nerds Forever James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein Hachette Audio Fantasy AB CD 4 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
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Simon & Schuster Audio Romance AB CD 9 Discs
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It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover $24.99 $ 47.99 $65.00 $ 45.00
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“...a balanced mix of comedy and insight.” -Booklist
Good as Gold Sarah Mlynowski Scholastic Children’s AB CD 3 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months
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One Last Stop Casey McQuiston
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“Dazzling.”
-Time Magazine
Marcus Makes a Movie Kevin Hart, Geoff Rodkey Listening Library Humor AB CD 3 Discs Playaway AB Metered 12 Months eB Metered 12 Months eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
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Seven Days in June Tia Williams Reese W. Book Club
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“A charming read…” -Kirkus Reviews
Blackstone Audio, Inc. African-American Interest 14105895 AB CD 9 Discs AB Metered 24 Months 14002546 eB Metered 24 Months 13768213
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“Sultry.”
-Marie Claire
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MORE BESTSELLERS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED ADULT FICTION Sooley John Grisham
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V. E. Schwab $ 44.99 $ 47.50 $27.50 $55.00 $95.00
“Hard to put down…” -Associated Press
The Four Winds Kristin Hannah
Macmillan Audio Fantasy AB CD 14 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
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Legacy Nora Roberts
Jenna Bush Book Club Macmillan Audio Historical AB CD 12 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
Belletrist Book Club
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“Brutally beautiful.”
Macmillan Audio Suspense AB CD 12 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
“...another page-turning hit.” -Booklist
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A Gambling Man David Baldacci Hachette Audio Historical AB CD 10 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
Anxious People Fredrik Backman 13435463 14010720 13900193 13768211
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“...this one’s got it all.” -CNN Underscored
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“...heartwarming and heart-wrenching.” -NPR
The Red Book James Patterson, David Ellis Hachette Audio Mystery AB CD 7 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months
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Finding Ashley Danielle Steel Recorded Books, LLC Women’s Fiction AB CD 7 Discs Playaway eB Metered 12 Months eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
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Two estranged sisters reconnect to right the wrongs of the past.
MORE BESTSELLERS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED NONFICTION Billie Eilish
The Man I Knew Jean Becker
In Her Own Words
Billie Eilish
Blackstone Audio, Inc. Biography AB CD 2 Discs AB Metered 24 Months
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“...moving, honest, and illuminating.”
“...sumptuous...” -Washington Post
-Jon Meacham
Live Your Life Amanda Kloots, Anna Kloots Harper Collins Publishers Self Help 13950432 AB CD 9 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13687672 AB Perpetual 14004218
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“...intimate and powerful.” -Courtney Cox
Facing the Mountain Daniel James Brown
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“…fascinating…” -NPR
CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT Namesake Adrienne Young Macmillan Audio Young Adult AB CD 7 Discs eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual
Amari and the Night Brothers B. B. Alston $ 44.99 $60.00 $ 44.99
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“A richly imagined maritime world...”
“...enchanting.”
-Kirkus Reviews
Refugee Alan Gratz
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-Angie Thomas
The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes Barnes & Noble YA Book Club $ 34.99 $55.99 $16.99
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“...doesn’t disappoint.” -School Library Journal
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“Impossible to put down.” -Buzzfeed
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NEW MYSTERY & SUSPENSE Patrons won’t be able to press pause on these listens! Mrs. Rochester’s Ghost Lindsay Marcott
Brilliance Audio, Inc. In a modern and twisty retelling of Jane Eyre, a young woman must question everything she thinks she knows about love, loyalty, and murder.
Cages David Mark
Dreamscape Media, LLC Dark, twisted, and gripping, this addictive psychological thriller set in a prison is perfect for listeners who enjoy stories about disturbing, charismatic criminals.
Available August 17
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Grave Reservations Cherie Priest
Half Dead Brandon Graham
10 Discs 13596886 $34.99 Simultaneous Release
Simon & Schuster Audio A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective solve a murder in this quirky mystery in the vein of Lisa Lutz’s The Spellman Files and Charlaine Harris’s Aurora Teagarden series.
Available October 26
7 Discs 14084517 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Left for Dead Sean Parnell
Harper Collins Publishers Special Operative Eric Steele battles a renegade group of bioterrorists armed with a devastating virus.
Available September 7
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Dreamscape Media, LLC A man suffering from Cotard’s Disease, a physiological condition that makes him believe he’s dead, won’t let it stop him from diving into secrets threatening to bury him.
Available August 10
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The Mother Next Door Tara Laskowsi Harper Collins Publishers An atmospheric novel of domestic suspense in which the strive for perfection ends in murder.
Available October 12 8 Discs 13943031 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Gone for Good Joanna Schaffhausen Dreamscape Media, LLC The Lovelorn Killer cold case heats up when an amateur sleuth gets too close to the truth in this new mystery series featuring Detective Annalisa Vega.
Available August 10
7 Discs 13938490 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Last Mona Lisa Jonathan Santlofer
Brilliance Audio, Inc. A gripping novel exploring the Mona Lisa’s very real theft in 1911 and the present underbelly of the art world.
Available August 17
8 Discs 14237507 $37.99 Simultaneous Release
April in Spain John Banvilli
Harper Collins Publishers John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coast
Available October 5
8 Discs 13943022 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
HORROR Flowers for the Sea Zin Rocklyn
Dreamscape Media, LLC This dark, dazzling debut novella is a lush, gothic fantasy about the price of vengeance that reads like Rosemary’s Baby by way of Octavia Butler.
Available October 19
4 Discs 14116515 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Reprieve James Han Mattson
Harper Collins Publishers A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room.
Available October 5
11 Discs 14242872 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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Where They Wait Scott Carson
Simon & Schuster Audio A new supernatural novel about a sinister mindfulness app with fatal consequences.
Available October 26
8 Discs 14030495 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
NEW MYSTERY & SUSPENSE No One Will Miss Her Kat Rosenfield
The Stolen Lady Laura Morelli
Harper Collins Publishers A smart, witty, crackling novel of psychological suspense in which a girl from a hardscrabble small town meets a gorgeous Instagram influencer from the big city, with a murderous twist that will shock even the most savvy listener.
Harper Collins Publishers A stunning historical novel about two women, separated by five hundred years, who each hide Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa—with unintended consequences.
Available September 21
Available October 12
13 Discs 14243036 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Summoning J. P. Smith
These Toxic Things Rachel Howzell Hall
8 Discs 14242488 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Dreamscape Media, LLC An actress who holds fake seances finds the seances becoming more real each time she does them. Has she opened up a portal that can’t be turned off?
Brilliance Audio, Inc. A dead woman’s cherished trinkets become pieces to a terrifying puzzle.
Available September 1
Available September 7
7 Discs 14110235 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Unheard Nicci French
9 Discs 13808743 $34.99 Simultaneous Release
Waiting for the Night Song Julie Carrick Dalton
Harper Collins Publishers A single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when she draws a disturbing picture— but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything.
Available October 26
12 Discs 14245410 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Macmillan Audio A moving, brilliant novel about friendships forged in childhood magic and ruptured by the high price of secrets that leave you forever changed. 9 Discs 13315604 $45.99 Replacements Available
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE Don’t Look Now Mary Burton
Brilliance Audio, Inc. A homicide detective in the dark. A serial killer on the loose. Both have their obsessions in a nerve-twisting novel of suspense.
Available September 28
9 Discs 13917191 $22.99 Simultaneous Release
Last Seen Alone Laura Griffin
Dreamscape Media, LLC A baffling missing person’s case leaves a fiercely ambitious lawyer and an experienced homicide detective with no one to turn to for help except each other.
Available September 28
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COZY MYSTERY Danger at the Cove Hannah Dennison Dreamscape Media, LLC
Available August 17 7 Discs 14090519
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Little Black Book Kate Carlisle Dreamscape Media, LLC
Available August 24 9 Discs 13949892
$47.99
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Murder at the Lakeside Library Holly Danvers Dreamscape Media, LLC
Available August 24 8 Discs 14090589
$47.99
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Still Life and Death Tracy Gardner Hallmark Publishing
Available August 10 6 Discs 13894196
$34.99
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HOT NEW CHILDREN’S BESTSELLING AUTHORS Beasts and Beauty Soman Chainani
Harper Collins Publishers Fantasy Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death.
Available September 28
9 Discs 14242576 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Final Season Tim Green
Frankie & Bug Gayle Forman
Harper Collins Publishers Sports A gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS.
Available September 14
8 Discs 14242344 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Simon & Schuster Audio LGBTQ+ A poignant and powerful comingof-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family, friendship, allyship, and finding your way in a complicated world.
Available October 12
5 Discs 13988429 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Creatures of the Flood Erin Hunter
Harper Collins Publishers Animals Three young pandas set out on separate journeys to save their homes and families in the Bamboo Kingdom
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Available September 28
Journey Home
Sara Pennypacker
7 Discs 14242267 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Animals It’s been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives.
Available September 7
8 Discs 14047928 $22.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
One Smart Sheep Gary D. Schmidt, Elizabeth Stickney
Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action It takes one smart sheep to escape from a piano movers’ van and find his way home in this humorous friendship story for emerging and newly independent readers.
Available October 26
2 Discs 14284279 $17.99 Simultaneous Release
Wild and wonderful. -Kirkus Reviews
Mrs. Barr Has Gone Too Far! Dan Gutman
Harper Collins Publishers Humor A.J. and his friends join the Maker movement! Who’s ready to tinker, collaborate, and be inspired?
Available October 19
3 Discs 14244421 $25.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Spy School at Sea Stuart Gibbs
Simon & Schuster Audio Action Ben Ripley faces his nemesis, Murray Hill, on the high seas.
Available August 31
6 Discs 14176788 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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We Are Family LeBron James
Harper Collins Publishers Social Themes When Jayden and his teammates find out there’s not going to be a Hoop Group this year, and maybe ever again, they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season.
Available August 31
6 Discs 13962353 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
HOT NEW YOUNG ADULT BESTSELLING AUTHORS
Available September 21
8 Discs 14242398 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
NC EL ED
Harper Collins Publishers Mystery Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies completely drained of blood.
The Last Legacy Adrienne Young
Macmillan Audio Romance When a letter from her uncle arrives on Bryn’s eighteenth birthday, summoning her back to Bastian, she is eager to prove herself and finally take her place in her long-lost family.
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All These Bodies Kendare Blake
Available September 7
8 Discs 14107659 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Bronzed Beasts Roshani Chokshi
Macmillan Audio Historical Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos, and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy, to locate Séverin.
Available September 21
8 Discs 13934291 $45.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Ashfall Legacy Pittacus Lore
Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber Macmillan Audio Fantasy An all-new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.
Available September 28
10 Discs 13890625 $50.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Steelstriker Marie Lu Macmillan Audio Sci-Fi While the fate of a broken world hangs in the balance, Talin and Red must reunite the Strikers and find their way back to each other.
Available September 28
10 Discs 13777146 $50.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Sci-Fi Syd Chambers knows that there’s life on other planets because he’s descended from it. His father was from a distant world called Denza and has been missing for years.
White Smoke Tiffany D. Jackson
Available August 17 11 Discs
13963126 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Harper Collins Publishers Suspense Marigold is haunted by ghosts from her old life, so a move to Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. But Marigold quickly learns that secrets always find their way through the cracks.
Pittacus Lore returns with an all-new adventure! Vespertine Margaret Rogerson
Simon & Schuster Audio Fantasy A thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead.
Available October 5
7 Discs 13959154 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available September 14
10 Discs 14242671 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Redemptor Jordan Ifueko
Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fantasy Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that’s what she tells her friends. Months into her shaky reign as empress, child spirits haunt her, demanding she pay for past sins.
Available August 17
9 Discs 14232699 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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NEW & NOTABLE New audiobooks bound to be buzzworthy. Edge Case Y. Z. Chin
Harper Collins Publishers General When her husband suddenly disappears, a young woman must uncover where he went, and who she might be without him, in this striking debut of immigration, identity, and marriage.
Available August 10
8 Discs 13962579 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
In Polite Company Gervais Hagerty Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction A captivating debut novel that looks inside the private lives of Charleston aristocracy, where a former debutante learns that sometimes good behavior leads to bad decisions.
Available August 17
10 Discs 13962988 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Dust to Dust Audrey Keown
Dreamscape Media, LLC Mystery A puzzling murder at a historic Beaux Arts hotel sets the stage for this mesmerizing historical mystery that’s tailormade for fans of Louise Penny.
Available August 10
7 Discs 14090661 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Rules of Arrangement Anisha Bhatia
Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance Modernity jostles with tradition in this hilarious comedy of manners set in Mumbai, perfect for fans of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows and Crazy Rich Asians.
Available August 31
8 Discs 14090625 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
We Are Not Like Them Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event.
The People We Keep Allison Larkin
Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction This lyrical, unflinching tale is for anyone who has ever yearned for the fierce power of found family or to grasp the profound beauty of choosing to belong.
Available August 3
10 Discs 13914282 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Gone by Morning Michele Miller
Dreamscape Media, LLC Suspense In this riveting thriller perfect for fans of Iris Johansen and Tess Gerritsen, a wave of violence engulfs sweltering New York City in June, as an even greater danger looms.
Available August 10
8 Discs 14110172 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Love We Left Behind Katherine Slee
Brilliance Audio, Inc. Women’s Fiction A heartbreaking, heartwarming story of two best friends—and the choices that could tear them apart.
Available August 1
8 Discs 13808742 $24.99 Simultaneous Release
Ramadan Ramsey Louis Edwards
Harper Collins Publishers Historical An epic tale of a New Orleans boy whose very creation is so filled with tension that it bedevils his destiny before he is even born.
Available August 10
10 Discs 13962966 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Sweethand N. G. Peltier
Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance After a messy public breakup, pastry chef Cherisse swears off dating. But after she’s named her sister’s maid of honor, she’s forced to spend time with the best man. $47.99 9 Discs 13937773 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Available October 5
9 Discs 14030524 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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What We Carry Kalyn Fogarty
Dreamscape Media, LLC Suspense Fans of Caroline Leavitt will relish this complex novel, born of the author’s own miscarriage, about how one can overcome tragedy through bravery and self-discovery.
Available August 10
7 Discs 14090503 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
The Heart Principle Helen Hoang
Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected, and the man she enlists to help her, in this heartfelt new romance by USA Today bestselling author Helen Hoang.
Available August 31
7 Discs 13802232 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
All Are Welcome Liz Parker
Brilliance Audio, Inc. LGBTQ+ A darkly funny novel from a fresh new voice in fiction about brides, lovers, friends, and family, and all the secrets that come with them.
Available August 1
7 Discs 13757596 $24.99 Simultaneous Release
The Second Rebel Linden A. Lewis Simon & Schuster Audio Sci-Fi This captivating, spellbinding second installment to the First Sister series picks up right where The First Sister left off and is a must-read for science fiction fans everywhere.
Available August 24
10 Discs 13759181 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Fault Lines Emily Itami
Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction Combining the incisive intimacy of Sally Rooney with the sharp wit of Helen Fielding, a compulsively readable and astonishingly relatable debut novel about marriage, motherhood, love, self, and the vibrant, surprising city that is modern Tokyo.
Available September 7
5 Discs 14242177 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
THE ALL-IN-ONE AUDIOBOOK
FICTION Appleseed Matt Bell
Harper Collins Publishers Sci-Fi 14252930 $55.99
The Cellist Daniel Silva
Harper Collins Publishers Mystery 14252926 $55.99
The Husbands Chandler Baker Macmillan Audio Women’s Fiction
Available August 3 14288544 $63.99
The Stranger in the Mirror Liv Constantine Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction 14252915 $51.99
Billy Summers Stephen King
Simon & Schuster Audio Action
Available August 3 14288552 $71.99
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand NY Times Bestseller Hachette Audio Women’s Fiction 14248428 $67.99
Not a Happy Family Shari Lapena
Penguin Random House Audio Mystery
The Bullet Iris Johansen Hachette Audio Suspense 14252922 $63.99
A Good Day for Chardonnay Darynda Jones Macmillan Audio Mystery
Available August 1 14288546 $63.99
The President’s Daughter James Patterson, Bill Clinton
Available August 1
NY Times Bestseller
14288548 $63.99
Hachette Audio Suspense 14252918 $71.99
The Sweetness of Water Nathan Harris
The Women’s March Jennifer Chiaverini
Hachette Audio Historical 14252943 $63.99
Available August 1
Oprah Book Club
Harper Collins Publishers Historical 14288540 $59.99
CHILDREN’S Graveyard Riddle Lisa Thompson Scholastic Social Themes
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Like Father, Like Son James Patterson Hachette Audio Mystery
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Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi NY Times Bestseller Blackstone Audio, Inc. History 14252925 $47.99
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