Midwest Tape August 2021 Audiobook Catalog

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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 10 Discs 13963010 $44.99

Available August 31 8 Discs 13914232 $39.99

The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams

A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins

Yours Cheerfully AJ Pearce

Available August 3 10 Discs 13962878 $44.99

Available August 31 9 Discs 14273274 $44.99

Available August 10 8 Discs 13914187 $39.99

Harper Collins Publishers Romance

Simon & Schuster Audio Horror

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Harper Collins Publishers General

Penguin Random House Audio Suspense

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Simon & Schuster Audio Historical

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IN THIS ISSUE August 2021 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

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Top Titles

14-15 New Nonfiction

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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

16 Discs 13945748 $49.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

11 Discs 13963126 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

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 General $39.99 9 Discs 13962867 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available August 3

Karen Kingsbury Forgiving Paris

Jonathan Franzen Crossroads

Elizabeth Strout Oh William!

Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction Macmillan Audio General Penguin Random House Audio Women’s Fiction $29.99 $59.99 $39.99 7 Discs 13961076 13 Discs 13777157 8 Discs 14284252 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 26

Available October 5

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

Patrick Taylor An Irish Country Yuletide

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Practical Magic

8 Discs Recorded Books, LLC Women’s Fiction Macmillan Audio General $39.99 7 Discs 14248361 $29.99 6 Discs 13900586 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 5

11876003

$19.99

The breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series.

Available October 12

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SCI-FI & FANTASY

New York Times Bestselling Authors Ten years after ending the Wicked series, Maguire unveils a new spinoff.

Richard Kadrey King Bullet

Orson Scott Card The Last Shadow

Harper Collins Publishers Action Macmillan Audio Sci-Fi $44.99 $39.99 10 Discs 13962999 8 Discs 13900683 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available August 17

Available October 19

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

10 Discs 14242792 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Also Available

Wicked

16 Discs 10190979 $49.99

John Jackson Miller Rogue Elements

Simon & Schuster Audio Sci-Fi $44.99 9 Discs 13914261 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available August 17

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

Troy Denning Halo

Harper Collins Publishers Action Divine Wind $44.99 12 Discs 13962933 Simon & Schuster Audio Sci-Fi Simultaneous Release Replacements Available $49.99 11 Discs 13914316 Available August 3 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 19

Also Available

18 Discs

Dune

10208559

$59.99

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 $39.99 12 Discs 13915827 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 14

Don Winslow City on Fire

Colm Toibin The Magician

T. C. Boyle Talk to Me

Harper Collins Publishers Simon & Schuster Audio Harper Collins Publishers $39.99 $49.99 $44.99 9 Discs 14047937 16 Discs 13945764 9 Discs 14242526 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 21

Available September 7

Heather Morris Three Sisters

Beatriz Williams The Wicked Widow

Available September 14

James Lee Burke Another Kind of Eden

Macmillan Audio Harper Collins Publishers Simon & Schuster Audio $39.99 $55.99 $29.99 9 Discs 13900738 11 Discs 14245374 6 Discs 13686767 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 5

Available October 26

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Available August 17

ROMANCE

New York Times Bestselling Authors

Debbie Macomber A Country Affair

Jude Deveraux An Impossible Promise

Lynsay Sands Mile High with a Vampire

Harper Collins Publishers Harper Collins Publishers Harper Collins Publishers $29.99 $44.99 $44.99 4 Discs 13697719 10 Discs 13943367 10 Discs 14242726 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available August 24

Available September 21

Meg Cabot No Words

Available September 28

Sophie Kinsella The Party Crasher

Nicholas Sparks The Wish

Harper Collins Publishers Penguin Random House Audio Hachette Audio $44.99 $39.99 $39.99 10 Discs 14242704 10 Discs 14294661 9 Discs 13915804 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 28

Available October 12

Available September 28

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

The latest in the Krewe of Hunters series.

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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

Lee Child, Andrew Child Better Off Dead

Macmillan Audio Penguin Random House Audio $44.99 $44.99 10 Discs 13961140 10 Discs 14118328 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 14

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 Brilliance Audio, Inc. $39.99 $34.99 11 Discs 13890636 10 Discs 13757782 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

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

Barry Eisler The Chaos Kind

Catherynne M. Valente Comfort Me with Apples

Available September 21

Chevy Stevens Dark Roads

Dreamscape Media, LLC Macmillan Audio $47.99 $39.99 3 Discs 14109950 9 Discs 13572098 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 26

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Available August 3

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 $39.99 12 Discs 14132859 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 21

Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills Enemy at the Gates

$44.99

...deep, intelligent and intensely human.

-Lee Child

J. D. Robb Forgotten in Death

F. Paul Wilson Double Threat

Simon & Schuster Audio Macmillan Audio Dreamscape Media, LLC $39.99 9 Discs 13945727 $39.99 $47.99 10 Discs 13900808 9 Discs 13894189 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 14

Lee Goldberg Gated Prey

Available September 7

Carolyn Hart Ghost Blows a Kiss

Available August 10

Kimberly McCreight Friends Like These

Brilliance Audio, Inc. Dreamscape Media, LLC Harper Collins Publishers $34.99 $47.99 7 Discs 13917252 7 Discs 14124611 $44.99 8 Discs 14242317 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 26

Available August 24

Available September 7

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HOT NEW RELEASES

Ann Cleeves The Heron’s Cry

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Iris Johansen High Stakes

Ben Coes The Island

Macmillan Audio Hachette Audio Macmillan Audio $39.99 $39.99 $39.99 9 Discs 13900728 12 Discs 13915814 7 Discs 13571825 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available September 7

Available September 7

John Grisham The Judge’s List

Available August 17

Lisa Unger Last Girl Ghosted

Anthony Horowitz A Line to Kill

Penguin Random House Audio Harper Collins Publishers Harper Collins Publishers $44.99 $44.99 $39.99 14 Discs 14185589 9 Discs 13943187 10 Discs 14107679 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 19

Available October 5

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.

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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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New York Times Bestselling Authors

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

LOUISE PENNY Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny deliver a novel of unsurpassed thrills!

John Connolly The Nameless Ones

Lisa Jewell The Night She Disappeared

Simon & Schuster Audio Simon & Schuster Audio $44.99 $39.99 10 Discs 14030544 8 Discs 13945708 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 12

Available September 7

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

13961120

$39.99

Robin Cook Viral

Penguin Random House Audio Penguin Random House Audio $39.99 $39.99 8 Discs 14284243 10 Discs 14041018 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available October 12

Available August 17

...a must-have mystery.

-Library Journal

The Madness of Crowds

Catherine Coulter Vortex

Wiley Cash When Ghosts Come Home

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.

Harper Collins Publishers Harper Collins Publishers $44.99 $39.99 10 Discs 13962977 9 Discs 14242380 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Available August 10

Available September 21

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

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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

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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.

8 Discs 13408622 $39.99 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

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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

Available October 12

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

3 Discs 14084471 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

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 9 Discs 13943087 $44.99

Available September 14 7 Discs 13959114 $39.99

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Available October 12 10 Discs 14242781 $44.99

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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 5 Discs 13959067 $34.99

Available August 10 19 Discs 13949997 $39.99

Available September 14

8 Discs 14237473 $36.99 Simultaneous Release

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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

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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

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

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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 11 Discs 14242896 $55.99

CA

HELEN HOANG

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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 7 Discs 14118244 $29.99

Available October 5 9 Discs 14242586 $44.99

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.

Simultaneous Release

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

“...stunning…” -Oprah Daily

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Tech Panic Robby Soave

Snowflake Louise Nealon

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.

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

Available September 28

6 Discs 14104034 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

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 $ 34.99 AB CD 8 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14146939 $ 38.00 eB Metered 12 Months 14221444 $27.50 eB Metered 24 Months 13572758 $ 55.00 AB Perpetual 13580359 $ 76.00

Breaking the News Alex Marlow Simon & Schuster Audio Political Science AB CD 9 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months

13762279 $ 34.99 13977304 $ 79.99 13692395 $ 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

13699424 $ 39.99 13722444 $ 79.99 13692270 $ 59.99

“Golf nuts will be tantalized…”

-Publishers Weekly

The Tyranny of Big Tech Josh Hawley

Black Hills Audiobooks, LLC Science 14002939 $ 34.99 AB CD 6 Discs eB Metered 24 Months 13930097 $ 59.99 AB Perpetual 14095246 $24.99

How the Word Is Passed Clint Smith III

Hachette Audio African-American Interest 13686783 $ 39.99 AB CD 9 Discs

AB Playaway

AB Metered 24 Months

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“...unlike anything you’ve read before.” -Entertainment Weekly

Somebody’s Daughter Ashley C. Ford Macmillan Audio Biography AB CD 7 Discs eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual

13571917 $ 39.99 13997437 $60.00 13581083 $ 44.99

“...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 $ 39.99 AB CD 9 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13319279 $24.14 AB Perpetual 13492367 $67.48

Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand

Hachette Audio Women’s Fiction AB CD 11 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months

13970014 $ 39.99 14248428 $67.99 14006296 $65.00 13790847 $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

13699271 $ 29.99 13763135 $ 59.99 13692216 $ 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

13339043 $ 39.99 14253033 $ 59.99 13998056 $60.00 13387576 $ 49.99

“...a home run.”

-David Baldacci

Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Other Black Girl Zakiya Dalila Harris

Penguin Random House Audio Historical 13619280 $ 39.99 AB CD 9 Discs Playaway 14253004 $67.99 AB Metered 12 Months 14141076 $ 47.50 eB Metered 12 Months 14195828 $27.50 eB Metered 24 Months 13608908 $ 55.00 AB Perpetual 13614485 $95.00

Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction AB CD 11 Discs AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months

Jenna Bush Book Club

“Mesmerizing…” -Us Weekly

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GMA Book Club

13690050 $ 39.99 13731582 $ 79.99 13692353 $ 59.99

“…thrilling.”

-Washington Post

FICTION HARDCOVER

The Woman with the Blue Star Pam Jenoff Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction 13698709 $ 39.99 AB CD 10 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13509595 $20.69 AB Perpetual 13922945 $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

13021313 $ 44.99 14147131 $ 47.50 14198641 $27.50 12912564 $ 55.00 13280689 $95.00

“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

11781809 $ 59.99 12616053 $ 79.99 12512109 $ 55.99

“…a touching tale.”

-Cosmopolitan

14111269 $ 39.99 14252943 $63.99 14105037 $65.00 13899396 $65.00

“…a stunning debut.”

-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

13646774 $ 39.99 13631778 $ 79.99 13631751 $ 59.99

“Sexy and satisfying.”

-USA Today

Penguin Random House Audio Action 13646764 $ 39.99 AB CD 10 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14149260 $ 47.50 eB Metered 12 Months 14218713 $27.50 eB Metered 24 Months 13614472 $ 55.00 AB Perpetual 13648300 $95.00

“...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 $ 39.99 AB CD 10 Discs AB Metered 12 Months 14150357 $ 47.50 eB Metered 12 Months 14169189 $27.50 eB Metered 24 Months 13790836 $ 55.00 AB Perpetual 13791840 $95.00

“Fearless and hilarious...” -Emily Giffin

While Justice Sleeps Stacey Abrams

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“...mesmerizing...”

-Michael Connelly

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BESTSELLERS YOUNG ADULT Ace of Spades Faridah Abike-Iyimide

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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

13429610 $ 39.99 14107785 $ 55.99 13448598 $18.99 13533902 $67.48

“...a gripping and complex mystery.”

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“…a remarkable, irresistible love story.” -Publishers Weekly

They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera Harper Collins Publishers Young Adult AB CD 7 Discs Playaway eB Metered 26 Circs AB Perpetual

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Tokyo Ever After Emiko Jean

Reese W. YA Book Club Macmillan Audio Multi-Cultural AB CD 8 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual

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“...refreshing and spot-on...”

-Booklist

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ADVICE, HOW-TO, & MISCELLANEOUS The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy

Harper Collins Publishers Philosophy 13910314 $14.99 AB CD 1 Disc eB Metered 26 Circs 12518118 $22.99 AB Perpetual 13640065 $27.48

“…whimsical…”

-New York Times

The Collected Works of Jim Morrison Jim Morrison

Harper Collins Publishers Poetry 13803286 $ 29.99 AB CD 6 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13911243 $ 49.99 AB Perpetual 13893675 $ 52.48

“...an insightful glimpse…”

-People Magazine

Hormone Intelligence Aviva Romm

Harper Collins Publishers Self Help 13409034 $ 44.99 AB CD 12 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13094910 $28.99 AB Perpetual 13087229 $ 74.98

“...a groundbreaking book.”

-Ricki Lake

The Plant-Based Athlete Matt Frazier, Robert Cheeke

Harper Collins Publishers Self Help 13950704 $ 34.99 AB CD 7 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13687583 $28.99 AB Perpetual 14112826 $ 59.98

A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance.

You Will Get Through This Night Daniel Howell

Harper Collins Publishers Self Help 13897177 $ 29.99 AB CD 6 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13687569 $23.99 AB Perpetual 13610946 $ 52.48

“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

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“Exhilarating, excellent, necessary.”

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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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“Prepare to be enchanted and haunted.” -AudioFile

It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover

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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

Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens

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“...a glorious and touching read.”

-USA Today

One Last Stop Casey McQuiston

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Macmillan Audio Humor AB CD 10 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual

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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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“A charming read…” -Kirkus Reviews

Seven Days in June Tia Williams Reese W. Book Club

Blackstone Audio, Inc. African-American Interest 14105895 $ 39.99 AB CD 9 Discs AB Metered 24 Months 14002546 $65.00 eB Metered 24 Months 13768213 $65.00

“Sultry.”

-Marie Claire

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MORE BESTSELLERS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED ADULT FICTION Sooley John Grisham

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“Hard to put down…”

-Associated Press

The Four Winds Kristin Hannah

Belletrist Book Club Macmillan Audio Fantasy AB CD 14 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual

12709965 $66.99 13648539 $63.99 13972770 $60.00 13027284 $69.99

Legacy Nora Roberts

Jenna Bush Book Club Macmillan Audio Historical AB CD 12 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months AB Perpetual

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V. E. Schwab

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“Brutally beautiful.”

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“...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 $ 39.99 14010720 $67.99 13900193 $65.00 13768211 $65.00

“...this one’s got it all.”

-CNN Underscored

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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“Crisply written...”

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“...heartwarming and heart-wrenching.”

-NPR

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

14105816 $ 39.99 14101704 $65.00

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“...moving, honest, and illuminating.”

“...sumptuous...”

-Washington Post

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Live Your Life Amanda Kloots, Anna Kloots

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“...intimate and powerful.”

-Courtney Cox

Facing the Mountain Daniel James Brown

Penguin Random House Audio History 14131881 $ 49.99 AB CD 14 Discs Playaway 14010735 $67.99 AB Metered 12 Months 14152576 $ 47.50 eB Metered 12 Months 14227914 $27.50 eB Metered 24 Months 13767730 $ 55.00 AB Perpetual 13770917 $95.00

“…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 13336717 $ 44.99 14000652 $60.00 13387459 $ 44.99

Harper Collins Publishers Children’s 13386257 $ 39.99 AB CD 9 Discs eB Metered 26 Circs 13338583 $17.99 AB Perpetual 13320472 $67.48

“A richly imagined maritime world...”

“...enchanting.”

-Kirkus Reviews

Refugee Alan Gratz

Scholastic Children’s AB CD 7 Discs Playaway eB Metered 24 Months

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The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes Barnes & Noble YA Book Club 11838872 $ 34.99 11909753 $ 55.99 13770022 $16.99

“...doesn’t disappoint.”

-School Library Journal

Blackstone Audio, Inc. Young Adult AB CD 9 Discs Playaway AB Metered 24 Months eB Metered 24 Months

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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!

Cages David Mark

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.

Available August 1 10 Discs 13596886

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Grave Reservations Cherie Priest

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

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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 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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Half Dead Brandon Graham

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 9 Discs 14090670 $47.99

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 October 12 8 Discs 14242488 $44.99

Available September 21 13 Discs 14243036 $55.99

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The Summoning J. P. Smith

These Toxic Things Rachel Howzell Hall

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

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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

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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 8 Discs 14116677 $47.99

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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

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Murder at the Lakeside Library Holly Danvers Dreamscape Media, LLC

Available August 24 8 Discs 14090589

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Still Life and Death Tracy Gardner Hallmark Publishing

Available August 10 6 Discs 13894196

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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

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

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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

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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

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.

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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

One Smart Sheep Gary D. Schmidt, Elizabeth Stickney

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

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HOT NEW YOUNG ADULT BESTSELLING AUTHORS

Available September 21

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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