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Arts
Books
Performing Arts
826
THIS AMERICA OF OURS by Nate Schweber, read by ...
On Bernard and Avis DeVoto
5 min
827
THE LAST WHITE MAN by Mohsin Hamid, read by Moh...
A reflection, and a warning
4 min
828
BITTER ORANGE TREE by Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn B...
A mesmerizing poetic novel
4 min
829
WE ARE THE MIDDLE OF FOREVER by Dahr Jamail, St...
Stories of our changing Earth
5 min
830
OSMO UNKNOWN AND THE EIGHTPENNY WOODS by Cather...
An entrancing children’s fantasy
6 min
831
SISTERS MATSUMOTO by Philip Kan Gotanda, read b...
Moving audio theater
6 min
832
THE ROMANCE RECIPE by Ruby Barrett, read by Che...
A sizzling queer romance
5 min
833
HEARTBREAKER by Sarah MacLean, read by Mary Jan...
An adventurous historical romance
5 min
834
THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-...
A brilliant retelling of a classic
5 min
835
INVISIBLE THINGS by Mat Johnson, read by Nicole...
Mesmerizing allegorical sci-fi
6 min
836
NARRATOR by Landon Beach, read by Scott Brick
Step into the recording booth
5 min
837
THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware, read by Imogen Church
An obsessive mystery
5 min
838
NSFW by Isabel Kaplan, read by Stephanie Nemeth...
A workplace horror story
5 min
839
CONFIDENCE by Denise Mina, read by Rona Morison...
On the case with Anna and Fin
5 min
840
THE TURNING by Tim Winton, read by Humphrey Bow...
A celebrated Australian author
6 min
841
HORSE by Geraldine Brooks, read by James Fouhey...
A thought-provoking American tale
5 min
842
LUCKY TURTLE by Bill Roorbach, read by Brittany...
A transporting novel of hardship, love, and redemption
5 min
843
THE VERIFIERS by Jane Pek, read by Eunice Wong
Detective story, rom-com, and family drama all in one
5 min
844
THE MATCH by Harlan Coben, read by Steven Weber
An edge-of-your-seat gripper
5 min
845
A PRAYER FOR THE CROWN-SHY by Becky Chambers, r...
A hopeful and introspective sequel
6 min
846
AUGUST KITKO AND THE MECHAS FROM SPACE by Alex ...
A fantastical and musical space opera
5 min
847
AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong, read by Ed Yong
An enthusiastic tour of the sensory worlds of animals
5 min
848
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING by Julia Whelan, read b...
New fiction from a Golden Voice narrator
5 min
849
WHAT SOULS ARE MADE OF by Tasha Suri, read by A...
A captivating retelling of WUTHERING HEIGHTS
6 min
850
EMBRACE FEARLESSLY THE BURNING WORLD by Barry L...
Beautifully read essays about the natural world
6 min