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Title: Exquisite Ruin
Author: AdriAnne May
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Erotica, Romantica, Modern, Romantasy

Summary:
In this darkly romantic reimagining of the Minotaur myth, a sorceress and a demon are entwined in sensual battle to escape a deadly maze and reclaim their freedom. In this deadly maze, the most dangerous thing may be the passion between them. Sadaré wakes in a labyrinth, remembering nothing except that she is a powerful sorceress. Her only companion is a hostile immortal named Daesra—beautiful, dangerous, and demonic—who bound his divine soul for power and revenge. Despite their animosity, the two have no choice but to work together to reach the center and defeat the monster who prevents their escape. But the longer they wander, the more deadly and alive the maze becomes—and the more Sadaré finds herself drawn to Daesra in ways she can't explain. As sorceress and demon develop a tenuous truce, the labyrinth gives Sadaré glimpses of their shared history of passion and pain that make her question everything she knows. Unlocking the secrets of her past may be the only way to survive and heal their entwined fates—but as she learns more about the betrayals that brought them to the labyrinth, Sadaré begins to fear that the monster at the center could be Daesra...or even herself.

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Title: Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Author: Jonathan Eig
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Baseball

Summary:
The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig’s life was more complicated—and, perhaps, even more heroic—than anyone really knew. Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up in New York City, his unlikely friendship with Babe Ruth (a friendship that allegedly ended over rumors that Ruth had had an affair with Gehrig’s wife), and his stellar career with the Yankees, where his consecutive-games streak stood for more than half a century. What was not previously known, however, is that symptoms of Gehrig’s affliction began appearing in 1938, earlier than is commonly acknowledged. Later, aware that he was dying, Gehrig exhibited a perseverance that was truly inspiring; he lived the last two years of his short life with the same grace and dignity with which he gave his now-famous “luckiest man” speech. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man shows us one of the greatest baseball players of all time as we’ve never seen him before.

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Title: What Is Wrong with You?: A Novel
Author: Paul Rudnick
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+

Summary:
“The genuinely hilarious Paul Rudnick” (Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author) returns with a witty, insightful new novel about the joy, delight, pain, and absurdity of love in an age of cynicism, divorce, and digital madness. A tech billionaire and the flight attendant he’s marrying. A TV superhero who used to be married to the flight attendant. A Manhattan book editor and the sensitivity associate who got him fired. A twenty-three-year-old wild child prodigy who’s perhaps the savior of American literature. A vengeful Arkansas sheriff who sells a vitamin-enriched, ten-pounds-off-today demulsifier. A Wall Street bro who raps on TikTok. Two dentists—possibly stalking each other. What do these people have in common? Invited or not, they’re all headed to the most anticipated destination wedding ever, on the billionaire’s private island, to seek romance, to cause mayhem, and to figure out everyone else’s futures and maybe even their own. Find out what happens in Paul Rudnick’s heartfelt new novel, which dares to pose the question essential to anyone who’s ever been in love: What Is Wrong with You?

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Title: Other People: A Novel
Author: C. B. Everett
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:
A group of strangers gathered at a mysterious country house are in a race against time to stop a serial killer in this twisty, high-concept thriller that combines Agatha Christie with Shutter Island. Ten strangers. An old dark house. A killer picking them off one by one. And a missing girl who’s running out of time… And then there was one. Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who—or what—lurks in the cellar? Forget what you think you know. Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust The Other People?

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Title: River of Spirits
Author: Shana Targosz
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
For the first printing only! This hardcover features sprayed edges while the special edition supply lasts. A stunning debut middle grade fantasy about a girl caught between the realms of the living and the dead who gets lost in the Underworld—perfect for fans of Greenwild and Rick Riordan. Senka lives between the realm of the Living and the realm of the Dead. As ward to Charon, the Ferryer of the Underworld, Senka assists in ferrying recently departed souls across the river and into their afterlife. Although Charon has taught her many Rules about life in the Underworld, there is much he avoids telling her. Though she doesn’t understand why the Rules are so important, she listens—she must heed them in order to become an official Ferryer, just like Charon. Then a Living girl, Poppy, enters the Underworld to plead for help in finding the ghost of her brother. Poppy’s grief tugs at Senka’s heart—but helping Poppy goes against the very Rules Senka is so desperate to follow. When Poppy is yanked away by the river’s current, Senka leaps to save her, and she and Poppy are swept downriver, far from everything Senka has ever known. Lost in the Underwild, Senka and Poppy encounter malevolent spirits of lore and eccentric ghosts—and not all are willing to let souls slip through their grasp. Senka knows the Living can’t stay in the realm of the Dead for long, and if Poppy isn’t returned home soon, she will risk becoming lost to the Underworld forever. But as Senka travels deeper into the Underwild, she discovers there are secrets her guardian has kept from her, including the mystery surrounding her own existence. As Poppy and Senka dodge angry demigods, hungry wraiths, and terrifying dragon chimera, Senka gets closer to learning the truth of her own past. Soon, Senka won’t just need to save Poppy’s life—she’ll also need to save her own.

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Title: Infinity's Secret
Author: Katie Tsang
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
How to Train Your Dragon meets Skandar and the Unicorn Thief as a brother and sister go to a summer camp aimed at future dragon riders in this first book in the high-flying middle grade adventure series Dragon Force. Twelve-year-old Lance Lo dreams becoming part of the Dragon Force, a team of heart-bonded humans and dragons dedicated to protecting the world from dangerous magical creatures. So he can’t wait to attend Camp Claw with his younger sister, Zoe, and begin learning about dragon training. But Lance quickly finds himself falling behind in the lessons and activities. He’s the only camper who’s failed to achieve a heart-bond with a dragon, and with Zoe impressing everyone with her natural ability, Lance struggles with jealousy. But when Camp Claw is mysteriously attacked in the dead of night, Lance has to level up—in spirit and in skill—because it’s up to him and the latest recruits to get to the root of the growing danger and prove they’ve got what it takes to save the day.

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Title: Better Ending: A Brother's Thirty-Year Quest to Uncover the Truth About His Sister's Death
Author: James Thomson
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:
For fans of We Keep the Dead Close and The Night of the Gun, a propulsive and moving memoir about a brother’s decades-long investigation into the circumstances surrounding his sister’s tragic death—and his own journey to forgiveness and closure. On a summer evening in 1974, Jim Thomson arrived home from a baseball game to the news that his younger sister, Eileen, had taken her own life. To Jim, his parents, and brother, the loss was unexpected and devastating. Only twenty-seven, Eileen had been living in California with her high school sweetheart, Vic, a cop. She had a circle of close friends and a job she loved. But details soon emerged that Eileen had been depressed, her storybook marriage plagued by infidelity and guilt. On the day of her death, Vic later explained, he stormed out of the room in the midst of a bitter argument. Moments later, a gunshot went off. The revelations were deeply troubling, but Jim and his family believed him. The police ended the investigation and the Thomsons moved on as best they could. In 2001, his parents and brother all dead, Jim often found himself thinking about Eileen. What had the final months of her life been like? Why had she not told him about her troubled marriage? What other demons had she been battling? Frustrated by how little he knew, Jim hired a private investigator to help track down Eileen’s old friends and the police reports from that fateful afternoon, beginning a two-decade journey through a tangled web of secrecy, deception, and shifting stories that would force him to consider the unthinkable: Had Eileen really committed suicide? Told with the precision and pace of a whodunit and the searing emotion of a family saga, A Better Ending is an unforgettable tale about the love between siblings, the murkiness of truth and memory, and the path to acceptance.

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Title: Pomona Afton Can So Solve A Murder: A Novel
Author: Bellamy Rose
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Rom-Com, Contemporary Women

Summary:
A spoiled heiress must investigate her grandmother’s death in order to gain back her trust fund, all while discovering how to be her own person and maybe even in falling in love in this rom-com meets murder mystery. When Pomona Afton, Upper East Side hotel heiress, stumbles out of a gala and upon the scene of her grandmother’s murder, her first thought is that the society queen won’t be missed for her kind, cookie-baking ways. In fact, she was mean, greedy, and paranoid—so paranoid that she secretly slipped a clause into her will mandating that, should she die an unnatural death, all the family assets get frozen. And if the “unnatural death” isn’t explained? Those accounts stay frozen. Practically overnight, Pomona is locked out of her penthouse with no other option than to move in with a roommate: Gabe, the irritable (yet handsome) son of her former nanny. Not only is his apartment cramped, but it doesn’t even have a doorman. Or a chef! Pom needs someone to solve this murder, like, yesterday, so she can get her trust fund back. And Gabe? He needs this murder solved because that’s the only way his mother, who toiled for the Afton family for years, will ever get the retirement money she deserves. As Pom’s family clams up, blocking the police at every turn, Pom quickly realizes that if she wants her glamorous life back, she’s going to have to put on her big-girl Manolos and do it herself…with the help of Gabe, who she’s falling for more and more by the day. Can Pomona Afton (who previously couldn’t solve a crossword in the bath on a hungover Sunday) actually solve this murder? And if she does return to her former life of luxury, will it be worth the possibility of losing Gabe?

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Title: Fisherman's Gift
Author: Julia R Kelly
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Summary:
The Light Between Oceans meets The Snow Child in this novel set in a Scottish village in the weeks after a young boy mysteriously washes up on shore, causing the buried secrets of the insular community to come to light and rekindling an old love story. It’s 1900 and Skerry, a small Scottish fishing village, is destined for an unyielding winter. During a storm, a young boy washes up on the shore. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy’s son, lost to the sea at the same age many years before, his body never found. The village is soon snowed in, and Dorothy agrees to look after the child until they can uncover the mystery of his origins. But over time, the lines between reality and desperate hope start to blur as the boy reminds Dorothy more and more of her own lost child. The boy’s arrival also finally forces Dorothy to face the truth about her brief but passionate love affair with Joseph, the fisherman who found the boy on the shore and who has been the subject of whispers connecting him to the drowning of Dorothy’s son years earlier. As the past rises to meet the present, long-buried secrets are unearthed within this tight-knit community, and the child’s arrival becomes a catalyst for something far greater than any of them could imagine.

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Title: Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical

Summary:
A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran Pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits. This is an American Indian revenge story written by one of the new masters of horror, Stephen Graham Jones.

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Title: Early Thirties: A Novel
Author: Josh Duboff
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Family Life, LGBTQ+

Summary:
A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about two thirtysomething best friends’ messy search for connection and love in New York, perfect for fans of Rebecca Serle, Gabrielle Zevin, and Dolly Alderton. Sometimes friendship can be its own love story. Victor and Zoey are getting old—well, older—and it’s beginning to be a real problem. Best friends since college they have been through thick and thin, poor and poorer, drunk and drunker throughout their twenties in New York. Victor has built a successful career writing celebrity profiles for one of the last glossy magazines left standing, and Zoey is working for a fashion startup that is desperately trying to figure out how to monetize influencers, but has definitely figured out how to create a toxic work culture. But their wild twenties where mistakes can be forgiven, and hangovers last just until the first bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich is now replaced with responsibility, deadlines, and regrets a greasy breakfast can’t cure. Victor and Zoey both want something more, and when tragedy befalls Victor their once unbreakable bond is starting to show cracks. They begin to leave each other on read in their constant text thread, and push away what they feel might be the only true love of their lives in this immersive, hilarious, and heartbreaking story about coming of age, finding yourself, and maybe realizing growing up has just as much to do with the person you were as it does with the person you are desperately trying to become.

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Title: Cry When the Baby Cries
Author: Becky Barnicoat
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Graphic Novels

Summary:
Born out of a viral “Shouts & Murmurs” piece in The New Yorker, this darkly humorous, charming, and brilliant graphic memoir, in the tradition of Allie Brosh and Roz Chast, brings the first few years of parenthood to life. With the wit of a comedian and the observational skills of a sociologist surveying a new subculture, Becky Barnicoat writes about her first few years of parenthood with warmth, sharp insight, and uproarious humor in her debut graphic memoir Cry When the Baby Cries. Barnicoat’s prose is always relatable, smart, and so funny while discussing everything from how ignoring women’s pain is baked into the practice of obstetrics to the impossibility of putting a child down drowsy but awake while you are permanently drowsy but awake, to the tyranny of gentle parenting, and more. Barnicoat gives us permission to cry when the baby cries, and also laugh, snort, lie on the floor naked, drool, and revel in a deeply strange new world ruled by a tyrannical tiny leader, growing bigger and more cherished by the day.

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Title: Paris Express
Author: Emma Donoghue
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Summary:
Emma Donoghue, the “soul-stirring” (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train’s crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more. From an author whose “writing is superb alchemy” (Audrey Niffenegger, New York Times bestselling author), The Paris Express is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the 19th century.

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Title: Oathbound
Author: Tracy Deonn
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 22:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
Tracy Deonn’s #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle continues in the sensational third book about a dazzling contemporary fantasy world that blends Southern Black Girl Magic with secret societies and the legend of King Arthur! Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound to a monster. Bree Matthews is alone. She exiled herself from the Legendborn Order, cut her ancestral connections, and turned away from the friends who can’t understand the impossible cost of her powers. This is the only way to keep herself—and those she loves—safe. But Bree’s decision has come with a terrible price: an unbreakable bargain with the Shadow King himself, a shapeshifter who can move between humanity, the demon underworld, and the Legendborn secret society. In exchange for training to wield her unprecedented abilities, Bree has put her future in the Shadow King’s hands—and unwittingly bound herself to do his bidding as his new protégé. Meanwhile, the other Scions must face war with their Round Table fractured, leaderless, and missing its Kingsmage, as Selwyn has also disappeared. When Nick is detained by the Order’s Merlins, he invokes an ancient law that requires the High Council of Regents to convene at the Northern Keep and grant him an audience. No one knows what he will demand of them…or what secrets he has kept hidden from the Table. As a string of mysterious kidnappings escalates and Merlins are found dead, it becomes clear that no matter how hard Bree runs from who she is, the past will always find her.

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Title: Count My Lies
Author: Sophie Stava
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:
“The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page.” —Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave. Sloane Caraway is a liar. Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting. So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself—she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl’s foot. With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island. But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years. The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain. Careful what you lie for.

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Title: Worst Wish Ever!
Author: Wanda Coven
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
In this hilarious fifth middle grade book in the Middle School and Other Disasters series that started with New York Times bestseller Worst Broommate Ever!, witch-in-training Heidi Heckelbeck makes a wish at her school’s magical well. Featuring black-and-white illustrations, doodles throughout, and sparkly foil on the cover! When Heidi finds out about a magical wishing well at her school, she’s amazed and delighted—even though students are forbidden to use it. Then, an important exam is scheduled at the very same time her crush invites her on a nature walk, and Heidi needs a magical assist. Usually, she tries to follow the rules—really!—but she decides to use the well to wish to be in two places at once. What could go wrong?

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Title: Broken Country
Author: Clare Leslie Hall
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary Women

Summary:
“Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” —Delia Owens, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. “The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.” Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become. A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

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Title: Talent
Author: Daniel D'addario
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women

Summary:
Hollywood Wives meets A Visit from the Goon Squad in this emotional debut novel from Variety chief correspondent and a moderator of the Actors on Actors series about a group of actresses confronting their careers, their secrets, and each other throughout one turbulent awards season. As Hollywood prepares for its most glamorous evening, five actresses compete to see who will claim the top prize. Adria, a dignified and highly regarded grand dame of the movie industry, is intent on cementing her legacy as one of the greatest thespians of all time, even as the younger generation creeps up quickly behind her. Bitty must keep a nervous breakdown—and an increasingly debilitating alcohol addiction—at bay, as she searches for genuine closeness in an unforgiving landscape. Contessa, a former child star, is determined to make the world, and her leading man, take her seriously. Davina attempts to find her footing in superficial Los Angeles, a far cry from her roots as a serious London stage actress. And Jenny—always the underdog to her rival, Adria—sees this awards season as her personal redemption, a chance to atone for past mistakes and make up for missed opportunities. With humor, wit, and an insider’s insight, The Talent peels back the layers of women who are in the business of being perceived. And while they work to push their careers forward and maintain the public’s goodwill, all five are forced to confront truths about themselves that they would rather ignore: Could Adria and Jenny have been a team all these years, rather than bitter enemies? Is it their responsibility to offer a lifeline to poor Bitty, who is clearly teetering on the edge? Should Contessa and Davina dim their own rising stars to make those around them more comfortable? What do women in the spotlight owe each other, and themselves?

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Title: Grand Scheme of Things: A Novel
Author: Warona Jay
Narrator: Ony Uhiara, Sam Stafford
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Satire

Summary:
Two unlikely friends hatch an extraordinary scheme to expose the theater world in this wildly entertaining and sharply observed debut novel exploring perception, redemption, and how success shapes us all. Meet Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo. Or, for short, Eddie: an aspiring playwright who dreams of making it big in London’s theater world. But after repeated rejections from white talent agents, Eddie suspects her non-white sounding name might be the problem. Enter Hugo Lawrence Smith: good looking, well-connected, charismatic and…very white. Stifled by his law degree and looking for a way out of the corporate world, he finds a kindred spirit in Eddie after a chance encounter at a cafe. Together they devise a plan, one which will see Eddie’s play on stage and Hugo’s name in lights. They send out her script under his name and vow to keep the play’s origins a secret until it reaches critical levels of success. Then they can expose the theater world for its racism and hollow clout-chasing. But as their plan spins wildly out of control, Eddie and Hugo find themselves wondering if their reputations, and their friendship, can survive.

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Title: Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
Author: Nathan Grayson
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-18-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Business & Economics, Marketing & Advertising, History, Non-Fiction, World, Hobbies & Games

Summary:
Told through the diverse and fascinating careers of nine streamers, this is the definitive story of Twitch and how the livestream platform revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop culture. With 2.5 million viewers at any given moment, the streaming platform Twitch is in the lead and often well beyond mainstream networks like CNN and Fox during primetime. On Twitch, the Amazon-owned tech behemoth, the biggest personalities, like Kai Cenat, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, and Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker, can earn millions per year by firing up their internet connection and going live. Veteran technology and gaming journalist Nathan Grayson takes us inside the triumphs and tribulations of Twitch with exclusive access to its biggest content creators who helped make the platform into a billion-dollar global business. From Twitch’s early days of rapid growth to acquisition by Amazon to the defection of creators and rival platforms, Grayson makes the radical argument that many social technology companies are far more dependent on their creators than the creators are on their platforms. Rivetingly told through nine exceptional Twitch creators whose on-screen personalities helped the company grow into a powerhouse, this is the explosive story of when entertainment meets the internet in the era of social and video content domination.

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Title: Away
Author: Megan E. Freeman
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-11-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, General, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:
A group of children investigate the threat that prompted large-scale evacuations in this powerful and dramatic companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Alone told in multiple POVs. After an imminent yet unnamed danger forces people across Colorado to leave their homes, a group of kids including an aspiring filmmaker and a budding journalist find themselves in the same evacuation camp. As they cope with the aftermath of having their world upended, they grow curious about the mysterious threat. And as they begin to investigate, they start to discover that there’s less truth and more cover-up to what they’re being told. Can they get to the root of the conspiracy, expose the bad actors, and bring an end to the upheaval before it’s too late?

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Title: Idle Grounds: A Novel
Author: Krystelle Bamford
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-11-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Family Life

Summary:
On a New England morning in the late 1980s, a group of young cousins wander deep into the woods on their family’s property, drawn in by uncanny visions and the disappearance of one of their own—but the farther they go, the stranger their surroundings become. Lingering at the edge of a family party, a troop of cousins loses track of the youngest child among them. With their parents preoccupied with bickering about decades-old crises, the children decide they must set out to investigate themselves—to the rickety chicken coop, the barn and its two troublesome horses, and into the woods that once comprised their late grandmother’s property. The more the children search, and the deeper they walk, the more threatening the woods become and the more lost they are, caught between their aunt’s home in the present day, their parents’ childhood home just through the trees, and the memory of the house their grandmother grew up in. Soon, what began as a quest for answers gives way to a journey that undermines everything they’ve been told about who they are, where they came from, and what they deserve. Disquieting and delightful, Idle Grounds is a rich exploration of the interior lives of children and a gripping meditation on birthright, decline, and weight of family history. A fable of the distortions of privilege and the impossibility of keeping secrets hidden, this is a novel about straying from home—only to come back unraveled, unsettled, and irrevocably changed.

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Title: We Would Never
Author: Tova Mirvis
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-11-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:
A riveting literary page-turner that maps the extremes to which a family will go in order to protect their own. No one appears more surprised than Hailey Gelman when she comes under suspicion for the murder of her soon-to-be ex-husband Jonah. Hailey—nicknamed Sunshine by her mother for her bright outlook and ever-present smile—has always tried to do what is expected of her and is regarded as the family peacemaker. But is anyone, including Hailey, who she has always seemed to be? The months leading up to Jonah’s death have been fraught, including a bitter separation and a messy custody battle over their young daughter, Maya. When Hailey files a motion to relocate to Florida so she can be near her family, Jonah retaliates and the divorce begins to spiral dangerously out of control. Sherry, Hailey’s mother, will stop at almost nothing to keep Jonah from getting what he wants. Nate, Hailey’s impetuous and protective older brother, has tried to keep his distance, but he can’t stand to see his little sister suffer. And then there’s Solomon, the patriarch, who is keeping a secret that threatens the stability and security Sherry has worked so hard to maintain. Soon, they are forced to reckon with who they are as individuals and as a family, and just how far they will go for each other. Inspired by a true story, We Would Never is a gripping mystery, an intimate family drama, and a provocative exploration of loyalty, betrayal, and the blurred line between protecting and forsaking the ones we love most.

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Title: Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Author: Alton Brown
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Cooking, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:
From Alton Brown, the New York Times bestselling cookbook author and beloved culinary food personality, a debut collection of personal essays defined by his flair, wit, and insight. From cameraman to chef, musician to food scientist, Alton Brown has had a diverse and remarkable career. His work on the Food Network, including creating Good Eats and hosting Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen, has resonated with countless viewers and home cooks. Now, he shares exactly what’s on his mind, mixing compelling anecdotes from his personal and professional life with in-depth observations on the culinary world, film, personal style, defining meals of his lifetime, and much more. With his whip-smart and engaging voice, Brown explores everything from wrestling a dumpster full of dough to culinary cultural appropriation to his ultimate quest for the perfect roast chicken. Deliciously candid and full of behind-the-scenes stories fans will love, Food for Thought is the ultimate reading experience for anyone who appreciates food and the people that prepare it.

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Title: London Calling
Author: James Ponti
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:
In this sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies stages a rescue in Rome in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Charlie Thorne. Cairo, the newest member of the City Spies, takes the lead when his sister disappears in Istanbul. Determined to save the family of one of their own, the team risks discovery as their search leads them to Rome. Meanwhile, there’s been intel that seems to threaten the royal wedding about to take place in Westminster, bringing the team back to the UK on an official case for MI6. With so much security all over the city, it’s harder than ever for the City Spies to go unnoticed. Will their skills be up to the task?

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Title: Bird of a Thousand Stories
Author: Kiyash Monsef
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature

Summary:
In this transporting and suspenseful companion to the New York Times bestselling Once There Was, Marjan travels around the globe in search of a mythical bird in terrible danger, whose fate could determine the future of the world. Marjan Dastani is successfully leading a double life. Only a few people know that when she’s not in school, she travels the world taking care of mythical beasts, sent on missions by a shadowy organization known as The Fells. In an adventure that takes her across continents and connects her with the wildest of mythic beasts around the globe, Marjan must track down the fabled Bird of a Thousand Stories before someone with more nefarious plans finds it. But the more closely she connects with the world’s mythical creatures, the more danger she’s in of losing her friendships—and all that tethers her to the life she’s known.

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Title: Burning in the Bones
Author: Scott Reintgen
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:
Ren’s quest to dismantle Kathor’s corrupt system comes to a head as political machinations and a mysterious disease take hold of the city in this edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Waxways series. After taking control of House Brood, Ren and Theo dreamed of using their newfound influence to change the rest of Kathor, but now they find their efforts being countered by the other great houses, who have no interest in a world where they enjoy less power. No one understands that better than the Tin’Vori siblings. The return of their ancestral home was a decade in the making, but they’re eager to keep rising from the ashes. Nevelyn begins researching House Brood—and ends up face-to-face with an enemy that’s already slouching toward the gates of the city. The one enemy no one can avoid: a plague. The victims experience strange bruising, an unquenchable thirst, and a temporary disruption in magic. When doctors trace the illness to its source, they find another mystery: corpses placed in strategic locations around the city. As Ren leads the hunt for the culprits, she’ll find herself two steps behind a devious enemy whose sights are set on an unexpected prize: the city’s magic. Survival will require every ounce of their skill, every bond old and new, or else the future Ren and Theo have worked to build will burn down with the rest of the world.

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Title: Unloved: A Novel
Author: Peyton Corinne
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult, Sports

Summary:
The highly anticipated follow-up to Peyton Corinne’s “unputdownable and unforgettable” (Bal Khabra, author of Collide) TikTok sensation Unsteady follows hopeless romantic Ro and player—on and off the ice—Freddy as they forge an unexpected bond that slowly turns into a life lesson in self-worth and the healing quality of love. Matt “Freddy” Fredderic is all smiles—at least on the surface. On the ice, he’s the star left winger for the Waterfell Wolves with a stellar reputation in bed and a potential future in the NHL. But in the classroom, he’s barely scraping by on a 2.0 GPA, retaking failed classes and struggling with a rough mix of dyslexia, dyscalculia, and ADHD. Now tied to an NHL contract upon graduation, Freddy needs help to pass biology with a professor he has a tumultuous past with. Ro Shariff is a hopeless romantic with terrible luck in love—and now, Freddy’s newly assigned tutor. Trying to convince herself that she’s very happy with her on again/off again boyfriend, Ro is desperate for real affection. As her tutoring sessions with Freddy lead to late-night phone calls and a deep understanding of each other’s hidden pains, a real friendship strikes up between them. And, inevitably, a wistful secret pining hidden by them both. Ro can’t stop thinking about her first kiss her freshman year with Freddy—a spine-tingling moment that Freddy doesn’t seem to remember. Meanwhile, Freddy can’t let go of Ro’s drunken heartfelt confessions from the night she doesn’t remember. While Freddy is determined to protect Ro from his reputation and prove to her how worthy of love she is, Ro wants to show Freddy that despite what others have led him to believe, he’s worth more than just his body. Together, with gentle affection and true admiration, they will show each other how easy it is to love the right person, no matter their flaws.

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Title: Being and Nothingness
Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 49:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-28-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy

Summary:
Revisit one of the most important pillars in modern philosophy with this new English translation—the first in more than 60 years—of Jean-Paul Sartre’s seminal treatise on existentialism. “This is a philosophy to be reckoned with, both for its own intrinsic power and as a profound symptom of our time” (The New York Times). In 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre published his masterpiece, Being and Nothingness, and laid the foundation of his legacy as one of the greatest twentieth century philosophers. A brilliant and radical account of the human condition, Being and Nothingness explores what gives our lives significance. In a new and more accessible translation, this foundational text argues that we alone create our values and our existence is characterized by freedom and the inescapability of choice. Far from being an internal, passive container for our thoughts and experiences, human consciousness is constantly projecting itself into the outside world and imbuing it with meaning. Now with a new foreword by Harvard professor of philosophy Richard Moran, this clear-eyed translation guarantees that the groundbreaking ideas that Sartre introduced in this resonant work will continue to inspire for generations to come.

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Title: Grace of the Empire State
Author: Gemma Tizzard
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-28-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Women

Summary:
In this breathtaking debut novel, a daring dancer must take her twin brother’s place as a riveter high atop the in-progress Empire State Building to save her family from ruin. After the death of their father, it’s up to Grace O’Connell and her twin brother Patrick to support their family as the Great Depression takes its toll on New York City. When Grace is laid off from her dancing gig and Patrick is injured at work on the construction of the Empire State Building, desperation leaves them only one solution: Grace must disguise herself as Patrick and take his place on the half-built skyscraper. She soon proves herself as capable as any man on the steel, and her affection for the loyal men around her—especially Italian immigrant Joe—grows by the day. But when a terrible accident happens high above the city and Grace is the only one capable of saving her stranded colleague, she must make a split-second decision to risk everything or live with her conscience forever. Set against the backdrop of a city at a crossroads, this electrifying story is full of heart and hope, family and friendship, and the sacrifices we make for those we love.

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Title: Menopause Is Hot: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive
Author: Alice Smellie
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-21-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Intimacy & Sex, Social Science

Summary:
Menopause is a hot topic. By debunking myths, banishing shame, and demanding more equitable health care and workplace policies, celebrated journalists Mariella Frostrup and Alice Smellie have sparked a global dialogue and a menopause revolution. Renowned journalists Mariella Frostrup and Alice Smellie are here to tell readers everything they need to know about menopause, with a mix of smart humor and comforting reassurance. In this guide that doesn’t shy away from any topic, the authors open up about their own menopause journeys, and provide the latest science and advice from America’s leading experts on everything from dealing with hot flashes to pursuing hormone therapy. Diving into the history of menopause up to the present day, with stories from women from across the world at various ages and stages of their menopause journey, Menopause Is Hot opens a much-needed conversation about a topic half the population will go through but are only just starting to chat openly about. It’s designed to equip readers with the know-how to handle symptoms starting from perimenopause onwards, separating myths from the facts, all while offering hope, support, and friendly advice. Menopause Is Hot reframes the conversation and is an essential companion for women during menopause and beyond—not an end, but a beginning.

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Title: Eat Better, Sleep Better: A Science-Based Plan and Simple Recipes for Better Sleep
Author: Kat Craddock
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-21-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Health & Wellness, Diet & Nutrition, Disorders & Diseases

Summary:
What you eat directly impacts how you sleep. Science-based and easy to understand, Eat Better, Sleep Better includes 75 recipes that incorporate sleep-supporting ingredients that work with the body’s rhythms and hormones to unlock quality rest—and the health benefits that come with it. More than half of all Americans have difficulty falling or staying asleep. Drawing on the science that has made her the go-to expert on the connection between food and sleep, Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge pairs her comprehensive strategies for getting a good night’s sleep with Kat Craddock’s 75 recipes. Developed with ingredients that trigger the body’s dietary melatonin and serotonin, these recipes align with a Mediterranean diet and trigger a healthy circadian cycle, so you feel energetic during the day and ready for sleep at night. Eat Better, Sleep Better is for anyone who wants food to be the medicine for getting quality sleep. Here, too, is a 28-day meal plan that takes the guess work out of what to eat when so you can start eating—and sleeping—better than ever. The recipes, are easy to prepare, satisfying, and delicious. They include the following: -Easy Breakfasts: In-a-Hurry Egg-and-Cheese with Salsa Roja, Make-Ahead Morning Muffins, Overnight Oats with Ginger, Compote, and Walnuts -Salads and Soups: Chilled Out Soba Salad with Edamame and Sesame-Ginger Vinaigrette, Creamy Lemon-Turkey Soup with Barley and Mint -Side Dishes and Meatless Mains: Soy-Braised Butternut Squash with Miso Butter and Black Sesame, Mushroom “Carbonara” with Broccoli Rabe and Parmesan, Focaccia with Beefsteak Tomatoes and Olives -Low-stress Evening Meals: Portuguese-Style Tomato Rice with Mussels and Scallops, Grilled Chicken Cutlets with Midsummer Mostarda, Pan-Seared Halibut with Barley-Artichoke Risotto -Sweets for Sleep: Sesame Shortbread Cookies, Easy Stonefruit Sorbet, Chamomile-Ginger Panna Cotta

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Title: AI for Small Business: From Marketing and Sales to HR and Operations, How to Employ the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Small Business Success
Author: Phil Pallen
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Business & Economics, Science & Technology, Business Development, Computers

Summary:
An essential guide for small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to use artificial intelligence to automate tasks, improve customer service, make better decisions, grow their businesses faster, and stay ahead of the AI curve. ChatGPT, machine learning, automation, natural language processing. Every day, it seems like there is a new AI term to learn and a new promise of how it will improve your work. But with tons of conflicting information, small business owners are left wondering exactly how to leverage AI technology to grow and, more importantly, stay competitive with larger companies. Cutting through the buzzwords and media frenzy, AI for Small Business is the road map to take you from overwhelmed to empowered. Opening with simple explanations of AI basics and clarification of myths, you are empowered to assess your goals to create a comprehensive AI strategy for your business—including information on selecting tools, a timeline for implementation, and ideas for scaling systems. This essential guide then walks you through practical AI applications for each department, informing you how to use AI to automate tasks, make better decisions, and grow your business in all areas including: -Sales -Marketing -Social media and content creation -Customer service -Finance and accounting -Operations and logistics -Human resources and talent management -Data analysis and decision-making -Security and legal compliance -R&D and innovation Author Phil Pallen is a brand strategist who uses his AI expertise to help hundreds of businesses scale and grow profits. In AI for Small Business, case studies from Pallen’s successful clients illustrate how real small business owners are applying AI technology in various ways. Plus, ready-to-try prompt sidebars and specific product recommendations allow you to start employing the power of AI in real time.

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Title: Really Dead Wives of New Jersey
Author: Astrid Dahl
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Satire

Summary:
A propulsive page-turning thriller following the hit reality TV show Garden State Goddesses where secrets are uncovered, intense rivalries surface, and a startling murder propels a producer on a riveting quest for the truth. Meet the Garden State Goddesses, the cast of Huzzah’s third most popular show: “I may play for both teams, but when it comes to being real, I always bring my A game.” —Renee Ricci “When life gives me lemons, I make citron presse´ on my yacht in Saint- Tropez.” —Birdie St. Clair “I don’t bite, but I do scratch, and these talons are 100 percent Italian.” —Carmela Fontana When Hope Bennett marries Carmela’s brother Leo she not only becomes a Fontana, but a Garden State Goddess—and not everyone is happy. Secrets will be revealed, decades-long rivalries will surface, and a sudden murder will lead to a reality reckoning no one is prepared for, least of all the show’s producer Eden who must race to catch a killer and save the most dramatic season of all time. “Secrets, gallows humor, campy reality TV stars, and an Instagram gossip account called ‘Shady Di’—Astrid Dahl's?The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey?is the kind of book I wanted to live inside. LOLing and gasping my way through, I nearly wished I'd written it myself!” —Anna Dorn, author of Perfume & Pain

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Title: More or Less Maddy: A Novel
Author: Lisa Genova
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:
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Title: Meditations for Black Women: 75 Mindful Reflections to Help You Stay Grounded & Find Inner Peace
Author: Oludara Adeeyo
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Social Science, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:
An inspiring and empowering collection of 75 mindful meditations curated for Black women everywhere to help prioritize self-love, find inner peace, and promote self-reflection. Meditations for Black Women is a collection of 75 mindful reflections tailored uniquely to the experiences of Black women. These reflections are designed to inspire, support, and ground Black women, helping them navigate their unique everyday challenges. Each meditation is accompanied by a powerful quote from an influential Black woman, adding an extra layer of inspiration and contemplation. The book is a testament to the power of self-reflection and meditation as wellness tools. It acknowledges the unique stressors and obstacles Black women face, such as micro- and macro-aggressions, the “strong Black woman” trope, and historical trauma. By offering tailored tools to address these unique needs, the book provides a much-needed mental health support for Black women. Meditations for Black Women is a journey to self-discovery, self-love, and self-care as well as a celebration of Black womanhood and a testament to the strength, resilience, and beauty of Black women.

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Title: Book of Shadow Work
Author: Keila Shaheen
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Psychology

Summary:
From “the new empress of self-help” (The Atlantic) Keila Shaheen, author of international bestseller The Shadow Work Journal and founder of Zenfulnote, an ultimate guidebook for anyone interested in shadow work—the practice of diving into the unexplored recesses of our psyches. TikTok sensation Keila Shaheen has made shadow work a daily practice for millions worldwide. But do we truly understand the potential of shadow work, not just for ourselves, but for our communities, our families, and society as a whole? On these pages, you’ll go on a journey in which you will encounter the unacknowledged parts of yourself: the emotions, memories, associations, and impulses that reside in your personal shadow. You’ll learn how to integrate them into your daily life in order to live as your best possible self. This journey requires steady inward attention and the guidance in The Book of Shadow Work will encourage and assist you. Based on interviews with expert mental health practitioners, insightful research, inspiring stories from shadow work journalers around the world, and Keila Shaheen’s own personal journey, this is an accessible and profound manual on all things shadow work. Experience valuable inner healing with this essential resource, and discover: - How shadow work can connect you to your life’s purpose. - How shadow work can help you find a supportive, aligned community. - How to navigate shadow work within important relationships. - How shadow work can help you discover hidden talents and realize your true potential. - How shadow work has manifested throughout history, and what it means for our collective future.

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Title: Eat What Elephants Eat: Vegan Recipes for a Strong Body and a Gentle Spirit
Author: Dominick Thompson
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Cooking, Non-Fiction

Summary:
Eat What Elephants Eat is a vegan cookbook featuring an unforgettable personal narrative, eighty recipes, and easy meal plans. Dominick (Dom) Thompson comes from the West Side of Chicago, where he was lured into the drug trade, as much for comradeship as for power and money. One summer, he agreed to a last hustle. It was a sting, and Dom went to federal prison. It was there in his darkest hour that he had the revelation that brings us Eat What Elephants Eat—to heal his body and soul, he vowed never again to harm another sentient being. Like the peaceful, intelligent African giants, he would start by eating only plants, too. The diet made Dom strong again in every way. And it can do the same for anyone who eats a diet of only plants. At the heart of Eat What Elephants Eat are eighty simple vegan recipes and meal plans for a vegan lifestyle that anyone can follow. Dom answers questions all vegan-curious people ask: How do I stay focused? What are the health benefits? Is it expensive? (No!) What about protein? (Yes! Lots!) Recipes in Eat What Elephants Eat include: - Breakfast: Saturday Morning Nostalgia Pancakes, The “Duluth” Omelet, Really Good Tofu Scramble - Soups and Bowls: Watermelon Gazpacho, Mushroom Ramen Bowl, Buffalo Cauliflower “Chicken” - Small Plates, Sandwiches, and Burgers: Sweet Corn n’ Jalapeno Fritters, Mega Tofu BLT, Lentil Sloppy Joes - Mains: Spaghetti n’ Beet Balls, Jackfruit Tacos with Mango-Corn Salsa and Avocado “Cream” - Dessert: Lemon Loaf with Lemon Icing, Brownies in a “Jiffy”, Roasted Stone Fruit with Cashew Cream Kind and practical, Dom connects the dots among the social and environmental perils of the industrial food system and our health. With humor and understanding, he delivers a no-fuss plan that guides anyone to embrace veganism.

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Title: Three Lives of Cate Kay: A Novel
Author: Kate Fagan
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, LGBTQ+

Summary:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past. Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now. As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes and moving to California to become movie stars. But the day before their grand adventure, a tragedy shattered their dreams and Cate has been on the run ever since, taking on different names and charting a new future. But after a shocking revelation, Cate understands that returning home is the only way she’ll be a whole person again.

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Title: As You Wish
Author: Nashae Jones
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Teen, Kids, Romance, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Humor

Summary:
A girl learns the hard way to be careful what she wishes for in this sweet and funny middle grade rom-com featuring a chaos-loving West African trickster god. Birdie has big plans for eighth grade. This is the year that she gets a boyfriend, and since she and her best friend, Deve, do everything together, it makes sense that Deve will get a girlfriend. This is the kind of math Birdie doesn’t find intimidating—it’s Eighth Grade 101. (Birdie + Boyfriend) + (Deve + Girlfriend) = Normal Eighth Grade Experience. And normal is something Birdie craves, especially with a mom as overprotective as hers. She doesn’t expect Deve to be so against her plan, or for their fight to blow up in her face. So when the West African god Anansi appears to her, claiming to be able to make everything right again, Birdie pushes past her skepticism and makes a wish for the whole mess to go away. But with a trickster god, your wish is bound to come true in a way you never imagined. Before long, Birdie regrets her rash words…especially when she realizes what’s really going on with her and Deve. With her reality upended, can Birdie figure out how to undo her wish?

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Title: Perfect Home
Author: Daniel Kenitz
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:
Fixer Upper meets Gone Girl in this suspenseful and witty domestic thriller set in the world of home renovation TV—featuring a woman who becomes public enemy #1 after a horrifying discovery prompts her to flee her celebrity husband with their twin babies. Dawn Decker is an American everywoman and the salt to her husband Wyatt’s sweet, media-friendly charm on their Tennessee-based home renovation reality TV show, The Perfect Home. While Dawn bristles at the trappings of their D-list celebrity status, Wyatt hungers for greater fame. The couple also faces infertility issues stemming from Wyatt’s low sperm count. He secretly orders experimental fertility drugs, and they conceive, but his personality takes a dark turn—he becomes moody, withdrawn, and even cruel. When Dawn discovers his horrifying plot to manufacture a tragedy in order to skyrocket their celebrity status, she takes their infant twins and goes on the run. Wyatt appears on national television to turn the public against her, painting Dawn as an unstable kidnapper suffering from postpartum psychosis. His charm is so compelling that even Dawn’s closest friends doubt her. She will have to dig deep into the past—both hers and Wyatt’s—to find allies, protect her children, and beat this beloved all-American celebrity at his own game. Told in dual perspectives from both husband and wife, this smart, captivating, and twisty thriller is a fun, addictive read from the very first page.

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Title: Sweet Fury
Author: Sash Bischoff
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Feminist Fiction

Summary:
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Title: Accounting 101: From Calculating Revenues and Profits to Determining Assets and Liabilities, an Essential Guide to Accounting Basics
Author: Michele Cagan
Narrator: Jennifer Aquino
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-31-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:
A quick and easy guide to help you learn the basics of accounting. The ability to negotiate a deal. Confidence to oversee staff. Complete and accurate monitoring of expenses. In today’s business climate, these are must-have skills. But all too often, comprehensive business books turn the important details of best practices into tedious reading that would put even a CEO to sleep. This bestselling series is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts that can’t be found anywhere else. From hiring and firing to strategizing and calculating revenues, these guides can help you learn core business and career concepts—no MBA required! So whether you’re a new business owner, a manager, or entry-level employee, this series has the answers you need to conduct business more efficiently.

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Title: Dancing with Butterflies: A Novel
Author: Reyna Grande
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-17-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women

Summary:
In Dancing with Butterflies, Reyna Grande renders the Mexican immigrant experience in “lyrical and sensual” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) prose through the poignant stories of four women brought together through folklorico dance. Dancing with Butterflies uses the alternating voices of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their Mexican heritage and a dance company called Alegría. Yesenia, who founded Alegría with her husband, Eduardo, sabotages her own efforts to remain a vital, vibrant woman when she travels back and forth across the Mexican border for cheap plastic surgery. Elena, grief-stricken by the death of her only child and the end of her marriage, finds herself falling dangerously in love with one of her underage students. Elena's sister, Adriana, wears the wounds of abandonment by a dysfunctional family and becomes unable to discern love from abuse. Soledad, the sweet-tempered illegal immigrant who designs costumes for Alegría, finds herself stuck back in Mexico, where she returns to see her dying grandmother. Reyna Grande has brought these fictional characters so convincingly to life that readers will imagine they know them.

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Title: Champagne Letters
Author: Kate Macintosh
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Jackie Sanders
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:36:21
Language: English
Release date: 12-10-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Women

Summary:
Perfect for fans of bubbly wine and Kristin Harmel, this historical fiction novel follows Mme. Clicquot as she builds her legacy, and the modern divorcée who looks to her letters for inspiration. Reims, France, 1805: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a widow: Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors fighting for her customers, and the Napoleonic court politics complicating matters she must set herself apart quickly and permanently if she, and her business, are to survive. In present day Chicago, broken from her divorce, Natalie Taylor runs away to Paris. In a book stall by the Seine, Natalie finds a collection of the Widow Clicquot’s published letters and uses them as inspiration to step out of her comfort zone and create a new, empowered life for herself. But when her Parisian escape takes a shocking and unexpected turn, she’s forced to make a choice. Should she accept her losses and return home, or fight for the future she’s only dreamed about? What would the widow do?

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Title: Tales From the Loop
Author: Simon Stålenhag
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:56:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:
Now an Amazon Prime Original Series! Perfect for fans of E.T. and Stranger Things—the first narrative artbook from acclaimed author and artist Simon Stålenhag about a fictionalized suburban town in the 1980s inhabited by fantastic machines and strange, imaginative beasts. In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator. The facility was complete in 1969, located deep below the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna. The local population called this marvel of technology The Loop. These are its strange tales. From the same author who wrote the imaginative artbook The Electric State, this “haunting,” (The Verge) “sophisticated sci-fi” (The Nerdist) follows the bizarre stories from otherworldly creatures and is a page-turner you won’t be able to put down.

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Title: Things From the Flood
Author: Simon Stålenhag
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:56:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:
The basis for the new Amazon Prime Original Series! From the author of the imaginative and “awe-inspiring” (New York Journal of Books) narrative art book The Electric State comes the haunting sequel to his remarkable Tales from the Loop. Welcome back to the Loop. In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator in the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna. The local population called this marvel of technology The Loop and celebrated its completion. But Mälaröarna and the world would never be the same. Infused with strange machines and unfathomable creatures, Things from the Flood is transcendent look at technology that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

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Title: Von Bek: The City in the Autumn Stars
Author: Michael Moorcock
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:
Ulrich von Bek, a facet of The Eternal Champion, makes a deal with the devil in this exciting adventure story from one of the greatest authors of our time. This is the story of Ulrich von Bek, a cynical mercenary who sells his skills as a soldier in the wars taking place all over Europe. After the particularly horrific destruction of a city in which he played a role, von Bek decides to desert the military company he was working for and travel alone for a while before seeking further employment. On his solo journey, he happens upon a castle where he takes refuge with—and then falls in love with—the keeper of the castle, the beautiful Sabrina. It is in this castle that he meets Lucifer, the master of Hell, and finds out that his soul is already destined for Hell. And so, in exchange for his soul, von Bek agrees to go on a quest for Lucifer, namely to find the Cure for the World’s Pain. This quest is also known as the Search for the Holy Grail. As von Bek travels around Europe on his impossible quest, he will find himself caught up in wars, politics, intrigue, and romance. But he can never forget his purpose—or the terrible bargain he has made with the devil…

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Title: Von Bek: The Warhound and the World's Pain
Author: Michael Moorcock
Narrator: Unknown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:
Ulrich von Bek, a facet of The Eternal Champion, makes a deal with the devil in this exciting adventure story from one of the greatest authors of our time. This is the story of Ulrich von Bek, a cynical mercenary who sells his skills as a soldier in the wars taking place all over Europe. After the particularly horrific destruction of a city in which he played a role, von Bek decides to desert the military company he was working for and travel alone for a while before seeking further employment. On his solo journey, he happens upon a castle where he takes refuge with—and then falls in love with—the keeper of the castle, the beautiful Sabrina. It is in this castle that he meets Lucifer, the master of Hell, and finds out that his soul is already destined for Hell. And so, in exchange for his soul, von Bek agrees to go on a quest for Lucifer, namely to find the Cure for the World’s Pain. This quest is also known as the Search for the Holy Grail. As von Bek travels around Europe on his impossible quest, he will find himself caught up in wars, politics, intrigue, and romance. But he can never forget his purpose—or the terrible bargain he has made with the devil…

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Title: Pick-Up
Author: Nora Dahlia
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Rom-Com

Summary:
Harkening to the witty and swoon-worthy rom-coms of Christina Lauren and Kate Clayborn, a new enemies-to-lovers romp whisking us from the stress of city life to lush Caribbean beaches. Sasha Rubinstein is not on her game. Parenting with an absent (and objectively douchey) ex has never been easy, but, lately, the judgmental side-eye from people at school pick-up feels extra. It doesn’t help that some entitled dad—with his perfect t-shirts and perfectly punchable (yet adorable) face—keeps stealing the last after-school spots and school hoodies out from under her. Ethan Jones is not trying to trip Sasha up… at school or otherwise. In fact, ever since they met (which she promptly forgot), he’s been hoping for the exact opposite…or at least to stop thinking about her. When a game-changing job lands them trapped together on an exclusive private island, they resolve to stop sniping at each other and keep things professional. But with tension building between them and the permeating intoxication of island time, temptation blows in on every tropical breeze.