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240 idées
Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck made history as the first German-language winner of the International Booker Prize with this gripping love story set against the fall of the GDR, accessible worldwide as an audiobook.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden achieved a Booker shortlist and Women's Prize win with this tense, sensual post-war Dutch masterpiece, widely found on global audiobook services.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026
A stellar short story collection curated by Megan Abbott showcasing top mystery writing, available as an engrossing multi-narrator audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
My Husband's Wife
Alice Feeney delivers a twisty psychological thriller with a stellar multi-cast audiobook featuring Richard Armitage and Bel Powley.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
Murder at the Spirit Lounge
Jess Kidd blends quirky humor and spooky suspense in a coastal mystery, featuring a stellar audiobook performance by Philippa Dunne.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
The Secrets We Hide
Karin Slaughter returns with a tense small-town mystery exploring dark family secrets, available as an immersive audiobook read by Kathleen Early.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
The French Illusion
John Grisham delivers a gripping international kidnapping thriller following a honeymoon gone wrong in Paris, available widely as an unabridged audiobook narrated by Michael Beck.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
The Starseekers
Nicole Glover combines historical fantasy and magical engineering in this immersive doorstopper where an arcane NASA engineer solves a murder during the 1960s space race, accessible internationally in bookstores and online.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
The Quarter Queen
Kayla Hardy presents a lush historical fantasy detailing a rebellious young woman's race to save her comatose Voodoo queen mother in nineteenth-century New Orleans, available worldwide across major print, digital, and audio platforms.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
Year of the Mer
L.D. Lewis weaves a sprawling, dark epic fantasy following a deposed royal heir who seeks out an ancient sea-witch for vengeance, and the hardback, ebook, and audiobook editions can be found internationally wherever books are sold.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
House of Margins
Tlotlo Tsamaase delivers a mesmerizing supernatural fantasy about an author attending an eerie colonial writing residency who vanishes, leaving her sister to decode the haunting truth through a true-crime podcast, with copies accessible globally in print and digital formats.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
Goldenborn
In Ama Ofosua Lieb's imaginative fantasy novel, a teenager investigating magical crimes in a near-future sanctuary must strike a dangerous deal with the trickster god Anansi, and the book is widely available worldwide in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
Orbital
Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize-winning lyrical novel tracks six astronauts orbiting the Earth over twenty-four hours, widely found across global audiobook platforms.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
Prophet Song
Paul Lynch’s harrowing, Booker Prize-winning dystopian masterwork captures a mother’s desperate fight for survival in a collapsing Ireland, accessible on international audiobook networks.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese offers a magnificent, multi-generational medical epic set in Kerala, South India, available worldwide on major audiobook services.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray’s massive, tragicomic Booker-shortlisted family saga chronicles a chaotic Irish household facing financial ruin, available globally through major audiobook sellers and digital libraries.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
Demon Copperhead
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Barbara Kingsolver’s sprawling modern epic follows an indomitable boy growing up through foster care and the opioid crisis in Appalachia, widely accessible on major global audiobook platforms.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
Hyperion
Dan Simmons sweeping space opera homage to Canterbury Tales is available as a star studded multi cast audiobook on Audible and libraries everywhere.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
The Word for World is Forest
Ursula K Le Guins profound anthropological sci fi journey is beautifully narrated in audiobook form on platforms like Audible and OverDrive.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K Dicks mind bending exploration of artificial life and human empathy is offered as an engaging audiobook via Audible and widespread library services.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C Clarkes visionary novel of human evolution and cosmic mystery comes alive in a stellar audiobook edition found on Audible and global library apps.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
Dune Messiah
Frank Herberts epic sci fi masterpiece exploring power and religion on a desert planet is available as an immersive audiobook from major digital platforms like Audible and Libby.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
Cursed Cocktails
S.L. Rowland introduces a cozy retirement story of baking and mixing magical drinks in a relaxed seaside town.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst offers an uplifting tale of island refuge and sweet jams brought to life on audio by narrator Caitlin Davies.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna welcomes listeners to a charming rustic inn run by magic in an acclaimed audiobook voiced by Samara MacLaren.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
Dial A for Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto's debut features a young wedding photographer who accidentally kills her blind date, leading her and her meddling aunties to dispose of the body during a chaotic island wedding.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
The Nothing Man
Catherine Ryan Howard's chilling novel introduces a woman obsessed with true crime podcasts who finds her life irrevocably altered when she discovers the perpetrator of a cold case she's researching is closer than she ever imagined.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
Paradise City
Debut author Wong Sou-yee (writing as Wong Ming-yi) delivers a gripping crime novel set in a near-future Hong Kong, where a series of grisly murders forces a veteran detective and a young hacker into a desperate hunt for a killer in a city on the brink.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
The Plotters
Un-su Kim's inventive debut thriller, now available in English, follows a seasoned assassin in Seoul who begins to question his purpose when a new generation of plotters emerges, challenging the old ways.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite's debut novel offers a darkly humorous and gripping tale of a woman whose devotion to her beautiful, murderous sister complicates her own life and attempts at romance.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
The Best of Me
David Sedaris, known for his witty observations and self-deprecating humor, gathers a selection of his most beloved essays and stories that often touch on the absurdities of human nature.
memoir · popular science · funny · classic · audiobook
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach brings her signature blend of humor and meticulous research to the strange and overlooked science behind keeping soldiers alive and functional on the battlefield.
memoir · popular science · funny · classic · audiobook
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach hilariously delves into the bizarre and gross realities of how humans prepare for and cope with life in space.
memoir · popular science · funny · classic · audiobook
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Mary Roach embarks on a fascinating and often comical journey through the human digestive system, from what happens at the first bite to what exits at the end.
memoir · popular science · funny · classic · audiobook
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach humorously explores the surprisingly varied and often bizarre afterlives of human cadavers in medical science and beyond.
memoir · popular science · funny · classic · audiobook
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk offers a sweeping reinterpretation of American history by placing Native American experiences and agency at its center, spanning five centuries from colonial encounters to modern self-determination.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
John Vaillant masterfully chronicles the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire of 2016, weaving it into a broader history of North America's oil industry, climate science, and humanity's evolving relationship with fire.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
Gary J. Bass provides a magisterial account of the largely overlooked Tokyo war crimes trial, revealing the courtroom dramas and divisions that shaped the Asian postwar era.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
King: A Life
Jonathan Eig delivers the first major biography of Martin Luther King Jr. in decades, offering an intimate and complex portrait of the civil rights icon, drawing on newly declassified FBI files and other fresh sources.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann unearths the harrowing true story of a British warship, its crew shipwrecked on a desolate island in the 1740s, and the subsequent accusations of mutiny and murder that led to a dramatic court martial.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
A Marvellous Light
Freya Marske's romantic fantasy transports readers to an alternate Edwardian England where a newly appointed civil service liaison is drawn into a hidden magical society, a deadly curse, and a captivating mystery alongside a prickly magical counterpart.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
Assistant to the Villain
This romantic fantasy by Hannah Nicole Maehrer follows Evie Sage as she takes on a mysterious and chaotic job working for a notorious villain, only to find herself unexpectedly drawn to her enigmatic boss while uncovering a plot to undermine his nefarious empire.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
The Absolute at Large
Karel Čapek's satirical novel imagines a world where a new energy source accidentally releases the spiritual essence of matter, leading to unexpected and chaotic religious fervor and global conflict, and can be found internationally as a print book, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · uplifting · short · classic
The Snail on the Slope
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's surreal novel presents two intertwined narratives: one within a bewildering, bureaucratic Administration, and another in the mysterious, primeval Forest it purports to govern, widely available in various accessible formats.
novel · sci-fi · uplifting · short · classic
The Invincible
Stanisław Lem's thought-provoking novel sees a powerful starship investigate the disappearance of its sister vessel on a distant planet, encountering a unique form of non-human intelligence, available around the world in print, ebook, and audiobook editions.
novel · sci-fi · uplifting · short · classic
Hard to Be a God
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's novel follows an observer from advanced Earth embedded in a medieval alien society, grappling with the moral dilemma of non-interference amidst pervasive cruelty, and is available worldwide in print, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · uplifting · short · classic
The Futurological Congress
Stanisław Lem's satirical novel sends his hapless cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to a futurological congress where he is plunged into a mind-bending future of psychochemicals and simulated reality, available globally in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · sci-fi · uplifting · short · classic
The Seed of a New World
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ's debut novel follows a young African woman journeying through self-discovery and cultural identity, weaving a narrative of hope, resilience, and the search for belonging in a new environment.
novel · literary fiction · uplifting · short · recent
This Could Be Paradise
Maggie Smith's debut novel introduces a young woman whose life changes when she inherits a dilapidated house in upstate New York, exploring themes of self-discovery, reinvention, and finding connection in unexpected places.
novel · literary fiction · uplifting · short · recent
Between Two Moons
Aisha Abdel Gawad's debut novel follows twin sisters in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, as they navigate family, identity, and community during Ramadan, offering a moving portrayal of resilience and finding one's path.
novel · literary fiction · uplifting · short · recent
Our Best Intentions
Vibhuti Jain's debut novel delves into a South Asian American family's complexities after a tragic event, exploring justice, community, and the sacrifices made for love and belonging in a nuanced and hopeful way.
novel · literary fiction · uplifting · short · recent
My Name Is a Knife
P.K. Chupack's debut novel tells the story of an aspiring chef whose life is transformed after a fateful encounter in a restaurant kitchen, exploring themes of belonging, passion, and reinventing oneself.
novel · literary fiction · uplifting · short · recent
Yes Please
Enjoy Amy Poehler's candid and humorous reflections on her life and career in comedy, available wherever audiobooks are sold.
memoir · biography · funny · long · audiobook
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
Join humorist John Hodgman for a series of comical essays exploring the absurdities of middle age, fatherhood, and his evolving relationship with New England, widely available as an audiobook.
memoir · biography · funny · long · audiobook
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Dive into Lindy West's witty and incisive debut memoir about body image, feminism, and pop culture, which you can find at any major audiobook retailer.
memoir · biography · funny · long · audiobook
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)
Laugh along with Lauren Graham as she shares humorous personal essays about her life and career in Hollywood, easily found wherever audiobooks are sold.
memoir · biography · funny · long · audiobook
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Experience Dave Eggers's exhilarating debut memoir, blending humor with tragedy as he recounts becoming a surrogate parent to his younger brother after immense family loss, available everywhere books are sold.
memoir · biography · funny · long · audiobook
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
Serhii Plokhy delivers a gripping account of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, exploring the human factors and political landscape that led to the catastrophe and its profound aftermath.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
Eastern Europe: A History From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Martyn Rady provides a sweeping historical account of Eastern Europe, highlighting its complex tapestry of shifting borders, imperial influences, and enduring cultural fusions.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City
Peter Demetz intricately weaves together a thousand years of Prague's history, showcasing its vibrant cultural synthesis through the lives of its diverse inhabitants.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795
Norman Davies presents a monumental work on the multifaceted history of Poland, delving into its rich cultural tapestry and the resilience of its people through centuries.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Serhii Plokhy offers a comprehensive and accessible narrative of Ukraine's long and often tumultuous history, emphasizing its enduring quest for national identity and sovereignty.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
The Constant Gardener
John le Carré's powerful novel follows British diplomat Justin Quayle as he investigates the brutal murder of his activist wife in Kenya, uncovering a vast conspiracy involving corrupt pharmaceutical practices.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
Malice
Keigo Higashino's ingenious mystery presents Detective Kyochiro Kaga with the murder of a celebrated author, where the true puzzle lies not in who committed the crime, but why.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré's iconic novel plunges a jaded British spy, Alec Leamas, into one last, morally ambiguous mission in East Germany, exposing the bleak realities of Cold War espionage.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
Gorky Park
Martin Cruz Smith's gripping thriller follows Arkady Renko, a Moscow chief investigator, as he unravels a gruesome triple murder in Gorky Park, forcing him to confront the dark underbelly of Soviet society.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
The Name of the Rose
In Umberto Eco's captivating debut, a Franciscan friar and his novice investigate a series of mysterious deaths at a wealthy Italian abbey in 1327.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
Weyward
Emilia Hart's debut novel intertwines the stories of three women across different centuries who are connected by a shared, wild magic and a fight for freedom, available to experience as an audiobook.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Emma Törzs's debut novel invites you into a world where estranged half-sisters must reunite to protect their family's library of magical books after their father's mysterious death, a story you can listen to as an audiobook.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Megan Bannen weaves a romantic and quirky fantasy where a lonely undertaker and a grumpy marshal, who can't stand each other in person, unknowingly become anonymous pen pals, and it's available in audiobook format.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
Join Rebecca Thorne for a cozy, sapphic fantasy about a royal guard and a powerful mage who try to escape their pasts by opening a bookshop and tea house, available as an audiobook.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard's classic dystopian novel envisions a future Earth transformed by rising temperatures and melting ice caps, where London is a tropical lagoon and humanity reverts to primal states.
novel · sci-fi · funny · classic · audiobook
Permutation City
Greg Egan's thought-provoking work delves into the philosophical implications of digital consciousness, exploring what happens when minds can be uploaded and replicated.
novel · sci-fi · funny · classic · audiobook
Beggars in Spain
This mind-bending novel by Nancy Kress explores a future where genetic engineering creates a new class of humans who don't need to sleep, and the societal repercussions that follow.
novel · sci-fi · funny · classic · audiobook
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
James Hannaham's powerful novel offers a profoundly funny and dark look at a trans woman returning to life after prison, praised for its spectacular language and poetic writing.
novel · literary fiction · funny · recent · audiobook
Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon's historical novel, shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, presents a darkly funny tale of Athenian slaves during the Peloponnesian War who attempt to create a play.
novel · literary fiction · funny · recent · audiobook
Cursed Daughters
Oyinkan Braithwaite's Lagos-set novel tells a multi-generational story of a family curse, brought to life by a brilliant cast of narrators.
novel · literary fiction · funny · recent · audiobook
The Director
Daniel Kehlmann's translated novel follows a world-famous director who, after fleeing to Hollywood, finds himself back in Austria and considered a nobody, with Joseph Goebbels seeing potential in him for propaganda.
novel · literary fiction · funny · recent · audiobook
The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne
Anna Bikont undertakes a profound journalistic investigation into the Jedwabne massacre, exploring the suppressed history of the 1941 pogrom and its enduring impact on Polish memory.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
Napoleon
Adam Zamoyski presents a nuanced and meticulously researched biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, stripping away myth to reveal the complex figure against the backdrop of the European Enlightenment.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891–1924
Orlando Figes vividly chronicles the Russian Revolution from the famine of 1891 to Lenin's death in 1924, weaving together grand historical forces with individual human experiences.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
Europe: A History
Norman Davies offers a monumental and comprehensive account of the continent's entire past, giving equal weight to both Eastern and Western European narratives, in this sprawling work.
nonfiction · history · uplifting · long · audiobook
Boat Baby
Vicky Nguyen delivers her memoir with passion and humor, recounting her inspiring life story with the same dynamic energy she brings to her investigative reporting.
memoir · funny · short · recent · audiobook
Awake: A Memoir
Jen Hatmaker narrates her journey with a blend of gravity and humor, sharing her experiences of trauma and healing with forthright sincerity.
memoir · funny · short · recent · audiobook
Joyful Recollections of Trauma
Paul Scheer unpacks his childhood experiences with a darkly funny and candid perspective, offering a comedic take on turning past challenges into a memorable memoir.
memoir · funny · short · recent · audiobook
Too Much
Tom Allen shares a collection of humorous and poignant stories, reflecting on his life, grief, and navigating various absurd situations, all delivered with his signature wit.
memoir · funny · short · recent · audiobook
Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: My Very Funny Memoir
Jenny Eclair offers a hilarious look back at her journey from childhood to becoming the first woman to win the Perrier Award, recounting her experiences in the evolving world of 1980s stand-up comedy with wit and irreverence.
memoir · funny · short · recent · audiobook
This Story Might Save Your Life
Tiffany Crum’s debut meta-thriller explores what happens when a woman receives a manuscript that seems to predict the terrifying events unfolding in her own life.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
A Plot to Die For
Ardal O'Hanlon, acclaimed for his screen detective roles, makes his literary debut with a cozy crime mystery set in Ireland, introducing the first installment of his A Blooming Murder Mystery series.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN
Jason Rekulak, an Edgar Award finalist and ITW Award winner, crafts a new suspense novel where a family in a quaint beach town is suddenly plunged into peril.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
We Are All Guilty Here
Karin Slaughter, known for her gripping thrillers, delivers a masterclass in slow-burn suspense as a woman returns to her hometown to find an old, supposedly solved crime is anything but.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
Ironwood
A new detective series from Michael Connelly follows Detective Stilwell working the dark underbelly of a California coastal town, investigating a missing person case that quickly turns sinister.
novel · crime · gripping · just out · audiobook
The Dragon Has Some Complaints
John Wiswell's enchanting tale playfully explores the life of a dragon with unexpected domestic troubles, offering a charming and humorous perspective on mythical creatures and their everyday woes.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
Sea of Charms: A Spellshop Novel
Sarah Beth Durst's latest installment in her Spellshop series offers a delightful high-seas fantasy where a rescue mission leads to unexpected romance and magical undertakings.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
Saltswept
U.M. Agoawike's vibrant debut, drawing on Southeast Asian mythology, introduces a lush world of magic and adventure, where a unique bond with a mysterious 'ottercat' begins an epic journey.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
The Melancholy of Untold History
Minsoo Kang's expansive narrative invites readers into a richly detailed historical fantasy world where forgotten stories hold immense power and personal journeys intertwine with destiny.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
The Republic of Memory
In Mahmud El Sayed's novel, explore a fantastical world where memories are a tangible currency and a young archivist must uncover a hidden history to save her city.
novel · fantasy · cosy · long · just out
The Invention of Morel
Adolfo Bioy Casares’s groundbreaking work of fantastic literature follows a fugitive who discovers strange, repeating occurrences on a deserted island, leading to profound questions about reality, technology, and eternal life.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
On Heroes and Tombs
Ernesto Sábato's dark and philosophical novel delves into the tumultuous lives of characters in 1950s Buenos Aires, featuring a famous section, 'The Report on the Blind,' that explores paranoia and secret societies with speculative overtones.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
Blindness
José Saramago presents a chilling dystopian vision where an epidemic of white blindness plunges society into chaos, forcing humanity to confront its primal nature amidst a crumbling social order.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
Terra Nostra
Carlos Fuentes weaves an ambitious narrative spanning centuries of European and American history, exploring power, identity, and myth through various characters and timelines, creating a vast and challenging speculative journey.
novel · sci-fi · long · classic · audiobook
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, a Booker Prize winner, delivers a gripping psychological drama about a guerrilla gardening collective in New Zealand that encounters a tech billionaire with his own mysterious interests in their chosen plot of abandoned land.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
James
Percival Everett offers a powerful and darkly humorous reimagining of Mark Twain's classic *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*, told from the perspective of the enslaved character, Jim.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
Blacktail
Scott Hawkins, known for his unique dark fantasy, presents a tale of lupine vengeance where a wolf seeks revenge for his mate and becomes entangled in a mission to end the human race.
novel · literary fiction · long · recent · audiobook
The Hilarious History of Everything: From the Big Bang to TikTok
This engaging and witty work by a renowned Scottish author makes the vast sweep of history accessible and genuinely funny, covering millennia of human endeavor and folly with a lighthearted touch.
nonfiction · history · funny · long · just out
An Irish History of the World, Vol. 2: From St. Patrick to the Present Day
Building on his earlier work, this volume by a notable Irish comedian continues a spirited and often irreverent exploration of Ireland's significant contributions and experiences within global history.
nonfiction · history · funny · long · just out
A History of the World (in Dingbats)
From an acclaimed Scottish comedian, this book offers a hilariously unconventional journey through human history, told through a unique and witty lens that promises laugh-out-loud insights into our collective past.
nonfiction · history · funny · long · just out
The Shortest History of Scotland
Murray Pittock offers a concise yet comprehensive account of Scotland's complex past, challenging common perceptions and exploring the nation's identity, language, and evolving relationships within Europe.
nonfiction · history · funny · long · just out
Funny Stuff: How Comedy Shaped American History
From the National Comedy Center and the Smithsonian Institution, this collection of essays, with a foreword by Mel Brooks, explores how American comedy has both reflected and influenced the mood and movements of the nation's past.
nonfiction · history · funny · long · just out
Rosemary's Baby
A young wife's joy at her pregnancy turns to terrifying paranoia as she suspects her peculiar new neighbors and even her husband have sinister designs on her unborn child in Ira Levin's iconic 1967 horror-crime novel, offered as an audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
Strangers on a Train
Unravel the chilling proposal of two strangers who meet on a train and contemplate exchanging murders in Patricia Highsmith's suspenseful 1950 psychological thriller, readily available to listen to.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Follow the unsettling ascent of Tom Ripley, a charming yet psychopathic con artist who seizes a life of luxury through impersonation and murder in Patricia Highsmith's chilling 1955 novel, available as an audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
Double Indemnity
Dive into the dark, tangled web of an insurance salesman and a manipulative femme fatale as they plot a perfect crime for a double payout in James M. Cain's seminal 1943 crime novella, widely available in audiobook format.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Experience the raw, illicit passion and desperate schemes of a drifter and a married woman who conspire to commit murder in James M. Cain's groundbreaking and gripping 1934 noir novel, available as an audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping · short · audiobook
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
Jean Shepherd shares a collection of nostalgic and uproarious stories from his Indiana childhood, exploring the perplexing quirks of small-town life and the universal mysteries of growing up in mid-20th century America.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Neil Simon vividly brings to life his early career as a staff writer for a 1950s live television sketch comedy show, navigating the eccentric personalities and chaotic creative process behind the scenes, capturing the puzzling dynamics of a legendary writing room.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
Travels with My Aunt
Graham Greene's delightful memoir follows the author's outrageous Aunt Augusta, who pulls him into a series of comical, globe-trotting escapades and unexpected discoveries, far removed from his quiet banking life.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
Life Among the Savages
Shirley Jackson offers a darkly humorous and semi-fictionalized account of the chaos and unexpected mysteries of raising her four children in rural Vermont.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell charmingly recounts his eccentric childhood on the Greek island of Corfu, filled with humorous encounters with his peculiar family and the island's fascinating wildlife, as he discovers and documents its natural mysteries.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
A House with Good Bones
When an archaeologist returns to her childhood home in rural North Carolina, she finds more than just her overbearing mother; she unearths unsettling family secrets and a house with a very peculiar history in this darkly whimsical novel by T. Kingfisher.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
Starter Villain
Charlie, an ordinary man, unexpectedly inherits his estranged uncle's supervillain empire—complete with a volcanic lair, a sassy cat, and talking sharks—in this fun and surprising fantasy from Naomi Novik.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree returns to the world of Legends & Lattes with this heartwarming prequel, where a young orc mercenary, recovering from an injury, discovers the quiet magic of a small-town bookshop and the friendships forged within its walls.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
A Restless Truth
Join Maud Blyth on an opulent ocean liner where she stumbles upon a murder and, alongside a captivating magician, delves into a magical conspiracy in this historical fantasy by Freya Marske.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
Follow a coven of elderly, delightfully eccentric witches as they scramble to save their ancestral home from foreclosure in this enchanting debut from Bianca Marais.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
Dragon Pearl
Yoon Ha Lee's middle-grade novel, steeped in Korean mythology, follows a fox spirit who disguises herself as a boy and joins the Space Forces to find her missing brother.
novel · sci-fi · cosy · short · classic
The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke's classic novel transports us to the last city on Earth, Diaspar, where a young man questions his sheltered existence and embarks on a journey of discovery.
novel · sci-fi · cosy · short · classic
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's beloved novella follows a young prince from a tiny asteroid as he explores the universe and reflects on humanity, friendship, and loss.
novel · sci-fi · cosy · short · classic
The Memory Police
In Yoko Ogawa's quietly unsettling novel, an island experiences the gradual disappearance of objects and concepts, leading to a world where memories are subtly erased.
novel · sci-fi · cosy · short · classic
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro's contemplative novel introduces us to Klara, an Artificial Friend with a special talent for observation, as she waits in a store hoping to be chosen by a child.
novel · sci-fi · cosy · short · classic
The Book of Everlasting Things
Aanchal Malhotra's debut novel tells a sweeping love story between a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, set against the backdrop of the Partition of India.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
Victory City
Salman Rushdie's epic novel, narrated by a 14th-century poet, chronicles the rise and fall of a fantastical empire in India, envisioned by a young girl blessed by a goddess.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
Penance
Eliza Clark’s novel, being adapted for television, delves into the aftermath of a shocking teenage murder in a seaside town, recounted through a journalist's investigation.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
Patrick Ness introduces a new middle-grade series with this novel about a lizard who finds himself on an unexpected adventure.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
Piper at the Gates of Dusk
Patrick Ness revisits the world of Chaos Walking in this novel where two brothers, sons of original characters, confront a new mystery stemming from a sighting in the night sky.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Bill Bryson shares his hilarious and often bewildered observations upon moving back to the United States after living in England for two decades, noting the absurdities of American culture with his signature wit.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris presents a collection of darkly humorous and often absurd observations on holiday traditions, including his famous stint as a department store elf, offering a cynical yet hilarious look at seasonal cheer.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
Dry
Augusten Burroughs chronicles his chaotic experiences in rehab and the challenging, darkly funny path to sobriety, after years of a high-functioning but destructive advertising career.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Join John Steinbeck and his beloved standard poodle, Charley, on a road trip across the United States as they seek to rediscover the soul of the nation, encountering a memorable cast of characters and observations on American life, some humorous and some poignant.
memoir · mystery · funny · classic · audiobook
The Lost King: The Search for Richard III
Philippa Langley's book details her extraordinary, persistent quest to find the lost burial site of King Richard III, a story that inspired a film about her unwavering determination.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
The Old Oak
Paul Laverty's narrative, tied to Ken Loach's film, portrays the challenges and tentative hopes of a small, struggling English mining town as it grapples with the arrival of Syrian refugees.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
Past Lives Screenplay Book
Celine Song's collection includes the screenplay for her acclaimed film about two childhood sweethearts who reconnect decades after one emigrated from South Korea, exploring themes of destiny and love across different lives.
novel · literary fiction · cosy · short · recent
Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer offers an epic, sweeping history of Cuba, tracing its intricate ties to the United States from before Columbus's arrival to the present day.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
Gary Gerstle provides an in-depth analysis of how neoliberalism emerged, dominated global politics, and is now experiencing a period of unraveling.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants Endured, and Their Legacy Illuminated
Ben Raines uncovers the hidden history of the *Clotilda*, the last vessel to bring enslaved Africans to America, and the community built by its survivors.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Kelly Lytle Hernández delves into the history of the *magonistas*, Mexican rebels who ignited the 1910 Mexican Revolution from within the United States.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Is There No Place For Me In This World? The Tragedy of the Latin American Migrant
This compelling work by Rubén Mendoza offers a crucial examination of the complex journeys and challenges faced by Latin American migrants.
nonfiction · history · long · recent · audiobook
Nettle & Bone
From Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, this dark fantasy fairytale follows a convent-raised princess who, tired of her sister's abuse by a powerful prince, sets out on a quest to kill him, accompanied by an unlikely band of allies.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Shannon Chakraborty introduces a retired, middle-aged pirate captain who embarks on one final, perilous voyage across the Indian Ocean when the kidnapped daughter of an old crewmate needs rescuing.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
The Crane Husband
Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill reinterprets the folktale of 'The Crane Wife' through the eyes of a pragmatic teenage girl whose mother brings home a mysterious, six-foot-tall crane who slowly takes over their lives.
novel · fantasy · cosy · recent · audiobook
Death in Breslau
Marek Krajewski transports readers to pre-war Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) where Inspector Eberhard Mock investigates a brutal murder amidst a city under Nazi influence, offering a dark and atmospheric historical crime novel widely available in translated editions.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
Appointment with Death
Agatha Christie, known as the Queen of Crime, delivers a gripping mystery set in the Middle East where Hercule Poirot must unravel the murder of a tyrannical matriarch, a classic whodunit available globally in print, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
The Pledge
Friedrich Dürrenmatt's chilling novel, subtitled 'Requiem for the Detective Novel,' tells the story of a detective's obsessive quest to find a child murderer, even after an apparent culprit is caught, challenging the genre's conventions in a gripping narrative that can be found in print, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical masterpiece brings the Devil to Moscow, unleashing chaos and dark humor as he and his retinue expose the absurdities of Soviet society, a gripping tale widely accessible in various English translations across all formats.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
The Trial
This unsettling novel by Franz Kafka follows Josef K., a bank official who is arrested and prosecuted by an inaccessible authority for an unknown crime, leaving readers gripped by his struggle against an absurd bureaucracy; it's widely available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · crime · gripping · medium · classic
Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor presents an alien first contact story in Lagos, Nigeria, where the arrival of extraterrestrials profoundly impacts three disparate individuals and reshapes humanity's future in a vibrant and disquieting narrative, available in audiobook format.
novel · sci-fi · unsettling · classic · audiobook
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany's experimental and challenging novel plunges a young man known only as The Kid into the enigmatic, semi-abandoned city of Bellona, where reality seems to have fractured and strange events unfold, and it is available as an audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · unsettling · classic · audiobook
Brown Girl in the Ring
Nalo Hopkinson's debut novel envisions a dystopian Toronto where the privileged have abandoned the inner city, leaving its inhabitants to reclaim forgotten traditions and confront ancient spirits amidst desperate circumstances, available to listen to as an audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · unsettling · classic · audiobook
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor's World Fantasy Award-winning novel is set in a post-apocalyptic Africa where a young woman with a unique destiny must grapple with genocide, magic, and her own identity in a world both fantastical and harsh, and it is available as an audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · unsettling · classic · audiobook
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler's seminal novel transports a young Black woman from 1976 California back to a pre-Civil War Maryland plantation, forcing her to confront the brutal realities of slavery and her own ancestral past in a deeply unsettling and vital story, available as an audiobook from various retailers.
novel · sci-fi · unsettling · classic · audiobook
Japan: A Short Cultural History
George Sansom's classic work provides a sweeping and insightful look at the evolution of Japanese civilization, art, religion, and social structures from ancient times through the modern era.
nonfiction · history · cosy · long · audiobook
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857
William Dalrymple vividly recounts the dramatic decline of the Mughal Empire and the tragic fate of its last emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, amidst the tumult of the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
nonfiction · history · cosy · long · audiobook
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Sunil Khilnani explores the rich tapestry of Indian history through the captivating stories of fifty influential figures, from ancient spiritual leaders to modern political icons.
nonfiction · history · cosy · long · audiobook
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Ramachandra Guha offers a monumental and comprehensive narrative of India's journey since its independence, exploring its challenges, triumphs, and complex identity as a democratic nation.
nonfiction · history · cosy · long · audiobook
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Jung Chang's detailed biography plunges into the remarkable life of the Qing Dynasty ruler who defied expectations and shaped China's dramatic transition into the modern era.
nonfiction · history · cosy · long · audiobook
Ella Enchanted
Discover Gail Carson Levine's witty retelling of Cinderella, where Ella is cursed with obedience and embarks on a quest to break the spell and reclaim her free will.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
The Princess Bride
Experience William Goldman's classic adventure filled with fencing, giants, villains, and true love, as farm boy Westley battles to rescue his beloved Buttercup.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
Stardust
Journey with Tristan Thorn in Neil Gaiman's whimsical fantasy as he ventures beyond his mundane village into a magical realm to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
Practical Magic
Follow the Owens sisters, Sally and Gillian, in Alice Hoffman's enchanting story as they navigate a small Massachusetts town's prejudices and their own powerful, inherited magic while seeking love and belonging.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
Chocolat
Indulge in Joanne Harris's charming tale of Vianne Rocher, a mysterious chocolatier who opens a shop in a traditional French village, challenging its rigid Lenten traditions with her confections and uncanny insights.
novel · fantasy · cosy · medium · audiobook
Bodies
Klára Vlasáková's novel gives voice to older women finding themselves on the margins of Czech society, examining contemporary issues with a strong and critical perspective.
novel · literary fiction · unsettling · recent · audiobook
Memory Burn
Marek Torčík's debut novel explores queer identity and the challenges of growing up in a dysfunctional family within a small, forgotten Moravian town in the Czech Republic.
novel · literary fiction · unsettling · recent · audiobook
Goodbye to Budapest: A Novel of the Hungarian Uprising
Margarita Morris crafts a suspenseful narrative about a young woman in 1950s Budapest who must fight for freedom and survival when her father is arrested by the Secret Police and the Hungarian Uprising ignites.
novel · literary fiction · unsettling · recent · audiobook
The Dispossessed: A Novel
Szilárd Borbély offers a haunting portrayal of a partially Jewish family struggling with poverty and ostracism in a Hungarian village during the late 1960s and early 1970s, as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
novel · literary fiction · unsettling · recent · audiobook
The Empusium
Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk invites listeners to a sanatorium in a remote Polish mountain village in 1913, where a new arrival discovers the unsettling truths and hidden horrors beneath its seemingly idyllic surface.
novel · literary fiction · unsettling · recent · audiobook
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain brazenly takes readers behind the swinging kitchen doors, revealing the gritty, wild, and often humorous realities of high-end restaurant life through his own culinary journey.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Running with Scissors
Augusten Burroughs delivers a darkly comedic memoir about his unconventional and chaotic childhood, living with his mother's eccentric psychiatrist and his bizarre family.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Julie Powell chronicles her ambitious, often hilarious, and sometimes maddening quest to cook every recipe in Julia Child's classic French cookbook in one year.
memoir · funny · audiobook
My Life in France
Julia Child, with Alex Prud'homme, charmingly recounts her transformative years discovering French cuisine and finding her passion, filled with delightful culinary adventures and her signature humor.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
Piper Kerman offers a humorous yet insightful look at her unexpected year in a minimum-security federal prison, exploring the surprising friendships and absurdities of incarceration.
memoir · funny · audiobook
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris's evocative novel recounts the harrowing true story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau who was forced to tattoo identification numbers on fellow captives and fell in love amidst unspeakable horrors.
novel · crime · gripping
The Silent Ones
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi's suspenseful novel, translated by Nick Caistor, plunges a detective into a series of ritualistic murders connected to an ancient, dark past in the city of Vitoria.
novel · crime · gripping
Red Water
Jurica Pavičić's gripping novel, translated by Matt Robinson, follows a family's agonizing thirty-year quest to uncover the truth behind their daughter's disappearance from a small Croatian town.
novel · crime · gripping
The Eighth Detective
Alex Pavesi's inventive novel presents a retired mathematician who once wrote seven perfect detective stories, now tasked with reviewing a new edition, only to find inconsistencies that might reveal a real-life crime.
novel · crime · gripping
The Devotion of Suspect X
In Keigo Higashino's intricate novel, a brilliant mathematician helps his neighbor cover up a murder, leading a detective into a complex battle of wits.
novel · crime · gripping
Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke's captivating novel describes humanity's first encounter with a colossal, enigmatic alien spacecraft that enters the solar system, inviting exploration and scientific wonder. This classic is available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · sci-fi · classic
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells's pioneering novel follows a scientist who invents a device for temporal displacement and journeys into the far future to discover the fate of humanity. You can read this seminal work as a print book, ebook, or listen to the audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Solaris
Stanisław Lem's profound novel delves into the mysteries of first contact as scientists attempt to understand a sentient alien ocean that brings their deepest memories to life. This acclaimed classic can be obtained in print, ebook, and audiobook versions.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury's enduring novel portrays a dystopian future where books are outlawed and firemen are tasked with burning any that are found, leading one fireman to question his role. This thought-provoking work is available as a print book, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's influential novel imagines a future society obsessed with technological control, consumerism, and manufactured happiness, where individuals are genetically engineered and conditioned for specific roles. You can find this classic in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane weaves a dark tale of three childhood friends whose lives are irrevocably connected by a devastating tragedy and a new murder investigation in their working-class Boston neighborhood, a powerful story accessible in print, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping
The Snowman
In this chilling novel by Jo Nesbø, Detective Harry Hole investigates a series of brutal murders in Oslo, where a killer leaves a snowman at each crime scene, and it is available to readers as a print book, ebook, or audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn’s debut novel follows a journalist who returns to her small hometown to report on the murders of two young girls, uncovering dark family secrets and a chilling past, and it can be found as a print book, ebook, or audiobook.
novel · crime · gripping
The Lincoln Lawyer
Follow Mickey Haller, a defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car, as he navigates the morally ambiguous world of Los Angeles's legal system in this gripping novel by Michael Connelly, widely available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · crime · gripping
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond investigates the environmental and societal factors behind the collapse of various historical civilizations, drawing lessons for contemporary challenges, and is widely available as a book and audiobook.
nonfiction · history · long
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford re-examines the life and legacy of Genghis Khan, arguing for his transformative impact on global trade, communication, and governance, a story available in print, ebook, and audiobook.
nonfiction · history · long
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard's comprehensive work offers a fresh perspective on the history of ancient Rome, from its origins as a small village to its vast empire, and can be found in print, ebook, and audiobook editions.
nonfiction · history · long
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson vividly chronicles the lives of three individuals who embarked on the Great Migration, moving from the American South to the North and West, in this narrative available as a hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook.
nonfiction · history · long
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography uncovers the decades-long, largely unelected reign of Robert Moses and his profound, often controversial, influence on the physical and political landscape of 20th-century New York, and is widely available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
nonfiction · history · long
The Binding
Bridget Collins's warm, bookish fantasy about memories that can be bound into volumes — available in print, ebook, and audiobook at major retailers and through library services.
novel · fantasy · cosy
Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones's charming, cosy fantasy of wizards, curses, and a moving castle — available in print, ebook, and audiobook through mainstream booksellers and libraries.
novel · fantasy · cosy
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow's lyrical portal fantasy about a young woman's discovery of secret doors and hidden worlds — available in print, ebook, and audiobook from major retailers and public libraries.
novel · fantasy · cosy
The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker's warm, character-driven historical fantasy follows two supernatural strangers in turn-of-the-century New York — available in print, ebook, and audiobook at major sellers and libraries.
novel · fantasy · cosy
Under the Whispering Door
A gently haunted, cozy fantasy about life after death by T. J. Klune — available in print, ebook, and audiobook from major retailers (e.g., Amazon, Barnes & Noble) and libraries via Libby/OverDrive.
novel · fantasy · cosy
You'll Grow Out Of It
Jessi Klein, a stand-up comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer, provides a witty and honest look at her journey through womanhood, touching on everything from tomboy antics to societal expectations, and can be found as an audiobook on Audible and Storytel.
memoir · funny · audiobook
A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, a head writer for Saturday Night Live, offers a collection of hilarious essays detailing his life from Staten Island to Harvard to the iconic sketch comedy show, available on audiobook via Audible and Storytel.
memoir · funny · audiobook
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy shares her tumultuous experiences as a child star and her complex relationship with her abusive mother, navigating difficult subjects with surprising dark humor, accessible through audiobooks on Audible, Storytel, and Kobo.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Allie Brosh combines simple, exaggerated drawings with witty prose to recount relatable stories from her childhood, her dogs, and her struggles with depression, which you can find as an audiobook on platforms like Audible and Storytel.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Jenny Lawson explores her battles with mental illness with audacious humor and heartwarming honesty, available to listen to via Audible, Storytel, and Kobo.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes' poignant novel tells the story of Charlie Gordon, a man with intellectual disabilities who undergoes an experimental procedure to increase his intelligence, profoundly impacting his understanding of the world, and is readily available in print and as an ebook in the Netherlands.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke's profound novel presents a seemingly benevolent alien invasion that brings about a utopian Earth, but at the cost of humanity's future identity, available in print, ebook, and audiobook in the Netherlands.
novel · sci-fi · classic
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury's lyrical collection of interconnected tales explores humanity's attempts to colonize and understand Mars, grappling with themes of colonialism, nostalgia, and survival, and is available in print and as an ebook in the Netherlands.
novel · sci-fi · classic
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells's iconic novel depicts a terrifying Martian invasion of Earth, challenging humanity's place in the universe and societal structures, and can be found in print, ebook, and audiobook formats in the Netherlands.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel explores a young scientist's ambition to create life, leading to tragic consequences for both creator and creature; it is widely available in print, as an ebook, and audiobook in the Netherlands.
novel · sci-fi · classic
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Samantha Irby delivers a collection of sharp, unfiltered, and laugh-out-loud essays about messy adulthood, awkward relationships, and navigating her past with humor, available as an audiobook on Audible, Kobo, OverDrive, and Google Play.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah recounts his experiences growing up as a mixed-race child in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa with poignant humor, available as an audiobook narrated by the author on Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, Spotify, and through library services like Hoopla.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Bossypants
Tina Fey shares her journey from an awkward girl to a comedy powerhouse, offering witty reflections on her career at Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, and life as a working mother, available as an audiobook on Audible, Kobo, Everand, Libro.fm, and Spotify.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson explores her eccentric childhood, struggles with mental health, and hilariously awkward adventures into adulthood, with the audiobook narrated by the author, available on Audible, Kobo, Libro.fm, and Everand.
memoir · funny · audiobook
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris recounts his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his often-hilarious experiences moving to France and attempting to learn French, available on Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, Spotify, and Libro.fm.
memoir · funny · audiobook
The Left Hand of Darkness
Explore a unique alien culture on a distant, ice-bound planet where inhabitants fluidly change gender in Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning novel that challenges perceptions of identity and society.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Neuromancer
Enter a dystopian future filled with artificial intelligence, powerful corporations, and a cyberspace underworld in William Gibson's groundbreaking novel that defined the cyberpunk genre.
novel · sci-fi · classic
Dune
Journey to the desert planet Arrakis, a world of colossal sandworms and political intrigue, in Frank Herbert's seminal novel where control over a vital spice determines the fate of the universe.
novel · sci-fi · classic
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers offers a contemplative journey about a tea monk and a robot who meet centuries after robots gained self-awareness and vanished, exploring what humanity truly needs.
novel · fantasy · cosy
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna introduces a solitary witch who finds community and love when she's invited to teach three young, unruly magic users at a mysterious, secluded house.
novel · fantasy · cosy
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
T. Kingfisher's delightful novel follows a fourteen-year-old baker with minor dough-based magic who must defend her city when the more powerful wizards disappear.
novel · fantasy · cosy
The House in the Cerulean Sea
T.J. Klune invites readers to a magical orphanage on a remote island where a by-the-book caseworker discovers an unlikely family among its extraordinary residents.
novel · fantasy · cosy
Legends & Lattes
A retired orc barbarian hangs up her sword to open a coffee shop in a fantasy town where no one has heard of coffee, in this heartwarming tale by Travis Baldree.
novel · fantasy · cosy
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Peter Frankopan challenges Eurocentric views of history by focusing on the interconnectedness of East and West through the ancient Silk Roads, a substantial read available in print, ebook, and audiobook in the Netherlands.
nonfiction · history · long
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn presents American history from the perspective of marginalized groups and social movements, offering a powerful alternative narrative that is widely available in the Netherlands as a physical book or ebook.
nonfiction · history · long
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
William L. Shirer's monumental work provides a comprehensive account of Nazi Germany, from Hitler's rise to power through the end of World War II, and is widely accessible in print, ebook, and audiobook formats in the Netherlands.
nonfiction · history · long
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond explores the deep history of human societies, arguing that geographical and environmental factors played a crucial role in their divergent developments, and this Pulitzer Prize-winning book is readily available in the Netherlands as a physical copy, ebook, or audiobook.
nonfiction · history · long
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari offers a sweeping overview of human history, from the emergence of Homo sapiens to the present day, and it is widely available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats in the Netherlands.
nonfiction · history · long
The Maid
Follow the meticulously observant Molly, a hotel maid with a unique way of seeing the world, as she becomes the prime suspect in a wealthy guest's murder in Nita Prose's charming and intricate mystery; pick it up in print or as an ebook from online and physical bookstores in the Netherlands.
novel · crime · gripping
Before I Go to Sleep
S. J. Watson's gripping novel follows a woman who wakes up each day with no memory of her past, relying on a secret journal that slowly reveals a chilling truth she can't trust; available in print and as an ebook, with Dutch translations also in libraries.
novel · crime · gripping
The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz crafts a story about a struggling writer who steals a brilliant plot from a deceased student, only to find himself entangled in a terrifying real-life mystery; you can get this in print or as an ebook from bookstores in the Netherlands.
novel · crime · gripping
The Guest List
Lucy Foley's suspenseful novel traps guests on a remote Irish island for a high-profile wedding that quickly turns deadly, with everyone a suspect; find it in print, ebook, and audiobook through various Dutch booksellers.
novel · crime · gripping
The Silent Patient
Unravel the unsettling mystery in Alex Michaelides' debut novel, where a famous painter shoots her husband and then never speaks another word, captivating a psychotherapist determined to uncover the truth; available in print, ebook, and audiobook from major retailers and libraries in the Netherlands.
novel · crime · gripping
Crooked Plow
Itamar Vieira Junior's award-winning novel, translated from Portuguese by Johnny Lorenz, tells the compelling story of two Afro-Brazilian sisters in Bahia whose lives are profoundly altered by a childhood incident, available in print, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · literary fiction · recent
The Fraud
Zadie Smith's historical novel, set against the backdrop of Victorian England's legal trials, explores themes of truth and storytelling through the eyes of Mrs. Eliza Touchet and Andrew Bogle, and is accessible as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook.
novel · literary fiction · recent
Parade
Rachel Cusk's latest novel, winner of the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize, presents an unnamed narrator exploring European art exhibitions and contemplating various artists, and can be found in print, ebook, and as an audiobook.
novel · literary fiction · recent
Country People
Daniel Mason's newest work invites readers into the wild landscapes of Vermont as a family becomes entangled in a unique local legend, widely available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats.
novel · literary fiction · recent