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Lies and Weddings

By Kevin Kwan
Read by Jing Lusi

This Summer Will Be Different

By Carley Fortune
Read by Aj Bridel & Carley Fortune

Black Shield Maiden

By Willow Smith
Read by Jess Hendel & Willow Smith

Dark Matter (Movie Tie-In)

By Blake Crouch
Read by Jon Lindstrom

Not in Love

By Ali Hazelwood
Read by Callie Dalton & Jason Clarke

Camino Ghosts

By John Grisham
Read by Whoopi Goldberg & John Grisham

Real Americans

By Rachel Khong
Read by Louisa Zhu, Eric Yang, & Eunice Wong

One of Our Kind

By Nicola Yoon
Read by Nicole Lewis

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By Helen Simonson
Read by Fiona Hardingham & Helen Simonson

Middle of the Night

By Riley Sager
Read by Santino Fontana

Seven Summers

By Paige Toon
Read by Natalie Simpson

James

By Percival Everett
Read by Dominic Hoffman

The Guncle Abroad

Written & read by Steven Rowley

The Husbands

By Holly Gramazio
Read by Miranda Raison

Same As It Ever Was

By Claire Lombardo
Read by Emily Rankin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

By Gabrielle Zevin
Read by Jennifer Kim & Julian Cihi

Funny Story

By Emily Henry
Read by Julia Whelan

The Amen Corner

By James Baldwin
Read by Myra Lucretia Taylor, Dion Graham, January LaVoy, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Janina Edwards, Aaron Goodson, Angel Pean, Shayna Small, Robin Miles, Dominic Hoffman, JD Jackson, & Adenrele Ojo

The Frozen River

By Ariel Lawhon
Read by Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon

The Truth about the Devlins

By Lisa Scottoline
Read by Edoardo Ballerini & Lisa Scottoline

Americanah

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read by Adjoa Andoh

Good Material

By Dolly Alderton
Read by Arthur Darvill, Vanessa Kirby

James

By Percival Everett
Read by Dominic Hoffman

The Book of Love

By Kelly Link
Read by January LaVoy

One of Our Kind
By Nicola Yoon
Read by Nicole Lewis

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