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The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Rick Riordan
• Narrated By Jesse Bernstein

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.

Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Michael Moorcock
• Narrated By Clive Mantle

Award winning sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock writes a thrilling all-new adventure featuring the 11th Doctor and Amy.

There are dark tides running through the universe - so strong they swallow light and threaten Captain Cornelius's familiar existence; if unchecked they will absorb the whole of Creation. But for now he tracks into the solar winds, searching for the only being he acknowledges as his peer: who is known simply as 'the Doctor'.

Harry Bosch Box Set: 'The Narrows', 'Echo Park', and 'The Overlook'

• UNABRIDGED (27 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Michael Connelly
• Narrated By Len Cariou

Here are three award-winning Harry Bosch thrillers, all voiced by standout Broadway veteran Len Cariou: The Narrows, Echo Park, and The Overlook.

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Joshilyn Jackson
• Narrated By Joshilyn Jackson
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

While Laurel Gray Hawthorne's life seems neatly on track - a passionate marriage, a treasured daughter, and a lovely home in suburban Victorianna - everything she holds dear is suddenly thrown into question the night she is visited by the ghost of a her 13-year old neighbor, Molly Dufresne.

House Rules

• UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Jodi Picoult
• Narrated By Mark Turetsky, Nicole Poole, Andy Paris, and others
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

One of America’s most popular authors, Jodi Picoult has earned a reputation for crafting riveting, topical fiction. In House Rules she examines how being different can have dire consequences. Teenager Jacob Hunt has Asperger’s syndrome. A forensic science wizard, he follows his scanner to show up at crime scenes and give law enforcement officials his advice.

Treasures of the Snow

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Patricia St. John, Mary Mills
• Narrated By Pamela Garelick

When Annette gets Lucien into trouble at school, he decides to get back at her by threatening the most precious thing in the world to her: her little brother Dani. But tragedy strikes. Annette knows she can never forgive Lucien for what he did to Dani, and she is going to make sure that no one else does either. She is so filled with rage that she sets out to alienate and humiliate Lucien at every turn. But then some surprising things began to happen to both of them.

Water for Elephants

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Sara Gruen
• Narrated By David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Why we think it’s a great listen: Some books are meant to be read; others are meant to be heard – Water for Elephants falls into the second group, and is one of the best examples we have of how a powerful performance enhances a great story. Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

The 39 Clues, Book 1: The Maze of Bones

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Rick Riordan
• Narrated By David Pittu
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world, in the form of 39 Clues? What if you were given a choice - take a million dollars and walk away...or get the first Clue? If you're Amy and Dan Cahill, you take the Clue - and begin a very dangerous race.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Winifred Watson
• Narrated By Frances McDormand

Miss Pettigrew is a down-on-her-luck, middle-aged governess sent by her employment agency to work for a nightclub singer rather than a household of unruly children. Over a period of 24 hours, as she becomes caught up in the life of Delysia LaFloss, her own life is changed - forever. This charming, funny, light-hearted 1938 novel was a bestseller on its first appearance. Read by Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand, who stars in the 2008 film as Miss Pettigrew.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Stieg Larsson
• Narrated By Saul Reichlin

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own family. He employs journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.