You guys. The new releases this season. A long-awaited debut novel by an award-winning author. One of the world’s best storytellers takes on the Norse pantheon. A page-turner mystery that has everyone saying #wtfthatending?
Here’s a sampling of what we’re all the most excited about listening to — check out the full list over here.
"Lincoln in the Bardo is one of the most extraordinary books I have ever listened to — and make no mistake — this one is meant to be listened to. 166 individual narrators (led by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, author George Saunders, and the incomparably sweet Kirby Heyborne as Willie) came together to voice this wildly surreal audiobook. And while that might sound like a production stunt, the breadth of voices is necessary to create the immersive cacophony effect (almost a Greek chorus of Americana) — because Saunders' first full-length novel, a hugely ambitious work that delivers a devastatingly accurate portrait of grief, is entirely voiced by ghosts." – Emily, Audible Editor
Historical fiction
An instant classic — master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.
Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar, and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she's thrilled....
"A Dazzling Debut"
"I can’t get Caraval out of my head. It was the first book I listened to this year, and I have the best kind of anxiety that I might not listen to anything better for the rest of 2017. It was just.that.good. I have been pushing it on my coworkers for a few weeks now, and two of them are finally listening and I simply can't wait to have friends to obsess over it with. " – Katie, Audible Editor
Psychological thriller
In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Silent Wife, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard.
Sci-Fi
From the New York Times best-selling author of the Mars trilogy, 2312, and Aurora. The waters rose, submerging New York City. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. A story of adaptation told by the varied inhabitants of one building.
Suspense
Book 6 in the Penn Cage series is an epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge, that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present.
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking about those volunteering to participate in future Mars expeditions and wondered, “What are the people like who would choose that?” it seems Meg Howrey has, too. Her novel offers a fictional and deeply literary glimpse at that question. With chapters alternating between the perspectives of three astronauts undergoing a 17-month Mars expedition simulation on Earth, as well as some of their loved ones, The Wanderers is an Earthbound Mars novel that’s not so much about the science of the journey. Instead, it’s an intimate look at its potential explorers and all their human foibles, imperfections, and baggage. Be sure to especially relish the wonderful life and distinct voices that narrator Mozhan Marno brings to the complexity of the novel’s characters.
Teens/Fantasy
In Book 3 of the best-selling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?
Literary fiction
"A novel so seamless, that follows its path with such consequence, that even minor deviations seem loaded with meaning. Wonderful." – Karl Ove Knausgaard, My Struggle
