
Though your commute might be nonexistent these days, audiobooks can still keep you company during cooking and chores, on brief solitary walks, or for taking a break from others in the house. Earlier staff digital picks posts also include audio options, but today’s titles are uniquely recommended for the escape of their listening experiences. We can also help with customized suggestions for which titles in OverDrive or Hoopla might be a perfect match for your current mood.
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
Looking to fill the Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine-shaped hole? This story features a quirky main character navigating life in a different way than his peers, met with challenges as his solitary and usual routine is disrupted by his need for friendship and maybe even love. ~Chelsea
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and ebook and in Hoopla as libro en español
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
“Fever” begins to ravage Philadelphia in 1793. Maddie must survive the various consequences of the outbreak. ~Al
Available on Hoopla as e-audio and on OverDrive as e-audio (also in a second production)
The Boys in the Boat: Five Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown
For an impeccably written underdog story, not just for sports fans, listen to the comforting voice of celebrated narrator Edward Herrmann. ~Nancy
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and as ebook
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
With a fantastic cast of narrators, this story focuses on inter-generational relationships as three generations of women deal with familial expectations and their own hopes and dreams. ~Abby
Listen via OverDrive
Skin Game by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files, a series centered on a Chicago-based wizard, is one of my go-tos for fun, fantastic, witty adventure in audio, and this inventive heist story set in the underworld is its own reward. ~Cathleen
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and as ebook
The Trespasser by Tana French
Dark but gripping mystery. Full of clever and unexpected twists and turns and a cast of fascinating and complex characters. The narrator is fabulous, but I’m a sucker for Irish accents. ~Liz
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and ebook
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
This book, written as a dual narrative, was twisty, compelling, at times suspenseful, and I really just ate it up. ~Denise
Available on Hoopla as e-audio and on OverDrive as ebook
On Turpentine Lane by Elinor Lipman
Warm and witty tale of a young woman who buys a house with a past. ~Laura
Available on OverDrive as ebook and on Hoopla as both e-audio and ebook
The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
Sweet and sexy. Charming main characters who fall in love through a case of memory loss and misunderstanding after Cecilia lied about being a wife to her brother’s friend to nurse him back to health and find her missing brother. Delightful audio. ~Liz
Available as e-audio via both OverDrive and Hoopla
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
In prose that evokes haunting melodies, master narrators take turns giving voice to musicians around the globe who must balance passion and idealism with the realities of making one’s way in the world. ~Cathleen
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and ebook
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
This entertaining and informative historical fiction follows rivals Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. ~Laura
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and ebook
My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
A fun, light listen. I often found myself suppressing laughter while listening to this in public. Humorous, yet also an insightful look at social media obsession and the toll it can take on us all at times. ~Liz
Available on OverDrive as both e-audio and ebook