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Life Among Giants

Bill Roorbach; read by Pete Larkin

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A wildly entertaining novel of murder, seduction, and revenge, Life Among Giants tracks a larger-than-life Gatsby-esque quest for answers that reveals how sometimes the greatest mystery lies in knowing one’s own heart. Learn More

Life After Kafka

by Magdaléna Platzová; translated by Alex Zucker; read by Christa Lewis

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A novel of Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka's first fiancée, and the story behind Letters to Felice. Learn More

Lieberman's Thief

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by David Colacci

An Edgar Award–winning author steals the show again in "a beautifully calibrated mix of wit, suspense, and quiet honesty" (The Washington Post Book World). Learn More

Lieberman's Law

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by Richard Ferrone

With his Chicago cops, Edgar Award winner "Kaminsky is hard to beat for a thoughtful, well-plotted, well-written mystery" (The Washington Post Book World). Learn More

Lieberman's Folly

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by Richard Ferrone

The first novel in a crime series about "two Chicago cops, one Jewish, one Irish . . . Told with deceptive simplicity [and] a gentle wit" (The Boston Globe). Learn More

Lieberman's Day

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by Richard Ferrone

A Chicago cop is out to avenge his nephew's murder in this "masterly creation" that puts the Edgar Award–winning author in "the Parker/Paretsky league" (Chicago Tribune). Learn More

Lieberman's Choice

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by Richard Ferrone

Two Chicago cops need to defuse an explosive situation in this "tightly plotted" police procedural (Chicago Tribune). Learn More

Letters from an Age of Reason

Nora Hague; read by Kathleen McInerney and Jeff Woodman

Cultural and familial fireworks flare when the headstrong teenage daughter of a wealthy New Yorker falls passionately in love with a young man from New Orleans, and from a very different background indeed. Learn More

The Letter

by Anthony Sciarratta; read by Lila Wynne

When famous writer Victor Esposito falls into a coma, the memories of a ten-year-old love affair come roaring back to Eva Abram's mind, uprooting her quiet Long Island life. Learn More

Lethal Game

by John Gilstrap; read by Basil Sands

In the new thriller featuring hostage rescue expert Jonathan Grave, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author John Gilstrap takes listeners on an action-packed thrill ride from the wilds of Montana to the streets of Mexico, as a sniper attack turns wilderness hunters into the hunted and Grave's enemies stalk him with a vengeance. Learn More

Let Me Explain You

Annie Liontas; read by Robertson Dean

A "big, rollicking, tender novel with a truly original comic voice at its center" (George Saunders), Let Me Explain You is about a Greek American family and its patriarch—part Zorba, part King Lear—and announces the arrival of a significant new voice in contemporary literature. Learn More

Lesson in Red

by Maria Hummel; read by

A companion to Still Lives—a Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine selection—this savvy thriller exposes dark questions about power and the art world and reveals the fatal mistakes that can befall those who threaten its status quo. Learn More

The Left-Handed Twin

by Thomas Perry; read by Joyce Bean

Thomas Perry presents Book 9 in the Jane Whitefield series. Learn More

Leaving

by Roxana Robinson; read by Hannah Choi

In her boldest and most powerful work to date, Roxana Robinson demonstrates her "trademark gifts as an intelligent, sensitive analyst of family life" (Wendy Smith, Chicago Tribune) in an engrossing exploration of the vows we make to one another, the tensile relationships between parents and their children, and what we owe to others and ourselves. Learn More

The Leavers

by Lisa Ko; read by Emily Woo Zeller

Winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize
National Book Award Fiction Shortlist
LA Times Best Books of 2017
Oprah's Favorite Books

An emotionally harrowing debut novel that explores assimilation and loss, immigration and homeland, independence and connection. Learn More

Leave Myself Behind

by Bart Yates; read by Graham Halstead

Starting a new life with his legendary psycho-poet mother in a sleepy New England town, seventeen-year-old Noah York uncovers clues to an age-old mystery in the walls of their old Victorian home, while falling in love with the boy next door, a relationship that sends shockwaves throughout the town. Learn More

Lazarus Rising

by Joseph Caldwell; read by Charlie Thurston

The Rome Prize–winning author of In the Shadow of the Bridge "evokes a bygone era and an earlier pandemic. . . . An affecting turn in [his] long career" (Publishers Weekly). Learn More

Lawn Boy

by Jonathan Evison; read by PJ Ochlan

AudioFile Earphones Award Winner
April
Indie Next List

Lawn Boy is an important, entertaining, and completely winning novel about social class distinctions, about overcoming cultural discrimination, and about standing up for oneself. Learn More

The Lauras

by Sara Taylor; read by Rudy Sanda

Sara Taylor brings the American landscape to vivid life in an unforgettable road novel that strikes at the heart of a mother-child bond. Learn More

The Latinist

by Mark Prins; read by Sasha Higgins

NPR Best Books of 2022
January Indie Next Pick
One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022
A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022 selection

A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth, The Latinist is a compelling exploration of power, ambition, and the intertwining of love and obsession. Learn More

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Life Among Giants

Life After Kafka

Lieberman's Thief

Lieberman's Law

Lieberman's Folly

Lieberman's Day

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Letters from an Age of Reason

The Letter

Lethal Game

Let Me Explain You

Lesson in Red

The Left-Handed Twin

Leaving

The Leavers

Leave Myself Behind

Lazarus Rising

Lawn Boy

The Lauras

The Latinist