General Fiction

Seasons of Purgatory

by Shahriar Mandanipour; translated by Sara Khalili; read by Fajer Al-Kaisi

The first English-language story collection from "one of Iran's most important living fiction writers" (Guardian). Learn More

Search Heartache

by Carla Malden; read by Jane Oppenheimer

Maura Fielder looks like she has the perfect life: every expectation fulfilled. But under the illusory surface of perfection, Maura finds herself blindsided by what she discovers on her husband's computer. Learn More

Séances Are for Suckers

by Tamara Berry; read by Sarah Zimmerman

When something goes bump in the night . . . it's most likely a plumbing problem, or something equally mundane. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it's a living . . . Learn More

The Seamstress of New Orleans

by Diane C. McPhail; read by Jessica Marchbank

Against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, Diane McPhail's mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret—and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other. Learn More

Sea Monsters

by Chloe Aridjis; read by Justine Eyre

2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Pulsing to the soundtrack of Joy Division, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, an intoxicating portrait of Mexico in the late 1980s by this brilliant Guggenheim fellow and Prix du Premier Roman Étranger–winning author. Learn More

The Sculptress

by V.S Alexander; read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen

From acclaimed author V. S. Alexander comes an absorbing, immersive novel set during World War I, as a talented and ambitious artist finds an unusual calling. Learn More

Scorpion Strike

by John Gilstrap; read by Corey Snow

An island paradise held hostage. A band of dangerous killers unleashed. A sinister plot that could push the superpowers to the brink of war. The perfect formula for explosive suspense in John Gilstrap's electrifying new Jonathan Grave thriller . . . Learn More

The Scandal of the Season

Sophie Gee; read by Cameron Stewart

This richly imagined novel by a talented new writer is a riveting portrait of an era and an exuberant, erotic tale of intrigue, betrayal, and envy. Learn More

Saturnalia

by Stephanie Feldman; read by Courtney Patterson

The latest novel from the author of The Angel of Losses. Learn More

Satan's Dare

by Jim DeMint; read by Al Kessel

Jim DeMint presents his latest book. Learn More

Sansei and Sensibility

by Karen Tei Yamashita; read by Cindy Kay

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction

In these buoyant and inventive stories, Karen Tei Yamashita transfers classic tales across boundaries and questions what an inheritance—familial, cultural, emotional, artistic—really means. Learn More

The Saint

by Carin Gerhardsen; read Carin Gerhardsen

NEW! Now Available

In this internationally bestselling Nordic noir, the investigation into the murder of a beloved soccer coach in a quiet Stockholm neighborhood reveals a dark truth. Learn More

Safe Enough

by Lee Child; read by Edoardo Ballerini

NEW! Now Available

These twenty intriguing, thrilling, and rapid-fire fictions are sure to please new and longtime fans of Lee Child and to illuminate a side of the author's work unknown to Reacher devotees. Featuring a colorful new introduction from the author, the collection stands as the first book written entirely by Child in three years. Learn More

Sadness Is a White Bird

by Moriel Rothman-Zecher; read by Neil Shah

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist

A young man is preparing to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country. Powerful, important, and timely, Sadness Is a White Bird explores one man's attempts to find a place for himself, discovering in the process a beautiful, against-the-odds love that flickers like a candle in the darkness of a never-ending conflict. Learn More

Sacrificio

by Ernesto Mestre-Reed; read by Emmanuel Chumaceiro

An Editors’ Pick in BOMB Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews

Set in Cuba in 1998, Sacrificio is a triumphant and mesmeric work of violence, loss, and identity, following a group of young HIV-positive counterrevolutionaries who seek to overthrow the Castro government. Learn More