General Fiction

Cold Red Sunrise

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by John McLain

A Moscow cop is left out in the cold in this "impressive" Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Novel (The Washington Post Book World). Learn More

Code Noir

by Canisia Lubrin; foreword by Christina Sharpe; read by Canisia Lubrin, Marsha Regis, Mia Golden, and KC Collins

The deceptively simple structure of Canisia Lubrin's debut fiction is based on the infamous Code Noir, a set of real historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. The original code had fifty-nine articles; Code Noir has fifty-nine linked fictions—vivid, unforgettable, multilayered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past. Learn More

A Clubbable Woman

by Reginald Hill; read by Shaun Grindell

The first book in the "outstanding" British police procedural series—the basis for the long-running BBC series featuring the Yorkshire detective duo (The New York Times). Learn More

Clover Blue

by Eldonna Edwards; read by Ramon de Ocampo

Set against the backdrop of a 1970s commune in Northern California, Clover Blue is a compelling, beautifully written story of a young boy's search for identity. Learn More

Close-Up

by Len Deighton; read by Matthew Lloyd Davies

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available February

Marshall Stone is an international superstar and charismatic member of Hollywood's elite. Abundantly blessed with charm, genius, and wealth, the one gift he most desires—everlasting youth—seems within his grasp when an eminent writer begins the star's biography. But painful memories and suppressed scandals threaten to expose the fiction of his life. Meanwhile, the biographer is caught up in the big-daddy world where books are properties, films are investments, and ratings are rigged. And he's writing about a brilliant star who will do almost anything to remain untarnished. Learn More

The Cliff House

by Christopher Brookmyre; read by Sarah Barron

Get ready for a locked room mystery like no other. One that asks: how well do you really know anybody, even your oldest acquaintance? And what if your best friend is really your worst enemy? Learn More

Clean Hands

by Patrick Hoffman; read by Christina Delaine

A New York Times Book Review Summer Thriller Pick

A scorching thriller from the author of The White Van and Every Man a Menace. Learn More

City on Edge

by Stefanie Pintoff; read by Tanya Eby

Edgar Award-winning author Stefanie Pintoff shoots to thrill in her gripping new novel of suspense. Learn More

City of Night

by John Rechy; read by Paul Boehmer

Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "youngman" and his search for self-knowledge within the neon-lit world of hustlers, drag queens, and the denizens of their world, as he moves from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter. Learn More

City of Gold

by Len Deighton; read by Matthew Lloyd Davies

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available February

A must-listen novel from the author of Berlin Game. Learn More

City of Blows

by Tim Blake Nelson; read by Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson's debut novel is an epic group portrait of four men grappling for control of a script in a radically changing Hollywood, or the City of Blows. Learn More

Chronicles of Ori

by Harmonia Rosales; read by Dele Ogundiran

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From the acclaimed fine artist Harmonia Rosales, a sweeping retelling of African myth. Learn More

A Christmas Witness

by Charles Todd; read by Steven Crossley

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Inspector Ian Rutledge investigates a possible attempted murder in this seasonal mystery novella from New York Times bestseller Charles Todd. Learn More

Christmas Presents

by Lisa Unger; read by Jennifer Pickens

Coupling a picturesque, cozy setting with a deeply unsettling suspenseful plot, Christmas Presents is a chilling seasonal novella that can be enjoyed all year long. Learn More

Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop

by Otto Penzler; read by Graham Rowat and Jennifer Pickens

Twelve festive crime stories set in New York City's beloved mystery bookstore. Learn More

Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop

by Otto Penzler; read by Christina Delaine, Matt Godfrey

Some of the stories in Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop are humorous, others suspenseful, and still others are tales of pure detection, but all of them together make up a charming collection and a perfect Christmas gift for all ages. Learn More

Choice

by Neel Mukherjee; read by Shaheen Khan, Sofia Engstrand, and Antonio Aakeel

An ingenious, devastating, explosive novel about the ramifications of choice from "one of the most original and talented authors working today" (NPR). Learn More

The China Lover

by Ian Buruma; read by Nigel Patterson

From Shanghai before and during the Second World War to U.S. occupied Tokyo, and, finally, to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Ian Buruma's masterful novel about the intoxicating power of collective fantasy follows three star-struck men driven to extraordinary acts by their devotion to the same legendary woman. Learn More

China Dream

by Ma Jian; translated by Flora Drew; read by David Shih

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
A The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Month and Year
One of Vulture's Spring Books to Watch Out For

One of the year's most anticipated novels in translation, written by an acclaimed Chinese author whose entire body of work has been banned by his home country, and published in the thirtieth-anniversary year of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Learn More

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