It’s time for summer road trips! How about taking along a great audiobook to make the miles fly by? All of these titles are available for download on Libby, so you can easily listen while on the road using your smartphone or tablet. New to downloading materials? Learn more about our digital collection.
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Demon Copperhead
By Barbara Kingsolver, narrated by Charlie Thurston
Genre: General Fiction
Duration: 21 hours, 3 minutes
Summary: Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenage single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
By Jesse Q. Sutanto, narrated by Eunice Wong
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Duration: 10 hours, 41 minutes
Summary: When she discovers a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, Vera Wong, a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, calls the police but not before swiping the flash drive from the body, setting a trap for the killer that becomes complicated by unexpected friendships with her customers.
Love on the Brain
By Ali Hazelwood, narrated by Brooke Bloomingdale
Genre: Romance
Duration: 11 hours, 7 minutes
Summary: While co-leading a NASA neuroengineering project with her archenemy—Levi Ward, scientist Bee Königswasser meets her match in this brilliant man who suddenly turns into an ally when her career starts floundering, causing things to heat up between them and forcing her to make a difficult choice.
Tread of Angels
By Rebecca Roanhorse, narrated by Dion Graham
Genre: Fantasy
Duration: 4 hours, 26 minutes
Summary: In the 1883 mining town of Goetia ruled by the Virtues, the winners of an ancient war against the Fallen, descendants of demonkind living among them, Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of devil’s advocate to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue.
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Written and narrated by Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren and Rebecca Seaver
Genre: Celebrity Memoir
Duration: 4 hours, 21 minutes
Summary: Showcasing the music legend’s most unforgettable looks from the 1960s until now, this stunningly photographed book displays Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style along with entertaining personal anecdotes that, for the first time, reveal the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion.
King: A Life
By Jonathan Eig, narrated by Dion Graham
Genres: Biography, History
Duration: 20 hours, 45 minutes
Summary: Drawing on recently declassified FBI files, this first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon reveals the courageous and often emotionally troubled man who demanded peaceful protest but was rarely at peace with himself, while showing how his demands for racial and economic justice remain just as urgent today.
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
Written and narrated by Jamie Loftus
Genres: Nonfiction, Humor
Duration: 9 hours, 38 minutes
Summary: In a book that is part travelogue, part cultural history, a popular comedian embarks on a cross-country road trip researching the landscape of American hot dogs as they’re served today, weighing in on the reality of hot dog production, the best hot dog in the U.S. and critically overlooked bun infrastructure problems.