All Points West November 2024 Audiobooks

Recommendations shared by GVPL librarian, Leah Pearse and Jason D'Souza on CBC Radio's All Points West.

All audiobooks listed below are available through Overdrive/Libby.

Updated November 5, 2024
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Barnhill, Kelly Regan.
Audiobook
With more than a million copies sold, Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the...

For children. Also available as a CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Narrated by Christina Moore.

Magic Marks the Spot The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates Series, Book 1
Carlson, Caroline.
Audiobook
Pirates! Magic! Treasure! A gargoyle?! Caroline Carlson's funny tween novel The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1: Magic Marks the Spot is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society. Hilary...

For children. Also available as a CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Popular narrator Katherine Kellgren and a personal favorite.

The bad beginning
Snicket, Lemony.
Paper Book
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so...

For children. Also available as a CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Celebrity narrator Tim Curry.

The Hate U Give
Thomas, Angie.
Audiobook
8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best  ·  William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Honor Book · #1 New York Times Bestseller! "Absolutely riveting!" --Jason Reynolds "Stunning." -...

For teens. Also available as a CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Popular narrator Bahni Turpin.

Sadie
Summers, Courtney
Paper Book
Available now: I'M THE GIRL, the new "brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer thriller from Courtney Summers, based loosely on The Epstein case and "not for the faint of heart" (The New York Times) "Sadie: a novel for readers of...

For teens.

Narrated by a full cast of over 30 narrators, including Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Fred Berman, and Gabra Zackman.

The marrow thieves
Dimaline, Cherie
Paper Book
Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award (Young People's Literature - Text) Winner of the 2017 Kirkus PrizeWinner of the 2018 Sunburst Award Winner of the 2018 Amy Mathers Teen Book Award Winner of the 2018 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit...

For teens.

Narrated by Meegwun Fairbrother.

Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Hibbert, Talia
Paper Book
"Absolutely charming... a flawless balance of humor, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page." - Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Bride Test USA TODAY BESTSELLER A witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who's tired of being "boring"...

For adults.

Celebrity narrator Adjoa Andoh.

Thank You For Listening
Whelan, Julia
Paper Book
From the author of My Oxford Year, Julia Whelan's uplifting novel tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator--who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident--and her journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate...

For adults.

Narrated by author and popular narrator Julia Whelan.

All the Light We Cannot See
Doerr, Anthony
Audiobook
Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for Fiction Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller list From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning...

For adults. Also available on CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

How High We Go in the Dark
Nagamatsu, Sequoia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK * FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE "Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." --...

For adults.

Narrated by popular narrator Julia Whelan.

Split Tooth
Tagaq, Tanya.
Paper Book
A girl grows up in Nunavut in the 1970s. She knows joy and love. She knows boredom and bullying. She knows the tedium of the everyday and the seductive energy of the animal world. She knows the ravages of alcohol and violence. When she becomes pregnant, she must navigate all this. Veering between...

For adults.

Narrated by author, interspersed with her throat singing.

The Dutch House
Patchett, Ann
Audiobook
Audiobook performed by Tom Hanks. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize New York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of...

For adults. Also available on CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Narrated by celebrity Tom Hanks.

Broken (in the best possible way)
Lawson, Jenny
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety. ...

For adults.

Narrated by the author Jenny Lawson.

Finding Me
Davis, Viola
Audiobook

For adults. Also available on CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Narrated by the author and celebrity Viola Davis.

Pageboy
Page, Elliot
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023" A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023" A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" "Vivid...Moving...

For adults. Also available on CD. See gvpl.ca for more details.

Narrated by the author and celebrity Elliot Page.


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