Happy Audiobook Appreciation Month—celebrating the joy, accessibility, and impact of audiobooks! From on-the-go listening, to multi-tasking, offering accessibility, or improving literacy, audiobooks are the perfect way to find your new favorite read.
Forward On: Warrior to Wanderer
by Jean Paul Courville
Forward On is a narrative memoir that follows a retired Marine Sergeant Major on a solo thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail as he confronts the weight of combat, fractured relationships, faith, leadership, and personal accountability. Moving mile by mile through the mountains, the journey becomes both physical and internal, forcing reflection on identity, resilience, and what it means to move forward after a life defined by service. Blending long-distance adventure with candid self-examination, the story weaves military experience, international travel, and trail encounters into an honest exploration of endurance, moral complexity, and reinvention.
Bayou Gal
by Nelda Stidham-Woodruff
When Hurricane Betsy hit Louisiana in 1965, the first year that Nelda Stidham-Woodruff had moved back to the South from California, was an experience she’ll never forget. Betsy was only the first in a chain of hurricanes and hot, humid climate in the bayou. Follow Nelda as she recounts some of the unbelievably dangerous encounters she’s been through while living her best life in the Louisiana bayou. Filled with her passion for the bayou and the culture of the area, Nelda’s stories will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you craving Cajun cuisine and hot summers.
MMMM: and the music that made me
by Heather Joy
A mix-tape style essay collection perfect for fans of 90s music and pop culture, stories of survival in the face of abuse and loss, dark humor, or raw memoirs that don’t shy away from complicated situations. If you need a laugh, a mindless read, or song suggestions for your next playlist—you can find that and more in Heather Joy’s explicit debut.
A Guitar Called Harry V And The Cover Band Conundrum
by Scott Paris
What is a musician? Why is a musician? What attracts anyone to do this for a living? Maybe it’s the same mystique that once made children want to run away with the circus… and, in a way, it is exactly like that! Scott Paris was a career musician for nearly two decades. Not the arena-playing, ant-snorting, loved-by-millions type… more like the week-in-week-out cover band work-for-hire type. Some of it was magical, other parts were treacherous. When he decided to hang it up professionally and get a “real job,” he thought it might be fun to document some of those experiences while also journaling about a fancy new guitar that he bought himself as a parting gift.
A love letter to the dream of making it as a musician and equal parts warning and inspiration to the next generation.
The Road to Nowhere: The Brookshire Saga
by LaRae Ivy
Prince Kasper knows two things. A war is looming on the horizon, and no one else can see it coming!
Imminent battle introduces Kasper to unlikely friends—a Magi who is not mastered by time, a young orphan girl who speaks things into being, and an unrecognized hero who does not believe in his own significance. Nefarious lies turn friends into foes. Opposition divides the magical from the non-magical. Will those bound to darkness be able to divide Kasper from those he loves? How far does evil need to infiltrate before it can divide the entire kingdom?
Even with his kingdom being ripped in two, Kasper is determined to do whatever it takes to restore his home. But to do so, he must journey beyond the world he knows to find a truth that transcends time. Relying on Magic might just be his only hope. Evil seems to be winning at every turn. But with Magic uniting them, will Kasper and his friends find a way to stop its spread? Or will the road they embark on lead them nowhere at all…
Tiger – Tiger
by Rob Buckman
From the moment he woke up in the center of the strange meadow, all Andrew MacFarland could think to say was, “What the bloody hell is going on!”
At 65 years old and 50 pounds overweight, you don’t go running around the bush like a damn teenager. Yet that’s exactly what he finds himself doing. So Andrew had to be dreaming; at least that’s what he tried to tell himself. Nothing was right: not the trees, flowers or insects. His bum knees and back, from old wounds, should be playing merry hell but weren’t. But, as crazy as this situation was, that wasn’t the worst of it. Somewhere behind him someone, someone he couldn’t see, was trying to kill him…
Spirit Falls: The Long War Series
by Robert E. Townsend
Two children. One wilderness. A friendship that becomes their salvation.
The Korean War rages far across the ocean, but in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula, six-year-old Marie-Jeanne Charbonneau walks into the one-room Spirit Falls Graded School and meets Ricky Belisle. Neither knows that this small encounter will ignite a lifelong bond. Their parents—wounded veterans and weary refugees of the Second World War—carry scars too deep to share, leaving the children to find their own way. Together, Marie-Jeanne, a French-Canadian girl, and Ricky, a boy of Serbian and Scottish-Irish descent, claim the forest, the lakes, and the swamps as their kingdom. In their secret world, friendship blossoms into something enduring and eternal.
But Eden never lasts. A broken family arrives, casting shadows across their childhood refuge. Strangers drift into their town, bringing temptation, longing, and the dangerous promise of life beyond Spirit Falls. And when a sudden storm erupts over Lake Superior, Ricky and Marie-Jeanne are forced to confront mortality—and the fragile line between innocence and loss.
Spirit Falls is a haunting and heartfelt coming-of-age novel about love, survival, and the landscapes that shape us. Set against the stark beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, it captures the ache of growing up and the resilience of bonds forged in youth. For readers who cherish Ernest Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories, who were moved by The Outsiders or Bridge to Terabithia, this novel will feel achingly familiar and utterly unforgettable, staying with you long after the last page.
A Promise: A Sweeping Story of Friendship In WWII
by Amelia Martin
Three friends, three different paths…one promise.
In a world collapsing under the weight of fascism and war, a promise they forged in childhood becomes a lighthouse for three friends entering adulthood in Nazi Germany. A strong willed Jewish woman, Hannah, is a target for the Nazi regime’s systematic persecution and Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Her primary challenge is survival. She flees to Paris to protect her family, but Hitler’s army isn’t far behind as Germany invades France. She must constantly adapt and search for safety in a world determined to destroy her and her family.
Adam, a kind, intelligent, and deeply loyal friend faces persecution. He struggles to support his family amidst intensifying anti-Jewish laws. His fight for survival leads to a dangerous escape, but the ravages of war will soon find his hiding place.
Elisabeth, embodying strength with gentleness, quietly endures life with her Nazi family as she struggles to protect her younger brother. She faces a different set of challenges, including navigating the complexities of her family’s political affiliations and the moral dilemmas they present. She also confronts a dangerous enemy hidden within her inner circle.
Set in one of the darkest times in human history, A Promise is a powerful, emotional story about friendship, hope, and the resilience of the human spirit. Amelia Martin offers a vivid depiction of German life from different characters’ point of view enduring the effects of fascism.