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With celebrated debuts from fresh new writers and incredible literary classics from famous favorites, you’ll love our remarkable selection of literary fiction audiobooks. These are the kinds of audiobooks that you can’t stop listening to once you begin. Prepare to be swept away into the fascinating lives of unforgettable characters.

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Death Valley: A Novel
Death Valley: A Novel
Death Valley: A Novel
Death Valley: A Novel
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Death Valley: A Novel

byMelissa Broder

Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times ("incandescent...hilarious...a triumph"), Oprah Daily ("surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise"), Vanity Fair ("Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress"), and more! From the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief and a “magical tale of survival” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In Melissa Broder’s astonishingly profound new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow—for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path discovered on a nearby hike. Out along the sun-scorched trail, the narrator encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious, and poignant. Death Valley is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest, and is “a journey unlike any you’ve read before” (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Friday Black).

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About Literary Fiction

Here are the widely celebrated books that belong on your wishlist! Literary fiction is a popular and beloved book category filled with celebrated debuts from fresh new writers and older literary gems from some of your favorite writers. In our literary fiction audiobook collection, you'll find a wide range of incredible titles from some of the world's best creators. These are the audiobooks you just can’t turn off. Take a journey into the fascinating lives of unforgettable characters and be swept away by their stories. With compelling stories, stylish prose, and powerful narration that brings it all to life, these incredible literary fiction audiobooks are the perfect listens for when you’re folding laundry, commuting to work, or walking in the park. The complicated plots and characters come alive through each authors’ brilliant prose. Want to hear what some of the most beloved and consistent bestsellers are in literary fiction audiobooks? Some popular gems include My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Homer’s The Iliad. Put your headphones on (or your earbuds in) and escape to new worlds.

Here are the widely celebrated books that belong on your wishlist! Literary fiction is a popular and beloved book category filled with celebrated debuts from fresh new writers and older literary gems from some of your favorite writers. In our literary fiction audiobook collection, you'll find a wide range of incredible titles from some of the world's best creators. These are the audiobooks you just can’t turn off. Take a journey into the fascinating lives of unforgettable characters and be swept away by their stories. With compelling stories, stylish prose, and powerful narration that brings it all to life, these incredible literary fiction audiobooks are the perfect listens for when you’re folding laundry, commuting to work, or walking in the park. The complicated plots and characters come alive through each authors’ brilliant prose. Want to hear what some of the most beloved and consistent bestsellers are in literary fiction audiobooks? Some popular gems include My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Homer’s The Iliad. Put your headphones on (or your earbuds in) and escape to new worlds.