Fantastical escapes are the name of the game this month, with big new audiobooks from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, T. Kingfisher, P. Djèlí Clark, Nalo Hopkinson, and more. Plus, the latest romance from Casey McQuiston, and Ann Cleeves’s inimitable detective, Vera Stanhope, is back.
THE SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, read by Caitlin Kelly, Atlanta Amado, Victoria Villarreal, Arthur Morey, Andrew Eiden, Kristen DiMercurio, Frankie Corzo, Lauren Fortgang, Javier Prusky, Fred Sanders, Lee Osorio, Cassandra Campbell
Random House Audio
Release date: August 6
An impressive cast performs this novel about two actresses in Golden Age Hollywood.
THE PAIRING
by Casey McQuiston, read by Emma Galvin, Max Meyers
Macmillan Audio
Release date: August 6
Exes Theo and Kit find themselves on the same European trip after they both decide to redeem nearly expired tour vouchers.
A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL
by T. Kingfisher, read by Eliza Foss, Jennifer Pickens
Macmillan Audio
Release date: August 6
Cordelia tries to protect the next victims of an evil sorceress—who also happens to be her mother.
THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS
by P. Djèlí Clark, read by Lynette R. Freeman
Recorded Books
Release date: August 6
Go on a mission with a member of a guild of assassins.
BLACKHEART MAN
by Nalo Hopkinson, read by Ron Butler
Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: August 20
A student finds himself in over his head in this fantasy.
ASUNDER
by Kerstin Hall, read by Alyssa Appleton
Recorded Books
Release date: August 20
Karys Eska investigates suspicious deaths—by speaking with the recently departed.
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
by Frances White, read by Nathan Foad
Harlequin Audio
Release date: August 20
Nathan Foad (“Our Flag Means Death”) narrates this magical murder mystery set on board a ship.
NOT NOTHING
by Gayle Forman, read by Dion Graham
Simon & Schuster Audio, Ages 10+
Release date: August 27
A new middle-grade novel from Forman pairs a struggling boy and a 107-year-old man in a senior living facility. Golden Voice Dion Graham narrates.
THE DARK WIVES
by Ann Cleeves, read by Janine Birkett
Macmillan Audio
Release date: August 27
DI Vera Stanhope is back!
I’LL HAVE WHAT HE’S HAVING
by Adib Khorram, read by Shezi Sardar, Winston James
Hachette Audio
Release date: August 27
The author of DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY makes his adult debut with this romance set in the Kansas City food scene.
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