Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of Age

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Title: The Girls Are Good

Author: Ilaria Bernardini

Narrator: Sarah Alexander

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Release date: August 4, 2022

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

COMPETITION. PERFECTION. DESTRUCTION. ‘A tight, frightening story of friendship, rivalry and obsession, told in sparse and beautiful prose’ Abigail Dean, author of GIRL A ‘Brilliantly observed, beautifully written – it’s quite simply unforgettable’ Alex Michaelides, author of THE SILENT PATIENT and THE MAIDENS A DANGEROUS OBSESSION Martina wants to be the best gymnast in the world. But so does everyone around her. A TOURNAMENT WITH A DIFFERENCE During one week of intense competition, Martina and her teammates are tested to the limit, and any sign of weakness can quickly spell the end. A MURDER IN THE NIGHT By the end of the week, one of the gymnasts will be dead. Every girl will do anything to win…but at what cost? ‘Compelling, harrowing, and ultimately devastating – it’s quite simply unforgettable.’ ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of THE PATIENT ‘A tight, frightening story of friendship, rivalry and obsession.’ ABIGAIL DEAN, Sunday Times bestselling author of GIRL A ‘Brutal and brilliant – I read it in one sitting.’ HARRIET TYCE, author of BLOOD ORANGE ‘A glimpse into a wonderfully dangerous, screwed up world. I couldn’t put it down.’ CESCA MAJOR, author of THE OTHER GIRL

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Title: Calling for a Blanket Dance

Author: Oscar Hokeah

Narrator: Oscar Hokeah, Rainy Fields

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Release date: August 2, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A moving and deeply engaging novel about a young Native American man as he learns to find strength in his familial identity.  Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father’s injury at the hands of corrupt police, his mother's struggle to hold on to her job and care for her husband, the constant resettlement of the family, and the legacy of centuries of injustice all intensify Ever’s bottled-up rage. Meanwhile, all of Ever’s relatives have ideas about who he is and who he should be. His Cherokee grandmother urges the family to move across Oklahoma to find security; his grandfather hopes to reunite him with his heritage through traditional gourd dances; his Kiowa cousin reminds him that he’s connected to an ancestral past. And once an adult, Ever must take the strength given to him by his relatives to save not only himself but also the next generation of family. How will this young man visualize a place for himself when the world hasn’t given him a place to start with? Honest, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, Calling for a Blanket Dance is the story of how Ever Geimausaddle found his way to home.

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Title: Little Woman

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Narrator: Cora Lewinsky

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Release date: July 28, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, with readers eager for more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, though the name originated with the publisher and not Alcott). It was also met with success. The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a single novel titled Little Women. Alcott subsequently wrote two sequels to her popular work, both also featuring the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). The novel has been said to address three major themes: 'domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity.' According to Sarah Elbert, Alcott created a new form of literature, one that took elements from romantic children's fiction and combined it with others from sentimental novels, resulting in a totally new genre. Elbert argues that within Little Women can be found the first vision of the 'All-American girl' and that her various aspects are embodied in the differing March sisters. The book has been translated into numerous languages, and frequently adapted for stage and screen.

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Title: Big Girl: A Novel

Author: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Release date: July 26, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of Black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon. In her highly anticipated debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the perils—and undeniable beauty—of insatiable longing. Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem, eight-year-old Malaya hates when her mother drags her to Weight Watchers meetings; she'd rather paint alone in her bedroom or enjoy forbidden street foods with her father. For Malaya, the pressures of her predominantly white Upper East Side prep school are relentless, as are the expectations passed down from her painfully proper mother and sharp-tongued grandmother. As she comes of age in the 1990s, she finds solace in the music of Biggie Smalls and Aaliyah, but her weight continues to climb—until a family tragedy forces her to face the source of her hunger, ultimately shattering her inherited stigmas surrounding women's bodies, and embracing her own desire. Written with vibrant lyricism shot through with tenderness, Big Girl announces Sullivan as an urgent and vital voice in contemporary fiction.

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Title: The Beekeeper’s War

Author: Deborah Carr

Narrator: Kitty Kelly

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Release date: July 21, 2022

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Two women Two wars A secret that threatens to tear them apart 1916 At the onset of war, Nurse Pru le Cuirot left her home in Jersey to care for injured soldiers at Ashbury Manor, Dorset. She wanted to do her bit but she never expected to meet American pilot, Jack Garland, so unlike any man she has ever met. When Jack is sent on a dangerous mission and vanishes, Pru is forced to make an agonising decision… one that will haunt them both forever. 1940 Another lifetime, but another war and Pru’s daughter Emma comes to Ashbury Manor. As Jersey falls to the Germans, Emma is fearful for her mother back home. And when she meets the mysterious beekeeper who lives in the grounds of the manor she finds herself caught up in a web of lies. As past and present collide, will the secrets of her mother’s life finally be resolved? Readers LOVE The Beekeeper’s War: ‘It’s almost impossible to convey how much I enjoyed this book…beautifully written’ Bev ‘I am writing this review in hopes that others will find the story as touching and wonderful as I did…I still can't stop thinking about everything that happened’ Trudy ‘Incredible. One of the best World War I novels I've read… a wonderful novel worth your time’ Debbie ‘I read this book in one day as I was enthralled with it…an endearing story of life back in the war years’ Sue ‘Realistic characters…the tears were streaming down my face by the end’ Patricia ‘A favorite author because her characters and settings seem very real and personal… She has the rare quality of giving a depth of details that makes her readers feel at home with the places and people’ Jane W ‘Great for a weekend read…Its appeal lies in the storytelling itself: the horrors of the war, dangerous circumstances and sacrifices, weak and strong people who either caved in and betrayed others or rose to all challenges feel authentic and real’ Sally ‘Gently paced with vivid characterisation and a balance of heartbreak and heartwarming’ Jane

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Title: Hawk Mountain: A highly suspenseful and unsettling literary thriller

Author: Conner Habib

Narrator: Conner Habib

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Release date: July 21, 2022

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Thirty-three-year-old Todd is playing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of an approaching figure. Instantly, he recognizes Jack, his high school tormentor. Radiant, repentant, and overjoyed to have 'run into' Todd, Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night? What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and suspense, as Jack gaslights his way back into Todd's life, pushing his old 'friend' to the brink. Conner Habib's disturbing and emotionally riveting debut is a horror novel about partners and friends, fathers and sons, bullies and scapegoats. 'Dripping with menace...brilliantly written...compelling, shocking and beautiful' Liz Nugent © Conner Habib 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Title: Infamous: 'Bridgerton's wild little sister. So much fun!' Sarra Manning

Author: Lex Croucher

Narrator: Ellie Kendrick

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Release date: July 21, 2022

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

22-year-old aspiring writer Edith 'Eddie' Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together-climbing trees, throwing grapes at boys, sneaking bottles of wine, practicing kissing . . . But following their debutante ball Rose is suddenly talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified. When Eddie meets charming, renowned poet Nash Nicholson, he invites her to his crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside. The entourage of eccentric artists indulging in pure hedonism is exactly what Eddie needs in order to forget Rose and finish her novel. But Eddie might discover the world of famous literary icons isn't all poems and pleasure . . .

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Title: Ginger and Me

Author: Elissa Soave

Narrator: Charlie Mudie

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Release date: July 21, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

‘Funny, touching and wise, I loved it’ Kit de Waal, bestselling author of My Name Is Leon Wendy is lonely but coping. All nineteen-year-old Wendy wants is to drive the 255 bus around Uddingston with her regulars on board, remember to buy milk when it runs out and just to be okay. After her mum died, there’s nobody to remind her to eat and what to do each day. And Wendy is ready to step out of her comfort zone. Each week she shows her social worker the progress she’s made, like the coasters she bought to spruce up the place, even if she forgets to make tea. And she even joins a writers’ group to share the stories she writes, like the one about a bullied boy who goes to Mars. But everything changes when Wendy meets Ginger. A teenager with flaming orange hair, Ginger’s so brave she’s wearing a coat that isn’t even waterproof. For the first time, Wendy has a real best friend. But as they begin the summer of their lives, Wendy wonders if things were simpler before. And that’s before she realizes just how much trouble Ginger is about to get them in… An unforgettable debut novel from the winner of the Primadonna Prize 2019 which will stay with you long after the last page. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Your favourite authors love Elissa Soave ‘Vivid, funny, sad, thought-provoking, acutely observed and full of compassion’ Helen Sedgwick ‘A debut novel to treasure, by turns funny, dark and heartbreaking and I didn’t want it to end!’ Louise Mumford ‘A fascinating and poignant take on friendship and obsession’ Caron McKinlay ‘Startling, sly and full of suspense. Not your ordinary coming of age novel’ Catherine Mayer ‘Full of charm, insight and wit – with the power to break your heart’ C. E. Riley

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Title: After We Were Stolen

Author: Brooke Beyfuss

Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Release date: July 19, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 170

Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 70

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

When nineteen-year-old Avery awakens to flames consuming her family's remote compound, she knows it's her only chance to escape her father's grueling survival training, bizarre rules, and gruesome punishments. She and her brother Cole flee the grounds for the first time in their lives, suddenly homeless in a world they know nothing about. After months of hiding out, they are arrested for shoplifting and a shocking discovery is made—Avery and Cole were kidnapped fifteen years earlier, stolen by cult leaders they knew as Mom and Dad. Cole is immediately returned to his birth family, leaving Avery alone and desperate. She is uncertain if her parents survived the fire and is terrified to find out. The loss of Cole and the trauma of her former life threaten to undo her, but when the police investigation reveals there may be more survivors, Avery must uncover the truth about the fire to truly be free. Suspenseful, emotionally charged, and deeply thought-provoking, After We Were Stolen delves into the idea of family—those we're born into and those we make—resilience, and the lengths a cult survivor will go to finally be free of her painful past. Brooke Beyfuss's powerful debut novel sparkles with heart, grit, and extraordinary characters who will stay with you long after the last page.

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Title: [Japanese] - 誤解

Author: Owen Jones

Narrator: Natsume Rika

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Release date: July 9, 2022

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

「誤解」は、メーガンという名の少女が霊的に目覚めていく２３編に渡る小説シリーズの第１編です。メーガンには霊的な潜在能力があり、彼女もその力に興味を持っているのですが、周りの誰も彼女が何のことを言っているのか分かりません。 いや、もしかしたら分かっているのかもしれません。なぜなら、彼女の祖母も母もできるだけのことをして、メーガンがそれ以上その力について知るのを止めようとしているからです。物語の中では、メーガンの日々の葛藤が綴られています。そして、彼女に高次元から助けの手が差し伸べられた時、メーガンはそれにしがみつき、ゆっくりと霊的な能力を発展させていきます。「誤解」は、メーガンという名の少女が霊的に目覚めていく２３編に渡る小説シリーズの第１編です。メーガンには霊的な潜在能力があり、彼女もその力に興味を持っているのですが、周りの誰も彼女が何のことを言っているのか分かりません。 いや、もしかしたら分かっているのかもしれません。なぜなら、彼女の祖母も母もできるだけのことをして、メーガンがそれ以上その力について知るのを止めようとしているからです。物語の中では、メーガンの日々の葛藤が綴られています。そして、彼女に高次元から助けの手が差し伸べられた時、メーガンはそれにしがみつき、ゆっくりと霊的な能力を発展させていきます。 これはメーガンの覚醒の物語です。 「誤解」は、我々全員が持つ科学では説明できない力についてのお話です。もし人々が当たり前のように超自然を恐れることを止めれば、実はそれは決して不自然なものではなく極普通に存在する力なのです。 この本は、超自然や非科学や哲学について思い馳せる人々に向けられています。高次元の存在が、究極の避けられない運命に達するために、たとえどれだけの時間がかかろうとも経験することになる霊的な進化について書かれています。この物語は、様々な点から真実に基づいています。。 PUBLISHER: TEKTIME