Sweet Fury, the new thriller by Sash Bischoff, comes with a heavy dose of both Hollywood glamour and shocking darkness. It tells the story of actress Lila Crayne, a beloved movie star who teams up with her filmmaker fiance to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night with a modern, feminist twist. As the project progresses, Lila sees a therapist to help her dig into the trauma of her past – and before long, things spill over into her work in unexpected ways as well. With references to the #MeToo movement and the commercial side of filmmaking, the book dives deep not only into Lila’s character, but Hollywood’s character as a whole.  

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Actress Ione Skye was part of one of the most iconic scenes in 80s film history: being serenaded by John Cusack with a boombox in the movie Say Anything. But her life history is so much more than that, full of complicated relationships (of the romantic and parental variety) and career ups and downs. In this self-narrated memoir, she’s saying it all.

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New Nigeria County is a satirical new audio original from Simon & Schuster Audio about an affluent Black community suddenly struck with internal drama that turns the typical tropes of race, crime, and casual stereotyping on their head. This full cast audio production is a quick listen at only about 3 and a half hours – but that short run is packed with humor and sharp political observations.

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Joan Didion and Eve Babitz. The cool girls of Los Angeles in the 1970s – authors, writers, journalists, artists, and, ultimately, cultural icons. Shortly after Babitz’s death, journalist Lili Anolik was granted access to a treasure trove: boxes of personal papers and letters discovered among the clutter in Babitz’s decrepit apartment, many of which were unsent correspondence addressed to Didion.Using these letters as a jumping-off point, Anolik’s book dives into a chronicle of the complex relationship between the two women.

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This debut novel, recently selected as a pick for Reese’s Book Club, has been compared to recent hit suspense books such as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and First Lie Wins. It quickly became a favorite of our team, with its multilayered narrative, complex main character, and expertly narrated full-cast production. 

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Actress Bethany Joy Lenz is best known for her nine-year run on the early 2000s WB teen classic TV show, One Tree Hill. But in her deliciously juicy new memoir, read by Lenz herself and featuring a few fun cameos from her One Tree Hill days, we see an unexpected side of her – and learn about her life entangled in a religious cult’s control for nearly a decade.

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In Creation Lake, a best-seller since its buzzy debut in late 2024, author Rachel Kushner turns the conventions of espionage novels on their head, while still honoring many of those who came before her in the world of spy noir. Kushner is one of the most-honored living authors, and this shifty tale of infiltrating a French anarchist collective may be her best yet. 

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Author Meg Cabot is best-known for her beloved Princess Diaries series, but in Educating Caroline, she turns to Victorian England for the tale of a young woman seeking lessons in the art of romance. This delightfully frothy rom-com has a pleasant modernity about it, with something bigger to say about women’s liberation and sexuality hidden below the surface trappings of elaborate balls and secret trysts.

 

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New Year’s is always the best time to capture the energy of being a new, better version of ourselves. To help us out this year, we can turn to Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa, a podcast host, author, Pilates instructor and personal trainer, and neuroscience expert, and her new audiobook, How to Chase Change. This book is designed to be consumed one chapter per day, creating a monthlong course meant to help your mental, physical, and emotional health, so dig in for a sneak preview to start your 2025 off right.

 

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We’ve got a special holiday treat for you this week – not just a regular audiobook, but a full-cast audio production, brimming with rich sound design, snappy dialogue, and some swoon-worthy romance. Know Your Newlywed is a Simon & Schuster original audiobook – which means it’s only available in audio format – and it’s a charming rom com between two single fans of a game show who fake a romance in order to become contestants. Will not-so-fake sparks fly? You’ll have to listen to find out.

 

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