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• The Harder I Fight the More I Love You

  A Memoir

  Case, Neko

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  I understand her music so much more now, and Neko reads the audiobook herself - pure delight. - Amy F.

• Bog Queen

  A Novel

  North, Anna

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  A very ancient body uncovered in an English bog is the through-line illustrating our struggles with bureaucracy, social tension, political differences, personal anxiety, power dynamics, grief, and the very basic emotion of curiosity. - Emily-Jane D.

• Zomromcom

  Dade, Olivia

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  Who knew a post-zombie apocalypse world could feel so normalized and hilarious? A supernatural romp including vampires, humans, zombies, fae, trolls, and witches. I wish I could be friends with all of them! Well, maybe not the zombies. - Liza D.

• Play Nice

  Harrison, Rachel

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  What’s worse… fixing up your family’s haunted house or having no one believe you that it’s haunted? The chapters featuring a book written about the house were clever and it was especially good on audio! - Liza D

• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

  Schwab, V. E.

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  Are you into toxic lesbian vampires? You’ll sink your teeth into the verdant prose while the audiobook narrators take your breath away. - Liza D.

• Wreck

  A Novel

  Newman, Catherine

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  Laughed and cried while reading this book about families and growing older in one sitting. Love this book and this author! - Amy S.

• The Favorites

  A Novel

  Fargo, Layne

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  Just the frothiest, most delicious romantic melodrama that will have you running to YouTube to watch ice dancing performances. - Kady F.

• Wild Dark Shore

  A Novel

  McConaghy, Charlotte

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  This is full of so many things I like, a wild setting, a potential romance, secrets, and beautiful writing about the natural world. The audiobook reader was wonderful too. - Diana A.

• Atmosphere

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins,

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  There are so many scenes in this novel in which you feel the ache of these two women wanting to love each other in the full light of day and having to hide in order to continue having a career in the space program. It's so moving. - Diana A.

• Woodworking

  James, Emily St

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  The dual narration of this affirming, funny, and melancholy novel about a high school teacher navigating coming out as trans in a small South Dakota town makes it sing. The performance of the audiobook is A+. - Kady F.

• Katabasis

  A Novel

  Kuang, R. F.

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  A super fun trip to Hell. - Emily C.

• Mood Machine

  The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

  Pelly, Liz

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  An incredibly well researched and eye opening book! Spoiler alert it'll change the way you think about music and might make you rethink having a spotify account! - Emily L.

• One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

  El Akkad, Omar

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  Be ready to cry, face the reckoning, and feel compelled to take action. A better world is possible, "This is the book for our time." - Emily L.

• Fagin the Thief

  A Novel

  Epstein, Allison

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  A captivating take on Oliver Twist from the perspective of Fagin, this story goes deeper into how he became the scoundrel who takes in orphans to do his bidding! - Lori M.

• The Knight and the Moth

  Gillig, Rachel

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  Sybil unravels her upbringing and traditions all the while being accompanied by Rodrick, a rude and handsome knight. The closer she gets to answers of her past the more darkness she uncovers. - Ash W.

• So Gay for You

  Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All

  Moennig, Kate

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  If you love the famous T.V. show 'The L Word', you will love hearing about Shane and Alice's actors lives leading up to the show and during it. You will laugh, cry, and finish this book with a warm heart. - Ash W.

• Anji Kills a King

  Leikam, Evan

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  Spitfire main character on the road trip from hell. My favorite audiobook narrator - Moira Quirk, of Locked Tomb fame! Gideon the Ninth fans check this one out. - Willa M.

• The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy

  Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology

  Knightley, Brigitte

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  Romantasy by way of Wodehouse with a heavy dose of gross-out humor and a profusion of French loanwords. (fun to look up new vocab like: oeillade!) - Willa M.

• The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

  Raasch, Sara

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  Enemies to lovers, but it's a human and an elf stuck on an experiment that they have to finish together. - Ash W.

• Best Books of 2025, chosen by Multnomah County Library staff

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