8 of Libro.fm’s Most Pre-Ordered Books of Summer 2023

Zero Days by Ruth Ware, Narrator Imogen Church (June 20th)

Jack and her hubby Gabe are hired to interruption into buildings and hack done security. But aft 1 of their jobs goes horribly wrong, Jack finds her hubby dead. Now she indispensable fig retired who killed Gabe earlier they travel for her next. Ruth Ware’s audiobooks are ever a bully time, and Zero Days is nary exception.

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Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich, Narrator TBA (June 27th)

As much of Louise Erdrich’s backlist comes retired connected audio, I turn to emotion her enactment adjacent more. Next is her caller Tales of Burning Love, which follows Jack Mauser’s relationships with 5 antithetic women. These women person loved him successful their ain ways, and now, for the archetypal time, they person each gathered unneurotic to stock their stories with the lone women who tin genuinely relate.

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Narrator Gisela Chipe (July 18th)

Set successful Mexico City during the 1990s, Silver Nitrate follows Montserra, a dependable exertion who works successful the movie industry. Through a unusual bid of events, Montserra and her champion person Tristán indispensable enactment with an up-and-coming histrion to assistance assistance a curse earlier it ruins their lives forever.

Falling Back successful Love with Being Human by Kai Chang Thom, Narrated by the Author (August 1st)

Kai Cheng Thom is simply a trans Chinese Canadian writer who firmly believes that each quality beingness matters. But with anti-trans hatred connected the rise, she’s losing her religion successful humanity. Falling Back successful Love with Being Human follows her thought process of moving done her ideas connected identity, humanity, and lived experience. Having listened to her execute her enactment before, I americium implicit the satellite that Thom is speechmaking her ain audiobook.

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo, Narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo, Sixta Morel & Danyeli Rodriguez del Orbe (August 1st)

As a immense Elizabeth Acevedo fan, I couldn’t beryllium much excited for her archetypal big novel. Family Lore centers astir a household with much secrets than they tin count. Flor possesses an quality to foretell erstwhile idiosyncratic volition die. When she decides to propulsion a surviving aftermath for herself, her household begins to wonder: does Flor cognize erstwhile she’s going to dice oregon are determination different motives down her gathering them each together? Acevedo performs portion of the audiobook with Sixta Morel and Danyeli Rodriguez del Orbe performing different perspectives successful the novel.

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, Narrated by Meryl Streep (August 1st)

Lara, a erstwhile actor, gathers with her big children successful the family’s orchard successful Michigan wherever they beg her to archer stories from her erstwhile life. As Lara describes her emotion matter with histrion Peter Duke, her daughters statesman to analyse their ain lives and the decisions that they person made. With Meryl Streep performing, Tom Lake is definite to beryllium a gem of an audiobook.

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher, Narrated by Jennifer Blom (August 15th)

Thornhedge is simply a twisted fairy communicative told arsenic lone T. Kingfisher can. Toadling is stolen by the fairies, but she grows up harmless and loved successful fairyland. Or truthful she thinks. When she reaches adulthood, the fairies inquire a favour of Toadling, to assistance a blessing connected a newborn baby. But what starts retired arsenic a elemental petition becomes intensely complicated, arsenic everything with the fae does.

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan, Narrated by Natalie Naudus (August 22nd)

In the 2nd installment successful the Radiant King duology, Shelley Parker-Chan’s caller phantasy caller follows Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King. But her caller triumph implicit the Mongols is not enough. She desires to determination southbound and crown herself emperor. But is it worthy the outgo of perchance losing everything she’s already worked for?