Audiobooks narrated by Cary Hite

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025

"A collection of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by award-winning author of Death of the Author and the Binti Trilogy, Nnedi Okorafor, and series editor John Joseph Adams. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. Nnedi Okrafor selects twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explores the ever-expanding and changing world of science fiction and fantasy today."

John Joseph Adams, Nnedi Okorafor (Author), Cary Hite, Eunice Wong, Liz Femi, Rebecca Stern, Zach Villa (Narrator)

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Groove: A Novel

"The first of two steamy and entertaining romance novels, published under the beloved and distinguished author's real name for the first time You never know what's going on behind someone's groove. New York City, April 2002: Geneva, Crystal, Noah, and Chevy, a close friend group, are all mid-thirty, flirty-and ready to embrace the heat of the summer. But behind closed doors, each of them has struggles of their own: Geneva keeps accidentally falling for the charms of her good-for-nothing ex-husband; Crystal is a high-flying executive with a picture-perfect life and a boyfriend who might just be too good to be true; Noah is attempting to keep the spark alive between him and his European boyfriend, but the flames of temptation keep catching fire in the most unexpected of places; and then there's Chevy, who couldn't care less about love and only wants a life of champagne dinners and designer bags, no matter the cost. But as the city heats up and tensions keep bubbling under the surface, Chevy gets entangled with a hot and mysterious stranger. The group must come together to save their friend before it's too late-and before secrets break their forever friendship."

Bernice L. McFadden, Geneva Holliday (Author), Cary Hite, Emana Rachelle, Janina Edwards, Kevin R. Free, Robin Miles (Narrator)

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Expensive Basketball

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things), a clever and inventive examination of some of basketball's most iconic players, moments, games, and more. Everything in basketball is measured. Everything in basketball is counted, and quantified, and computed. And yet, no matter how expansive the list of various pinpoint-specific statistical categories gets, some basketball things remain uncountable, and unquantifiable. Some moments are more poetry than calculation; more art than numerical value; more feeling than data processing. And thus: Expensive Basketball. From the final 196 seconds of Kobe Bryant's playing career to the Sue Bird backpedal, from the erosive terror of Tim Duncan to the Larry Bird memory carousel, Expensive Basketball is an affirmation of feelings. It's an affirmation of basketball as virtuosity. It's an affirmation of how sometimes you watch a person perform on the basketball court and it feels the same way it does when you lie in the grass at night and stare up at the moon for long enough that you start to think about how incredible it is that you really, truly, honestly, actually exist."

Shea Serrano (Author), Cary Hite (Narrator)

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The Big Cheese Presents: Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of the Food Group series comes a Christmas picture book featuring the ever-popular character the Big Cheese. Perfect for holiday promotions, this book includes a tear sheet of twelve holiday cards and festive foil on the cover. Every December, the Big Cheese hosts a gigantic jamboree with flashy decorations, sparkling outfits, extravagant gifts, ear-bursting music, and jaw-dropping entertainment. It's the #1 party in town and it can't be beat! But this holiday season, mere hours before the festivities, disaster strikes! With no backup plan in place, the Big Cheese must call in a big favor to help save the big day. But will Christmas still be Christmas if it's not quite so grand? You don’t want to miss this hilarious, charming, and thought-provoking continuation of Jory John and Pete Oswald’s bestselling Food Group series. Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4–8 and anyone who wants a laugh: The Bad Seed The Good Egg The Cool Bean The Couch Potato The Smart Cookie The Sour Grape The Big Cheese The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky! The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets The Bad Seed Goes to the Library The Good Egg and the Talent Show The Cool Bean Makes a Splash That’s What Dinosaurs Do"

Jory John (Author), Cary Hite (Narrator)

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That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

"From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today A critic explores the paradox of finding community in "the dozens" while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, "Karens" become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young's groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants. With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, That's How They Get You emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties and stream-of-consciousness lucidities but also acute political clarity about America. Edited and with an introduction by Damon Young, the critically acclaimed author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, the collection features new material from an all-star roster of contributors, including Hanif Abdurraqib, Mahogany L. Browne, Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, Deesha Philyaw, Roy Wood Jr., and Nicola Yoon."

Damon Young (Author), André Santana, Cary Hite, Chanté McCormick, Damon Young, Deanna Anthony, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Janina Edwards, Je Nie Fleming, Ozzie Jacobs, Ryan Vincent Anderson (Narrator)

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Rum Punch

"Brought to you by Penguin. An air hostess doing the Caribbean-Florida run, Jackie also uses her job to shift large amounts of hot money. The Feds are closing in on her and the highly dysfunctional arms-dealers she works for are not getting any more functional. It would involve huge risks, but could she perhaps walk away from the whole wreckage, happy and rich? © Elmore Leonard 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Elmore Leonard (Author), Cary Hite (Narrator)

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Of Monsters and Mainframes

"Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil—Dracula. The queer love child of pulp horror and classic sci-fi, Of Monsters and Mainframes is a dazzling, heartfelt odyssey that probes what it means to be one of society’s monsters—and explores the many types of friendship that make us human."

Barbara Truelove (Author), Cary Hite, Charlie Albers, Chris Devon, Emana Rachelle, Eve Passeltiner, Gail Shalan, Zura Johnson (Narrator)

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I Think I'm in Love with an Alien

"Galaxy Quest meets Roswell in this quirky sci-fi rom-com from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ann Aguirre. He’s stranded. He’s desperate. He’s not looking for love. Alien Tamzir Jaarn, a.k.a. Seeker, is paying the price for risking an illicit holiday on an interdicted planet. His ride off-world never showed, and he’s been stranded on Earth for nearly a year. His gear is breaking down, food is becoming a problem, and if his camouflage unit fritzes, he’ll wind up in a government lab. But he’s met some cool humans online, and they’ve invited him to the biggest space-themed convention around. Why not make memories with them while he figures out how to get home? Space Con or bust! She’s nerdy. She’s flirty. She’s ready for romance. Jennette Hammond is an endearing weirdo, voted most likely to bang an alien in high school. Her house is full of gray man collectibles, adorable tentacle monsters, and yes, in college, she volunteered for a SETI-type program. Not that she’s ever had any close encounters of the sexy, alien kind. Heck, she’s never even been able to convince anyone to attend Space Con. But that’s about to change. Finally, she has online friends who have agreed to go, and it will be a romp to remember—and she’ll finally put a face to the name of her longtime crush, Seeker. When alien meets adorkable, they’re destined for an out-of-this-world affair…"

Ann Aguirre (Author), Cary Hite, Faith Clark (Narrator)

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Nas's Illmatic

"Nas was playing a role on Illmatic, even if it was himself. By constructing this persona, Nas not only laid out his own career for the next decade plus, but the careers of dozens of other rappers who were able to use their considerable skills to develop similar personas. His brazen ambition has become a road map for every rapper who hopes to reach an artistic peak. It seems right that Nas would make Illmatic at the age when maturity begins to turn boys into men. This was, in many regards, the first album of the rest of hip hop’s life. A decade and a half ago, Illmatic launched one of the most storied careers in hip hop, and cemented New York’s place as the genre’s epicenter. With this in-depth look at the record, Matthew Gasteier explores the competing themes that run through Nas’s masterpiece and finds a compelling journey into adulthood. Combining a history of Nas’s early years with interviews from many of the most important people associated with the album, this book provides new information and context for what many consider to be the greatest hip hop record ever made."

Matthew Gasteier (Author), Cary Hite (Narrator)

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Paradise Logic

"'George Saunders meets Ottessa Moshfegh' OBSERVER 'Smart, jarring and wickedly funny' GUARDIAN 'The excavation of heterosexual desire our age deserves' LITHUB 'Imagine Vladimir Nabokov as a manic pixie dream girl, and you'll be halfway there' GQ 'Top of our reading pile' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'Bitterly funny' VOGUE A hilarious, surreal, and devastating journey into the mind of Reality Kahn, a young woman on a quest to be the greatest girlfriend of all time. It was decreed from the moment she was bornth. Twenty-three-year-old Reality Kahn would embark on a quest so great, so bold. She would become the greatest girlfriend of all time. She would be a zine maker, an aspiring notary, the greatest waterslide commercial actress on the Eastern Seaboard. She would receive messages from the beyond in the form of advice from the esteemed and ancient ladies' magazine, Girlfriend Weekly. When she attends a party at a punk venue known as 'Paradise', Reality meets Ariel, her fated boyfriend. Determined to win his affection, she joins a cutting-edge clinical trial created by Dr Zweig Altmann to help her become a perfect girlfriend. She stars in a new commercial. She learns how to become an indelible host. But Reality will also learn that sheer will and determination, and a very open heart, are not always enough to make true love manifest. At turns laugh-out-loud funny, tragic and jarring, Reality's quest grows ever more complicated as the men in her life: Ariel, her agent Jethro, and Dr Altmann himself, prove treacherous. ? PARADISE LOGIC is a thrilling breakdown of our obsession with authentic true love, and announces Sophie Kemp as a brilliant and wholly original new voice in fiction. 'Some of the weirdest and funniest prose imaginable' MEGAN NOLAN 'Totally surreal. I love a book that's ?funny while being devastating?' - CAT COHEN 'The funniest book of the year and one of the smartest' GARY SHTEYNGART Advance reader reviews for PARADISE LOGIC: 'I had so much fun reading Kemp's debut... absolutely nuts, in the best way' 'What a weird book, I loved it... incredibly readable and worryingly relatable' "

Sophie Kemp (Author), Cary Hite, Nancy Wu (Narrator)

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Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores

"An homage to Black bookstores, featuring a selection of shops around the country alongside essays that celebrate the history, community, activism, and culture these spaces embody, with an original foreword by Nikki Giovanni. Black literature is perhaps the most powerful, polarizing force in the modern American zeitgeist. Today-as Black novels draw authoritarian ire, as Black memoirs shape public debates, as Black polemics inspire protest petitions-it's more important than ever to highlight the places that center these stories: Black bookstores. Traversing teeming metropolises and tiny towns, Prose to the People explores a these spaces, chronicling these Black bookstore's past and present lives. Combining narrative prose, one-on-one interviews, original essays, and specially curated poetry, Prose to the People is a listener's road trip companion to the world of Black books. Thoughtfully curated by writer and Black bookstore owner Katie Mitchell, Prose to the People is a must-have addition to the shelves of anyone who loves book culture and Black history. Though not a definitive guide, this dynamic book centers profiles of over fifty Black bookstores from the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic, the South, and the West Coast. Interspersed throughout are essays, poems, and interviews by New York Times bestsellers Kiese Laymon, Rio Cortez, Pearl Cleage, and many more journalists, activists, authors, academics, and poets that offer deeper perspectives on these bookstores' role throughout the diaspora. Complete with a foreword by world-renowned poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, Prose to the People is a beautiful tribute to these vital pillars of the Black community."

Katie Mitchell (Author), Adenrele Ojo, Cary Hite, Katie Mitchell, Landon Woodson, Tashi Thomas (Narrator)

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Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume 2 & 3

"The fifteen stories and three screenplays that make up Volumes Two and Three of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots. Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Stories by Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, J. G. Ballard, Alan Baxter, Justin Coates, Harlan Ellison, Joachim Heijndermans, Joe Lansdale, Rich Larson, Alberto Mielgo, Jeff Fowler & Tim Miller, John Scalzi, Bruce Sterling, and Michael Swanwick. Full contents: “Automated Customer Service” by John Scalzi“Ice” by Rich Larson“Pop Squad” by Paolo Bacigalupi“Snow in the Desert” by Neal Asher“The Tall Grass” by Joe R. Lansdale“All Through the House” by Joachim Heijndermans“Life Hutch” by Harlan Ellison“The Drowned Giant” by J. G. Ballard“Three Robots: Human Habitats” by John Scalzi“Bad Travelling” by Neal Asher“The Very Pulse of the Machine” by Michael Swanwick“Night of the Mini-Dead” by Jeff Fowler & Tim Miller “Kill Team Kill” by Justin Coates“Swarm” by Bruce Sterling“Mason’s Rats” by Neal Asher“In Vaulted Halls Entombed” by Alan Baxter“Jibaro” by Alberto Mielgo“Three Robots: Two Versions Intro” by John Scalzi“Three Robots Report Back on the Habitats in Which Humanity Chose to See Out Its Final Days” by John Scalzi"

Alan Baxter, Amanda J. Spedding, David Fincher, Geoff Brown, Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard, Joe Lansdale, John Scalzi, Justin Coates, Neal Asher, Tim Miller (Author), Alex Boyles, Alex Picard, André Santana, Bradford Hastings, Cary Hite, Gary Tiedemann, Hannah Curtis, Joe Hempel, Joel Simler, Josh Innerst, P. J. Ochlan, Steve West, Tim Campbell (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Cary Hite