Audiobooks narrated by William DeMeritt

The Mayor: One Poor City’s Fight to Bring Back Government and Save the Nation’s Soul

"The author of The Hospital asks: Can one challenged city show the way to restore faith in government and reimagine the nation’s future? Chester, PA, a majority Black city just south of Philadelphia, is plagued by gun violence, decrepit infrastructure, a hospital at risk of closing, and a scary reputation. After more than a century of mismanagement, people have lost all faith in government. Stefan Roots, a wastewater plant operator, wants to do something to clean it up. So he runs for mayor with an unlikely cast of political aides: a former kid drug dealer, a one-time hip-hop impresario, a white evangelical graduate student, and a wealthy white business man. Can these neophytes save the soul of the city, restore faith, and set an example for the nation? Brian Alexander argues that the problems Chester faces have germinated over a century of political malfeasance, and the deification of market capitalism. Now, these forces are doing to the rest of the country what they did to Chester long ago as inequality, privatization, and unrestrained profit-seeking spread, wrecking communities and delivering Trump. Alexander also tracks a quixotic former state legislator in Maine, West Virginia’s only elected transgender office holder, and a young Black Democratic Socialist in a well-to-do and mostly white Philadelphia suburb as they struggle to, and sometimes succeed in, reversing the tide. At times ripping, tragic, and hopeful, The Mayor is extraordinarily timed to illuminate our current crises while offering a way forward."

Brian Alexander (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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The Colour of Home: A compelling WWII historical love story for fans of The Women and The Tattooist of Auschwitz

"‘You want to risk everything – for a country that’s never cared if you live or die?’ 1941: In a segregated Florida town, three young Black men enlist to fight for a freedom they’ve never known at home. Before they leave, Cora marries in haste to secure her future – but her heart remains divided between the man she wed and the man she truly loves. 1945: As war finally ends, everything shifts. The boys Cora knew return as men she barely recognises, carrying scars no one can see – and truths that threaten to unravel everything Cora has fought to hold together. Set against the backdrop of war where Black men and women weren’t allowed to be heroes, comes a powerful, deeply moving novel about love, sacrifice and the epic resilience of the human spirit. ©Tammye Huf 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Tammye Huf (Author), Nicole Cash, William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy

"Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated poet and writer Langston Hughes believed in the power of art as resistance. What can we learn from his works today? Randal M. Jelks delivers this revelatory portrait of the celebrated poet, essayist, playwright, and American artist Langston Hughes. My America traces Hughes's journey from a child captivated by the wonder of Kansas City to cosmopolitan witness in Paris, New York, Mexico City, and Madrid. We encounter Hughes as a young man discovering the pulse of modern life in a world on the verge of exploding metaphorically and literally. His experiences informed his work and his thinking on art, democracy, and activism. Langston Hughes is one of the few American writers who consistently wrote about democracy from a joyous perspective, and My America explores how his works speak to the political anxieties and crises we face today. Jelks deftly examines the themes in Hughes's work, including creative expression, communal dignity, class struggle, and human suffering and what they mean for our inner well-being as democratic persons and political participants. With care and no-holds-barred insight, My America removes the veneer of respectability often placed on Hughes's work and life to reveal his political adeptness. In a world threatened by fascism, Hughes's writing wasn't afforded the luxury of subtlety. He made a spiritual and political decision to stand on the side of the oppressed. He believed art should be practiced for the sake of justice. And democracy can be practiced with joy. 'Jelks offers readers an engaging, introspective view of poet Langston Hughes and curates a compelling narrative of Hughes as an activist, advocate, and champion of justice through his poetry. This spellbinding review of Langston's writings employs an invisible cinematic lens through which Jelks reveals Langston's life journey from childhood to adult, from the United States to Europe, describing his radical attempts to share his vision of living in a democracy. … A thought-provoking, enlightening read.'—Library Journal"

Randal Maurice Jelks (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent World

"The citizenry of America struggles for survival in a dangerous, twisted future. In this critically acclaimed collection of stores, noir legend Walter Mosley takes his unique vision of American society into the future. As the nation descends into chaos, its citizens wonder, is the world ending, or has the apocalypse already come and gone? In “Whispers in the Dark,” an ex-con sells his organs to ensure his brilliant nephew’s future. The boy will grow up to have the highest IQ ever recorded, but the uncle, who sold his eyes, won’t be able to see it. In “Voices,” a history professor becomes addicted to a drug called pulse, which gives him access to a world of vivid fantasy while tearing his brain to shreds. By the time the professor qualifies for a brain transplant, he’s no longer sure what’s real and what’s imagined. And in “Angel’s Island,” a convict in the world’s largest private prison reveals the facility’s chilling secrets."

Walter Mosley (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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The Ghost City

"An ancient secret hidden in a forgotten city holds the key to modern riches in this exhilarating sequel to Blood and Treasure. Once you've made your first ten billion, what's more money? What any billionaire really wants isn't money, it's power, and Shan Zhang has the perfect plan to achieve that. The discovery of a manuscript from the renowned explorer Marco Polo leads to an ancient city buried under the snows of Antarctica. Within that city lies the key to a forgotten technology that will transform modern society, but that transformation may cause the deaths of millions. Professional treasure hunter and adventurer Ethan Cain is working on the Mekong River in Vietnam when the massive waterway suddenly goes dry. It's a stunning ecological disaster. One that Ethan can't ignore. His quest for answers will lead him to Zhang and ultimately a confrontation from which only one of them will emerge."

Ryan Pote (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Tall Is Her Body

"Readers of Black Cake and Family Lore will be captivated by this sweeping, multicultural family story of keen observation and the supernatural in which one man’s journey to wholeness—both emotionally and physically—is shaped by the lands of his childhood and those of his ancestors, still reeling from the effects of colonialism and immigration. Before the oracular gadèt-zafè came to warn his mother she would die, 6-year-old Fidel knew only the everyday mystery of the Guadeloupe around him. The lush greenery, the dusty roads, the sugar cane growing and the neighbors arguing, the push and pull of love and resentment between people who rely on each other—his world is small but full. Until a few moments of violence change his life forever. Orphaned, Fidel returns to his mother’s native Dominica and whirls from one relative and reality to another, learning pieces of his own story. His heritage is one of layered secrets and sharp divisions—between the grandmothers who love him and the aunt who wants him dead, the Catholic orthodoxy of his school and the Obeah knowledge of his grandfather, and the indigenous and the colonial. The violence he’s witnessed inhabits not only strangers but himself. The spirits of the dead visit him with advice, threats, and explanations. And when he sees a path toward happiness in Canada, he must reconcile his intense, bittersweet love of his home with the possibility of leaving it. “Tall Is Her Body is a memorable, generous, and vivid addition to a Caribbean lineage inaugurated by the likes of Kincaid, Selvon, Roumain and Lovelace. Tender and unsparing, de la Chevotière’s triumphant entrance more than meets the bill. A soaring work.”—Canisia Lubrin, acclaimed poet, editor, and author"

Robert de la Chevotière (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Lit for Him: Snowed in and Falling Hard

"When a snowstorm strands sports agent Brian Klein in a charming Pittsburgh bookshop, he fears his holiday is ruined. But curvy store owner Noa Bishop has a smile brighter than any blackout, a spare fuzzy sweater, and a soft spot for silver-haired strangers with too many phone notifications. The blizzard knocks out the power, so Noa shares her tea, her traditions, and her sticky-sweet ideas for fun with jelly donuts. Their incredible night lights up the dark, but when the skies clear, Brian has to get back to his nomadic life repping the world’s hottest sports stars. He’s just passing through. She’s firmly planted. But when fate brings them together again, they’re in a real jam: the man who never stays still and the woman rooted in place have sparked feelings that will not fade… Witty, warm, and delightfully steamy, this holiday novella is perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey, Meghan Quinn, and Helena Hunting."

Lainey Davis (Author), Carly Robins, William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Kingdom Come

"Now reimagined in audio, the world of KINGDOM COME, originally published to critical acclaim by DC Comics in 1996 as a four-issue comic book series, comes alive in a dynamic production featuring a full cast, sound effects, and music. In the near-future world of KINGDOM COME, superheroes are ubiquitous, but heroism is rare. After decades as Earth's champions, the members of the Justice League have all retreated out of the public eye, replaced with a new generation of anti-heroic crime-fighters whose brand of justice leaves humanity terrified, rather than inspired. With the planet's future in jeopardy, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman must come out of retirement to make one last stand for truth and justice... Adapted from the work of writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross, this audio production brings one of the bestselling graphic novels into an original and exciting new format. Cast List: Edoardo Ballerini as Norman McCay Kerry Shale as Spectre Marc Thompson as Superman and Clark Kent Lorelei King as Wonder Woman Glenn Wrage as Batman William DeMeritt as Billy Batson Garrick Hagon as Wesley Dodds Tom Alexander as Magog John Chancer as UN Secretary Wyrmwood and Ray Porter as Lex Luthor With: Alan Marriott January LaVoy Harry Myers Tim Lounibos Ashleigh Haddad David Holt JD Jackson Martin Sherman Reba Buhr E.A. Castillo Vas Eli Laurence Bouvard Eric Meyers Nezar Alderazi Jennifer Armour Torrian Brackett Joe Duley Karen Bartke Laurel Lefkow Kai Christian Mortiz David Lee Huynh Theo Maggs And special guests: Mark Waid Mike Carlin Charles Kochman David Vinson Sandy Resnick"

Alex Ross, Mark Waid (Author), Edoardo Ballerini, Garrick Hagon, Glenn Wrage, John Chancer, Kerry Shale, Lorelei King, Marc Thompson, Ray Porter, Tom Alexander, William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Last Exit to Brooklyn

"'An extraordinary achievement . . . a vision of hell so stern it cannot be chuckled or raged aside.'—The New York Times Book Review The first novel to articulate the rage and pain of life in 'the other America,' Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn is a classic of postwar American writing. Selby's searing portrait of the powerless, the homeless, the dispossessed, is as fiercely and frighteningly apposite today as it was when it was first published more than fifty years ago. This explosive, transgressive best-seller created shock waves upon its release in 1964 with its raw, vibrant language and startling revelations of New York City's underbelly. Few novels have caused as much debate as Selby's notorious masterpiece, which was even subject to an obscenity trial in the United Kingdom and banned in Italy due to its raw exploration of many societal taboos. The prostitutes, drunks, addicts, hoodlums, thieves, and johns of Selby's Brooklyn are fierce and lonely creatures, desperately searching for a moment of transcendence amidst the decay and brutality of the waterfront — though none have any real hope of escape. Last Exit to Brooklyn offers a disturbing yet hauntingly sensitive portrayal of American life, confronting the worst excesses of human nature, and nearly fifty years after publication, stands as a crucial and masterful work of modern fiction. This audiobook is masterfully read by William DeMeritt, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Mike Thal."

Hubert Selby Jr. (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Me and Pip 2: Me and Pip, Book 2

"Ezra, Pip and Fredo leave New Orleans and head off into wilds of Texas on their way back to Santa Fe. They travel on to California. Ezra stays and buys a 36,000-acre rancho while Pip and Fredo return to Santa Fe to get their money left behind and bring Fredo's family to California, but once in Santa Fe, Pip decides they need to go on to Missouri and get the money in the Bank of Missouri. Eventually, they make their way back to Santa Fe and then California. Ezra marries and Pip returns to New Orleans to get the beautiful Odette. This is a story of three partners who live out their dreams in California while it was under Mexican rule."

R.O. Lane (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Me and Pip: Me and Pip, Book 1

"Two adventuresome young boys, one white, one black, leave the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and head west in 1830 to see the Rocky Mountains that they've heard about. They drive freight wagons down the Santa Fe Trail, learn the beaver trade, and attend the Great Rendezvous of 1833. It's the first book in a series, as only R. O. Lane can tell it."

R.O. Lane (Author), William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Blood and Treasure

"The destruction of the International Space Station and the discovery of an ancient scroll are inextricably intertwined in this debut crossover thriller from a former Navy helicopter pilot. The International Space Station suddenly loses contact with Earth. When a NASA tech devises a way to restore the feed, the images that come through are unfathomable: a scene of terrible violence, the crew unresponsive, droplets of blood hovering in zero gravity. But which of the astronauts on board would have done such a thing? And why? Off the coast of Mozambique, former special ops pilot and current treasure hunter Ethan Cain sees something he can't believe: an object shot out of the heavens plunging deep into the Indian Ocean. When he goes to investigate, it becomes even less intelligible. A space capsule has crashed into the sea, and inside is a woman-alone, unconscious, and injured. Ethan knows he must save her. What he doesn't know is who she is, how she got there . . . or why she's the only survivor of a killing spree conducted 254 miles up in the sky."

Ryan Pote (Author), Ryan Pote, William DeMeritt (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by William DeMeritt

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