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Audiobooks, Music, & Movies May & June 2026 |
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My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn't fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife. One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying. Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.
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Kin
by Tayari Jones
Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother's death, Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and discovers a world of affluence, manners, aspiration, and inequality. Annie, abandoned by her mother as a child and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, culminating in a battle for her life. A novel about mothers and daughters, friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South.
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Days at the Torunka Cafe
by Satoshi Yagisawa
From the internationally bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo cafe where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Cafe, a neighborhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the shape of a ballerina; Hiroyuki Numata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighborhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the cafe owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time.
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Boudicca
In Roman-occupied Britain, the Iceni tribe crowns Boudicca, a fierce and devoted queen guided by her faith in the goddess Andraste. When the Roman tax collector Catus Decianus underestimates her and attacks, Boudicca and her daughters narrowly survive and refuse to submit. Rallying her allies—including the Druid seer Rhan and the loyal horse master Maldwyn—she unites the tribes and launches a powerful rebellion. Her forces shock Rome by sacking major cities, proving her strength as both leader and warrior. As winter sets in, the Celts regroup to plan a final assault against the remaining Roman legions. However, Rhan foresees a tragic fate for the uprising. Despite ominous signs, she vows to change destiny and protect her queen. Facing enemies both within and beyond her ranks, Boudicca must rely on courage, loyalty, and mystical forces to challenge Rome’s dominance.
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Lucky Seed: A Novel
by Justinian Huang
Succession meets Crazy Rich Asians in this chaotic, darkly funny romp about the lengths a wealthy family will take to ensure the birth of a male heir from the gay black sheep of their clan. The powerful but chaotic Sun Clan of Los Angeles is bound by wealth, secrets, and superstition. Their matriarch, Roses Sun, fears their lineage will end without a male heir and pressures her nephew Wayward to father a son. Her scheme sparks a fierce family battle as relatives vie for control and survival. Amid the turmoil, Wayward wonders if he can transform the conflict into a chance to heal divisions and finally unite the feuding Suns.
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Through Gates of Garne and Gold
After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children, she never believed she'd find her door again, and when she did, she didn't look back. She disappeared from the school to resume her place in the Halls, never intending to return. Years have passed. A darkness has descended on the Halls, and the living statues who populate them are dying at the hands of the already dead. The Lord and Lady who rule the land are helpless to stop the slaughter, forcing Nancy to leave the Halls again, this time on purpose, as she attempts to seek much-needed help from her former schoolmates. But who would volunteer to quest in a world where the dead roam freely? And why are the dead so intent on adding to their number?
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Wicked: For Good
Elphaba and Glinda are now estranged, each living with the consequences of their choices. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, continuing her fight to expose The Wizard. Meanwhile, Glinda has become a glamorous symbol of Goodness, basking in the perks of fame and popularity. As the angry citizens of Oz rise up against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba must reunite and truly see each other--if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
In 1920s Oklahoma, the discovery of oil brings extraordinary wealth to the Osage people. Into their world comes ne'er-do-well army veteran Ernest Burkhart, who joins his duplicitous uncle in a horrifying scheme to rob the Osage of their money and land by marrying into the nation while quietly murdering its people. Burkhart's Osage wife, Mollie Kyle, gradually awakens to the evil surrounding her while an FBI investigator slowly unravels the plot that many of his colleagues willingly overlooked.
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Predator: Badlands
Set in the future on a remote planet, a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
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Hamnet
William Shakespeare falls for the free-spirited Agnes. Their whirlwind romance leads to marriage and three children, but as Will's theatrical ambitions draw him to London, Agnes remains behind to manage the household. When tragedy strikes, their bond is deeply tested--but through grief and resilience, their journey inspires the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
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Put Your Soul on Your Hand & Walk
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 24-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an essential document that now stands as a heartfelt memorial and final testament: Fatma and her family were tragically killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on April 16, one day after the film was announced as a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Alligator Bites Never Heal
With her Grammy Award-winning mixtape, rapper, singer and visionary artist Doechii delivers nineteen tracks following the weekly 'Swamp Session' installments that lit the internet on fire with eye-catching visuals and equally compelling bars. The Best Rap Album-winning project, featuring 'Denial Is A River' and 'Nissan Altima,' captures a rare talent in her rawest form yet giving listeners distinct windows into her one-of-a- kind artistry.
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Bloom
Larkin Poe, the dynamic sister duo known for their electrifying blend of Southern rock, blues, and Americana, emerges once again onto the musical landscape with their eagerly anticipated album, ‘Bloom’. Following their Grammy-winning success with ‘Blood Harmony’ in 2024, the duo has ventured deeper into their musical journey, crafting a collection of songs that resonate with introspection, authenticity, and a profound connection to their roots in American music.
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Shish
Over the past decade, Portugal. The Man has established themselves as one of rock's most prized possessions and a live phenomenon, with over 1,600 shows under their belts and a storied reputation as festival favorites. Originally heralding from Alaska, the Portland-based band soared to new heights in 2017 with the release of their now RIAA certified-Platinum album, Woodstock. The album was marked by the astounding success of their infectious single, "Feel It Still," which earned the group a plethora of new accolades including a GRAMMY for "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance," a 7x RIAA Platinum certification, a record setting 20-week residency at #1 on alternative radio, and an inescapable presence on the Top 40 airwaves.
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Watsonville Public Library
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