Sweet Listens: September Audiobooks To Kick Off A New Season

A new season calls for a change of pace in our monthly Sweet Listens column! We’re so ready for the weather to cool and for us to be able to cozy up with a new book or audiobook.

This month’s book releases have given us both contemporary fiction and dark fantasies, so be sure to check out THP’s new book reviews. In the meantime, we’ll give you our top three September audiobook recommendations!

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Gita Desai Is Not Here To Shut Up By Sonia Patel

For our first September audiobook, we recommend Sonia Patel’s Gita Desai is Not Here to Shut Up! This contemporary YA novel tells the story of Gita Desai, a South Asian first-year college student who plans to ace her way through undergrad and later med school. But the more Gita branches out, meeting new people and hooking up with strangers, the more she’s reminded of dark secrets from her childhood. Touching on topics of sexual assault and complex PTSD from childhood sexual abuse, this audiobook is a powerful and necessary addition to the YA space.

Release date: September 10
Order Gita Desai is Not Here to Shut Up here!

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SONIA PATEL:
INSTAGRAM | WEBSITE

The Thirteenth Child By Erin A. Craig

If you’re anything like us, then you like to celebrate the spooky season as early as possible. And we don’t know a better way to start the fall festivities than with a spooky September audiobook like The Thirteenth Child! Erin A. Craig‘s latest fantasy novel follows Hazel Trépas, a healer with the gift of finding the exact cure her patients need. But she’s also cursed with the responsibility to end the lives of the people who can’t be cured of an illness, even if it’s the king. Inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ “Godfather Death,” The Thirteenth Child is a wonderfully Gothic audiobook that’ll have you racing to the end.

Release date: September 24
Preorder The Thirteenth Child here!

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ERIN A. CRAIG:
FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | WEBSITE

This Fatal Kiss By Alicia Jasinska

Our last September audiobook recommendation is Alicia Jasinska’s new novel, This Fatal Kiss! Inspired by Slavic folklore, this YA fantasy features a queer, polyamorous relationship between a water nymph named Gisela, a grumpy exorcist named Kazik, and a handsome young man named Aleksey. Gisela has her sights set on Aleksey and needs Kazik’s help to set them up. She wants to return to her human life and needs a kiss from a mortal to do that. But things get complicated when Kazik falls for Aleksey (and Gisela too). Not to mention Aleksey’s possible connection to Gisela’s past.

Release date: September 24
Preorder This Fatal Kiss here!

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALICIA JASINSKA:
INSTAGRAM | WEBSITE

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