5 New Audiobooks on Spotify This Week

This is a literary love story about two people whose lives are intrinsically connected between families and across countries. In America, Sonia (living in Vermont) and Sunny (living in Brooklyn) are incredibly lonely. Both of their families back in India have no idea how their loved ones can feel so alone. In their country, they are surrounded by family and loved ones. So, the two families plan a meeting between Sonia and Sunny, but will all the meddling derail the love Sonia and Sunny could have for one another before they even get a chance to explore it? —Emily Martin

Are you into pandemic novels that are as trippy as they are silly? What about characters who constantly hear the hook to ’90s Eurodance hits in their head? In Lockwood’s latest, one young woman’s mind disentangles itself so much from her past experiences that she begins to question if maybe she’s been given a new chance at life. This look at the descent—or ascension?—brought about by a deteriorating mental illness is both new and surreal. And that cover is fire. —Erica Ezeifedi

Julia Rosenberg has built a life she loves for herself in New York, so she’s not excited to go back to her Florida hometown to be “best woman” for her brother’s wedding, rubbing elbows with people she hasn’t seen since she came out as a woman. But there’s one bright spot: Kim Cameron, who she had a crush on in high school, is the maid of honor. In Julia’s bluster to try to impress her, she tells a little white lie that quickly spins out of control. This is a send-up of My Best Friend’s Wedding that comes highly recommended by Casey McQuiston. —Danika Ellis

Awad’s Bunny is a modern cult classic, and this is its follow-up (so, warnings for what might be spoilers ahead). In it, Sam has published a popular first novel, but is soon abducted by her frenemies—and the namesakes of the first novel—the Bunnies. They’re not feeling how she portrayed them in her book, and now they want to tell their side of things. At axe-point, of course. As each one takes their turn, we turn back to the monstrous creations and darkly sweet world of the Bunnies. —Erica Ezeifedi

Did you watch The Thing and think, “I wish this were scarier and sexier?” Then Sarah Gailey’s Spread Me is for you. At a remote research outpost in the middle of the desert, Kinsey and her crew discover a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand. They do what any scientists would do in this situation and bring the specimen back to their research facility to examine it. But the longer it stays with them, the stranger everyone begins to feel. Strange desires come to the surface, too. —Emily Martin