What’s new on Kindle Unlimited, Audible+, Libro.fm, and Spotify in August? Romance, historical fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, thrillers, and more. If you love book deals, exclusives, and freebies, here’s what’s included with all of your book memberships. Audiobook and ebook fans, you’ll want to add these titles to your TBR this month.
What’s New on Kindle Unlimited
The Last to Drown by Noelle W. Ihli
Noelle Ihli’s survival thriller ratchets up the tension right away and never lets up. It all starts with an 84-mile whitewater rafting trip. Kaia joins 20 other strangers on the fun but intense journey that quickly turns dangerous. Rafts begins to flip over. Supplies vanish. And people start to disappear. Then the rafters realize that there is a killer among them. One of them is a copycat killer, replicating a terrifying mass murder that happened on this river seven years ago.
The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen
Romance. Mystery. History. Rhys Bowen’s The Castle in the Glen has it all. In this dual-timeline novel, we follow Australian ghostwriter Emma Callander, who has been recruited to complete the final novel in celebrated author Iris Blackburn’s historical mystery series. To research for the book, Emma heads to a medieval castle on the Isle of Skye. There she discovers that Iris’ final book is based on a true unsolved mystery of a drowning and disappearance that happened in 1904.
The Lion and the Deathless Dark by Carissa Broadbent
This is the fifth book in the BookTok-approved dark fantasy romance series Crowns of Nyaxia. Set in a world of vampires, this series is broken into three separate duologies, and this is the first in the Bloodborn Duet, following Kyrene, a human bounty hunter, and Septimus, a vampire prince. These two sworn enemies make a deal with one another to slay the gods. It’s a deadly mission, but their growing attraction for one another might end up being even deadlier.
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What’s New on Audible+
Here are three new audio novels that are available exclusively on Audible and included in your Audible+ membership!
The Stone Sisters by Margot Hunt
In this audio thriller, billionaire Blythe Abney is murdered on her wedding night. As soon as the investigation gets underway, three people become the prime suspects: Blythe’s three daughters, Allison, Grace, and Kit. In this full-cast performance, starring audiobook narrator all-stars Theres Plummer and Julia Whelan, family rivalries and secrets are revealed.
Pretty Dead Girl by Natalie Tielcke
This nine-episode audiobook thriller follows the investigation of a murder. Teenager Cosma Passadakis is found dead in a ditch. Cosma seemed like a normal teenager who had everything going for her. She was well-liked. She was the glue that held her friend group together. So who would have it out for her? The story is brought to life by a full-cast performance, featuring Cecilia Appiah, Moses Alexander, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Jake Kenny-Byrne, Corinna Brown, Ariyon Bakare, Emily Beecham, Ronan Raftery, and Leslie Sharp.
A Very Good Bad Idea by Emma Chase
The Money Pit meets What Happens in Vegas in this rom-com about two rival real estate developers, Damon Burke and Jade Buchanan, who go head-to-head in a battle for the most coveted property in town. Both were promised Block 42 Lot 17, a waterfront mansion that’s a bit of a fixer-upper. But in order to claim their inheritance, they’ll have to live together in the crumbling mansion for four months without leaving the property during that time. Forced proximity sparks a fierce competition between the two… and even fiercer romantic feelings.
What’s New on Libro.fm
We’re deep in the second half of 2026 already, which means it’s time to get serious if you’re playing along with the Libro.fm audiobook listening challenge! One of the challenges is to read a book by a South West Asian and/or North African author. Here are some of our top picks!
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Part memoir and part manifesto, this 2025 National Book Award-winning nonfiction book picks apart Western civilization’s response to the conflict in Gaza. El Akkad’s book is a must-listen take-down of imperialism and a sharp critique of the hypocrisy of Western liberalism. This audiobook is narrated by the author himself.
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
There’s a lot to love about Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great is Not Okay, from its honest depiction of mental health, to its exploration of the rich culture in Yazd, Iran, to the heartwarming male friendship at the center of the story. Darius Kellner is a half-Iranian teenager who travels to Iran to meet his mother’s family for the first time. Darius has never felt like he fits in at home, and he’s worried it will be the same in Iran, especially with the language barrier. But then he meets Sohrab, and through his friendship, Darius learns to finally connect with his Iranian roots and gains a better understanding of his own identity and where he belongs. If you enjoy this one, make sure to check out the sequel, Darius the Great Deserves Better.
Things Left Unsaid by Sarah Jafari
In this second-chance romance, we follow Shirin and Kian, two former best friends who had a falling out when they were teenagers. Years later, they meet again in their mid-20s at a party in London. Immediately, the bond they once felt with one another is rekindled, but is their shared past and shared Iranian-British background enough to mend the personal trauma and unresolved issues that pulled them apart in the first place? The audiobook features dual narration by Honor Gilles and Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy, who offer alternating perspectives from Shirin and Kian.
What’s New on Spotify Audiobooks
You can enjoy 15 hours of audiobook listening every month with Spotify’s Premium membership, so here are new books under 15 hours that you can check out this month!
The Good Parts by Evann Normandin
If you could erase a devastating tragedy from your memory, would you do it? That’s what Rose decides to do, choosing to leave her grief behind and start fresh with a new life in Edinburgh. But along with the memories of her tragic past, she’s forgotten her husband Landon entirely as well. Now Landon tracks her down in Edinburgh and reintroduces himself to her as an entirely new person, hoping he can get her to fall in love with him again.
A Tender Age by Chang-Rae Lee
This coming-of-age story is inspired in part by author Chang-Rae Lee’s own life experiences. Told in the form of diary entries, this novel follows Jeon-Gi, a young Korean-American boy growing up in the 1970s. After Jeon-Gi fights back against a school bully, he is sent to a Korean youth summer camp. There, Jeon-Gi makes friends, gets his first sense of independence, and is confronted by new antagonists that force him to question his sense of self and the person he wants to grow up to be.
Take What You Can by Naima Coster
Naima Coster’s newest novel is a beautiful exploration of found family, female friendship, and motherhood. Milly and Val first became friends in college, bonding as the only two Black students on a study-abroad program to France. Now the women are in their 30s and both are expecting their first children—daughters. So Milly and Val decide to move to Brooklyn and raise their daughters together. But a lot has changed since they last saw each other 10 years ago. Their lives have diverged and they have grown apart in many ways. Between their new social divides, the stresses of motherhood, and a secret rift that started back in France all those years ago, will they be able to keep their once-impenetrable connection strong?
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