Free Audiobook : Moon Palace, by Paul Auster

In "Moon Palace," Paul Auster crafts a story that’s like a late-night talk you didn’t plan on having. It’s the late ‘60s, and Marco Stanley Fogg’s bouncing around New York, a college dropout with no cash and a head full of questions. The audiobook’s narration has this easy draw, pulling you into his orbit as he drifts from one strange gig to the next.

Life throws Marco curveballs: a blind painter with a hidden past, a girl who lights up his world, and a journey that stretches way beyond the city. Auster’s got a knack for making the everyday feel cosmic, tying Marco’s scrappy existence to bigger ideas about loss, identity, and the pull of the unknown. It’s a slow burn that keeps you guessing.

This isn’t a tidy tale with all the answers. It’s a restless, sprawling listen that leaves you feeling like you’ve been somewhere vast and uncharted. By the time it wraps, you’re caught up in Marco’s orbit, staring at the moon and wondering what it’s seen that you haven’t.