Make Me Better: A Novel

¡ Macmillan Audio ¡ Narrated by Xe Sands
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Sarah Gailey's MAKE ME BETTER is an eerily seductive look at the desire for community connection and self-improvement—and the darkest places inside us all. Urgent and yet timeless, this listen is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Ari Aster, and Patricia Highsmith.

"...it’s compulsively listenable. That’s thanks in part to [Xe] Sands’s intense narration..." —Vulture on Just Like Home

An exclusive invitation.

A remote island infamous for its miraculous ecology.
A once-in-a-lifetime chance to fix everything that's broken.
But sometimes growth requires sacrifice....

WELCOME TO KINDRED COVE.

Celia is so tired of being alone. All she wants is to have a family—to belong to someone. That's why she's going to Kindred Cove for the annual Salt Festival held by the secluded community that lives there. They promise that healing is possible. They promise that transformation is inevitable. There is no grief at Kindred Cove, because there is no suffering. Nothing is ever lost.

Celia knows that, at that mysterious island surrounded by that impossible, ever-growing reef -- she will find herself.

She’s ready to be healed. She’s ready to be transformed.

She's ready to believe.

"The audiobook narrated by Xe Sands is a genuinely nail-biting listen." —BuzzFeed News on Just Like Home


A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

Sarah Gailey's MAKE ME BETTER is an eerily seductive look at the desire for community connection and self-improvement—and the darkest places inside us all. Urgent and yet timeless, this listen is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Ari Aster, and Patricia Highsmith. "...it’s compulsively listen...

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3 reviews
Tea Dardy
June 29, 2026
4.5 but 5 since you can't give half stars here. I won this audiobook in a Storygraph giveaway, big thanks to Storygraph and MacMillan Audio! OMG 😭😭 I don't think I'd ever want to be "made better" this bad!! There was so much going on at Kindred Cove!!! Its genre is horror but this is probably the saddest book I've read this year which is why it took me so long to finish it smh. Eeeeeeemagine feeling so lonely and broken you join a cult 😳.
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Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award and British Fantasy Award winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. Their fiction has been published in over seven different languages. They have written comics for Marvel, EC, and BOOM! Studios, including multiple original series. They are the editor and publisher of Stone Soup and Love Letters: Reasons To Be Alive. You can find links to their work at sarahgailey.com.
Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award and British Fantasy Award winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. Their fiction has been published in over seven different languages. They have written c...

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