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I mostly enjoyed Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers, narrated by Karen Cass. I listened to this because of its intriguing premise: In 1957, a spinster reporter on a small newspaper is assigned to investigate a woman's claim that her 10-year-old daughter is the result of a virgin birth (there actually was such a claim and a serious scientific investigation). How could I pass that up? The book is not sensational, but has something of a Barbara Pym vibe, with its descriptions of the aging reporter's dull, restricted life in the English suburbs, dutifully caring for her house-bound mother.
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