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Bestsellers
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....
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Kristin Hannah Knocked it Out of the Park
- By Danielle Dugdale on 02-09-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....
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So incredibly boring
- By Rhonda Morrison on 08-05-23
By: Ann Patchett
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival....
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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And the hits just keep on coming…
- By Mark T. Vernon on 01-04-23
By: Hanya Yanagihara
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A great American classic with many invaluable teaching moments. It continues to touch hearts and minds.
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A gift to be treasured
- By David Shear on 07-09-14
By: Harper Lee
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The Berry Pickers
- By: Amanda Peters
- Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus, Jordan Waunch
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years....
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Beautiful, poignant story of loss and redemption
- By Amazon Customer on 02-25-24
By: Amanda Peters
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....
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Kristin Hannah Knocked it Out of the Park
- By Danielle Dugdale on 02-09-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....
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So incredibly boring
- By Rhonda Morrison on 08-05-23
By: Ann Patchett
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival....
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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And the hits just keep on coming…
- By Mark T. Vernon on 01-04-23
By: Hanya Yanagihara
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A great American classic with many invaluable teaching moments. It continues to touch hearts and minds.
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A gift to be treasured
- By David Shear on 07-09-14
By: Harper Lee
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The Berry Pickers
- By: Amanda Peters
- Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus, Jordan Waunch
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years....
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Beautiful, poignant story of loss and redemption
- By Amazon Customer on 02-25-24
By: Amanda Peters
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl....
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
By: Delia Owens
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
- A Novel
- By: Xochitl Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Jessica Pimentel, Jonathan Gregg, Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death....
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Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book.
- By Ulissa on 03-14-24
By: Xochitl Gonzalez
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Carnage
- By: Shantel Tessier
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world.....
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Can't go wrong with Tessier, Hamilton, & Sparks!
- By LiteraryTruth on 01-30-24
By: Shantel Tessier
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West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America....
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Gritty, sweet, amazing, sad, uplifting
- By FL Bird Woman on 02-19-21
By: Lynda Rutledge
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrated by Tom Hanks, The Dutch House is a moving story that explores the bond between two siblings and the house of their childhood.
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Not my favorite Patchett
- By Regina on 12-07-19
By: Ann Patchett
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Black Cake
- A Novel
- By: Charmaine Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman, Simone Mcintyre
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording....
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Wonderful Listen
- By Regina on 02-04-22
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It
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real....
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A Classic with a Top-Notch Performance!
- By Nicole - Audible on 06-19-17
By: Stephen King
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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
- A Novel
- By: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Robert Dugoni
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism....
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Wow..allow yourself to be submerged in this book
- By Donna Smith McG on 05-18-18
By: Robert Dugoni
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Into the Tide
- Cottonwood Cove Series, Book 1
- By: Laura Pavlov
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Mackenzie Cartwright
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Lila James is my best friend’s little sister, and I’ve always looked out for her. She's five years younger than me, and when she left for college, she was just a kid. But now she’s home for the summer—and she’s definitely not a kid anymore....
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Forced Proximity & Brother’s Best Friend? Say Less.
- By Lauren Brooke on 05-17-23
By: Laura Pavlov
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
- By: Samantha Shannon
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door....
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In a word, WOW
- By Kevin Potter on 03-09-19
By: Samantha Shannon
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Go as a River
- A Novel
- By: Shelley Read
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Set amid Colorado’s wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter....
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Great character development
- By ALB on 11-22-23
By: Shelley Read
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The Lincoln Highway
- A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel)
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America....
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I'm totally opposite
- By Meaghan Bynum on 10-10-21
By: Amor Towles
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Damsel
- By: Evelyn Skye
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter....
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Great tale of Girl who refused to be a damsel
- By RO on 03-17-24
By: Evelyn Skye
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The Secret History
- A Read with Jenna Pick
- By: Donna Tartt
- Narrated by: Donna Tartt
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries....
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Horrible narration
- By M. Cardoso on 07-23-23
By: Donna Tartt
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Beloved
- By: Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: Toni Morrison
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened....
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Author-read Books
- By John R Williford on 07-14-06
By: Toni Morrison
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Promise Kept
- The Promises Series, Book 2
- By: K’wan
- Narrated by: Honey Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In this stunning sequel to Promise Broken, K’wan spins a pulse-pounding story about surviving, thriving, and the consequences of love....
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Nothing really
- By Wise 1 on 03-28-24
By: K’wan
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The Outside Boy
- By: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrated by: Alan Devally
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well, haunted by the story of his mother's death in childbirth....
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Pure Torture
- By Nena on 01-27-21
By: Jeanine Cummins
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The Vanishing Half
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Brit Bennett
- Narrated by: Shayna Small
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern Black community and running away at age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything....
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Soap opera material
- By Sheila S on 06-06-20
By: Brit Bennett
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Punk 57
- By: Penelope Douglas
- Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel, Matthew Holland
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In fifth grade my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student Ryen....
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Way better than expected
- By Abigail French on 09-13-17
By: Penelope Douglas
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- By: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary....
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Enchanted
- By Lulu Can on 04-07-21
By: Pip Williams
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Don't Forget to Write
- A Novel
- By: Sara Goodman Confino
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and emotional novel by the bestselling author of She’s Up to No Good....
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It drew me in and didn’t disappoint!!
- By Savannah Fontenot on 10-13-23
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Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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On the last night of 1937, 25-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey....
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Bright Young Things in a Dark World
- By Michele Kellett on 08-13-12
By: Amor Towles
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Every Summer After
- By: Carley Fortune
- Narrated by: Aj Bridel
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true....
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Very sweet summer read, but a little to sexually descriptive.
- By Allyson on 06-14-22
By: Carley Fortune
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Normal People
- A Novel
- By: Sally Rooney
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life changing begins....
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Difficult, but Worth It
- By kdiz on 04-03-20
By: Sally Rooney
New releases
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Day One
- By: Abigail Dean, Nigel Pilkington
- Narrated by: Emma Atkins, Sarah Durham
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In a quiet lakeside town in the North of England, an anonymous gunman enters a school. Hours later, Marty’s mother Ava is dead, her arms outstretched to protect the children she taught.
By: Abigail Dean, and others
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Little Women 1
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Little Women (Part 1): Four sisters and their mother, whom they call Marmee, live in a new neighborhood (loosely based on Concord) in Massachusetts in genteel poverty. Having lost all his money, their father is serving as a chaplain for the Union Army in the American Civil War, far from home. The mother and daughters face their first Christmas without him. When Marmee asks her daughters to give their Christmas breakfast away to an impoverished family, the girls and their mother venture into town laden with baskets to feed the hungry children.
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Forever Now (A Young Adult Romance)
- By: elise sax
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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When Tess's mother abandons her during her senior year at high school, she must find a way to keep the secret and survive until graduation. She's surprised when Cruz, her crush and an aspiring model, moves in to help. Tess has dreams of studying in Paris, France and becoming a writer...impossible dreams without money or family. But as Tess and Cruz's relationship grows closer, Cruz will do anything to make sure Tess's dreams come true. But at what price? Forever Now is a young adult / new adult story about finding love, living dreams, and overcoming great odds. Forever begins now.
By: elise sax
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Studies at the School by the Sea
- School by the Sea, Book 4
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague David—the two great anchors of her life. But these days Maggie’s feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown. How can you follow your heart when it seems to be taking you in two directions at once?
By: Jenny Colgan
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No Longer Human
- By: Osamu Dazai
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s NO LONGER HUMAN narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
By: Osamu Dazai
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My Name is Emily Mills
- The bullying has to stop
- By: Annette Reid
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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After years of being bullied by her classmates, Emily Mills is ready to fight Harbors Ville High School and wake up a community that is ignorant to the acts of violence that are taking place right under their nose. As she becomes an adult, Emily realizes that too many children have been tormented by their own peers. But, before she can begin to tackle someone else's problems, she must deal with her own drama, a love-hate relationship with her mother, sibling rivalry and trying to hold on to the man she loves.
By: Annette Reid
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Day One
- By: Abigail Dean, Nigel Pilkington
- Narrated by: Emma Atkins, Sarah Durham
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In a quiet lakeside town in the North of England, an anonymous gunman enters a school. Hours later, Marty’s mother Ava is dead, her arms outstretched to protect the children she taught.
By: Abigail Dean, and others
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Little Women 1
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Little Women (Part 1): Four sisters and their mother, whom they call Marmee, live in a new neighborhood (loosely based on Concord) in Massachusetts in genteel poverty. Having lost all his money, their father is serving as a chaplain for the Union Army in the American Civil War, far from home. The mother and daughters face their first Christmas without him. When Marmee asks her daughters to give their Christmas breakfast away to an impoverished family, the girls and their mother venture into town laden with baskets to feed the hungry children.
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Forever Now (A Young Adult Romance)
- By: elise sax
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When Tess's mother abandons her during her senior year at high school, she must find a way to keep the secret and survive until graduation. She's surprised when Cruz, her crush and an aspiring model, moves in to help. Tess has dreams of studying in Paris, France and becoming a writer...impossible dreams without money or family. But as Tess and Cruz's relationship grows closer, Cruz will do anything to make sure Tess's dreams come true. But at what price? Forever Now is a young adult / new adult story about finding love, living dreams, and overcoming great odds. Forever begins now.
By: elise sax
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Studies at the School by the Sea
- School by the Sea, Book 4
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague David—the two great anchors of her life. But these days Maggie’s feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown. How can you follow your heart when it seems to be taking you in two directions at once?
By: Jenny Colgan
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No Longer Human
- By: Osamu Dazai
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s NO LONGER HUMAN narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
By: Osamu Dazai
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My Name is Emily Mills
- The bullying has to stop
- By: Annette Reid
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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After years of being bullied by her classmates, Emily Mills is ready to fight Harbors Ville High School and wake up a community that is ignorant to the acts of violence that are taking place right under their nose. As she becomes an adult, Emily realizes that too many children have been tormented by their own peers. But, before she can begin to tackle someone else's problems, she must deal with her own drama, a love-hate relationship with her mother, sibling rivalry and trying to hold on to the man she loves.
By: Annette Reid
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Notes on Her Color
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Neal
- Narrated by: Angela Sullen
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabrielle has always had a complicated relationship with her mother Tallulah, one marked by intimacy and resilience in the face of a volatile patriarch. Everything in their home has been bleached a cold white—from the cupboards filled with sheets and crockery to the food and spices Tallulah cooks with. Even Gabrielle, who inherited the ability to change the color of her skin from her mother, is told to pass into white if she doesn't want to upset her father. But this vital mother-daughter bond implodes when Tallulah is hospitalized for a mental health crisis.
By: Jennifer Neal
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Embrace the Broken
- Peregrine, Book 2
- By: Erica Richardson
- Narrated by: Caleb Summers
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Miles has always been a diver, as courageous as a peregrine falcon. But after an attempted suicide, he feels anything but courageous. In fact, he feels completely broken. Nowadays, the sight of the pool—the one place he used to feel safe—sends panic coursing through his body. Not only is he about to lose his scholarship but Miles is sick of being a burden. He knows he’s broken, and he knows he’ll only hold Trisha back. She has so much potential. She could fly if she weren’t worried about leaving him behind.
By: Erica Richardson
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The God of Anna
- By: Kasey Greenhoe
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The story is a memoir told by Anna, about a year in her life that held serious struggles for her when she was about to turn 11 years old. This bright, introspective child lost her loving father and gradually came to realize that he had held their little family together with his charm and philosophical outlook. His strengths are lacking in Anna's mother, and she folds in her new responsibilities. This book is written to inspire, to show that no matter how ugly life can get, the power of life itself will support you. Anna is different from most other children because she learns to look inward...
By: Kasey Greenhoe
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Portland Bound
- By: James R. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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“Without the journey, there is no destination.” What would you do if the mother who neglected you showed up out of the blue, asked you to drive her cross-country for doctor-assisted suicide, and donate your kidney to your brother, who is awaiting an immediate transplant? Would you slam the door on her or be bound to an act of mercy? Portland Bound tells the gut-wrenching story of Charles Caine traveling from Portland, ME, to Portland, OR, with his estranged Mother, his current girlfriend, and his high school sweetheart. Charlie’s hate, bitterness, and search for true love have his ...
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Moonpath
- By: Lorna Hart
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Millie, born Amelia Randall, was robbed of her childhood innocence by a series of tragic events. Her mother, Rachel, had mysteriously disappeared and her birth father was unaware of her existence. Left in the loving care of two humble local women in the slums of Beirut, she survives, but the little girl is separated from them as they are fleeing for their lives from a violent and evil man. Found as a stow-away on a sailing yacht, Millie is taken in by a British couple who help her reunite with her missing mother’s less-than-loving family. As Millie nears adulthood, she strikes out on her ...
By: Lorna Hart
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Swamp Song
- By: Jill Penrod
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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When Yeardleigh’s papa murders her mama, an unlikely pair steals this city girl to the swamp for safety. Twelve year-old Yeardleigh finds herself left with a family with two boys and a girl, and she has to learn all the ways of river life, nothing like her city existence. As Yeardleigh grows up, she develops feelings for one of the boys, but he makes a decision that leads him away from her and estranges him from his entire family, forcing Yeardleigh to think about family, city life, and what she wants from her future. Tragedy and danger come to both Cy and Yeardleigh, and they have ...
By: Jill Penrod
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One Summer
- By: Albert Drake
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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"One Summer" is a semi-autobiographical novel that evokes the sights, sounds and smells of small-town Lents through the eyes of an adolescent boy growing up on the edge of 1940's Portland, Oregon. Drawing from personal experience, as well as historical events of Portland, Drake weaves the story of a teen reaching adulthood in the summer of 1948 that is simultaneously nostalgic and honest. Chris and his friends read Real Clue and Detective Comics at the Mt Scott drugstore, hang out at the movies at a time when John Garfield was starring in "They Made Me A Criminal," and listen to "I Love A ...
By: Albert Drake
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All the Flowers of the Mountain
- By: Christina Holbrook
- Narrated by: Theresa Bakken
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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In a Paris art gallery, Dr. Michael Pearce comes upon a sculpture by the artist Katherine Morgan. His discovery of the vivid bronze artwork sends Pearce reeling back into his past. Devastatingly lifelike, the sculpture evokes memories of a summer many years earlier when Michael and Katherine met as teenagers by a lake in New Hampshire.
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Descendant Of Yesterday
- By: brett a jefferson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 24 hrs and 49 mins
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After saying that, Ky Ma Tu's two hands made a magic spell, and the power of Law of Time in his body began to pour out, turning into a golden big hand, reaching towards the altar, the yellow flame was immediately absorbed. into his hand. "What a good thing..." Qi Ma Tu felt the power of the Law of Time hidden in the golden flame, his heart became happy, his hands joined together to grasp the collected flame. After the yellow flame flew away, the altar that had been divided into five and seven parts could no longer support it, and the whole thing collapsed. A large black cavern swarming with...
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The Symmetry of Snowflakes
- By: Paul Michael Peters
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Hank Hanson’s family is not only blended; it’s pulverized by the weight of its own perfect symmetry In "The Symmetry of Snowflakes," author Paul Michael Peters crafts an intricate narrative that delves deep into the complexities of relationships, set against the familiar yet nuanced backdrop of Michigan. The novel follows the life of Hank Hanson, a man whose external success as a businessman and admirable persona mask the tumultuous sea of emotions and unresolved issues stemming from his fragmented family life. Hank's journey is one of navigating the treacherous waters of a blended ...
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The History of My Sexuality
- By: Tobi Lakmaker
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Sofie. The history of her sexuality begins when she loses her virginity to Walter the recruitment consultant. So, naturally, she thought that things could only improve from there. But she was wrong. It seems Sofie's been wrong about a lot of things. First, she thought she was into men: wrong. Then she met Frida and thought she was set for life: wrong again. Turns out, facing up to everything she thought she knew about herself requires a lot of trial and error.
By: Tobi Lakmaker
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Verity Creek
- By: Brian Byrne
- Narrated by: Brian Byrne
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Ian Sullivan, a studious and dutiful thirteen-year-old, finds solace and escape from the baking heat of the Australian outback by immersing himself in classic works of fiction. At first, he thinks he has found a kindred spirit when Anthony Messina, the son of the new town butcher, joins St. Kieran’s for the start of the 1963 school year. And as a bonus, Anthony’s sister Sophia seems to like him as well.
By: Brian Byrne