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BEST OF THE BEST

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  • All Her Little Secrets Audiobook By Wanda M. Morris cover art

    • All Her Little Secrets

    • A Novel
    • By: Wanda M. Morris
    • Narrated by: Susan Dalian
    • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 220 ratings
    • Thriller | No secret can remain hidden forever
    • Ellice Littlejohn is deeply flawed. In fact, when she discovers the dead body of her boss/lover, she simply closes the door and walks away. And that’s not even the most shocking thing to happen in All Her Little Secrets, a thrilling debut from Wanda M. Morris that follows a lawyer caught up in a dangerous corporate conspiracy. Ellice is desperate to keep her secrets hidden, but as they are revealed one by one, I was impressed with her ability to hold her own and never admit defeat. Narrator Susan Dalian—who has quickly become one of my favorites for her recent thriller performances—imbues Ellice with a fiery spirit that keeps fighting to the very end.
      —Margaret H., Audible Editor
  • Miracle and Wonder Audiobook By Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam cover art

    • Miracle and Wonder

    • Conversations with Paul Simon
    • By: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 456 ratings
    • Biography & Memoir | You can call him "Pal"
    • Paul Simon was the soundtrack of my early social life: I bought the vinyl Concert in Central Park (with my babysitting money!) and played it nonstop in middle school. No sleepover was deemed a success unless and until—strung out on pizza and unlimited ginger ale—a heartfelt group rendition of ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' ensued. When I started high school, we chorus nerds impressed ourselves by duplicating S&G harmonies in our spare time, and the summer I graduated, the album Graceland put heart into our efforts to boycott South Africa. In Miracle and Wonder, Simon (with the help of Malcolm Gladwell) pulls back the curtain on the inspiration for the songs we love and also the artistry that has driven a lifetime of songwriting. If you are like me, this audio is a gift. If you are new to Paul Simon and his music, I envy you the richness of discovery that awaits. In either case, Simon was right about a lot of things, and especially that the music we hear in our early teens remains powerful throughout our lives.
      —Christina H., Audible Editor
  • The Other Man Audiobook By Farhad J. Dadyburjor cover art

    • The Other Man

    • By: Farhad J. Dadyburjor
    • Narrated by: Ariyan Kassam
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • Romance | A feel-good love story—a dash of LGBTQIA+ history
    • As soon as I heard the premise of The Other Man, I knew I had to give it a listen. Set in modern-day Mumbai, this gay rom-com has it all: a wealthy and attractive hero, a story of secrets and double lives, an arranged marriage, and an incredible love story. I was also lucky enough to sit down with Farhad Dadyburjor to talk about his story, which made me love it even more! Between Ariyan Kassam’s amazing performance and the incorporation of the real-life repeal of the Indian Penal Code’s Section 377, which made it a crime to be gay, this listen is as heartwarming as it is provocative. In other words, I love just about everything about it.
      —Michael C., Audible Editor
  • Eminent Domain Audiobook By Victoriano Cárdenas, Warren Langford cover art
  • Wish You Were Here Audiobook By Jodi Picoult cover art

    • Wish You Were Here

    • A Novel
    • By: Jodi Picoult
    • Narrated by: Marin Ireland
    • Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 11-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 254 ratings
    • Fiction | Isolation and transformation on the Galapagos
    • The first question I asked myself before choosing Wish You Were Here as my pick this month was, ''Is it too soon? Can I handle a COVID-19, lockdown-themed listen while (still) working from home?'' But the whole idea of spending quarantine on the Galapagos Islands, especially in the hands of a writer like Jodi Picoult, fascinated me. And with Marin Ireland narrating! I was sold. So many people out there have spent the last many, many months reevaluating life choices on all levels, and some find themselves (like the characters in this story) reemerging changed, dare I say evolved. It’s not too soon to contemplate these things. To hear how Picoult’s characters fare in these bizarre times is simultaneously gut-wrenching and comforting—and totally entertaining.
      —Tricia F., Audible Editor
  • The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks Audiobook By Mackenzi Lee cover art

    • The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

    • Montague Siblings, Book 3
    • By: Mackenzi Lee
    • Narrated by: Christian Coulson
    • Series: Montague Siblings, Book 3
    • Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 11-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
    • YA Romance | A swashbuckling good time
    • The finale to Mackenzi Lee’s Montague Siblings series has arrived—though I’m not sure I’m ready to say goodbye. This series has been such an unexpected, wild adventure, and its conclusion, The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks, doesn’t disappoint. Narrator Christian Coulson returns to give voice to Adrian Montague, now a teenager, as he discovers the existence of the siblings he never knew he had, Monty and Felicity. There are pirates, there’s fantasy, there’s romance, and plenty of everything listeners have come to expect and love from Lee. If we can’t have more of the Montagues, then I hope Coulson will finally answer my pleas to narrate more audiobooks!
      —Katie O., Audible Editor
  • Meltdown Podcast with David Sirota cover art

    • Meltdown

    • 9 episodes
    • 5 out of 5 stars 211 ratings
    • Audible Original Podcast | How did we get here?
    • If you’ve been paying attention over the past few decades (or maybe just the last five minutes) you may have noticed an uptick in income inequality, people yelling at each other about issues petty and profound, and the weight of existential dread contributing to record rates of mental health issues. Our current state in the States has many people asking: How did we get here? How do we get away from here? Meltdown—from award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney and best-selling author and journalist David Sirota—specifically turns a sharp eye to the 2008 financial meltdown as a contributing factor in our current set of circumstances. The team digs into how regular individuals were set up to fail while big institutions were allowed to carry on with significant support despite their role in creating the crisis. This narrative might feel familiar, but what is new is how Sirota connects the dots from the Obama administration’s response to where we landed today. If you want a trip down memory lane with a cautionary tale attached, Meltdown is your next great listen.
      —Vanessa H., Audible Editor
  • Good Omens Audiobook By Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett cover art

    • Good Omens

    • A Full Cast Production
    • By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Katherine Kingsley, Arthur Darvill, Peter Forbes, Gabrielle Glaister, Louis Davison, Pixie Davies, Chris Nelson, Ferdinand Frisby Williams, Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Josh Hopkins
    • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 372 ratings
    • Fantasy Audio Drama | Theater for the end of the world
    • I love adaptations of origin stories. Time and time again, they rehash the events that first divided our minds into right and wrong. With each listen, we rediscover who we’ve become. Though Good Omens references Eden, fans of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett know best: never trust a place to be exactly as it seems. This story asks why the end of the world would develop in a ''kids’ paradise,'' but no such place could survive to begin with. Surely the natural curiosity and boredom of children would always lead to an apple that ends it all. Kids love to ask ''why,'' and it would be a denial of our origins for adults to forget that we too learned to ask questions while growing up. As a child, I learned this lesson first through Gaiman’s Coraline, then The Graveyard Book, then The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Though I’ve revisited each of these stories, they’ve never failed to teach me something new. Expect to find fresh perspective in this full-cast recording, brought to life by David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and the many brilliant newcomers to the world of Good Omens. This listen delivers theater to your doorstep: a perfect gift for those of us missing live productions.
      —Haley H., Audible Editor

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