Ep. 21: Summer Listening: The Best New Releases & Perennial Favorites

You’ve certainly heard the term beach read, but we espouse the virtues of beach listening. Hear the Editors talk about their favorites from now, then, and coming soon. 

To see our full to be listened to (a.k.a. #TBLT) recommendations, visit Audible.com/TBLT 

For more upcoming Audible releases, go to Audible.com/SummerPreview2019 

Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light by Stan Lee, Kat Rosenfield, Created by Stan Lee, Luke Lieberman, Ryan Silbert

My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Everything's Trash, but It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

Shrill by Lindy West

Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

The Hunger Games: Special Edition by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

The Bees by Laline Paull

Stoner by John Williams

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Alien III by William Gibson

Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly Harper

The Dead Drink First by Dale Maharidge

Olio Live by Tyehimba Jess

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Episode 21

I love to listen to audio books especially during the summer since I'm a laborer and have lots of time to listen while I'm doing various things. The books I'm most excited to listen to Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light, Bad Blood and With the Fire on High.

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This was actually pretty good. The editors start off by mentioning a posthumously published work by Stan Lee coming out, touch upon a new audio edition for "The Hunger Games", and discuss how sometimes readers re-listen old favorites once a year, like "Eat, Pray, Love".

I thought the conversation about the merits of the audio performance for "Red, White & Royal Blue" was especially helpful--I'll have to check that one out! I also highly recommend people read/listen to "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt before seeing the upcoming movie. It is depressing but nonetheless really good.

At 48min long, this could be a nice free podcast listen if you are unsure what to read next.