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Ep. 27: Best of 2019: Our Top Picks
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Our editors take you through Audible’s Best of the Year, including the Top Ten, category winners, trends, and more.
To see the full Best of the Year list, go to Audible.com/Bestof2019.
Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia, Simon Bruni - translation
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Call Me God by Jim Clemente, Tim Clemente, Peter McDonnell
Twisted by Mary Pilon, Carla Correa
Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
Metahuman by Deepak Chopra
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark
Work It Out by Mel Robbins
Foreverywhere by Steve Burns, Steven Drozd, Gabe Soria
Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant by Alan Cumming
Proof of Love by Chisa Hutchinson
Olio Live by Tyehimba Jess
Latin History for Morons by John Leguizamo
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
The Border by Don Winslow
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Forward by Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, N. K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay, Andy Weir
The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty
Underland by Robert Macfarlane
The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Tara Sivec, Andi Arndt
It's Not What It Looks Like by Molly Burke
Find Another Dream by Maysoon Zayid
Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl by Jeannie Vanasco
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Find Me by André Aciman
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- Kelly J. Hayes
- 01-19-20
love audicted!
I love the addicted podcast and would rank it is one of my favorite things about audible. This episode 27 was full of great suggestions, but I found that I kept missing the name of the title, or maybe it wouldn't catch my interest until I heard the description, and then the title was never mentioned again. Fortunately i was able to go on my computer and find the list of books from this episode (i cant figure out how to find that on the app on my phone yet!). But my one suggestion would be to say the name of the title at the end of the description/discussion and not only at the beginning. thanks for this great podcast!
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- Maverick’s Trove
- 01-10-20
Episode 27
I'm intrigued by some of the titles. I always like the best of the year books because it is interesting seeing which books are popular.
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- Antone Rich
- 03-10-20
Not a good list
Many of the books reviewed are not what I’m interested in. The people in the program where also kind of preachy. Im not interested in there personal or political views i just want to find good books.
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- Cai
- 12-21-19
Audicted is not for me
Not a regular listener. I'd be delighted to read a transcript, but definitely not for me.
High production value all around, with pleasing voices. Stopped listening to the words and just enjoyed their voices after a bit.
That there isn't a link to the whole best-of lists would seem an obvious oversight. Especially since titles were only mentioned once. When it's the first exposure to a title, then followed by a multi-person review, one expects at least one more mention to make it memorable and searchable.
Would enjoy reading this for the same reason I prefer a written diy over videos - written is easier to repeat, or scan, or pause to secure it in the brain. Also, screen captures for reference.
Also, really felt the generation gap while listening. It's only a decade or 2 we're talking about here (I'm barely 50), but there were a few double takes just in the first 20 minutes. Certainly, podcast productions should cater to they're repeat listeners. But if Audible plans to promote it to everyone, why not make it inclusive for a wider audience?
if your brain is still in top top shape, if you're a millennial, if you either follow all the genres or stick to your comfort zones, give it a try! It has the right ingredients to delight.
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- Alex
- 12-21-19
U need boomer reviewers.
These people love to hear themselves talk. Less talk and more samples please! Maybe there is a boomer top picks on here that I missed. Wrong generation to be picking for your boomer target audience.
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