About This Collection
The first half of 2021 offered some magical memoirs, novels, podcasts, thrillers, and more that deserve their time under an early spotlight. We’ve chosen 20 titles across all genres to present as the best of the year—so far. These are the stories that made us laugh, cry, cheer for, and shout about—the ones we immediately wanted to share with our fellow Audible listeners.-
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Who Is Maud Dixon?
- A Novel
- By: Alexandra Andrews
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Florence Darrow has always felt she was destined for greatness, but after a disastrous affair with her married boss, she starts to doubt herself. All that changes when she sets off for Morocco with her new boss, the celebrated but reclusive author Maud Dixon....
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Clever...
- By Kelly
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Who Is Maud Dixon?
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-02-21
- Language: English
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Klara and the Sun
- A Novel
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Sura Siu
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside....
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Very interesting read
- By Linda
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Klara and the Sun
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Sura Siu
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-02-21
- Language: English
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Hit Job
- By: Eric Cunningham, Achilles Stamatelaky, Lauren Gurganous
- Narrated by: Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Hit Job follows Brynn Morris (Palmer), an aspiring artist desperate for a job to help her ailing grandmother….
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Amazing
- By Amazon Customer
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Hit Job
- Narrated by: Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 04-09-21
- Language: English
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The History of Sketch Comedy
- A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor With Keegan-Michael Key
- By: Elle Key, Keegan-Michael Key
- Narrated by: Keegan-Michael Key
- Length: Not Yet Known
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From the beginning of time, there have been many monumental questions that have perplexed the human race....
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Well worth a listen. Funny and good formatting.
- By Joey Duncan
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The History of Sketch Comedy
- A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor With Keegan-Michael Key
- Narrated by: Keegan-Michael Key
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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Black, White, and The Grey
- The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant
- By: Mashama Bailey, John O. Morisano
- Narrated by: Mashama Bailey, John O. Morisano
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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In this dual memoir, Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano take turns telling how they went from tentative business partners to dear friends while turning a dilapidated formerly segregated Greyhound bus station into The Grey, now one of the most celebrated restaurants....
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Great Book
- By MR
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Black, White, and The Grey
- The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant
- Narrated by: Mashama Bailey, John O. Morisano
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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Shootout
- The Battle for North Hollywood
- By: Grant Anderson, Peter McDonnell
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Connell
- Length: Not Yet Known
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One typical Friday morning in February 1997, two masked men dressed in body armor and carrying automatic rifles burst into the Bank of America in North Hollywood, California and started shooting....
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Loved This
- By Rebecca Carfagno
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Shootout
- The Battle for North Hollywood
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Connell
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 02-04-21
- Language: English
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Detransition, Baby
- A Novel
- By: Torrey Peters
- Narrated by: Renata Friedman
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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The lives of three women—transgender and cisgender—collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires....
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Innovative trans narrative, sans transsexual spectacle
- By Ali & Karalyn
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Detransition, Baby
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Renata Friedman
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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Firekeeper's Daughter
- By: Angeline Boulley
- Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother....
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Read this book! You will be better for it.
- By null
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Firekeeper's Daughter
- Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-16-21
- Language: English
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Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
- By: Kaela Rivera
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas, much to her family’s disapproval....
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awesome book but I hate cliffhangers
- By william
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Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
- Series: Cece Rios, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 04-13-21
- Language: English
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
- A Novella
- By: Samantha Downing
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King, Lindsey Dorcus
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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From the internationally best-selling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It comes a twisted, entertaining novella about a dog walker swept into a criminal investigation when her client winds up dead....
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The last sentence.....
- By BookObssessed
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
- A Novella
- Narrated by: Melanie Nicholls-King, Lindsey Dorcus
- Series: Audible Original Stories
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 04-01-21
- Language: English
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You Are Your Best Thing
- Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
- By: Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Tarana Burke, Brené Brown, the Contributors, Mirron Willis, Bahni Turpin, JD Jackson, L Morgan Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience....
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life changing
- By Rhianna O.
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You Are Your Best Thing
- Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
- Narrated by: Tarana Burke, Brené Brown, the Contributors, Mirron Willis, Bahni Turpin, JD Jackson, L Morgan Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-27-21
- Language: English
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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....
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✫✫ 4.75 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧
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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr
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Project Hail Mary
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-04-21
- Language: English
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Just as I Am
- A Memoir
- By: Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford
- Narrated by: Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Robin Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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At last, Academy, Tony, and three-time Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer Cicely Tyson tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career....
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Beautifully Human; Great Narration
- By tenACEous
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Just as I Am
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Robin Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-26-21
- Language: English
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We Should All Be Millionaires
- A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power
- By: Rachel Rodgers
- Narrated by: Rachel Rodgers
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Are you ready to fill your life with more peace, power, and joy? We Should All Be Millionaires details a realistic, achievable, step-by-step path to creating the support, confidence, and plan you need to own your success and become the millionaire the world needs you to be....
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incredible
- By Sky
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We Should All Be Millionaires
- A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power
- Narrated by: Rachel Rodgers
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-11-21
- Language: English
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One Last Stop
- By: Casey McQuiston
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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For cynical 23-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone....
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IN LOVE
- By Mallory Spiers
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One Last Stop
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-01-21
- Language: English
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Crying in H Mart
- A Memoir
- By: Michelle Zauner
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, comes an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity....
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My mom
- By WBC
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Crying in H Mart
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 04-20-21
- Language: English
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
- By: Dawnie Walton
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, André De Shields, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steve West, Gabra Zackman, full cast
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark secrets unearthed when they try to reunite decades later for one last tour....
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Amazing!!!
- By bmurray
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, André De Shields, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steve West, Gabra Zackman, full cast
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-30-21
- Language: English
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Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
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The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin....
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Unputdownable
- By Nina Jacobson
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Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 04-13-21
- Language: English
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Beginner's Mind
- Words + Music | Vol. 13
- By: Yo-Yo Ma
- Narrated by: Yo-Yo Ma
- Length: 1 hrs and 32 mins
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Journey with musical virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma as the iconic performer and global phenomenon delves into the world of self-discovery and our deeply interwoven humanity....
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Simply beautifully, deeply humane ...
- By lesley ann
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Beginner's Mind
- Words + Music | Vol. 13
- Narrated by: Yo-Yo Ma
- Series: Words + Music
- Length: 1 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 04-08-21
- Language: English
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