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Petrarch’s Canzoniere
- Scattered Rhymes, a New Verse Translation
- By: Francesco Petrarch
- Narrated by: Ed Ashley
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Francesco Petrarch’s Canzoniere (translated in English as ‘Scattered Rhymes’) is a collection of 14th century poems famed for their exploration of love, grief, spirituality and nature. Peter Thornton's accessible new translation brings Petrarch to the 21st century in direct, rhymed, English verse - for academics and poetry enthusiasts alike.
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Poetry read like prose
- By Rose Armiger on 11-19-25
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Petrarch’s Canzoniere
- Scattered Rhymes, a New Verse Translation
- Narrated by: Ed Ashley
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-23-22
- Language: English
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard...
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Treasure
- By James on 08-25-22
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-23-22
- Language: English
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Shōbōgenzō
- The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching
- By: Eihei Dōgen
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 55 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Shōbōgenzō is the recognized spiritual masterpiece by the 13th- century Japanese Sōtō Zen Master Eihei Dōgen. It is comprised of discourses that he gave to his disciples, in person or in writing, at various times between 1231 and his death 22 years later at age 53. These discourses cover a wide range of topics pertinent to those in monastic life, though often also relevant to those training in lay life.
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I'm just amazed
- By Amazon Customer on 05-01-21
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Shōbōgenzō
- The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 55 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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The Decameron
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrarch were the leading lights in a century that is considered the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment, is his most famous work, a collection of stories considered representative of the Middle Ages, as well as a product of the Renaissance.
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Everyone is dying: Let's bawdy!
- By Darwin8u on 08-13-14
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The Decameron
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 05-22-06
- Language: English
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The Great Poets: Francesco Petrarch
- By: Francesco Petrarch, Joseph Auslander - translator
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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This 14th-century Italian poet was a model for many who followed him. His passionate sonnets to Laura became the epitome for love poetry. Over some 40 years he wrote 366 sonnets to Laura, whom he probably never even spoke to, and they remain immediate and affecting even now. Called "Rime Sparse (Scattered Rhymes)", they influenced Chaucer and many others.
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The Great Poets: Francesco Petrarch
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 11-18-10
- Language: English
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- with Pearl and Sir Orfeo
- By: not specified, J. R. R. Tolkien - translator
- Narrated by: Terry Jones
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall756
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Performance629
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A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for...
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An absolute delight!
- By Shannon Slee on 07-15-18
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- with Pearl and Sir Orfeo
- Narrated by: Terry Jones
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-21-06
- Language: English
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Il Canzoniere
- By: Francesco Petrarca
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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La voce del narratore recita le più belle poesie di Petrarca, tratte dal Canzoniere dove l'autore, prende in esame i suoi sentimenti, analizza il suo amore non corrisposto per Laura (chiunque sia stata questa donna) ed esplora le sue crisi più profonde e irrisolte.
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Il Canzoniere
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 34 mins
- Release date: 05-15-08
- Language: Italian
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All the Sonnets of Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare, Paul Edmondson - editor, Stanley Wells - editor
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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How can we look afresh at Shakespeare as a writer of sonnets? What new light might they shed on his career, personality, and sexuality? Shakespeare wrote sonnets for at least 30 years, not only for himself, for professional reasons, and for those he loved, but also in his plays, as prologues, as epilogues, and as part of their poetic texture.
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peaceful
- By resol on 12-04-23
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All the Sonnets of Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 12-16-21
- Language: English
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Canzoniere vol. I
- (1-183)
- By: Francesco Petrarca
- Narrated by: Sergio Baldelli
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Composto a più riprese nel corso di tutta la vita del poeta (dal 1304 al 1374), "il Canzoniere" comprende 366 componimenti in versi italiani ed è una delle opere principali della letteratura italiana per la profondità del linguaggio, del pensiero, della sofferenza interiore e per la speranza di una redenzione. Viene qui proposta la prima parte dell'integrale dell'opera, letta da Sergio Baldelli.
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Canzoniere vol. I
- (1-183)
- Narrated by: Sergio Baldelli
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 06-21-21
- Language: Italian
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Danger on Peaks
- By: Gary Snyder
- Narrated by: Gary Snyder
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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We are proud to continue our project of publishing Deluxe Audio Editions of the poems of Gary Snyder, read by him. When first published in 2004, it was the poet's first new collection of poems in 20 years. Perhaps his most personal, autobiographical collection, it begins with the young poet ascending Mt. St. Helens in 1945, a climb accidentally timed with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was 15 years old.
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Gary Snyder in a Lifetime, Unforgettable
- By Susie on 05-05-16
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Danger on Peaks
- Narrated by: Gary Snyder
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-21-16
- Language: English
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Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. ‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people – a selection [of verses] offered as an ‘interim report’...
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Almost disappointing
- By Christopher on 11-19-19
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Theo of Golden
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENONEMON A Katie Couric Book Club Pick A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick “[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times “A treasure.” —Hoda Kotb One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn't...
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Heart the Lover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. You knew I’d write a book about you someday. Our narrator understands good love stories—their secrets and subtext, their...
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This audio edition is read by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie as Marcellus. It was a Finalist for Audiobook of the Year. A New York Times Bestseller * A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick Soon to be a Netflix Film “This fantastical debut audiobook will enchant listeners. Gifted vocal...
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
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Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)
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A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Fiction Over 1 Million Copies Sold A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that...
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Best book of the year
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENONEMON A Katie Couric Book Club Pick A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick “[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times “A treasure.” —Hoda Kotb One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn't...
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Absolutely spectacular
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
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Best book of the year
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My Friends
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A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Best Fiction Narrator #1 New York Times bestseller, more than 1 million copies sold! Winner of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction * A Fallon Book Club Pick * USA TODAY Best Books of the Year * NPR Best Books of the Year * Marie Claire 25 Best Novels...
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Long story
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Kin: Oprah's Book Club
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds...
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Such Vivid Prose!
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Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love...
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Practically Perfect
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The Keeper
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Oprah Daily, Today, BookPage, Goodreads, and more From the iconic crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent”...
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I'll read anything Tana French writes
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Into the Blue: Reese's Book Club
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One that stays with you
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The Hobbit
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Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum—as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake; for lake it was, wide and deep and deadly cold.
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Andy Serkis Was Sheer Perfection
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Go Gentle: Oprah's Book Club
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OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB “For all those who crave a good page-turner, this is one wild ride of a story that carries equal parts wit and wisdom. I learned so much about Stoicism—I laughed out loud for real. And underneath the humor there was always something tender . . . a quiet truth about...
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The Testaments (TV Tie-in)
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A gripping return to Gilead, The Testaments exposes the regime’s inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall. Now a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role...
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It does what a sequel should do.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century. “Mesmerizing.”—People...
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characters were interesting
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The God of the Woods
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES "BEST THRILLER" and "BEST CRIME NOVEL" OF THE YEAR PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S “100 MUST-READ BOOKS”...
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Tangled Mystery Overloaded with Characters and Confusing Time Jumps
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The Alchemist
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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES “Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation” A spellbinding audio presentation of the extraordinary bestseller...
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A Timeless Tale
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Head Case
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Never make a major life decision in the wake of emotional turmoil. Cassie Romano learned this the hard way, leaving sunny San Diego for a teaching position at a private school in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York after a painful break-up left her heart-broken and in need of a change. It all seemed so perfect in June when she came to interview. But now it’s December, and she’s stranded on top of a mountain surrounded by snow, ice, and acres of wilderness, lonelier than ever and bored out of her mind.
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Would have been easier in written form
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By: Bonnie Traymore
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The Road to Tender Hearts
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Overall2,602
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals...
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Brilliant!
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By: Annie Hartnett
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Margo's Got Money Troubles
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Audiobook Narrated by Elle Fanning! “The warmth of Thorpe’s tone, together with the thoroughness of her imagination and the artfulness of her pacing, means that skepticism is kept at bay. She sells us on both the characters and the plot . . . [in] this enormously entertaining and lovable...
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MATURE AUDIENCE ONLY
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By: Rufi Thorpe
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The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club)
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Performance4,004
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a propulsive novel following a young father grappling with unbearable...
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Dissapointed
- By Amazon Customer on 06-21-25
By: Wally Lamb
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
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Overall24,458
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Performance22,512
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As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house until one night her stargazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.
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So many 'hard to listen to' moments
- By jksullycats on 12-27-16
By: Bryn Greenwood
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The Midnight Library
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Overall69,576
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Performance61,406
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Story61,155
The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite...
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Exceptional.
- By Richard B. on 10-05-20
By: Matt Haig
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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
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Overall23,035
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Performance20,887
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Story20,830
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. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls.
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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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The Lies They Told
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Overall673
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Performance659
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Story659
In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics movement—when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin—in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope for listeners of Susan Meissner, Kristin Hannah, and Christina Baker Kline.
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I had no idea…
- By Mary on 01-02-26
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The Searcher
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- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,328
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Performance9,999
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Story9,966
Best Book of 2020 New York Times |NPR | New York Post "This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "A new Tana French is always cause for celebration . . . Read it once for the plot...
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WONDERFULLY DREARY IRISH ATMOSPHERE & STORY
- By SM on 10-06-20
By: Tana French
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Half His Age
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- By: Jennette McCurdy
- Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,949
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Performance1,927
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Story1,927
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes “a thorny examination of power, lust, shame and rage” (Los Angeles Times) from “a writer able to capture some of the darkest parts of human nature with unflinching honesty and...
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The author is very honest but …………..
- By Well Read Nana 1/24 on 02-01-26
By: Jennette McCurdy
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The Name of the Wind
- Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1
- By: Patrick Rothfuss
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall109,123
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Performance98,410
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Story98,430
This is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.
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Not sure why the reviews are so polar opposite.
- By Aaron Altman on 06-28-09
By: Patrick Rothfuss
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The Dog Stars
- By: Peter Heller
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,580
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Performance4,074
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Story4,064
“Leave it to Peter Heller to imagine a postapocalyptic world that contains as much loveliness as it does devastation. His hero, Hig, flies a 1956 Cessna (his dog as copilot) around what was once Colorado, chasing all the same things we chase in these pre-annihilation days: love, friendship...
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Absolutely Stellar!
- By Mel on 08-10-12
By: Peter Heller
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Nightshade
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,995
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Performance4,721
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Story4,721
Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a...
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That it was a Michael Connelly book
- By Patti S. on 05-23-25
By: Michael Connelly