Audible Picks May 4, 2022

Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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The year 2020 was going to be Stassi's best year yet. Aside from becoming engaged and feeling on top of the world professionally, she also purchased her first home and was planning her dream Italian wedding. There was so much hope for the future—until it all went to pieces. Stassi may not be perfect—she may have made some (big) mistakes, but she believes she has some insight (and plenty of amusing stories) about getting knocked up, being called out, and learning from her mistakes.

Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways to Save Money and Build Your Wealth book cover
Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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In Just Keep Buying, Nick Maggiulli, a well-known finance writer, crunches the figures to answer the most pressing issues about personal finance and investment, while also showing you how to generate money right away.

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future book cover
Genre: Business

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

By Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, narrated by Blake Masters
Tags: Business

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The book Zero to One is about how to start businesses that make new items. It is based on Peter Thiel's direct experience as a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir. Thiel's single most powerful pattern is that successful people uncover value in unexpected places. Ask not, what would Mark do? Ask: What valuable company is nobody building?

The Last Sword Maker (The Course of Empire Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

The Last Sword Maker (The Course of Empire Series Book 1)

By Brian Nelson, narrated by Bradford Hastings
Tags: Science Fiction

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The Last Sword Maker is a thrilling international thriller with unforgettable characters that portrays a chilling vision of the future of warfare.

Lessons in Chemistry book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

Lessons in Chemistry

By Bonnie Garmus, narrated by Bonnie Garmus, Miranda Raison, Pandora Sykes
Tags: Literary Fiction

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In this story that is "irresistible, fulfilling, and full of gasoline," meet Elizabeth Zott, a one-of-a-kind chemist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV culinary show.

The Sunshine Club book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

The Sunshine Club

By Carolyn Brown, narrated by Brittany Pressley
Tags: Literary Fiction

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For sixty years, Gussie, Ina Mae, and Blanche have been great friends. These three were inseparable from the time they founded the Sunshine Club as young girls to becoming the matchmaking queens of Newton, Texas. When Blanche dies, Gussie and Ina Mae decide that the best way to remember her is to have a shot of whiskey, listen to some fine music, and make a match for Blanche's niece, Sissy.

The No-Show book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

The No-Show

By Beth O'Leary, narrated by Evanna Lynch, Heather Long, Kathryn Drysdale, Luke Thompson
Tags: Clean Romance

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In this witty new rom-com from Beth O'Leary, best-selling author of The Flatshare, three women who appear to have nothing in common discover that they're linked with the same man.

Meet Me in the Margins book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Meet Me in the Margins

By Melissa Ferguson, narrated by Talon David
Tags: Clean Romance

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Claire Donovan, the editor-in-chief of the country's most successful romance imprint, has asked to see the novel Savannah has been covertly working on. To protect her identity as a romance author, Sarah hides her manuscript after nearly exposing herself to her entire publishing firm - including William Pennington, the son of Savannah's romance-hating boss. When she returns, she is shocked to learn that someone has left notes in the margins of her manuscript.

365 Days book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

365 Days

By Blanka Lipińska, narrated by Maya Starling, Sebastian York
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Laura Biel is enjoying a fantastic holiday in Sicily with her boyfriend. She gets kidnapped on the second day of their trip, her 29th birthday. Her kidnapper is none other than the stunningly gorgeous, young Don Massimo Torricelli, the head of a major Sicilian mafia family.

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I'll Be You

By Janelle Brown, narrated by Julia Whelan, Kate Rudd
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Two identical twin sisters, both former child actresses, have grown apart—until one of them goes missing, forcing the other to confront the secrets they've kept hidden from each other.

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The Reunion

By Kiersten Modglin, narrated by Meg Price
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Cait Du Bois once pledged never to return to the location where she had suffered such tragedy. When Hotel Lilith is picked as the place for her high-school reunion, she can't help but feel compelled to show off her new life to the individuals who formerly made her life so difficult.

The Boy from the Woods (Wilde Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

The Boy from the Woods (Wilde Book 1)

By Harlan Coben, narrated by Steven Weber
Tags: Mystery

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Wilde was discovered as a feral child living in the woods thirty years ago, with no knowledge of his history. He still has no idea where he came from as an adult, and another child has gone missing.

A River of Lies book cover
Genre: Mystery

A River of Lies

By John Crossan, narrated by Kevin Stillwell
Tags: Mystery

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When his girlfriend, Jillian Russo, washes up on the shore of the Merrimack River, Carmen Vaughn finds himself the main suspect in her murder investigation. As the investigation progresses, Vaughn suspects that someone else was dating and killed Jillian . . . but knowing it and proving it are two different matters, and time is running out.

Death by Cop: A Call for Unity! book cover
Genre: True Crime

Death by Cop: A Call for Unity!

By Wayne Reid and Judge Charles Gill, narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Tags: True Crime

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A moving account of compassion, forgiveness, and hope for all. Learn about the emotional journey experienced from all sides and the impact on our lives. A groundbreaking story to inspire all.

Forever More: A Love Story from the Edge of Eternity book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Forever More: A Love Story from the Edge of Eternity

By Michele DeLuca, narrated by Katherine Godwin
Tags: Steamy Romance

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A skeptical school teacher meets a charming dead guy who is channeled through the body of another man. The spirit introduces her to the wonders of the next life as the two fall in love. The problem is that man whose body the spirit must borrow, is falling in love with her too.

The Other Magic (Passage to Dawn Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

The Other Magic (Passage to Dawn Book 1)

By Derrick Smythe, narrated by Greg Patmore
Tags: Fantasy

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Kibure’s inexplicable use of power places him in grave danger, but the rogue priestess hired to strip him of his power chooses instead to help him escape. Her reasons for doing so are her own, but something worse than death awaits if they are unable to evade the Empire's most potent wielders.

A Shift in Shadows (Lost Legacies Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

A Shift in Shadows (Lost Legacies Book 1)

By Maddox Grey, narrated by Krys Janae
Tags: Fantasy

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Nemain is a feline shapeshifter with dangerous skills and even more dangerous magic. Her entire life she has hidden her magic from every being that inhabits the human realm and beyond. Now she's on the run from a ruthless warlock who knows her secrets. Nemain must work with new and old friends to keep her freedom and her life.