Audible Picks May 22, 2024

In This Economy? book cover
Genre: Finance

In This Economy?

By Kyla Scanlon and Morgan Housel, narrated by Morgan Housel
Tags: Finance

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Is our national debt really a threat? What is a “mild” recession, exactly? If you’re worried about your bank account balance, job security, or mortgage rate, what data should you be keeping tabs on? For anyone trying to make sense of disorienting headlines, there’s no better interpreter than Kyla Scanlon.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Just Watch Me

By Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, narrated by Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Judge Rosemarie Aquilina made headlines with her unprecedented judicial decisions during the Nassar sentencing hearing, but in a life filled with unconventional choices and bold decisions, this was only one of her many extraordinary moments. In this empowering memoir, Judge Aquilina finally shares her own deeply personal story.

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Genre: Business

Our Harlem: Seven Days of Cooking, Music and Soul at the Red Rooster

By Marcus Samuelsson, narrated by Marcus Samuelsson
Tags: Business

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To hear Ethiopian and Swedish chef, TV personality, and restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson cook with special guests at the Red Rooster restaurant is to make an audio pilgrimage to Harlem. Listeners will get to know the iconic neighborhood, Marcus’ home, through its food, its history, and - most importantly - its people.

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Genre: Science Fiction

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse Book 1)

By Dennis E. Taylor, narrated by Ray Porter
Tags: Science Fiction

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There's a reason We Are Legion (We Are Bob) was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list is spending his newfound windfall.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash

By Yahtzee Croshaw, narrated by Yahtzee Croshaw
Tags: Science Fiction

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With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Lucia

By Steven A. McKay, narrated by Imogen Church
Tags: Literary Fiction

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At eight years old, Lucia is torn from the life she knew. Her village is burned to the ground and her parents are murdered by Romans, she is kidnapped, sold, and shipped abroad to the Villa Tempestatis in Britannia to serve the young Roman army officer Castus.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Starter Ex

By Mia Sosa, narrated by Noah B. Perez and Miranda Jay
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Meet Vanessa Cordero. A cynic with a colorful past. You see, in college, Vanessa devised a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your latest crush...and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. A mother's worst nightmare? Check, check, check. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy would be ready for...YOU.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Playing for Keeps

By Kendall Ryan, narrated by Jason Clarke and Virginia Rose
Tags: Steamy Romance

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The first book in the scorching new Hot Jocks series by New York Times best-selling author Kendall Ryan - available in audio first! I've never been so stupid in my entire life. Elise Parrish, my teammate's incredibly sweet and gorgeous younger sister, should have been off-limits, but my hockey stick didn't get the memo.

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Genre: True Crime

The Second Victim: Daisy's Story

By Daisy and Emma Barnaby, narrated by Daisy
Tags: True Crime

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Daisy is a black baby adopted into a white family in rural 1970s England. Alienation and loss of identity dominate her childhood. After discovering she was conceived through child rape, she begins a lifelong mission to find and prosecute her birth father using the only irrefutable evidence left. Her own DNA.

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Genre: Mystery

Ghost Station

By Dan Wells, narrated by Jonathan Davis
Tags: Mystery

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It is an especially uneasy time at The Cabin, a joint US-West German listening station. Its agents failed to see the Wall coming. And now the East Germans and their Soviet allies are making new, aggressive moves. Then, CIA cryptographer Wallace Reed decodes the latest message from the double agent known as Longshore - and the crisis escalates. Has Longshore been caught? Suborned? Murdered?

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Genre: Thriller & Suspense

The River Man

By R. B. Croft, narrated by Dominic West
Tags: Thriller & Suspense

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Clem knows every inch of Watersmeet like the back of his hand. After all, he’s controlled crime here for most of his career. But after a shocking murder, he meets jaundiced yellow eyes shining out of the darkness beyond the houses on the village’s eerie southern slopes, and everything he thought he knew about the place is thrown into question.

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Genre: Mystery

The Worst of You

By Sarah Richards, narrated by Sarah Desjardins
Tags: Mystery

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Brace yourself for the latest gripping thriller from Sarah Richards, the bestselling author behind Audible hits China White and Born Winners. The Worst of You is a twisted tale full of mysteries that only grow more intense with each thrilling reveal, keeping you guessing until the shocking conclusion.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Ace on the Hill

By JC Wesslen, narrated by Luke Welland
Tags: Clean Romance

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Twelve-year-old Jay can’t believe his family’s on the move again–this time to suburban Boston. Despite bonding with his new pals at the local ball field, adolescence throws him a curve. Peer pressure, family drama, and bullying land him in a jam until an unexpected romance helps Jay rekindle his first love, baseball, and deliver in the clutch.

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Genre: Thriller & Suspense

The Manchineel

By Jessica Carrasquillo, narrated by Bianca Santos and Jason Manuel Olazábal
Tags: Thriller & Suspense

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Love, murder, and suspense. Elyse shares nature's beauty with her followers, but behind her smile hides a haunting past and the chilling capacity to kill. When she’s introduced to Ben, a married older man and charming Hollywood attorney, an undeniable attraction blooms. As their connection deepens, so do the roots of a deadly plan.

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Genre: Fantasy

Seventh Bridge to the Heavens: Remastered Edition (First Fist Book 1)

By TJ Reynolds, narrated by Daniel Wisniewski and Rebecca Woods
Tags: Fantasy

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In a world where mana can transform a man's body, core, and mind, Luca never receives such a blessing. Broken down by war, he is exiled to an island that holds more secrets than he could ever anticipate. Discovering a lost source of magic, he finds purpose and a deep love for his new friends. LOTR meets Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy

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#StarTrek meets The Big Bang Theory in this hilarious scifi mashup that follows Captain Kirk Rogers on his quest to save the universe. All four books in the Kirk Rogers Series were narrated by the very talented Jared Kedzia. Thanks for reading!

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Genre: Fantasy

Oaths of Blood (The Oaths of Blood Saga Book 1)

By Logan D. Irons, narrated by Liam Price
Tags: Fantasy

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In 1099, Robert Cutnose and his fellow Crusaders storm the walls of Jerusalem in a desperate attempt to take the city. But what they find inside is far more terrifying than the arrows and spears that fly their way...Oaths of Blood is an action-packed grimdark historical fantasy for fans of Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne, and Bernard Cornwell.