Audible Picks January 18, 2023

Audible Picks January 18, 2023

Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
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Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the 45 days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life - and his family’s - as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.

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Genre: Finance
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As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had - vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture - and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor.

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Genre: Business

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

By Matt Ridley, narrated by Matt Ridley
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Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. Forget short-term symptoms like Donald Trump and Brexit, it is innovation itself that explains them and that will itself shape the 21st century for good and ill.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Alien Hostiles (Solar Warden Book 2)

By Ian Douglas, narrated by Nick Sullivan
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By exposing the sinister Saurians, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Mark Hunter and his team have more than proven themselves. Yet the war between humanity and the intergalactic aliens has only begun - now they must save themselves and all of civilization.

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Genre: Fantasy

Reincarnation Blues

By Michael Poore, narrated by Mark Bramhall
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Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to "get it right". Answer all the big questions. Achieve wisdom. And become one with everything. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Rewind

By Catherine Ryan Howard, narrated by Alana Kerr Collins
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Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges on-screen, kills her, and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself?

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Genre: True Crime
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In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black recounted her life lived eye to eye with the Grim Reaper. During the course of it, she offered a primer on the basics of identifying human remains and a sober, compassionate understanding of its inescapable presence in our existence.

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Genre: Mystery

Lie in Wait

By Eric Rickstad, narrated by Amy Landon
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Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present. In the remote, pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town's sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens.

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Genre: Mystery

The Chalk Man

By C. J. Tudor, narrated by Euan Morton
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In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. But one morning, the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl.

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A Touch of Malice (A Nick Bracco Thriller Book 4)

By Gary Ponzo, narrated by Gary Bennett
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FBI agent Nick Bracco is rushed to Columbia to save the US President's brother from a cartel leader. Bracco recruits his mafia-connected cousin Tommy to assist with the extraction, since Tommy can navigate the underground unabated. Tommy also uses a Russian assassin who owes him a favor. The story never leaves you time to breath.

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The Magdalene Deception (The Magdalene Chronicles Book 1)

By Gary McAvoy, narrated by Will Damron
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The very foundation of Christianity is at stake in this riveting thriller set in the Vatican Secret Archives. Join Father Michael Dominic and reporter Hana Sinclair, along with valiant Swiss Guards, as they try to prevent an explosive manuscript by Mary Magdalene from falling into the wrong hands—including those in the highest ranks of the Vatican.

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Genre: Fantasy

Samurai Tales: Legend of the Great Black Bear

By Timothy McCallum, narrated by Lauren Garvin
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During a time of turmoil, a samurai goes on a quest across the land to save his younger brother from a horde of barbarians. With their land under seige, they fight to survive and go on a journey that changes both their lives. Witness the legend of the Great Black Bear!

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Country Hot (The Wilders Book 4)

By Heatherly Bell, narrated by Kimberly Austin
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The infamous Wilder Sisters and the men who love them. From reunion romance, to enemies to lovers these sisters find love and romance along the coast of Monterey Bay. A collection of the three books in the popular Wilder Sisters series: Country Gold, She's Country Strong, and A Country Wedding.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Loving Her Cowboy Enemy (Love, Faith, and Cowboys Book 1)

By Rose Verde, narrated by Lorana Hoopes
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She's everything he wants. But they do not see eye to eye. Can they let God and let love?

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Nosy Neighbors

By Nina R Schluntz, narrated by Paul Stefano
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Julian is used to drama: seeing ghosts tends to do that to a person’s life. But when he falls for a man known as the neighborhood murderer–the dead help him uncover secrets no housewife could predict. Moving into a suburban, middle class, stereotypical neighborhood was never on Julian’s to do list.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Touch of Fondness (Stay in Touch Book 1)

By Joy Penny, narrated by Susan Marlowe
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Brielle Reyes may not have post-college life planned out, but she figures she'll work for her mother's home cleaning service while job hunting. It'll work out as long as she doesn't fall in love before she knows where she's going to wind up. Cantankerous if handsome comic book illustrator Archer Ward throws a wrench in those plans.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Crazy for You

By Kennedy Kovit, narrated by Sarah Van Sweden
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Meredith is home again, ready to settle down in her small town and open the antique shop she's always dreamed of owning. She's had enough of powerful men trying to use her and wants to simply fade away from the dating scene and enjoy life. When she runs into the diner's new owner, she quickly realizes her master plan might have been premature.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Dark Mind

By Ian Douglas, narrated by Nick Sullivan
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2425. The civil war between the United States of North America and the Pan-European Confederation is over. But before a new era of peace on Earth can begin, humankind must martial its interstellar forces as one fleet to engage in a war against an alien entity in Omega Centauri.

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Genre: Fantasy

Barren

By Peter V. Brett, narrated by Xe Sands
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Each night, the world is overrun by bloodthirsty demons. For centuries, humanity survived only by hiding behind defensive wards - magical symbols with the power to repel the demons. Now, the rediscovery of long-forgotten combat wards has given them the magic they need to fight back.

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Genre: Mystery

To Dwell in Darkness

By Deborah Crombie, narrated by Gerard Doyle
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Recently transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard headquarters, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new murder investigation team are called to a deadly bombing at historic St. Pancras Station. By fortunate coincidence, Melody Talbot, Gemma's trusted colleague, witnesses the explosion.

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Genre: Mystery

Rock with Wings

By Anne Hillerman, narrated by Christina Delaine
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Doing a good deed for a relative offers the perfect opportunity for Sergeant Jim Chee and his wife, Officer Bernie Manuelito, to get away from the daily grind of police work. But two cases will call them back from their short vacation and separate them - one near Shiprock and the other at iconic Monument Valley.

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Take Your Breath Away

By Linwood Barclay, narrated by Joe Knezevich and More
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One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder—it's always the husband, isn't it?—but the police could never build a strong case against him.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Last Boss of Brighton: Boris “Biba” Nayfeld and the Rise of the Russian Mob in America

By Douglas Century, narrated by Sean Pratt and Gregory Korostishevsky
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Boris Nayfeld, aka “Biba”, is the last living boss of the old-school Russian mob in America, and he’s survived to tell it all. Filled with sex, drugs, and murder, Biba’s story is a mind-boggling journey that took him from petty street crime in the USSR to billion-dollar embezzlement in America.

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Genre: True Crime
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When 11-year-old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession led James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave him PTSD.

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The Investigator

By John Sandford, narrated by Richard Ferrone
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By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles.

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Genre: Fantasy

Cowboy (Disrupted Equilibrium Book 2)

By William Bahl, narrated by William Bahl
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An elite hitman. The CEO of a major biotech firm. Strangers to each other. Connected by fate. Each will face betrayal and disaster as the secret organization behind a plan to unleash a deadly formula loses control and civilization begins to collapse worldwide.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Mail Order Abduction (Green River Brides Book 1)

By Leah Wyett, narrated by Gina Dobbs
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Immerse yourself in a heart-warming, suspense-filled adventure of growth and true love. Will Elijah rescue Lisette in time? Or is this one game that might just turn deadly?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Discerning Grace (The White Sails Series Book 1)

By Emma Lombard, narrated by Siobhan Waring
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If Bridgerton and Pirates of the Caribbean had a love child. Grace Baxter is not a woman content with afternoon tea and scones! She would rather chance a life at sea than put up with unforgiving London society. Adventures on the high seas, bursting with action, suspense, and a dash of romance.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Good Girl

By Piper Lawson, narrated by Joe Arden and Savannah Peachwood
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When student Haley scores an internship on grumpy rock god Jax Jamieson’s tour, she doesn't plan to fall for him - or to catch his eye in return. An addictive, enthralling romance!

Audible Picks January 11, 2023

Audible Picks January 11, 2023

A Handful of Happiness: How a Prickly Creature Softened a Prickly Heart book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

A Handful of Happiness: How a Prickly Creature Softened a Prickly Heart

By Massimo Vacchetta, Antonella Tomaselli and, Jamie Richards (Translator), narrated by James Anderson Foster and Hillary Huber (Introduction)
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Massimo Vacchetta, an Italian veterinarian specializing in large animals, is recently divorced and feeling heartbroken and depressed - until the day that someone brings an orphaned baby hedgehog into his clinic. As the tiny hedgehog cries and whimpers, Massimo immediately understands the extent of the animal's vulnerability and isolation.

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Genre: Business

Getting to Yes with Yourself

By William Ury, narrated by William Ury
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William Ury has taught tens of thousands of people from all walks of life - managers, salespeople, students, parents, lawyers, and diplomats - how to become better negotiators. Over the years, Ury has discovered that the greatest obstacle to successful agreements and satisfying relationships is not the other side, as difficult as they can be.

Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (With a Little Help from My Dad) book cover
Genre: Finance
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In this essential handbook - a blend of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Happiness Project - the cohost of the wildly popular InvestED podcast shares her yearlong journey learning to invest, as taught to her by her father, investor and best-selling author Phil Town.

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Genre: Fantasy

Ruthless (Immortal Enemies Book 2)

By Gena Showalter, narrated by Patrick Zeller
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Micah, fae King of the Forgotten, can tame even the most violent of beasts. Forged on the battlefield, this iron-willed warrior considers his soldiers his family, and he will stop at nothing to reclaim their dispossessed land. Gearing for war with a sadistic enemy, he is disciplined and focused—until a feral beauty he encountered long ago wanders into his camp.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Cold Between (Central Corps Book 1)

By Elizabeth Bonesteel, narrated by Katharine Mangold
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Deep in the stars, an officer and her lover are plunged into a murder mystery and a deadly conspiracy in this first entry in a stellar military science-fiction series in the tradition of Lois McMaster Bujold. When her crewmate is murdered on the colony of Volhynia, Central Corps chief engineer Commander Elena Shaw is shocked to learn the main suspect is her lover, Treiko.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Heaven

By Mieko Kawakami, narrated by Scott Keiji Takeda
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Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormenters.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

One Last Stop

By Casey McQuiston, narrated by Natalie Naudus
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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. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Proposal

By Jasmine Guillory, narrated by Janina Edwards
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When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part - they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans....

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Genre: True Crime

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher, narrated by Paul Holes
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I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don’t even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I’m drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another drink and swig it, trying to forget about the latest case I can’t shake.

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Genre: Mystery

Nine Lives

By Peter Swanson, narrated by Jacques Roy and Mark Bramhall
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Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. None of the nine people know or have ever met the others on the list. They dismiss it as junk mail, a fluke - until very, very bad things begin happening to people on the list. First, a well-liked old man is drowned on a beach in the small town of Kennewick, Maine.

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Genre: Mystery

Dark Objects

By Simon Toyne, narrated by Shazia Nicholls
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A glamorous woman is murdered in her ultra-luxurious London mansion and her husband goes missing. But according to public records, neither of them exists. The only leads police have are several objects arranged around the woman’s body, including a set of keys and a book called How to Process a Murder by Laughton Rees. .

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The Cabin at the End of the World

By Paul Tremblay, narrated by Amy Landon
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Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.

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Genre: Fantasy

Fangs & Fins (Blood, Bloom, & Water Book 1)

By Amy McNulty, narrated by Xoe Zen
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A dapper vampire. A sullen merman. Two heirs to a great conflict—and each needs to claim a beloved to become his kindred’s champion. Enter two stepsisters. The first book in the Blood, Bloom, & Water series sets family against family and friend against friend as an epic, ancient war comes to a head in a supposedly sleepy suburb.

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Genre: Clean Romance

A Love for the Pages

By Joy Penny, narrated by Dawn Huestis
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What bookworm library volunteer June doesn't expect to find at the library is her favorite romantic heroes brought to life--all in the same man. Obstinate, prideful and even a bit rude, Everett Rockford shouldn't exactly be "dating material," even if June's heart rate accelerates whenever she's near him.

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Cold Wallet: How Do You Trust the One You Loved?

By Rosy Fenwicke, narrated by Rosy Fenwicke
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"You have kind eyes." The last words Andrew said to Jess before he died on their honeymoon. Grief-stricken Jess returns to New Zealand and the cryptocurrency exchange Andrew left her in his will. As a physician, Jess knows nothing about cryptocurrency and turns to Andrew's associate, Henry—someone she has never liked. Does he mean to help or hinder her?

Best Audiobooks Under $5 Today

Best Audiobooks Under $5 Today

Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
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For centuries, India has enthralled Westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Reluctant Queen (Queens of Renthia Book 2)

By Sarah Beth Durst, narrated by Khristine Hvam
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Filled with political intrigue, violent magic, and malevolent spirits, the mesmerizing second book in Sarah Beth Durst's Queens of Renthia epic fantasy trilogy. Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow. And those spirits want to kill you.

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Genre: Fantasy

Protect the Prince (Crown of Shards Book 2)

By Jennifer Estep, narrated by Lauren Fortgang
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Everleigh Blair might be the new gladiator queen of Bellona, but her problems are far from over. First, Evie has to deal with a court full of arrogant, demanding nobles, all of whom want to get their greedy hands on her crown. As if that wasn’t bad enough, an assassin tries to kill Evie in her own throne room.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Midnight on the River Grey

By Abigail Wilson, narrated by Laura Kirman
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In this Gothic Regency romance, Rebecca fears she has developed feelings for the man she swore to see hanged, her brother's murderer. After her elder brother’s mysterious death, Rebecca Hunter vows to expose the man she believes responsible: Mr. Lewis Browning - known by the locals as the Midnight Devil and by Rebecca as her new guardian.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Lord of Chance (Rogues to Riches Book 1)

By Erica Ridley, narrated by Jeremy Arthur
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Special Agent Garrett Kohl has just taken down a powerful and deadly cartel boss with the Texas Rangers when he finds trouble brewing back on his family’s homestead. A powerful energy consortium, Talon Corporation, has started an aggressive mining operation that threatens to destroy Garrett’s land, his family’s way of life, and everything they hold dear.

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Firestorm (Garrett Kohl Book 2)

By Taylor Moore, narrated by Jeremy Arthur
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Special Agent Garrett Kohl has just taken down a powerful and deadly cartel boss with the Texas Rangers when he finds trouble brewing back on his family’s homestead. A powerful energy consortium, Talon Corporation, has started an aggressive mining operation that threatens to destroy Garrett’s land, his family’s way of life, and everything they hold dear.

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The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs Book 16)

By Jacqueline Winspear, narrated by Orlagh Cassidy
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October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he’s shocked to come face-to-face with the killer.

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Genre: Mystery

The Enigma of Room 622

By Joël Dicker, narrated by Chris Harper
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A writer named Joël, Switzerland’s most prominent novelist, flees to the Hôtel de Verbier, a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps. Disheartened over a recent breakup and his longtime publisher’s death, Joël hopes to rest. However, his plans quickly go awry. It all starts with a seemingly innocuous detail: at the Verbier, there is no room 622.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By David Graeber and David Wengrow, narrated by Mark Williams
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A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution - from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state", political violence, and social inequality - and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.

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Genre: Fantasy

Queen of Egypt (The Amarna Age Book 1)

By Kylie Quillinan, narrated by Catherine Bilson
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1334 BCE. Eighteenth dynasty Egypt. A country in chaos. A dynasty in peril. Queen Ankhesenamun fights to save her throne from the men who control Pharaoh. Somebody wants her dead and she doesn’t know who she can trust. Can she keep herself alive long enough to save the man she loves?

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Genre: Mystery

Sawbones

By Pamela Fagan Hutchins, narrated by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
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"Best book I've read in a long time." When a killer threatens his family before their testimony in a capital murder trial, Patrick Flint will do anything to keep them safe. Readers who like CJ Box or Craig Johnson love this series from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Subway Girl (The Subway Girl Book 1)

By Lisa Becker, narrated by Erin Mallon
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A small-town hopeless romantic transplanted in NYC. A cynical news producer in need of a big story. What happens when they seek a “missed connection” from a NY subway? Serendipity meets Missed Connections and the warm fuzzies of a Hallmark Movie mix with Reality TV vibes in this fun and steamy, award-winning story narrated by Erin Mallon.

Audible Picks January 4, 2023

Audible Picks January 4, 2023

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography

By Neil Patrick Harris, narrated by Neil Patrick Harris
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You've already made a great choice by picking up the audio edition of Neil Patrick Harris' Choose Your Own Autobiography. This hilarious book has been adapted especially for the audiobook edition so you’ll hear all of the same fun and humor from the printed version but you don’t have to make any decisions or jump around - just kick back, relax, and listen.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Red Rising

By Pierce Brown, narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
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Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

After Her

By Joyce Maynard, narrated by Joyce Maynard
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I was always looking for excitement, until I found some.... Summer, 1979: A dry, hot Northern California school vacation stretches before Rachel and her younger sister, Patty - the daughters of a larger-than-life, irresistibly handsome (and chronically unfaithful) detective father and the mother whose heart he broke.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

For Butter or Worse

By Erin La Rosa, narrated by Mela Lee
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Chef Nina Lyon dreams of cooking her way to culinary stardom and becoming a household name. She thought hosting The Next Cooking Champ! was her golden ticket, but she and her cohost/arch-nemesis, Leo O'Donnell, go together like water and oil, and he undercuts her at every turn.

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Genre: True Crime

This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life

By Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, narrated by Nigel Poor and More
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When Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Nigel was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project and Earlonne was serving thirty-one years to life at California’s San Quentin State Prison.

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The Chateau

By Catherine Cooper, narrated by Hannah Donelon, Sophie Aldred, Sid Sagar, Genevieve Swallow and, Leighton Pugh
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They thought it was perfect. They were wrong.... A glamorous chateau. Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay together - whatever it costs.

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The Bachelorette Party

By Carissa Ann Lynch, narrated by Rebecca LaChance
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The bachelorette begins on a Friday night; all six women are excited for a chance to escape their everyday lives. But then friendly rivalries turn vicious, and a game of truth or dare turns deadly. By the end of the weekend one of them will be dead…

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Genre: Mystery

Desperate Measures

By Jo Bannister, narrated by Jane Copland
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When Gabriel Ash's wife and kids were kidnapped four years ago by Somali pirates, his life spiraled out of control. He left his job working for the British government and moved to a small town where he descended into near madness. But with the help of his dog, Patience, and his friendship with young police officer Hazel Best, his focus returned.

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Genre: Fantasy

Ballad of the Beanstalk

By Amy McNulty, narrated by Kaitlin Descutner
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A prequel to Jack and the Beanstalk that reveals the story behind the magical singing harp. As her fingers move across the strings of her harp, Clarion becomes the melody and loses herself in the song. When Mack, a lord's dashing young son, arrives to marry Clarion's girlfriend, Clarion finds herself falling in love with a boy for the first time.

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Genre: Mystery

The Blood (The Redemption Series Book 1)

By Nancy Jackson, narrated by Daniela Acitelli
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Her need to see the fresh blood, to touch it and to feel it drove her to kill. She was smart and controlled and turned a small rural community in Oklahoma into chaos. Two seasoned OSBI agents were assigned to the case. But could their years of experience and training overcome their own personal baggage?

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Genre: Fantasy

The Last Lumenian

By S. G. Blaise
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Lilla is fighting for the refugees's freedom from oppression. The arrival of Callum, a powerful Teryn general, complicates Lilla's life. Now the Era War between two ruling archgods forces Lilla to act: accept who she really is magic and all; find true love; fulfill her destiny by defeating the Archgod of Chaos and Destruction before He finds her.

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Genre: Business

Career ReCharge: Five Strategies to Boost Resilience and Beat Burnout

By Beth Benatti Kennedy, narrated by Caroline Slaughter
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In Career ReCharge: Five Strategies to Boost Resilience and Beat Burnout, Beth Kennedy explains her Benatti Resiliency Model®: strategies to develop your resilience and give you the energy to recharge your career and your life, even if circumstances are discouraging or disruptive. Included are exercises that generate insights, Resiliency Boosters, and success stories from Beth's coaching clients.

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Genre: Clean Romance
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Gael had no idea life had passed him by until his parents died suddenly. He vowed to make changes in his life, but he had no idea what that looked like until the day Tayla Johnson came home. He sees in her exactly who he used to be. While he tells himself he's only trying to give her the gift of time, he ends up giving her his heart.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Succubus Heart (Succubus Sirens Book 2)

By Lina Jubilee, narrated by Tori Wells
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Her aura takes powers away. Ally or foe, no Natch or Nelian elf can rely on their supernatural strengths in the proximity of the Nelian princess. Superpowered battles devolve into pandemonium when she enters the fray. Now she has four rogue men lusting after her, despite the fact they lose all hope of winning in their crusade whenever she’s near.

Best Audiobooks Under $5 Today

Best Audiobooks Under $5 Today

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Genre: Fantasy
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The Ripper's murder spree spans centuries. Now Jack has come to Austin and every woman in the city is in mortal danger. Harmon Waite has been hired to stop him—but all our hero manages to do is piss that devil off. As he goes from hunter to hunted, Harmon has one chance to survive the night. Of course, that's when the fallen angel shows up.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Sworn to Sacrifice

By Cristina Ryan, narrated by Grace Noble
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When a Marine rescues a stranger from her abusive boyfriend, their connection evokes a powerful connection of healing and love.

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Genre: Mystery

Kingdom of Bones

By James Rollins, narrated by Christian Baskous
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A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Laughable Loves

By Milan Kundera, narrated by Richmond Hoxie
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Milan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road - only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Frozen Crown

By Greta Kelly, narrated by Imani Jade Powers
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Askia became heir to the Frozen Crown of Seravesh because of her devotion to her people. But her realm is facing a threat she cannot defeat by sheer will alone. The mad emperor of the Roven Empire has unleashed a horde of invading soldiers to enslave her lands. For months, her warriors have waged a valiant, stealth battle, yet they cannot stop the enemy’s advancement.

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Genre: Business
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Only 10 percent of the world’s millionaires are women, making it difficult for women to wield the economic power that will create lasting equality. Whatever is stopping you from having seven figures in the bank, this book shows you how to clear every obstacle in your way, show up, and glow up.

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Genre: Mystery

The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peabody Book 17)

By Elizabeth Peters, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
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The Emersons have returned to the Valley of the Kings in 1922 and Amelia Peabody and her family look forward to delving once more into the age-old mysteries buried in Egypt's ever-shifting sands. But a widow's strange story, and even stranger request, is about to plunge them into a storm of secrets, treachery, and murder.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Life on the Refrigerator Door

By Alice Kuipers, narrated by Dana Delany and Amanda Seyfried
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Claire and her mother are running out of time, but they don't know it. Not yet. Claire is wrapped up with the difficulties of her bourgeoning adulthood ¿ boys, school, friends, identity; Claire's mother, a single mom, is rushed off her feet both at work and at home.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home

By Jami Attenberg, narrated by Xe Sands
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In this brilliant memoir of transformation, Jami Attenberg—described as a “master of modern fiction” (Entertainment Weekly) and the “poet laureate of difficult families” (Kirkus Reviews)—reveals the defining moments that pushed her to create a life, and voice, she could claim for herself. What does it take to devote oneself to art? What does it mean to own one’s ideas?

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Genre: Fantasy

Light Years from Home

By Mike Chen, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
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Evie Shao and her sister, Kass, aren’t on speaking terms. Fifteen years ago, on a family camping trip, their father and brother vanished. Their dad turned up days later, dehydrated and confused - and convinced he'd been abducted by aliens. Their brother, Jakob, remained missing. The women dealt with it very differently.

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A Solitude of Wolverines (Alex Carter Book 1)

By Alice Henderson, narrated by Eva Kaminsky
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The first book in a thrilling series featuring a wildlife biologist who courts trouble as she saves endangered species...and a mysterious killer who buries his dead in the land she helps preserve - a fast-paced, action-driven tale of suspense with the atmosphere and propulsive tension of works by Jane Harper, C. J. Box, William Kent Krueger, and Nevada Barr.

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Isle of Dogs

By Patricia Cornwell, narrated by Karen White
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Newly installed superintendent of the Virginia State Police, Judy Hammer, and her right hand and confidant, Andy Brazil, are at their wits' end trying to protect the public from the politicians - and vice versa.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Sacred Places (Druid Book 1)

By Mandy M. Roth, narrated by Mason Lloyd
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Coyle O'Caha, a 700-year-old immortal druidsorcerer, is a famed warrior among his kind and a legendary ladies' man - but that doesn't mean he hasn't spent his life looking for his soulmate. That one woman who will make him feel whole.

Audible Picks December 28, 2022

Audible Picks December 28, 2022

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early 20th century; the other as a White newspaperman who covered lynching crimes in the Deep South at the blazing height of racial violence. Born mixed race and with very fair skin and straight hair, White was able to “pass” for White.

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Genre: Finance

Principles: Life and Work

By Ray Dalio, narrated by Ray Dalio and Jeremy Bobb
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Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

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Genre: Business

The Thoughtful Leader: How to Use Your Head and Your Heart to Inspire Others

By Mindy Gibbins-Klein, narrated by Mindy Gibbins-Klein
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Tired of people throwing the term 'thought leadership' around and using it to label unexceptional people and mediocre content, Mindy Gibbins-Klein sets out to define and introduce a new paradigm and a new standard of idea generation and sharing. Thoughtful leaders exhibit exceptional thinking as well as consideration for others.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Station Eleven

By Emily St. John Mandel, narrated by Kirsten Potter
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Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Indiscretion

By Charles Dubow, narrated by Robert Petkoff
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Harry and Madeleine Winslow have been blessed with talent, money, and charm. Harry is a National Book Award-winning author on the cusp of greatness. Madeleine is a woman of sublime beauty and grace whose elemental goodness and serenity belie a privileged upbringing. Bonded by deep devotion, they share a love that is both envied and admired.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Shelter Mountain (Virgin River Book 2)

By Robyn Carr, narrated by Thérèse Plummer
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John "Preacher" Middleton is closing Jack's Bar when a woman and her young son come in out of the wet night. A marine who has seen his share of pain, Preacher knows a crisis when he sees one - the woman is covered in bruises. He wants to protect them and to punish whoever did this, but he knows immediately that this is more than just instinct.

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Genre: Mystery

Arrowood (An Arrowood Mystery Book 1)

By Mick Finlay, narrated by Malk Williams
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The year is 1895. London is scared. A killer haunts the city's streets. The poor are hungry. Crime bosses are taking control. The police force is stretched to the breaking point. The rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, but the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London, where the crimes are sleazier and the people are poorer.

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Genre: Mystery

Murder in the Cards (SeeMS Detective Agency Book 2)

By Gina Cheyne, narrated by Melanie Crawley
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Can a dead man play bridge? The SeeMs detective agents play bridge with Brian Deliverer. But, the following day, they discover that he died half way through the night. How was that possible? His daughter employs them to discover if he was murdered, or not. What they discover threatens her and her family's whole existence.

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Crow Country

By Emily V. Sullivan, narrated by Will Hahn
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Crow Country - A dystopian novel that will keep you on your toes, from beginning to end. October 9th, the day the world went dark and gave birth to a new way of life. With the crows at their doorstep, and the fight for survival, take a journey through the new wild-west in order to save Genesis.

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The Complete Nightmares Trilogy

By Demelza Carlton, narrated by Catherine Bilson
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25+ hours filled with more twists and turns than a high-speed car chase. When Nathan searches for answers about his sister’s murder, he finds a serial killer’s sole surviving victim. But Caitlin is more vigilante than victim, vowing vengeance on her would-be killer. Together, can they find the truth in time to prevent any more murders?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Harlequin & the Drangùe (The Elioud Legacy Book 1)

By Liane Zane, narrated by Talon David
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In this exciting series opener, a star CIA agent pursing her own justice stumbles on a hidden world when she meets a demonic opponent—and a mysterious demi-angel. Suddenly her quest for justice has an added supernatural dimension. Will she find an ally, or did she just make another enemy?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Succubus Lips (Succubus Sirens Book 1)

By Lina Jubilee, narrated by Tori Wells
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Her lips have the power to boost. Her love can grant power unparalleled. In an ongoing conflict against ravishingly beautiful beings from another dimension, Aurora Haddix’s abilities allow her to turn the tide of the battle. With four men on both sides after her, she's the most sought-after woman in a war that might end on her say-so.

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Genre: True Crime

Just Like Her

By DJ Winters, narrated by Nick Morgan
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In a shocking, fresh tale of corruption, secrets, and stolen identities, Just Like Her promises to be a fresh, addictive true crime that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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Genre: Fantasy

Dragon Seed (The Archemi Online Chronicles Book 1)

By James Osiris Baldwin, narrated by Justin Thomas James and Laurie Catherine Winkel
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4.7 out of 5 stars with 3,561 ratings on Audible! A second chance at life. The power to choose your own destiny. What would you give to be a dragon rider? Climb into the saddle and join Hector Park in his quest to master the skies of Archemi! Listen to Dragon Seed, the first book in the Archemi Online series today!

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Genre: Fantasy

Down & Dirty Supernatural Cleaning Services Boxset (Books 1-3)

By Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn, and Kate Karyus Quinn, narrated by Carrie Coello
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Get this collection of three audiobooks plus a bonus prequel-in one amazing bundle! Meet Paige Harper, a normal woman trying to survive in a world full of paranormal creatures, with her cleaning business that specializes in paranormal messes. When her fae ex is framed for murder, Paige has to clear his name with the help of a sexy werewolf PI.

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The Dragon Storm: Gates

By Anthony DiPaolo, narrated by Josh Horowitz
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Join Alexander Storm and company as they race to acquire the fragments of the 12 Hours of Night from the Ancient Egyptian Book of Gates. With only a set of intricate riddles as their guide, they must face all manner of supernatural villains and a duo of enigmatic demons who are hellbent on acquiring the 12 Hours and opening the gates to Hell.

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Best Audiobooks Under $5 Today

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Genre: Mystery

The Murder Before Christmas (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries Book 1)

By Michele PW (Pariza Wacek), narrated by Kristin James
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A dead husband. A pregnant wife. A poisoned Christmas gift. Can Charlie discover the grinch who stole Christmas?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

After the Rising (The Irish Trilogy Book 1)

By Orna Ross, narrated by Adena Cahill
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“A haunting tale” (The Evening Herald) from bestseller Orna Ross: after her mother’s funeral, Jo Devereux discovers a chest of secrets. Who murdered her great-uncle? Did they cause the Irish Civil War? Can she forgive the past to revive a lost love?

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Genre: Fantasy

A Canadian Werewolf in New York (Canadian Werewolf Book 1)

By Mark Leslie, narrated by Scott Overton
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A humorous, fast-paced urban fantasy about an Alpha wolf and Beta human who gets caught between the moon and New York City. When Michael Andrews wakes from a night of howling at the moon with a bullet wound in his leg, the taste of blood in his mouth, and an inkling that he’s not the only lycanthrope in Manhattan, his life gets a lot stranger…

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Genre: Mystery

The Thursday Murder Club

By Richard Osman, narrated by Lesley Manville
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In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Her Night with the Duke

By Diana Quincy, narrated by Zara Hampton-Brown
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When Lady Delilah Chambers finds herself stranded at a country inn on a rain-swept evening, she’s forced to fend off a group of ruffians with the help of a handsome gentleman. Irresistibly drawn to each other, Leela and the stranger spend one reckless night in each others’ arms - and then go their separate ways.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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Magic Is Dead is Ian Frisch’s headfirst dive into a hidden world full of extraordinary characters and highly guarded secrets. It is a story of imagination, deception, and art that spotlights today’s most brilliant young magicians - a mysterious club known as the52 that is revolutionizing an ancient art form under the mantra Magic Is Dead.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Wrapped Up in You

By Jill Shalvis, narrated by Erin Mallon
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After a lifetime on the move, Ivy Snow is an expert in all things temporary - schools, friends, and way too many Mr. Wrongs. Now that she owns a successful taco truck in San Francisco and an apartment to call home, Ivy’s reinvented life is on solid ground. And she’s guarded against anything that can rock it. Like the realities of a past she’s worked hard to cover up.

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The White Devil

By Justin Evans, narrated by Christian Coulson
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The Harrow School is home to privileged adolescents known as much for their distinctive dress and traditions as for their arrogance and schoolboy cruelty. Seventeen-year-old American Andrew Taylor is enrolled in the esteemed British institution by his father, who hopes that the school's discipline will put some distance between his son and his troubled past in the States.

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Magic Hour

By Susan Isaacs, narrated by Ken Howard
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Susan Isaacs brings her wicked wit and keen understanding of what really goes on between men and women to a very different slice of Long Island - the Hamptons. Magic hour. That perfect time, that fleeting hour of enchanted light near dusk and dawn that is perfect for moviemaking, perfect for making love. Perfect for murder.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

An Affair at Stonecliffe

By Candace Camp, narrated by Zara Hampton-Brown
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Noelle Rutherford would do anything for her young son, Gil. A fiercely independent woman recently widowed, Noelle is determined to raise Gil alone. After all, her late husband Adam Rutherford married her for love, which infuriated his aristocratic family. Gil is Noelle’s whole world, and she will not have him wrested from her by haughty nobles.

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Genre: Fantasy

Kill the Queen (Crown of Shards Book 1)

By Jennifer Estep, narrated by Lauren Fortgang
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In a realm where one’s magical power determines one’s worth, Lady Everleigh’s lack of obvious ability relegates her to the shadows of the royal court of Bellona, a kingdom steeped in gladiator tradition. Seventeenth in line for the throne, Evie is nothing more than a ceremonial fixture, overlooked and mostly forgotten.

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Genre: Science Fiction

The Queen of the Tearling

By Erika Johansen, narrated by Katherine Kellgren
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Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler - and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.

Audible Picks December 21, 2022

Audible Picks December 21, 2022

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Kill Switch (Devil's Night Book 3)

By Penelope Douglas, narrated by Tatiana Sokolov and Jeremy York
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Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I'd have time to disappear before he got out or he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was. But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he's anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past

By Meave Leakey and Samira Leakey, narrated by Susan Lyons
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Preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings us along on her remarkable journey to reveal the diversity of our early pre-human ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution. She offers a fresh account of our past, as recent breakthroughs have allowed new analysis of her team’s fossil findings and vastly expanded our understanding of our ancestors.

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Genre: Finance

How to Money: Your Ultimate Guide to the Basics of Finance

By Jean Chatzky and Kathryn Tuggle, narrated by Kathryn Tuggle and More
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There’s no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life—but most of us don’t! This audiobook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and their team at HerMoney breaks down the basics of money—how to earn it, manage it, and use it.

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Genre: Business

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

By Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, narrated by Eliza Foss
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Leadership isn't easy. It takes grit, courage, and vision, among other things, that can be hard to come by on your toughest days. When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Fahrenheit 451

By Ray Bradbury, narrated by Tim Robbins
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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Orchardist

By Amanda Coplin, narrated by Mark Bramhall
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At the turn of the 20th century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Dating Charade

By Melissa Ferguson, narrated by Kevin Kilpatrick
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Cassie Everson is an expert at escaping bad first dates. And, after years of meeting, greeting, and running from the men who try to woo her, Cassie is almost ready to retire her hopes for a husband - and children - altogether. But fate has other plans, and Cassie’s online dating profile catches the eye of firefighter Jett Bentley.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Rush (The Breathless Trilogy Book 1)

By Maya Banks, narrated by Maya Banks
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When Gabe Hamilton saw Mia Crestwell walk into the ballroom for his hotel’s grand opening, he knew he was going to hell for what he had planned. After all, Mia is his best friend’s little sister. Except she’s not so little anymore. And Gabe has waited a long time to act on his desires.

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Genre: Mystery

Watch Over You

By M.J. Ford, narrated by Joan Walker
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The hunt is on. And this time, it’s personal.... When DS Josie Masters is called out to a house in North Oxford to investigate a serious incident, things take a personal turn. The body is Harry’s - her friend and former colleague. Josie thought Harry lived alone, but evidence suggests he’d had a lodger - a young woman who has fled the scene.

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Safe With You

By R.M. Ward, narrated by Annie Aldington
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She should have been safe. But she never came home. Kath has lived on the same London estate for decades. Lately she’s become friendly with the little girl next door, who is often left alone for hours at a time while her mum is at work. They have a system. When Mina gets home from school to the empty flat, she knocks on the wall three times.

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The Towers of Power (Red Dragon Series Book 1)

By Charles W. Staunton, narrated by Keith L. O’Brien
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A Supernatural thriller based on the biblical war between... Good and Evil.

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Genre: True Crime

Murder Casebook Volume 1: 12 Shocking True Crime Cases

By Prash Ganendran, narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley
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How did a strange email hold the clue to a callous killing in Montana? Which violent gang wreaked havoc through Arizona, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake? Find out in this exploration of 12 of the most horrifying true crime cases in recent history; some bizarre, some little-known, and some that will linger in your mind long after you listen.

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Genre: Fantasy

Zombie Fallout

By Mark Tufo, narrated by Sean Runnette
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This is the story of Michael Talbot, his family, and his friends: a band of ordinary people trying to get by in extraordinary times. When disaster strikes, Mike, a self-proclaimed survivalist, does his best to ensure the safety and security of those he cares for.

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Genre: Mystery
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A cop, a pig, and a serial killer walk into a bar on an island where everyone has something to hide. When Sgt Betty Bruce's pot-bellied pig stumbles upon the body of Eliza Bone floating upside down in Eliza's fish tank, the one clue left at the scene is a set of gumboot tracks. The problem: everyone on the island wears gumboots. A cozy satire.

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Genre: Fantasy

Waterspell: The Complete Series

By Deborah J. Lightfoot, narrated by Simon de Deney
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How far would you go to find where you belong? Seeking her identity and her destiny, lost traveler Carin moves in with a hot-tempered, emotionally damaged warlock who can't seem to decide whether to help her, love her, or kill her. "Epic. A riveting series and a great listen. Complex, well-developed characters. Plenty of mystery."

Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers

Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers

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Genre: Clean Romance

So This Is Christmas

By Jenny Holiday, narrated by Cynthia Farrell
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Matteo has spent his life serving at the pleasure of the Eldovian crown. His work is his life and his life, well...he doesn’t have much of one. When he is tasked to aid a management consultant who has been flown in to help straighten out the king’s affairs, he is instantly disturbed by her brash American manner—as well by an inconvenient attraction to the brainy beauty.

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Genre: Mystery

Murder for Christmas

By Francis Duncan, narrated by John Curless
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Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions amongst the assortment of guests.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Last Black Unicorn

By Tiffany Haddish, narrated by Tiffany Haddish
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Tiffany Haddish grew up in one of the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles. Her mother wound up with a debilitating brain injury after surviving a car accident. Tiffany never fit in anywhere: not in the households she rotated through in the foster care system and certainly not at the nearly all white high school she had to ride the bus an hour to attend.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Matzah Ball

By Jean Meltzer, narrated by Dara Rosenberg
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Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: She loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a best seller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Immortalists

By Chloe Benjamin, narrated by Maggie Hoffman
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It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children - four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness - sneak out to hear their fortunes.

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Genre: Mystery

Down the River unto the Sea

By Walter Mosley, narrated by Dion Graham
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Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Forever, Interrupted

By Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by Julia Whelan
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Elsie Porter is an average 20 something and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year’s Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn’t expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the adorable and charming Ben Ross. Their chemistry is instant and electric.

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The Hunting Party

By Lucy Foley, narrated by Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church and, Moira Quirk
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During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of 30-something friends from Oxford meets to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students 10 years ago. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands - the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves.

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Genre: Fantasy

Black Sun

By Rebecca Roanhorse, narrated by Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab and, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
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In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial even proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice.

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Genre: Fantasy

Spinning Silver

By Naomi Novik, narrated by Lisa Flanagan
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With the Nebula Award-winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik opened a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career, delving into the magic of fairy tales to craft a love story that was both timeless and utterly of the now.