Audible Picks January 3, 2024

The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By Ron Howard and Clint Howard, narrated by Ron Howard, Clint Howard and, Bryce Dallas Howard
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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“What was it like to grow up on TV?” Ron Howard has been asked this question throughout his adult life. in The Boys, he and his younger brother, Clint, examine their childhoods in detail for the first time. For Ron, playing Opie on The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days offered fame, joy, and opportunity - but also invited stress and bullying.

The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+ book cover
Genre: Finance

The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+

By Suze Orman, narrated by Suze Orman
Tags: Finance

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Retirement today is more complex than ever before. It is most definitely not your parents' retirement. You will have to make decisions that weren't even part of the picture a generation ago. Without a clear-cut path to manage the money you've saved, you may feel like you're all on your own except you're not because Suze Orman has your back!

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win book cover
Genre: Business

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

By Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, narrated by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Tags: Business

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In an updated edition of the blockbuster best-selling leadership audiobook that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.

Dark Matter book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

Dark Matter

By Blake Crouch, narrated by Jon Lindstrom
Tags: Science Fiction

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Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to finds himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason's never met smiled down at him and said, "Welcome back, my friend."

Condemned (Lord Valevsky: Last of the Line Book 1) book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

Condemned (Lord Valevsky: Last of the Line Book 1)

By Vasily Mahanenko, narrated by Kevin T. Collins
Tags: Science Fiction

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Maximilian is the last of the noble Valevsky lineage. His entire family was put to death for an alleged attempt on the powerful Duke of Odoevsky, who had his eye set on the Valevsky's land.

Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Army of Golems book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Army of Golems

By L. G. Estrella, narrated by Fred Berman
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Timothy Walter Bolton - better known as Timmy - has spent most of his life as a necromancer. When he isn't terrorising his enemies, he's plotting inside his castle, which is built on top of lightless chasms filled with nameless horrors and beings of a generally malevolent and megalomaniacal nature.

The Hope of Her Heart book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

The Hope of Her Heart

By Liz Isaacson, narrated by Virtual Voice
Tags: Clean Romance

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Etta's resigned herself to being the designated babysitter for the growing family and wearing the label of "bestest aunt" with pride. She loves all of her nieces and nephews, her siblings and cousins, and the family ranch where she works. She once had big dreams for herself, but they all ended when she couldn't walk down the aisle and left her fiancé standing at the altar.

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI book cover
Genre: True Crime

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

By David Grann, narrated by Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee and, Danny Campbell
Tags: True Crime

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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target.

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Veil of Doubt

By Sharon Virts, narrated by Gary Hoffman
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Emily Lloyd, a young widow in Reconstruction-era Virginia, is accused of poisoning her three-year-old daughter, Maud. It isn’t the first death in her home—her husband and three other children all died of mysterious illnesses—so when Maud succumbs to an unexplained malady, the town suspects foul play.

What You Break book cover
Genre: Mystery

What You Break

By Reed Farrel Coleman, narrated by Keith Szarabajka
Tags: Mystery

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Former Suffolk County cop Gus Murphy returns to prowl the meaner streets of Long Island's darkest precincts with a Russian mercenary at his back in the stunning second installment of Reed Farrel Coleman's critically acclaimed series. Gus Murphy and his girlfriend, Magdalena, are put in harm's way when Gus is caught up in the distant aftershocks of heinous crimes committed decades ago...

Till Those Cows Come Home (Farmerville Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

Till Those Cows Come Home (Farmerville Book 1)

By Marty Martin, narrated by Paul J. McSorley
Tags: Mystery

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The first book in the Farmerville series introduces us to Deputy Ron Farmer who is drawn into a series of events involving a family of four, two escaped convicts, his daughter Laura, two Migrant workers, and an axe or two. The secrets of Farmerville are threatened and do not end here.

The Hidden Pull: Adventure Tales of Forbidden Harvests, Uneasy Money, and Learning to Tie My Shoes book cover
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Come on a one-of-a-kind insider journey through the esoteric halls of a once-forbidden underground industry; a funny, entertaining, self-deprecating literary memoir about a youthful adventure in crime. Guaranteed to intrigue with its oddball characters, wild twists, and the most ridiculous ways of learning life's lessons and finding one's path.

The Fallen from Paradise (The Paradise Planets Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

The Fallen from Paradise (The Paradise Planets Book 1)

By Shaun Barrowes, narrated by Full Cast
Tags: Fantasy

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A groundbreaking Musical Sci-Fi, this boasts a full cast, sound design, musical score, and 9 original songs. Based on the science of acoustics, where sound powers the worlds, it's "Ender's Game" meets "John Carter of Mars." This passion project by Emmy-Nominated composer, Shaun Barrowes, is Book One of a five-book series.

Aleatory book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Aleatory

By Xavier Neal, narrated by Lacy Laurel and Scott Rose
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Falling in love with a man ten years younger than her was never part of the plan...

Season of the Dragon: Dragos Primeri, Book 1 book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Season of the Dragon: Dragos Primeri, Book 1

By Natalie Wright, narrated by Amelia Hugh
Tags: Fantasy

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When a dragon destroys Quen’s village, she joins a band of mages and rogues hunting the beast. But Quen soon discovers SHE is the one being hunted in this Season of the Dragon. ”A book for fantasy lovers! With dragons, magical creatures, magic, corrupt kingdoms, and forbidden love, Wright has created an enthralling world.” —LITERARY TITAN.

Rogue (Billionaires in Disguise: Maxence Book 1) book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Rogue (Billionaires in Disguise: Maxence Book 1)

By Blair Babylon, narrated by Lucy Rivers and Shane East
Tags: Steamy Romance

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As second in line to the throne, Prince Maxence wasn't a "spare", he was a threat to be eliminated, no matter how he tried to protect himself his whole life. But when he was slumming the bars incognito in Paris, he accidentally rescued a woman from her very bad decisions, and then he went back to her hotel with her, and then he was hooked.