Audible Picks January 5, 2022

The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection book cover
Genre: Children

The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection

By Beverly Cleary, narrated by Stockard Channing
Tags: Children

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Let me introduce you to Ramona. Her mother, father, and older sister, Beezus, live on Klickitat Street. She is unafraid of anything and is always getting into mischief. And that's only the start...

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Genre: Children

The Reluctant Dragon

By Kenneth Grahame, narrated by Lawrence Skinner
Tags: Children

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In the Downs above his home, a small kid encounters an intellectual, poetry-loving dragon. The two become friends, but the dragon is soon discovered by the townspeople, who summon St George to help them defeat it. The youngster introduces St George to the dragon, and the two agree that they should avoid fighting. They eventually settle on staging a mock joust between the two fighters...

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Genre: Finance

Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole

By Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche, narrated by Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche
Tags: Finance

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Get Good with Money introduces the compelling notion of generating wealth via financial wholeness: a realistic, feasible, and exhilarating alternative to get-rich-quick and overly-complicated money management techniques by revealing this practical 10-step methodology in its full for the first time.

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Genre: Business

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

By Adam Grant, narrated by Adam Grant
Tags: Business

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Intelligence is commonly defined as the ability to think and learn, but in today's fast-paced environment, another set of cognitive abilities may be more important: the ability to rethink and unlearn. Too many of us choose the comfort of conviction to the discomfort of doubt in our daily lives. Instead of listening to ideas that make us think, we listen to opinions that make us feel good.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Station Eleven

By Emily St. John Mandel, narrated by Kirsten Potter
Tags: Science Fiction

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Kirsten travels between the villages of the transformed globe with a small company of actors and musicians. They're known as The Traveling Symphony, and they've dedicated their lives to preserving the last vestiges of art and humanity. However, a violent prophet threatens the existence of the small band.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Wish You Were Here

By Jodi Picoult, narrated by Marin Ireland
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Diana O'Toole is on the right track. By the time she's 30, she'll be married, have kids, and move out of the New York City suburbs, all while working her way up the professional ladder in the ruthless art auction world. She isn't engaged yet, but her boyfriend, a surgical resident named Finn, is preparing to propose. Right on schedule. But suddenly a virus from another world emerged in the metropolis.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Cheat Sheet

By Sarah Adams, narrated by Renee Dorian, Teddy Hamilton
Tags: Clean Romance

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Hello, my name is Bree Camden, and I'm completely in love with Nathan Donelson, my best friend, and star quarterback. Our friendship was going great until I accidentally spilled the beans to a reporter after drinking too much tequila, and now everyone thinks Nathan and I belong together.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Priest

By Sierra Simone, narrated by Jacob Morgan
Tags: Steamy Romance

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A priest is bound by a number of rules. I've always been a good rule follower. Until she arrived. Then I had to learn some new rules. Tyler Anselm Bell is my name. I broke my celibacy vow on the altar of my own church six months ago, and God help me, I'd do it again. This is my confession, and I am a priest.

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order - their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the 60s.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds

By Nora D. Clinton, narrated by Mandy Kaplan
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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A captivating memoir about life in two strikingly different worlds, an ardent defense of freedom, and a thought-provoking analysis of current events and ideologies.2

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Girl Vs: Sinister Skies

By Xela Culletto, narrated by Tonia Blake
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Before the Vela invasion, Rhyan's biggest concern was getting through a day of school. But when she is thrust into the madness of a kill-or-be-killed world, her true strength emerges and a deadly warrior is unleashed. Stumbling through the new morals of a post-apocalyptic world, she learns to depend only on herself.

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Genre: Mystery

Vengeance Can Be Deadly (Warren Steelgrave Book 5)

By Gary E. Smith, narrated by Brian Moriarty
Tags: Mystery

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Warren has settled into a comfortable life in a small village in Northern Italy. Suddenly everything changes. Having just left a dear friend, she is murdered, and he has become the prime suspect. Warren untangles a web of deceit, greed, and evil.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Given (Interland Series Book 1)

By Gary Clark, narrated by Wendy Turner
Tags: Fantasy

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A gang of young friends must solve the puzzle in the legend to discover the truth of the Interland. In a world where the power to read minds is outlawed, can Jay and her friends ever find freedom?

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The Cost of Crude (Gwynn Reznick Mystery Book 1)

By Inge-Lise Goss, narrated by Natalie Disaster
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The murder of her best friend sends Gwynn Reznick racing against the clock to find the assassin and stop a deadly conspiracy that threatens an oil and gas disaster. Corruption, betrayal, murder, and romance collide as horrifying events mount and place Gwynn on the perpetrator’s radar—targeted for death.

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Genre: Mystery

Vanilla Vengeance (Cupcake Crimes Series Book 1)

By Molly Maple, narrated by Andrea Hurtt
Tags: Mystery

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When Charlotte discovers a dead body her first day in the cozy town of Sweetwater Falls, she worries she may have made the wrong choice, moving from the big city to a small town.

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Genre: Fantasy

Born at Dawn (Da'Valia Trilogy Book 1)

By Christina Davis, narrated by Amelia Hugh
Tags: Fantasy

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Immerse yourself in a rich, new fantasy world as teen thief Neva Roberts struggles to accept both sides of herself — the human and the demon. This fast-paced debut from author Christina Davis is an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion winner.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Snapdragon (Gilded Love Book 1)

By Kilby Blades, narrated by Erin Mallon
Tags: Steamy Romance

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The rules are simple: unattached companionship, toe-curling sex, and a clean break whenever it ends. Either one can say the single word that will break it off: Snapdragon. Sacrificing their careers isn't an option, never mind how right it feels. Darby must fight to not fall in love. Narrated by Erin Mallon. From USA Today Bestselling Author Kilby Blades.