Audible Picks March 17, 2021

Minecraft: The Mountain book cover
Genre: Children

Minecraft: The Mountain

By Max Brooks, narrated by Sean Astin
Tags: Children

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In the new official Minecraft novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Minecraft: The Island, a stranded hero stumbles upon another castaway - and discovers that teamwork might just be the secret to survival.

Raya and the Last Dragon book cover
Genre: Children

Raya and the Last Dragon

By Disney Press, narrated by Samantha Tan
Tags: Children

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Walt Disney Animation Studios’ fantasy-action-adventure, Raya and the Last Dragon, introduces Raya, a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the last dragon and bring light and unity back to their world.

The New Retirement Savings Time Bomb book cover
Genre: Finance

The New Retirement Savings Time Bomb

By Ed Slott, narrated by Ed Slott
Tags: Finance

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A complete action plan from Ed Slott, "the best source of IRA advice" (Wall Street Journal), to help you make sure your 401(k)s, IRAs, and retirement savings aren't depleted by taxes by the time you need to use them.

No Pain, No Gaines book cover
Genre: Business

No Pain, No Gaines

By Chip Gaines, narrated by Chip Gaines
Tags: Business

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No Pain, No Gaines is a by-the-bootstraps manual for building a network of people you can count on. Fair warning: Building it will be painful, but what you’ll gain is something strong, something reliable, and something that can change the world.

Always with Me: Whisper Lake book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Always with Me: Whisper Lake

By Barbara Freethy, narrated by Liz Krane
Tags: Clean Romance

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After her third broken engagement, Gianna Campbell comes home to help with the family business and to heal her heart, only to realize that she has become the town joke - dubbed the runaway fiancée. If that wasn't bad enough, who should show up in town but her former crush Zach Barrington, a man who has other reasons to hate her.

Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten true crime of obsession and revenge, and one of the first - and worst - mass murders in American history.

The Rose Code book cover
Genre: Literary Fiction

The Rose Code

By Kate Quinn, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Tags: Literary Fiction

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The New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.

The Code Breaker book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Code Breaker

By Walter Isaacson, narrated by Walter Isaacson
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.

War Whore: War's Edge book cover
Genre: Science Fiction

War Whore: War's Edge

By Ryan W. Aslesen, narrated by Roger Wayne
Tags: Science Fiction

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In war, there is no second place. To ensure victory, planetary governments employ private armies to help fight their battles. And the Berserkers are the best. As the galaxy's preeminent mercenary force, they are hired by governments and corporations to do jobs that are too tough, too messy, or too deadly for their own forces.

Spellbreaker (Sunshine Townsende Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy

Spellbreaker (Sunshine Townsende Series Book 1)

By Cara Cartwright, narrated by Hilly Finn
Tags: Fantasy

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Sunshine’s bloodline puts her at the bottom rung of a magical society. Surrounded by entitled mages at Papi's Magics and Unmentionables, she works herself to the bone to afford her comatose cousin’s lifesaving treatments. But when an ill-fated flat tire sends her spiraling into a werewolf’s arms, Sunshine soon fears the resulting scratch could end in supernatural disaster.

Used book cover
Genre: Steamy Romance

Used

By Kate Dunbar, narrated by Stella Hunter
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Heartbreakingly beautiful and completely engrossing, Used is packed full of twists, turns, and a gripping romance sure to leave listeners emotionally spent and asking for more.

War of the Heart book cover
Genre: Mystery

War of the Heart

By Josiah Jay Starr, narrated by Preston Butler III
Tags: Mystery

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Achim Jeffers has fallen for a mysterious black woman. Her intoxicating smile has set his frozen heart ablaze with burning desire. Yet for Achim, there is one mountainous problem. This woman is a cop and Achim has been tasked with eliminating a murderous gang within the New Orleans PD. Does Achim embrace his heart's desire, or pursue justice?

The Poet book cover
Genre: Mystery

The Poet

By Lisa Renee Jones, narrated by Scott Brick
Tags: Mystery

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Some call him friend or boss. Some call him husband or dad. Some call him son, even a favorite son. But the only title that matters to him is the one the media has given him: The Poet. A name he earned from the written words he leaves behind after he kills that are as dark and mysterious as the reason he chooses his victims.