Audible Picks September 13, 2023

Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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December 12, 1972, 8:36 p.m. EST: Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt braked to a stop alongside Nansen Crater, keenly aware that they were far, far from home. They had flown nearly a quarter-million miles to the man in the moon’s left eye, landed at its edge, and then driven five miles into this desolate, boulder-strewn landscape.

Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers book cover
Genre: Business

Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers

By Stephanie McNeal, narrated by Stephanie McNeal
Tags: Business

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If you’re anything like journalist Stephanie McNeal—aka, a millennial woman—you spend hours every day indulging in Instagram’s infinite scroll. The influencers on the platform aren’t just providing eye candy; these tastemakers impact how we cook, consume, parent, decorate, think, and live. But what exactly is going on behind the curtain of the perfectly curated Instagram grids we obsess over?

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Genre: Finance

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

By Michael Lewis, narrated by Dylan Baker
Tags: Finance

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From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Liar's Poker and "one of the country's most popular business journalists" (The New York Times) Michael Lewis, comes an engaging new book about Wall Street.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Nolyn (The Rise and Fall Book 1)

By Michael J. Sullivan, narrated by Michael J. Sullivan, Tim Gerard Reynolds and, Robin Sullivan
Tags: Science Fiction

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After more than 500 years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War’s front lines. His mission to rescue an outpost leads to a dead-end canyon deep inside enemy territory, and his suspicion turns to dread when he discovers the stronghold doesn't exist.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Forever Fantasy Online (FFO Book 1)

By Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach, narrated by Josh Hurley
Tags: Science Fiction

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In the real world, twenty-one-year-old library sciences student Tina Anderson is invisible and under-appreciated, but in the VR-game Forever Fantasy Online, she's Roxxy—the respected leader and main tank of a top-tier raiding guild. Her brother, James Anderson, has a similar problem. IRL he’s a college dropout struggling with debt, but in FFO he's famous.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Only Good Indians

By Stephen Graham Jones, narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Tags: Literary Fiction

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From NYT best-selling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American-Indian experience. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American-Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Lucky

By Marissa Stapley, narrated by Soneela Nankani
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She’s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity - when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she’s learned the art of the scam.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Soulmate Equation

By Christina Lauren, narrated by Patti Murin
Tags: Clean Romance

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Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was born. Jess holds her loved ones close, but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Birthday Girl

By Penelope Douglas, narrated by Andrew Eiden and Jennifer Mack
Tags: Steamy Romance

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From New York Times best-selling author Penelope Douglas comes a new forbidden-love story.... Birthday Girl is a stand-alone contemporary romance suitable for ages 18-plus.

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America book cover
Genre: True Crime

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

By Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, narrated by Robert Petkoff
Tags: True Crime

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Killing the Mob is the 10th audiobook in Bill O'Reilly's number-one New York Times best-selling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.

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Genre: Mystery

Stripped Bare (Kate Fox Book 1)

By Shannon Baker, narrated by Megan Tusing
Tags: Mystery

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When Kate Fox receives a late-night phone call, her seemingly perfect life on the Nebraska prairie instantly shatters. Eldon, a shirt-tail relative and owner of one of the largest cattle ranches in Grand County, has been killed. Kate's husband, Ted, the Grand County sheriff, has been shot and may never walk again. And worst of all, Ted is the prime suspect in Eldon’s murder.

Atonement Camp for Unrepentant Homophobes (Atonement Camp Book 1) book cover
Genre: Clean Romance

Atonement Camp for Unrepentant Homophobes (Atonement Camp Book 1)

By Evan J. Corbin, narrated by Christopher Solon
Tags: Clean Romance

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Sometimes it takes a camp run by drag queens for society's most unrepentant homophobes to help one man find his way out of the closet and save the world.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Devilish King (Valentino Empire Book 1)

By Kylie Kent, narrated by Ty Dorchester and Bridie Lawrence
Tags: Steamy Romance

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He’s not part of the lifestyle. She’d get eaten alive if I were to bring her into the fold. Those innocent emerald eyes of hers hold me captive from the moment our paths collide. To hell with the plans for my future. This girl, who has no place being in my world, has become its entirety.

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The Path of Most Resistance: And Other Stories

By Yoav Ilan, narrated by Ray Porter
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An engrossing collection of science fiction tales that follow nonconformists and mavericks across time and space. Lovers contend with the system that matched them together, an interstellar expedition wages war with an alien civilization, rebels fight for their rights in a society that controls knowledge, and more. Brilliantly narrated by Ray Porter.

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Cracked Corpse: A Story Through Blind Duplicitous Eyes

By M.E. Edwards, narrated by Leilana Tatlonghari
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Dive into Ciera's world of secrets, murder, and self-discovery. As she hunts for the truth behind her husband's death, her life unravels in a heart-pounding tale of suspense and emotional turmoil. Get ready to be captivated by Mary's enigma and the unraveling mysteries that will linger in your mind long after you turn the final page. Discover this gripping journey of revelation today!

The Friday Edition (A Samantha Church Mystery Book 1) book cover
Genre: Mystery

The Friday Edition (A Samantha Church Mystery Book 1)

By Betta Ferrendelli, narrated by Gabra Zackman
Tags: Mystery

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Investigative newspaper reporter Samantha Church must not only put her muckraking reporting skills to the test as she works to get through a corrupt police department, but she must also summon the courage to combat her own personal demons as she struggles to discover her sister’s murderer.

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Genre: Fantasy

Songs of a Befuddled Muse

By William Cohen-Kiraly, narrated by Liz May Brice
Tags: Fantasy

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Amazon #1 best seller in short stories by a single author. This book of quirky, thoughtful, imaginative short stories will take you on wild rides through time and space travel, animal minds, vengeful imaginary friends, emails chains with the dead, and so much more. Liz May Brice's powerful narration draws you in and brings the stories to life.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Kurrus Khronicles: Khronicle One

By J.S. Lowman, narrated by Gill Mills
Tags: Fantasy

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If you are looking for a new take on Sword and Sorcery, then this is for you. Welcome to the world of Kurrus and Moraga; a tale of good and evil and how the lines between the two are often blurred, it's also the truth as to the events which occurred the very first time they met, events that would change their lives and their world, forever.