Audible Picks October 4, 2023

Audible Picks October 4, 2023

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

By Daniel James Brown, narrated by Michael Prichard
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In April of 1846, 21-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them.

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Genre: Finance

The Money Code: Free, Wise and Rich

By Raimon Samsó, narrated by Jack Nolan
Tags: Finance

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If you have answered affirmatively, this reading will provide you with the answers and a new mindset about money and wealth. "The Money Code" contains everything you need to know to gain your financial freedom.

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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 usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Uninvited

By Sophie Jordan, narrated by Rebecca Gibel
Tags: Science Fiction

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Davy had everything - a terrific boyfriend, the homecoming crown, a bright future at Juilliard - but when her genetic tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, she loses it all. Uninvited from her prestigious school, and avoided by her friends and family, she is placed in a special class with other "carriers" who are treated like the murderers they someday might become.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Divergent

By Veronica Roth, narrated by Emma Galvin
Tags: Science Fiction

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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Desire Lines

By Christina Baker Kline, narrated by Amanda Troop
Tags: Literary Fiction

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On the night of her high school graduation, Kathryn Campbell sits around a bonfire with her four closest friends, including the beautiful but erratic Jennifer. "I'll be fine," Jennifer says as she walks away from the dying embers and toward the darkness of the woods. She never comes back.

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Genre: Clean Romance
Tags: Clean Romance

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He's a hot high school chemistry teacher living in a small town. She's a globetrotting journalist running from her past. They used to be best friends. Then one kiss changes everything. Kate Fletcher is my kryptonite.

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Genre: Mystery

The Girl from Blind River

By Gale Massey, narrated by Brittany Pressley
Tags: Mystery

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Everyone says the Elders family are nothing but cheats, thieves, and convicts - a fact 19-year-old Jamie Elders has been trying desperately to escape. She may have the natural talent of a poker savant, but her dreams of going pro and getting the hell out of the tiny town of Blind River, New York, are going nowhere fast - especially when she lands in a huge pile of debt to her uncle Loyal.

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Genre: Mystery

Lady Jayne Disappears

By Joanna Davidson Politano, narrated by Justine Eyre
Tags: Mystery

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When Aurelie Harcourt's father dies in debtor's prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company.

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Ava the Brave (A Legends of Ava Book 1)

By Jules Adrienn, narrated by Shaina Summerville
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Sixteen-year-old Ava Phoenix's unlikely defeat of the grand praetorian's son in a fighting contest triggers her father's murder and an official decree to destroy her village. Together with her first love, Beau, she races across a post-apocalyptic landscape to save her village while being hunted by her dystopian world's deadliest teenage warriors.

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Third Wheel

By Richard R Becker, narrated by Brian Callanan
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Third Wheel is a coming-of-age thriller about belonging, betrayal, and breaking away. It is the story of a boy trying to belong in Las Vegas, 1982. Brady Wilks, a teenage transplant from the Midwest, navigates life in the dusty suburban outskirts of a 24-hour town. Outcast as a newcomer, he takes a chance on love and friendship that may cost the lives of those he loves.

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Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Do you think all serial killers are created the same? If so, how did we end up with all these varieties of killers? A serial killer who drinks blood for good health. A superstitious mother who turns victims into desserts. And a doctor who ended up killing over 218 people. After this big collection, you'll question the very essence of humanity.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Wedding Wager (Scandalous Miss Brightwell Series Book 3)

By Beverley Oakley, narrated by Beverley Oakley
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Eliza has her own reasons for agreeing to wed selfish George Bramley. Reasons that have nothing to do with love! If it's the only way to be reunited with the child she was forced to give up after a youthful indiscretion, Eliza will marry anyone!

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Genre: Fantasy

Phantom Frost

By Alfred Wurr, narrated by Alfred Wurr
Tags: Fantasy

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An amnesic snow being, haunted by visions of impending doom, must evade the government agents that hunt him. He’s got to keep a low profile and stay cool in a too-hot world as he seeks out an ancient chamber that may hold all the answers.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Last House on Earth

By Robert B. Marcus Jr., narrated by Greg Raymond
Tags: Fantasy

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Can Richard Thomas and his friends prevent the extermination of mankind? When Richard Johnson finds out that his neighbor is an alien, he leads his friends on a soaring trip through time and space to help win the final battle in a war thousands of years old. And he must also somehow save mankind at the same time!

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Breaking Emily's Rules

By Heatherly Bell, narrated by Kimberly Austin
Tags: Steamy Romance

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When I signed up for flying lessons, I never imagined Mr. Grumpy Pilot would be my teacher. He's the man who broke up a bar fight for me, the same one I spilled coffee all over in one of my "I love Lucy" moments. Well, this should be fun.

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2)

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2) book cover
Genre: Mystery

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2)

by Miranda Rose Barker, narrated by Patricia Shade

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Eden Kyle, a tarot reader & artist, is dealing with her newfound ability to see and hear ghosts. Now two ghostly older gentlemen friends appear to her in the storeroom of her niece’s new Sycamore Grove business. One turns out to be a murder victim, and Eden sets out to uncover his killer. Entertaining paranormal cozy mystery.

Audible Picks September 27, 2023

Audible Picks September 27, 2023

Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

By Laurie Woolever, narrated by Laurie Woolever and More
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. His impact was outsized and his legacy has only grown since his death.

I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition) book cover
Genre: Finance
Tags: Finance

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Buy as many lattes as you want. Spend extravagantly on the things you love. Live your rich life instead of tracking every last expense with Ramit Sethi’s simple, powerful, and effective six-week program for gaining control over your finances. This isn’t typical advice from a money expert.

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Genre: Business

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

By Adam Grant, narrated by Fred Sanders and Susan Denaker
Tags: Business

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With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Lilith: A Snake in the Grass

By Jack L. Chalker, narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Tags: Science Fiction

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Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds because of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Elemental Outcast (Paranormal Outcasts Book 1)

By Sean Fletcher, narrated by Julia King
Tags: Science Fiction

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Riley’s 17th birthday should have been fun, but when a knife-wielding psycho attacks her best friend, of course Riley tries to stop him. Turns out, taking a knife through the heart isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Neither is death.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Meet Cute Method

By Portia MacIntosh, narrated by Karen Cass
Tags: Literary Fiction

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The brand-new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from the best-selling author of Life's a Beach and Stuck on You. Do movie romances ever happen in real life? Frankie doesn't believe in true love. As relationships expert at popular magazine Stylife, she has learnt that dating disasters are far more common than happy-ever-afters.

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Genre: Clean Romance

The Love Audit (Sweet Peach Series Book 1)

By Annah Conwell, narrated by Amanda Friday
Tags: Clean Romance

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Working with my enemy shouldn’t be this fun.... Callum Sterling is a grumpy jerk. A ridiculously hot one, but still. I’ve battled with Callum during our quarterly conference calls over the past year, but now we get to spar in person. And not only are we forced to work together every week, but we have to spend time together outside of work, too.

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Genre: True Crime

A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner

By Chris Atkins, narrated by Chris Atkins
Tags: True Crime

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Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Which British education system struggles with 50 percent illiteracy? Where do teetotal Muslims attend AA meetings? Where is it easier to get 'spice' than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely raise an eyebrow?

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Her Dark Lies

By J. T. Ellison, narrated by Brittany Pressley
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Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. In the majestic cliff-top villa owned by the wealthy Compton family, up-and-coming artist Claire Hunter will marry handsome, charming Jack Compton, surrounded by close family, intimate friends…and a host of dark secrets.

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Genre: Mystery

The House on the Water

By Margot Hunt, narrated by Taylor Schilling
Tags: Mystery

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Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline is wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their 19-year-old son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham.

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2) book cover
Genre: Mystery
Tags: Mystery

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Eden Kyle, a tarot reader & artist, is dealing with her newfound ability to see and hear ghosts. Now two ghostly older gentlemen friends appear to her in the storeroom of her niece’s new Sycamore Grove business. One turns out to be a murder victim, and Eden sets out to uncover his killer. Entertaining paranormal cozy mystery.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Five Minute Mistake (West Oaks Heroes Book 2)

By Hannah Shield, narrated by Aubrey Vincent and Alexander Cendese
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Nash Jennings is an ex-Navy SEAL, a notorious loner, and the grumpiest sniper on the West Oaks SWAT team. But this girl isn’t afraid of anything. Until one little mistake leads us into greater danger than we could ever expect. One kiss will put everything—even our lives—at risk. An age-gap, single dad standalone!

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Call Me Finn

By Charles Dougherty, narrated by David Bosco
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"People just call me Finn." A man with secrets meets a woman on the run. Finn can't discuss his career; it's classified. He's about to leave Puerto Rico on a mission when he meets Mary. She hitches a ride on his sailboat but trouble begins before they even leave port. Perfect for fans of tropical action/adventure series!

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Genre: Fantasy

Isolated Domain

By Tyler Drinkard, narrated by Benjamin Powell
Tags: Fantasy

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Hare, a seasoned smuggler in a dystopian future, is propelled into a high-stakes chase after his partner steals valuable uranium. Joined by his steadfast friend Chunk, and pursued by dogged law enforcement, Hare unravels a web of dark secrets that threaten to shatter his world. This gripping sci-fi thriller poses the question: will Hare's perilous journey lead to redemption or ruin?

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Genre: Fantasy

Waterspell (Books 1- 4)

By Deborah J. Lightfoot, narrated by Simon de Deney
Tags: Fantasy

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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."

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Wedding Winger (The Wilcox Wombats Book 2)

By Delancey Stewart, narrated by Alex Kydd and Stella Bloom
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Pro hockey star Sly Remington has a plan. And it does not involve falling in love with his high school crush, the literal girl next door. But when his younger brother announces his wedding, Sly sets out to finish what he was too shy to start all those years ago: proving that he's good enough for the hot mathlete next door - who's now a single mom.

The House on the Water

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Genre: Mystery

The House on the Water

by Margot Hunt, narrated by Taylor Schilling

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Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline is wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their 19-year-old son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham.

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2)

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2) book cover
Genre: Mystery

If There’s a Will, There’s a Ghost (The Sycamore Grove Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 2)

by Miranda Rose Barker, narrated by Patricia Shade

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Eden Kyle, a tarot reader & artist, is dealing with her newfound ability to see and hear ghosts. Now two ghostly older gentlemen friends appear to her in the storeroom of her niece’s new Sycamore Grove business. One turns out to be a murder victim, and Eden sets out to uncover his killer. Entertaining paranormal cozy mystery.

The House on the Water

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Genre: Mystery

The House on the Water

by Margot Hunt, narrated by Taylor Schilling

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Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline is wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their 19-year-old son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

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Genre: Mystery

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

by Joanne Fluke, narrated by Suzanne Toren

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In her first foray into the sleuthing game, resourceful, red-headed Hannah Swensen must find the right ingredients to solve two perplexing murders. One chilly morning on her way to The Cookie Jar, Hannah discovers Ron, the dairy delivery man, shot dead in his truck. When she begins to investigate, she suspects the dairy owner.

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Books That Give Fall Feels

Books That Give Fall Feels

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Home Before Dark

By Riley Sager, narrated by Cady McClain and Jon Lindstrom
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Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal her father recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His story of supernatural happenings and malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity - and skepticism.

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The Last Word

By Taylor Adams, narrated by Carlotta Brentan and Jim Meskimen
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Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Invisible Hour

By Alice Hoffman, narrated by Jessie Mueller
Tags: Literary Fiction

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One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Well Met

By Jen DeLuca, narrated by Brittany Pressley
Tags: Clean Romance

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Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece?

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Genre: Clean Romance

Pumpkin Everything

By Beth Labonte, narrated by Lisa Larsen
Tags: Clean Romance

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After calling off her fall wedding, horror novelist Amy Fox is left with a broken heart, a mega case of writer's block, and a serious aversion to all things pumpkin spice. When she receives news that her grandfather has broken his wrist driving through a Dunkin Donuts, Amy has no choice but to return to check on him.

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Genre: Young Adult

Maybe Meant to Be

By K. L. Walther, narrated by Alexa Elmy and Graham Halstead
Tags: Young Adult

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Everyone at the Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month, and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it's just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Binding

By Bridget Collins, narrated by Carl Prekopp
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Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder—a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice amongst their small community, but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Weyward

By Emilia Hart, narrated by Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley and, Nell Barlow
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.

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Genre: Mystery

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

By Joanne Fluke, narrated by Suzanne Toren
Tags: Mystery

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In her first foray into the sleuthing game, resourceful, red-headed Hannah Swensen must find the right ingredients to solve two perplexing murders. One chilly morning on her way to The Cookie Jar, Hannah discovers Ron, the dairy delivery man, shot dead in his truck. When she begins to investigate, she suspects the dairy owner.

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Genre: Young Adult

The Graveyard Book

By Neil Gaiman, narrated by Neil Gaiman
Tags: Young Adult

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Nobody Owens is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings - such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.

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Genre: Fantasy

Thornhedge

By T. Kingfisher, narrated by Jennifer Blom
Tags: Fantasy

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There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?

Death in Avignon

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Genre: Mystery

Death in Avignon

by Serena Kent, narrated by Antonia Beamish

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Set amidst the gorgeous backdrop of Provence, Serena Kent’s second book in the deliciously entertaining Penelope Kite series finds the amateur sleuth romantically linked with the mayor of St. Merlot and dashing to solve the murder of an expat artist - perfect for fans of Peter Mayle and Agatha Christie.

The Alewives (The Alewives of Colmar Book 1)

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Genre: Mystery

The Alewives (The Alewives of Colmar Book 1)

by Elizabeth R. Andersen, narrated by Ella Lynch

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Colmar, 1353 CE - The Black Death is still a recent memory when Gritta, Appel, and Efi decide to brew ale to earn some extra coin. But when women in their town begin to turn up murdered, a little crime-solving is also on tap. Winner of an Indie BRAG medallion and 5 stars from Reader's Favorite, this cozy medieval mystery is a playful romp through a dark time.