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Little Weirds
- By: Jenny Slate
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 953
You may "know" Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of Obvious Child. But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style....
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5 out of 5 stars
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softness is earned and it is wonderful
- By Van on 12-09-19
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21. Little Weirds
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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Love's Executioner
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: C.M. Carlson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 966
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Story5 out of 5 stars 966
The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter....
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4 out of 5 stars
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
- By Espanolish on 11-02-16
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22. Love's Executioner
- Narrated by: C.M. Carlson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-18-16
- Language: English
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On Being Jewish Now
- Reflections from Authors and Advocates
- By: Zibby Owens - editor
- Narrated by: Zibby Owens, various
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Today’s authors and advocates share an intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays on what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together.
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23. On Being Jewish Now
- Reflections from Authors and Advocates
- Narrated by: Zibby Owens, various
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-01-24
- Language: English
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What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
- Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
- By: Michele Filgate
- Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now I’m healing
- By wonderwoman0414 on 08-24-21
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24. What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
- Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
- Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, Janina Edwards, Emily Ellet, Cynthia Farrell, Soneela Nankani, David Sadzin
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Dad Is Fat
- By: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,585
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,336
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,288
In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good for Gaffigan fans - better for expecting dads
- By Sean on 05-17-13
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25. Dad Is Fat
- Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-07-13
- Language: English
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These Precious Days
- Essays
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,830
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,608
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed
- By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
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26. These Precious Days
- Essays
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 11-23-21
- Language: English
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Inciting Joy
- Essays
- By: Ross Gay
- Narrated by: Ross Gay
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
From New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully told truths
- By Anonymous User on 02-16-23
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27. Inciting Joy
- Essays
- Narrated by: Ross Gay
- Series: Essays Series, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 10-25-22
- Language: English
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Upstream
- Selected Essays
- By: Mary Oliver
- Narrated by: Hala Alyan, Joy Sullivan, Kate Baer
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
“I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.” So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness to lose herself within the beauty of the natural world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful essays
- By jessica on 10-17-23
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28. Upstream
- Selected Essays
- Narrated by: Hala Alyan, Joy Sullivan, Kate Baer
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-18-23
- Language: English
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Consider the Lobster (A Story from Consider the Lobster)
- And Other Essays
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Narrated by: David Foster Wallace, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 588
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 491
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 488
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures....
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5 out of 5 stars
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How this differs from the other version
- By Jonathan Penley on 12-26-17
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29. Consider the Lobster (A Story from Consider the Lobster)
- And Other Essays
- Narrated by: David Foster Wallace, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-20-17
- Language: English
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 273
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Missing stories
- By Adrianna A. on 11-19-20
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30. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-30-20
- Language: English
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The Collected Schizophrenias
- Essays
- By: Esmé Weijun Wang
- Narrated by: Esmé Weijun Wang
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 912
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 811
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 801
An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts right to the core....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration way too slow
- By Diane on 04-27-19
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31. The Collected Schizophrenias
- Essays
- Narrated by: Esmé Weijun Wang
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 02-05-19
- Language: English
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Truth & Beauty
- A Friendship
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 858
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 588
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 585
The author of Bel Canto turns to nonfiction in a moving chronicle of her decades-long friendship with the critically acclaimed and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy....
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2 out of 5 stars
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A grim tale of unrecovered co-dependency
- By Charles on 04-05-05
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32. Truth & Beauty
- A Friendship
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-10-04
- Language: English
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Upworthy: Good People
- Stories from the Best of Humanity
- By: Gabriel Reilich, Lucia Knell
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik, Piper Goodeve, Ellen Archer, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
For anyone who could use proof that the world is full of good people, this beautifully illustrated book features 101 stories of human decency from Upworthy, the beloved social media brand that reaches more than 100 million people per month.
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33. Upworthy: Good People
- Stories from the Best of Humanity
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik, Piper Goodeve, Ellen Archer, Kevin R. Free, Janina Edwards, Gregory Connors, Landon Woodson, Gabriel Reilich, Lucia Knell
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 09-03-24
- Language: English
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The Complete Essays of Montaigne
- By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Donald M. Frame - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 49 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 386
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 377
A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stands next to the Bible and M.A.'s Meditations
- By Darwin8u on 05-21-12
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34. The Complete Essays of Montaigne
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 49 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-20-11
- Language: English
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No Name in the Street
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 399
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 342
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Story5 out of 5 stars 338
This stunningly personal document displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A strange and terrible vehicle
- By Darwin8u on 02-07-20
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35. No Name in the Street
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 04-18-17
- Language: English
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The Friedrich Nietzsche Collection
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Ellis Freeman
- Length: 51 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 26
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) has influenced philosophers such as Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Oswald Spengler, George Grant, Emil Cioran, Albert Camus, Ayn Rand, Jacques Derrida, Leo Strauss, Max Scheler, Michel Foucault, and Bernard Williams....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Does not have all works description says.
- By Lawrence on 04-27-21
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36. The Friedrich Nietzsche Collection
- Narrated by: Ellis Freeman
- Length: 51 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 04-19-20
- Language: English
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Gratitude
- Essays
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 612
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 512
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 513
A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as Oliver Sacks....
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5 out of 5 stars
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To the Point, Yet Told From the Heart
- By LJT on 01-18-16
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The White Album
- Essays (FSG Classics)
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You Feel Like You Are There
- By Kelly Jo on 07-15-24
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38. The White Album
- Essays (FSG Classics)
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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How to Be Alone
- Essays
- By: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Franzen, Brian d'Arcy James
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4 out of 5 stars 117
Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections was the best-loved and most-written-about novel of 2001. Nearly every in-depth review of it discussed what became known as "The Harper's Essay," Franzen's controversial 1996 investigation of the fate of the American novel....
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2 out of 5 stars
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The first story is the best
- By Susan S. on 01-20-14
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39. How to Be Alone
- Essays
- Narrated by: Jonathan Franzen, Brian d'Arcy James
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-29-13
- Language: English
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Themes and Variations
- An Essay
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,830
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,500
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,481
In this surprising essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rewards of a book tour and his devoted readers’ worst-kept secrets....
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s true!
- By N. Charest on 04-28-20
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40. Themes and Variations
- An Essay
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 04-28-20
- Language: English
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