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Bestsellers
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The Dirty Ones
- By: JA Huss
- Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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They said write what you know so that's what I did. I wrote dirty, I wrote erotic, I wrote the truth. And then they called me a liar. But it's not me who's lying, it's them. Our story isn't for everyone. It's not even for us....
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The Truth, Best book I have read in years! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- By ♥️🎧♥️***M.R.S.***♥️🎧♥️ on 02-20-19
By: JA Huss
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The King's Pleasure
- A Novel of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and violent reign in this extraordinary historical novel....
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Love this author
- By Amanda on 06-17-23
By: Alison Weir
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Refuge
- A Novel
- By: Dot Jackson
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Early one morning in 1929, Mary Seneca Steele spontaneously packs a suitcase, gathers up her son and daughter, and drives away in her abusive and dissolute husband’s brand-new Auburn Phaeton automobile, leaving her privileged life in Charleston behind....
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A Great Southern Tale
- By B. Newman on 01-09-20
By: Dot Jackson
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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....
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✫✫ 4.75 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 02-03-21
By: Kristin Hannah
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Mad Honey
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side....
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Good writing but...
- By Suzanna on 10-08-22
By: Jodi Picoult, and others
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The Words We Whisper
- By: Mary Ellen Taylor
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus, Carlotta Brentan, Tim Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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As a hospice nurse, Zara Mitchell has already seen more death than most people will experience in a lifetime. So when her older sister asks her to help care for their ailing grandmother, Zara agrees - despite strained family relationships....
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When you stay in the car to keep listening...
- By JCM on 09-14-21
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The Dirty Ones
- By: JA Huss
- Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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They said write what you know so that's what I did. I wrote dirty, I wrote erotic, I wrote the truth. And then they called me a liar. But it's not me who's lying, it's them. Our story isn't for everyone. It's not even for us....
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The Truth, Best book I have read in years! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- By ♥️🎧♥️***M.R.S.***♥️🎧♥️ on 02-20-19
By: JA Huss
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The King's Pleasure
- A Novel of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and violent reign in this extraordinary historical novel....
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Love this author
- By Amanda on 06-17-23
By: Alison Weir
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Refuge
- A Novel
- By: Dot Jackson
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Early one morning in 1929, Mary Seneca Steele spontaneously packs a suitcase, gathers up her son and daughter, and drives away in her abusive and dissolute husband’s brand-new Auburn Phaeton automobile, leaving her privileged life in Charleston behind....
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A Great Southern Tale
- By B. Newman on 01-09-20
By: Dot Jackson
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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....
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✫✫ 4.75 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 02-03-21
By: Kristin Hannah
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Mad Honey
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Narrated by: Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side....
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Good writing but...
- By Suzanna on 10-08-22
By: Jodi Picoult, and others
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The Words We Whisper
- By: Mary Ellen Taylor
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus, Carlotta Brentan, Tim Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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As a hospice nurse, Zara Mitchell has already seen more death than most people will experience in a lifetime. So when her older sister asks her to help care for their ailing grandmother, Zara agrees - despite strained family relationships....
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When you stay in the car to keep listening...
- By JCM on 09-14-21
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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And the hits just keep on coming…
- By Mark T. Vernon on 01-04-23
By: Hanya Yanagihara
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Own Me
- Wolf Hotel, Book 5
- By: K. A. Tucker
- Narrated by: Avery Reid
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Eight months ago, I was a naive, small-town farm girl nursing a shattered heart. Then hotel billionaire Henry Wolf picked me up off the ground (literally), and my entire life changed.
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I have loved this series
- By Kate C on 03-23-24
By: K. A. Tucker
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Daisy Jones & The Six
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Daisy is a girl coming of age in LA in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock 'n' roll she loves most. By the time she's 20, her voice is getting noticed....
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I wanted to love this book...
- By Stine on 03-17-19
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The Berry Pickers
- By: Amanda Peters
- Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus, Jordan Waunch
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years....
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basic
- By CF on 03-04-24
By: Amanda Peters
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The Girl with No Name
- By: Diney Costeloe
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a small suitcase....
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Omit the “f” words!
- By NanaB on 09-26-19
By: Diney Costeloe
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Circe
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring, like her mother....
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Refined writing with an intimate performance
- By Michael - Audible Editor on 04-11-18
By: Madeline Miller
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East of Eden
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families....
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Why have I avoided this Beautiful Book???
- By Kelly on 03-25-17
By: John Steinbeck
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Familiaris (Oprah's Book Club)
- By: David Wroblewski
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 37 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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It is spring 1919, and John Sawtelle’s imagination has gotten him into trouble … again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin’s northwoods....
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Nothing this is the worst book I have tried to listen thru.
- By Marva C Southall on 06-26-24
By: David Wroblewski
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Benedetti Brothers
- Salvatore, Dominic & Sergio
- By: Natasha Knight
- Narrated by: Philip Alces, Tracy Marks, Michael Pauley
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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It all started with a contract signed by him, then by me, while our families watched. While my father sat silent, a man defeated, giving his daughter to the Benedetti monsters. I obeyed. I played my part. I signed my name and gave away my life....
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The order?!!! SERGIO STORY FIRST unless you want a spoiler.
- By Kimberly Trowbridge on 02-15-24
By: Natasha Knight
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The Pillars of the Earth
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 40 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....
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Epic story to be read by all!
- By Gina on 07-25-09
By: Ken Follett
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Before We Were Yours
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Catherine Taber
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force....
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I was rivetted, finished in three days.
- By Lin Cloward on 06-26-17
By: Lisa Wingate
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Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon....
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An Epic Medical Novel
- By Audiophile on 07-11-09
By: Abraham Verghese
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Firefly Lane
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....
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Beachy Fare
- By FanB14 on 04-29-13
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Bee Sting
- A Novel
- By: Paul Murray
- Narrated by: Heather O’Sullivan, Barry Fitzgerald, Beau Holland, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart....
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Bone Clocks meets Jonathan Franzen
- By Cranson on 10-26-23
By: Paul Murray
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The Vampire Lestat
- The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s....
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Finally unabridged! Excellently read, great listen
- By Patricia on 06-29-11
By: Anne Rice
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Malibu Rising
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, the family drama that ensues will change their lives forever....
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Malibu Sinking
- By SB on 06-01-21
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Home Front
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war....
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Very Disappointed
- By Elizabeth on 03-17-12
By: Kristin Hannah
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Things We Lost to the Water
- A Novel
- By: Eric Nguyen
- Narrated by: Quyen Ngo
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A captivating, stunning debut, Things We Lost in the Water is the story about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped....
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Vietnamese immigrant experience
- By Susan on 08-30-21
By: Eric Nguyen
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The Knight Brothers Series
- By: Carly Phillips
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Three alpha billionaire brothers find love: This bundle contains Take Me Again, Take Me Down, and Dare Me Tonight....
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Minor Issue with Chapter 13
- By Elizabeth Burlison on 07-14-22
By: Carly Phillips
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Heart Recaptured
- By: Tillie Cole
- Narrated by: Bunny Warren, Biff Summers, J.F. Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A few long weeks after being ripped from the embrace of her sacred prophet's religious commune - the only life she has ever known - a terrified Delilah is thrust into a world....
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Dissapointing follow up
- By Heather D on 07-21-16
By: Tillie Cole
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The Things We Do for Love
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant....
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Couldn’t recommend enough for anyone craving a read with which you can really connect
- By Sarah C. on 06-23-21
By: Kristin Hannah
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At the Edge of the Orchard
- By: Tracy Chevalier
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Kirby Heyborne, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed....
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The performance was superb
- By cheryl retired bookseller on 05-30-17
By: Tracy Chevalier
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On Mystic Lake
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce....
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Never been so disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 12-28-10
By: Kristin Hannah
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Summer Island
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Thirty-four-year-old Ruby Bridge is a not-too-successful comedienne who uses her mother as the main fodder for her cynical, rather bitter humor....
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Disappointed
- By Lisa on 04-10-20
By: Kristin Hannah
New releases
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The Holiday
- Shipwreck Key Book Eight
- By: Stephanie Taylor
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone loves a good holiday, and no one loves the season more than the women of Shipwreck Key... Former First Lady Ruby Hudson finally has things settled when it comes to her heart, and along with a solid romance, she has both of her daughters on the island for Christmas. Her best friend, Sunday Bond, is feeling secure and in love, and all of the island's residents are geared up for a holiday season full of laughter, love, and fun. They've invited family and friends to Shipwreck Key to help them celebrate, and there's even a hint of that most rare and impossible thing in Florida: SNOW! To...
By: Stephanie Taylor
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The Last Rancher
- By: Robert Rebein
- Narrated by: Robert Rebein
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Leroy Wagner has given his heart and soul to the Bar W Ranch. He knows no other way. His wife, Caroline, born in the city, struggles with the loneliness of marriage to a man committed first to his land. When tragedy robs them of their firstborn, the handsome and talented Wade, it’s all either can do to face the world. When a near-fatal accident befalls Leroy, the Wagner children must return to the Bar W to save the ranch and what remains of their family ties. Secrets are unearthed. Truths are told. Consequences are faced.
By: Robert Rebein
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How the Light Gets In
- A Novel
- By: Joyce Maynard
- Narrated by: Joyce Maynard
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the death of her former husband, Cam, fifty-four-year-old Eleanor has moved back to the New Hampshire farm where they raised three children to care for their brain-injured son, Toby, now an adult. Toby’s older brother, Al, is married and living in Seattle with his wife; their sister, Ursula, lives in Vermont with her husband and two children. Although all appears stable, old resentments, anger, and bitterness simmer just beneath the surface. How the Light Gets In follows Eleanor and her family through fifteen years (2010 to 2024).
By: Joyce Maynard
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The Lookback
- The Birch Creek Ranch Series, Book 8
- By: B. E. Baker
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Marni Penning, Gail Shalan
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Amanda Saddler has lived a long and happy life. She's not ready to die or anything melodramatic, but she's long since given up on finding her fairytale ending. But when her adoptive granddaughter Emery picks up a box that was delivered to her doorstep, some new stories from the past come to light. Amanda Saddler may have spent her life pining for her neighbor, Jed Brooks, but that's not the only man she ever knew.
By: B. E. Baker
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Mary Rosie's War
- Raumsey, Book 6
- By: Catherine M. Byrne
- Narrated by: Lil J. Bush
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Hitler is marching across Europe. When the book begins, war is only a rumor. Mary Rosie enjoys the excitement the influx of young servicemen bring to the area, especially one charismatic RAF pilot, to the dismay of Johnny, the boy who expects to marry her. When the first bomb strikes her home town, Mary is catapulted into the grim realities of war. A grim discovery on the beach changes her life forever.
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Who She Left Behind
- By: Victoria Atamian Waterman
- Narrated by: Dalita Getzoyan
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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"Who She Left Behind" is a captivating historical fiction novel that spans multiple generations and delves into the emotional lives of its characters. Set in various time periods, from the declining days of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey to Armenian communities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts during the 1990s, the book provides a deep immersion into a lesser-known era. The story revolves around themes of survival, motherhood, and love, drawing inspiration from the authors own family history.
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The Holiday
- Shipwreck Key Book Eight
- By: Stephanie Taylor
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone loves a good holiday, and no one loves the season more than the women of Shipwreck Key... Former First Lady Ruby Hudson finally has things settled when it comes to her heart, and along with a solid romance, she has both of her daughters on the island for Christmas. Her best friend, Sunday Bond, is feeling secure and in love, and all of the island's residents are geared up for a holiday season full of laughter, love, and fun. They've invited family and friends to Shipwreck Key to help them celebrate, and there's even a hint of that most rare and impossible thing in Florida: SNOW! To...
By: Stephanie Taylor
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The Last Rancher
- By: Robert Rebein
- Narrated by: Robert Rebein
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Leroy Wagner has given his heart and soul to the Bar W Ranch. He knows no other way. His wife, Caroline, born in the city, struggles with the loneliness of marriage to a man committed first to his land. When tragedy robs them of their firstborn, the handsome and talented Wade, it’s all either can do to face the world. When a near-fatal accident befalls Leroy, the Wagner children must return to the Bar W to save the ranch and what remains of their family ties. Secrets are unearthed. Truths are told. Consequences are faced.
By: Robert Rebein
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How the Light Gets In
- A Novel
- By: Joyce Maynard
- Narrated by: Joyce Maynard
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the death of her former husband, Cam, fifty-four-year-old Eleanor has moved back to the New Hampshire farm where they raised three children to care for their brain-injured son, Toby, now an adult. Toby’s older brother, Al, is married and living in Seattle with his wife; their sister, Ursula, lives in Vermont with her husband and two children. Although all appears stable, old resentments, anger, and bitterness simmer just beneath the surface. How the Light Gets In follows Eleanor and her family through fifteen years (2010 to 2024).
By: Joyce Maynard
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The Lookback
- The Birch Creek Ranch Series, Book 8
- By: B. E. Baker
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Marni Penning, Gail Shalan
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Amanda Saddler has lived a long and happy life. She's not ready to die or anything melodramatic, but she's long since given up on finding her fairytale ending. But when her adoptive granddaughter Emery picks up a box that was delivered to her doorstep, some new stories from the past come to light. Amanda Saddler may have spent her life pining for her neighbor, Jed Brooks, but that's not the only man she ever knew.
By: B. E. Baker
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Mary Rosie's War
- Raumsey, Book 6
- By: Catherine M. Byrne
- Narrated by: Lil J. Bush
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Hitler is marching across Europe. When the book begins, war is only a rumor. Mary Rosie enjoys the excitement the influx of young servicemen bring to the area, especially one charismatic RAF pilot, to the dismay of Johnny, the boy who expects to marry her. When the first bomb strikes her home town, Mary is catapulted into the grim realities of war. A grim discovery on the beach changes her life forever.
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Who She Left Behind
- By: Victoria Atamian Waterman
- Narrated by: Dalita Getzoyan
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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"Who She Left Behind" is a captivating historical fiction novel that spans multiple generations and delves into the emotional lives of its characters. Set in various time periods, from the declining days of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey to Armenian communities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts during the 1990s, the book provides a deep immersion into a lesser-known era. The story revolves around themes of survival, motherhood, and love, drawing inspiration from the authors own family history.
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Blood Pudding
- Confessions of an Immigrant Boy Pittsburgh, 1920
- By: Ivan Cox
- Narrated by: Ivan Cox
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Blood Pudding renders vividly, at times violently, the raw struggles of the colorful Malinowski family, immigrants from Poland. Gritty, patient, always loving, their son Tad runs a gauntlet of painful and humiliating boyhood cruelties. Above Tad's clear voice, we hear the cold constant heartbeat of a growing industrial city, whose restless yet noble soul surely resides in the lives of these very immigrants.
By: Ivan Cox
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Fairytale
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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After graduating from Stanford, Camille Lammenais returns to Napa Valley to help manage Chateau Joy, her parents' renowned winery. Then, their fairytale suddenly ends with her mother's death. Six months after losing his wife, the devastated Christophe is easy prey, and Camille is shocked by the news that her father intends to remarry. Quickly, she begins to see past the mysterious Countess, while her innocent father is trapped in her web.
By: Danielle Steel
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Lessons in Life, Love, and Forgiveness
- By: DF Stillwagon
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Join the lives of two families in 1975 in small-town Pennsylvania as they navigate the hardships of life. Ruby Stanton’s senior year in high school should have been magical. But since her parents Anita and Bennie split up, Ruby feels lost. So does Anita. What did she know about being single anymore? The dating scene isn’t what it used to be. The only man she felt comfortable around was Bennie, and he’d left her for a twenty-something homewrecker. Not that Anita would take him back…would she? Bennie’s new life–new wife was a huge mistake. She’d left him for greener pastures ...
By: DF Stillwagon
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The Apothecary's Daughter
- By: Elspeth Suthmeer
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Isabel Kinnell, the daughter of a kindly apothecary in York, has her life thrown into turmoil when her father remarries. His unkind and critical new wife, Suzanne, despises the spirited Bel, and the household is disrupted by discord and chaos. Luckily, Bel finds solace in her father's apothecary, where she learns to make lotions and potions to ease any ailment. However, after her father's unexpected death, Suzanne sells the Apocathery and sends Bel to a harsh convent school. Realizing she cannot go on, the rebellious Bel runs away from her school and joins the travelling freak show, The ...
By: Elspeth Suthmeer
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A Pocketful of Pennies
- The Nightingale Family, Book 1
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Candida Gubbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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When her family is struck by a terrible tragedy, Sarah Nightingale is forced to go into service at Grey Friars House as an under-nursery-maid. Although the situation wasn’t of her making Sarah thrives there, but life for her younger brother Alfie is not as easy. Desperate to avoid being sent to the workhouse, Alfie runs away to London to seek his fortune. But young and inexperienced with the dangerous streets of London, Alfie is tricked and sold to work as a slave on a coal barge. Sarah misses her brother terribly but knows she must find a way to survive if she ever wants them to be reunited.
By: Fenella J Miller
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A Capful of Courage
- The Nightingale Family, Book 2
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Candida Gubbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Sarah Nightingale is a strong young woman who keeps her head high and faces every new adversity with courage. So when Daniel Cooper, a happily married man with three children, offers her a position taking care of his children and poorly wife, she jumps at the chance. Perhaps life is finally looking up for Sarah? Meanwhile, Sarah’s brother Alfie is also prospering in London after escaping his life of servitude. But when a personal tragedy strikes, Alfie decides to leave London and go home to look for his sister.
By: Fenella J Miller
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99 Nightingale Lane: The Hotel
- The Nightingale Lane, Book 8
- By: Andrea Hicks
- Narrated by: Ink Arnadine
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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The war has ended, and Carrie, Pearl, Ida and Dorothy are determined to make the new hotel at 99 Nightingale Lane a success. When a young kitchen maid finds the corpse of a guest in an unexpected area of the hotel, our girls have more than running their new venture to think about. Suddenly they're thrown into a murder investigation, not the best start for the new hotel, and certainly not what they were expecting when they opened the books to take in guests.
By: Andrea Hicks
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Shadows in the Moonlight
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Over two hundred years ago, in the dark of night, a child vanished from his bed never to be seen again - and Pixie must discover the truth of those final moonlit hours. As the story undulates between the past and the present, secrets are revealed, love affairs exposed and, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating choice that will change everything.
By: Santa Montefiore
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The Lost Queen
- The Lost Queen, Book 1
- By: Sophie Shortland
- Narrated by: Ruth Lass
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite Catherine of Braganza's crucial place in British history, and that of its Empire, she has since been overshadowed by stories of the king's many mistresses and forgotten as Charles' boring, powerless wife. This could not be further from the truth.
By: Sophie Shortland
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The Guernsey Girls Go to War
- The Guernsey Girls, Book 2
- By: Mary Wood
- Narrated by: Emma Vane
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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May 1940. The Second World War has been waging for eight months and life for Harriet and her family is uncertain. She and her parents make their way back to their homeland for refuge since Guernsey is not seen to have strategic value to Churchill. But, when they get there, they face disaster as the Germans have invaded and taken over their island. Harriet must find a way to survive while her home is overrun.
By: Mary Wood
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The Three Layers of a Moment
- The Pioneer Ranch Saga, Book 3
- By: Samar Reine
- Narrated by: Jeannie Hawks
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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An accomplished showjumper and veterinarian, Bryce is haunted by the loss of her brother, who’d tormented her. She strives to reconcile her grieving parents as their historic ranch faces existential threats, just when a shocking stranger arrives, resurrecting nightmares. Can he compel her to confront her demons, fulfill her potential, and repair her relationship with her father? Her marriage is buckling under the weight of mounting problems, pushing costly solutions. And a new man who holds the keys to the kingdom is determined to change her life. Might he succeed?
By: Samar Reine
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These Wartime Dreams
- By: Rosie Meddon
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz, so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Finding work as a bus conductress instead, a chance encounter revives her hopes once more, and soon she is singing for the troops alongside new friend Ivy. When agent Gordon Gold approaches them, Ivy jumps to sign with him and sets off for the bright lights of London. But Pearl is wary of the charming man and decides to stay, watching her friend go with a heavy heart. A year later, while Pearl is struck mute by an illness, Ivy returns - and is quick to seize the chance to fill Pearl's place.
By: Rosie Meddon