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The Miranda Obsession
- By: Jen Silverman
- Narrated by: Rachel Brosnahan, Josh Groban, John Benjamin Hickey, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,492
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,456
Imagine a 1980s world of sumptuous hotel rooms, restaurants, New York City penthouses, and the powerful men who move easily between these pinnacles of luxury. They are music producers, rock stars, writers, and restaurateurs. They are household names like Billy Joel, Art Garfunkel, Eric Clapton, and Sting. And yet, each man has an entire aspect to his life that he doesn’t talk about publicly—his depression, his rocky marriage, his feelings of shame and failure, his private loss of faith. And now: The phone rings. Imagine the woman who has each of these men at her beck and call.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Performance art here
- By Donna Deal on 04-29-22
Outstanding storyline!
Reviewed: 03-22-25
Excellent one sitting listen while I worked in the yard! Very satisfying and unexpected ending!
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Seven Days in June
- By: Tia Williams
- Narrated by: Mela Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,631
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,053
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,042
Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award‑winning novelist, who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York. When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that 15 years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than the Reviews Say
- By Akuba on 09-26-21
- Seven Days in June
- By: Tia Williams
- Narrated by: Mela Lee
Great story!
Reviewed: 03-22-25
For everyone who still thinks of her first love, for anyone who loves reading about love!
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Baby, Let's Play House
- Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him
- By: Alanna Nash
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer, Alanna Nash - Introduction
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Elvis Presley’s unbreakable stronghold on the psyche of women - and theirs on him - is the focus of this much-lauded book by Elvis expert, journalist, and Country Music Association Media Achievement Award winner Alanna Nash. Baby, Let’s Play House is the first ever Elvis book to focus solely on his complex relationships with women, starting with his mother, and including celebrities such as Ann-Margret, Cher, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, and Cybill Shepherd. Featuring many exclusive interviews, this book is a must-have collector’s item for fans of The King everywhere.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish there was more ~
- By C Mills on 11-22-20
- Baby, Let's Play House
- Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him
- By: Alanna Nash
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer, Alanna Nash - Introduction
Elvis Fans Beware
Reviewed: 01-16-25
The truthful docusary tone of this book provides a compelling, tantalizing story. However, Elvis fans beware! The book forces you to see a different side of the King that you will have to reconcile. As a true fan, I wonder if I had been born 20 years earlier, would I have waited at the gates of Graceland as a teenage girl hoping to be invited in?? The author attempts to mask Elvis' behaviors with a psychological diagnosis that some hardcore fans like my mother find acceptable. Honestly, while I enjoy the intellectual struggle of rationalizing my detest for his actions with my idolization of the icon, I wish I had not read this book because some of the unforgettable encounters play through my mind each time I hear an Elvis song. That said, we all love a tragedy, and this book gives details of the tragic life of Elvis in true Greek epic proportion!
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Here One Moment
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,023
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,576
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,576
Flight attendant Allegra Patel loves her job, but today is her twenty-eighth birthday and she’d rather not be placating a plane full of passengers unhappy about a long delay. There’s the well-dressed man in seat 4C desperate not to miss his daughter’s musical. A harried mother frantically tries to keep her toddler and baby quiet. Honeymooners still in their wedding finery dream of their new lives, while a chatty emergency room nurse dreams of retirement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting premise
- By RondaR on 09-16-24
- Here One Moment
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill
Worth pushing through
Reviewed: 01-16-25
LOVE this book! The exquisite tangling of story lines weaves a believable tale of an unbelievable event on a plane with far-reaching effect. The interwoven story of resilience for the unassuming heroine Cherry Lockwood keeps the reader in suspense. Admittedly, following the varied story lines is challenging at first, but even that literary experience punctuates the authentic realization that the people we encounter in one event carry the impact into their own stories, stories we will likely never know, stories that we may even find ourselves playing a brief cameo role that changes the course of the future. This book reminded me to be grateful for the people who play those characters in my own life. This book not only provided hours of entertainment and relaxation but also thought-provoking characterization and plot that will likely creep back into my psyche for years to come.
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A Reason to See You Again
- A Novel
- By: Jami Attenberg
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 47
The women of the Cohen family are in crisis. Triggered by the death of their patriarch, Rudy, the glue that held them all together, everyone’s lives soon take a dramatic turn. Shelly, the younger of the two Cohen sisters, runs off to the West Coast to immerse herself in the emerging (and lucrative) world of technology. Her sister, Nancy, gets married at the age of twenty-one to a traveling salesman with a shadowy lifestyle, while their mother, Frieda, hurls herself into a boozy, troubled existence in Miami, trying to forget the past even as it haunts her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good read
- By Donna M. Blancero on 10-29-24
- A Reason to See You Again
- A Novel
- By: Jami Attenberg
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
Interesting technique, reverse foreshadowing, outright stating what happens in the future.
Reviewed: 11-29-24
I liked the dislikable characters and could relate to the raw emotion. At times the plot skipped too many details.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91,219
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80,708
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80,433
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Glucose Gluttony
- By W Perry Hall on 03-17-18
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
Riveting. Shocking. And soul-searching!
Reviewed: 09-07-24
I could not help but wonder what true stories inspired this fantastic plot! We all know that in all fiction lives a little fact! How many stories are told in this one plot that leaves the listener spellbound! Might be one of my favorite fiction books of all time! Simply genius!
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51,454
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 47,170
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Story5 out of 5 stars 47,093
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T on 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
Remarkably Bright Author!
Reviewed: 08-28-24
Outstanding performance, well-written and entertaining! Fabulous beach read! I will never look at an octopus the same!
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Half Light
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,317
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,886
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,860
Identical twins Amelia and Camelia Hall were born with the same face, and that’s about it: By the time the girls were through school, the matching set of names could no longer contain them. But the bond between the sisters is deep and unshakable - Cam serves as the maid of honor on Lia’s wedding day and as her attorney 15 years later, when Lia’s life and the lives of her two teenage daughters are rocked by divorce.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Half Light
- By barbara on 09-02-20
- Half Light
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Excellent!
Reviewed: 08-17-24
Excellent plot and performance! Might even listen again!! I would love a screenplay!! This would be an excellent play!!
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The House of Hidden Meanings
- A Memoir
- By: RuPaul
- Narrated by: RuPaul
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,499
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,423
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,423
In The House of Hidden Meanings, RuPaul strips away all artifice and recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, RuPaul excavates his own biography life-story, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing story
- By LB Run on 04-13-24
- The House of Hidden Meanings
- A Memoir
- By: RuPaul
- Narrated by: RuPaul
Excellently written and read
Reviewed: 05-16-24
Great story and enjoyable listen! The struggle to be accepted and loved while perusing dreams sprinkled with amazing stories!
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 41,713
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38,224
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Story5 out of 5 stars 38,038
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely beautifully Written❤️
- By Love bug23 on 05-02-22
- Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
Fantastic!!
Reviewed: 05-05-24
Emotional, raw, honest, I could not turn it off!!! Listened over 2 days while doing yard work. This book has left an indelible mark on my psyche!! Highly recommend!
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