29 Best long books to read
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A Dangerous Beauty
- By: Sophia Nash
- Narrator: Bianca Amato
- Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 26, 2016
- Language: English
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3.73(745 ratings)
3.73(745 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDLove, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by the removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.–The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce A Courageous Outcast . . . Rosamunde Baird has lostLove, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by the removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
–The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose BierceA Courageous Outcast . . .
Rosamunde Baird has lost everything and has no choice but to accept an invitation to spend a season with a dowager duchess and her clandestine ladies club. Determined to stay in the shadows and live quietly, she has sworn never again to come face to face with adventure and temptation, two things that brought her ruin years ago. But then the Duke of Helston dangles before her the very things she craves most . . .
Lord Fire & Ice . . .
Mysterious Luc St. Aubyn has a much-deserved reputation for exuding blistering passion at night and frost the morning after. What demons drive this audacious war hero to hide secrets about the dowager’s club and his devilish dictionary? When he’s blindsided by his reactions to a virtuous siren, he has no choice but to reveal all during a scandal that will doom them . . . or save them, if only they dare to believe in love.
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A Date at the Altar
- By: Cathy Maxwell
- Narrator: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 25, 2016
- Language: English
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3.93(825 ratings)
3.93(825 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDNew York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell’s glittering Marrying the Duke series continues–Twice he has been close to the altar and still no duchess. Will the third time be the charm? A duke can’t marry just anyone. His wifeNew York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell’s glittering Marrying the Duke series continues–Twice he has been close to the altar and still no duchess.
Will the third time be the charm? A duke can’t marry just anyone. His wife must be of good family, be fertile, be young. Struggling playwright Sarah Pettijohn is absolutely the last woman Gavin Whitridge, Duke of Baynton, would ever fall in love with.
She is an actress, born on the wrong side of the blanket, and always challenges his ducal authority. She never hesitates to tell him what she thinks.
However, there is something about her that stirs his blood . . . which makes her perfect for a bargain he has in mind: In exchange for backing her play, he wants Sarah to teach him about love.
And he, in turn, has a few things to teach her about men . . .
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A Faint Cold Fear
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrator: Kathleen Early
- Length: 13 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 10, 2015
- Language: English
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4.06(35119 ratings)
4.06(35119 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDGillian Flynn says, “Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today.” An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chiefGillian Flynn says, “Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today.”
An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent “suicides” suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia–a nightmare that is coming to prey on Sara Linton’s loved ones.
A small town is being transformed into a killing ground. And the key to a sadistic murderer’s motive and identity may be held in the unsteady hands of a campus security guard–a former police detective driven from the force by the hellish memories that will never leave her. Lena Adams survived the unthinkable and has paid a devastating price. Now the survival of future victims may depend upon her … when she can barely protect herself.
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The Brothers Karamazov
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrator: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 34 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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4.35(239903 ratings)
4.35(239903 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDAfter spending four years in a Siberian penal settlement, during which time he underwent a religious conversion, Dostoevsky developed a keen ability for deep character analysis. In The Brothers Karamazov, he explores human nature at its mostAfter spending four years in a Siberian penal settlement, during which time he underwent a religious conversion, Dostoevsky developed a keen ability for deep character analysis. In The Brothers Karamazov, he explores human nature at its most loathsome and cruel but never flinches at what he finds.
The Brothers Karamazov tells the stirring tale of four brothers: the pleasure-seeking, impatient Dmitri; the brilliant and morose Ivan; the gentle, loving, and honest Alyosha; and the illegitimate Smerdyakov: shy, silent, and cruel. The four unite in the murder of one of literature’s most despicable characters—their father. While on the surface a story about patricide, this novel is, on a deeper level, a spiritual tale of the struggle between faith, doubt, reason, and free will.
This passionate novel of ethics and morality, religion and philosophy, was Dostoevsky’s final and best work.
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A Lady in Disguise
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Justine Eyre
- Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 25, 2019
- Language: English
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3.86(540 ratings)
3.86(540 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDIt’s a case of mistaken identities and unmistakable attraction in New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ classic historical romance, previously published as The Reluctant Reformer! Lady Maggie Wentworth must support herself asIt’s a case of mistaken identities and unmistakable attraction in New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ classic historical romance, previously published as The Reluctant Reformer!
Lady Maggie Wentworth must support herself as an investigative reporter. Writing under another name, she’s been exposing the notorious scandals of the ton–this time it’s the “working girls” of London. While interviewing the women, a client enters, and Maggie is shocked to see her beau. She changes clothes with one of the girls and flees out the window, only to be whisked away by a stranger.
Lord James is honoring a deathbed promise: watch over his late friend’s sister. Following Maggie to a house of ill repute, he’s stunned to see her emerge dressed as the notorious Lady X! Hard times must have driven her to such a desperate act, and he is intent on reforming the wanton chit. No amount of protest will stop him from saving her reputation. Now if only he can hold his own desires in check–and keep himself from falling in love.
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A Land More Kind Than Home
- By: Wiley Cash
- Narrator: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 17, 2012
- Language: English
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3.87(20648 ratings)
3.87(20648 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“Bold, daring, graceful, and engrossing.”–Bobbie Ann Mason “This book will knock your socks off….A first novel that sings with talent.”–Clyde Edgerton In his phenomenal debut novel–a mesmerizing“Bold, daring, graceful, and engrossing.”
–Bobbie Ann Mason“This book will knock your socks off….A first novel that sings with talent.”
–Clyde EdgertonIn his phenomenal debut novel–a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town–author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent for lyrical, powerfully emotional storytelling. A Land More Kind than Home is a modern masterwork of Southern fiction, reminiscent of the writings of John Hart (Down River), Tom Franklin (Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter), Ron Rash (Serena), and Pete Dexter (Paris Trout)–one that is likely to be held in the same enduring esteem as such American classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and A Separate Peace. A brilliant evocation of a place, a heart-rending family story, a gripping and suspenseful mystery–with A Land More Kind than Home, a major American novelist enthusiastically announces his arrival.
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Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrator: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Length: 25 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 17, 2000
- Language: English
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4.25(650865 ratings)
4.25(650865 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDThis is the novel that ensured Fyodor Dostoevsky’s place as a giant of Russian literature. First published in 1866, this legendary work continues to enthrall readers around the world and earn Dostoevsky legions of fans with every printing.This is the novel that ensured Fyodor Dostoevsky’s place as a giant of Russian literature. First published in 1866, this legendary work continues to enthrall readers around the world and earn Dostoevsky legions of fans with every printing. Timeless, and breathtaking in scope, Crime and Punishment-the story of a young Russian intellectual’s decision to murder a cruel pawnbroker and his subsequent intellectual and spiritual crisis-is one of the most famous novels in all of literature. This absorbing book attacks the overly logical nihilistic ideals of reason and science and proves that only through love, self-denial and suffering comes salvation. George Guidall’s fluent interpretation of the Russian names enhances this deep, multi-leveled text, and liberates Dostoevsky’s eternal prose with dimensions of color and feeling lost to the printed page alone.
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A Line of Blood
- By: Ben McPherson
- Narrator: Steve West
- Length: 15 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 29, 2015
- Language: English
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3.27(940 ratings)
3.27(940 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDWhose secrets cut deeper?Your family’s. Whose secrets do you fear?Your neighbor’s. Whose secrets can kill?Your own. For Alex Mercer, his wife, Millicent, and their precocious eleven-year-old son, Max, are everything–his littleWhose secrets cut deeper?
Your family’s.Whose secrets do you fear?
Your neighbor’s.Whose secrets can kill?
Your own.For Alex Mercer, his wife, Millicent, and their precocious eleven-year-old son, Max, are everything–his little tribe that makes him feel all’s right with the world. But when he and Max find their enigmatic next-door neighbor dead in his apartment, their lives are suddenly and irrevocably changed. The police begin an extremely methodical investigation, and Alex becomes increasingly impatient for them to finish. After all, it was so clearly a suicide.
As new information is uncovered, troubling questions arise–questions that begin to throw suspicion on Alex, Millicent, and even Max. Each of them has secrets it seems. And each has something to hide.
With the walls of their perfect little world closing in on them day after day, husband, wife, and son must decide how far they’ll go to protect themselves–and their family–from investigators carefully watching their every move . . . waiting for one of them to make a mistake.
A Line of Blood explores what it means to be a family–the ties that bind us, and the lies that can destroy us if we’re not careful. Highly provocative, intensely twisty and suspenseful, this novel will have you wondering if one of them is guilty–or if all of them are–and will keep you on edge until its shocking final pages.
You will never look at your loved ones the same way again. . . .
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A Scot in the Dark
- By: Sarah Maclean
- Narrator: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 30, 2016
- Language: English
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3.74(9321 ratings)
3.74(9321 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDLonesome Lily turned Scandalous Siren Miss Lillian Hargrove has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs her to pose for a scandalous portrait, LilyLonesome Lily turned Scandalous Siren
Miss Lillian Hargrove has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs her to pose for a scandalous portrait, Lily doesn’t hesitate . . . until the lying libertine leaves her in disgrace. With the painting now public, Lily has no choice but to turn to the one man who might save her from ruin.
Highland Devil turned Halfhearted Duke
The Duke of Warnick loathes all things English, none more so than the aristocracy. It does not matter that the imposing Scotsman has inherited one of the most venerable dukedoms in Britain–he wants nothing to do with it, especially when he discovers that the unwanted title comes with a troublesome ward, one who is far too old and far too beautiful to be his problem.
Tartan Comes to Town
Warnick arrives in London with a single goal: get the chit married and see her become someone else’s problem, then return to a normal, quiet life in Scotland. It’s the perfect plan, until Lily declares she’ll only marry for love . . . and the Scot finds that there is one thing in England he likes far too much . . .
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A Study in Emerald
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrator: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 49 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 02, 2007
- Language: English
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3.92(4968 ratings)
3.92(4968 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDA mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it . . . In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to anA mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it . . . In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters . . . In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder . . . Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams–and nightmares . . . In a Locus Award-winning tale, the members of an exclusive epicurean club lament that they’ve eaten everything that can be eaten, with the exception of a legendary, rare, and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird . . . Such marvelous creations and more–including a short story set in the world of The Matrix, and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children’s fiction–can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman’s storytelling brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most unique writers of our time.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrator: John Lee
- Length: 46 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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4.28(763513 ratings)
4.28(763513 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.95 USDDashing young Edmond Dantes has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him. Falsely accused of aDashing young Edmond Dantes has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him.
Falsely accused of a political crime, Edmond Dantes is locked away for life in the infamous prison at the French Chateau d’If. But it is there that he learns of a vast hidden treasure.
After fourteen years of hopeless imprisonment, Dantes makes his daring escape and follows his secret map to untold fortune. Disguised now as the mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond seeks out his enemies–and nothing will stand in the way of his just revenge.
Filled with thrilling episodes of betrayal, romance, and revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the greatest adventure stories ever written.
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A Wedding for Christmas
- By: Lori Wilde
- Narrator: Lisa Zimmerman
- Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 25, 2016
- Language: English
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3.92(604 ratings)
3.92(604 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe whole town is ready for the holidays: The Cookie Club is baking, Main Street glitters with lights, the carolers sing . . .There’s even a Christmas wedding. When bodyguard Ryder Southerland sees his best friend’s sister Katie at anThe whole town is ready for the holidays: The Cookie Club is baking, Main Street glitters with lights, the carolers sing . . .There’s even a Christmas wedding.
When bodyguard Ryder Southerland sees his best friend’s sister Katie at an L.A. Christmas party, he mistakes the slinky blonde for a celebrity stalker and tackles her. Then they tackle each other . . . at his place. The next morning, Katie’s gone, and Ryder tells himself it’s for the best. It isn’t. Now, one Christmas later, Ryder’s falling for the woman he’s been missing in the town he hasn’t missed at all . . .
Katie Cheek’s outgrown the romantic fantasies she had about Ryder when she was fifteen. Katie’s packed their hot night away in a box labeled “fling”–or tried to. But Twilight’s bad boy is the best man in her brother’s wedding. And up-close and personal, Ryder’s impossible to ignore. So Katie can either go into hiding–or surrender to Christmas magic.
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Accidentally on Purpose
- By: Jill Shalvis
- Narrator: Karen White
- Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 24, 2017
- Language: English
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4.02(5324 ratings)
4.02(5324 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD(A standalone Heartbreaker Bay novel) There’s no such thing as a little in love . . . Elle Wheaton’s priorities: friends, career, and kick-ass shoes. Then there’s the muscular wall of stubbornness that’s security expert(A standalone Heartbreaker Bay novel)
There’s no such thing as a little in love . . .
Elle Wheaton’s priorities: friends, career, and kick-ass shoes. Then there’s the muscular wall of stubbornness that’s security expert Archer Hunt–who comes before everything else. No point in telling Mr. “Feels-Free Zone” that, though. Elle will just see other men until she gets over Archer . . . which should only take a lifetime . . .
There’s no such thing as a little in lust . . .
Archer’s wanted the best for Elle ever since he sacrificed his law-enforcement career to save her. Their chemistry could start the next San Francisco earthquake and he craves her 24/7, but Archer doesn’t want to be responsible for the damage. The alternative? Watch her go out with guys who aren’t him . . .
There is such a thing as . . .
As far as Archer’s concerned, nobody is good enough for Elle. But when he sets out to prove it by sabotaging her dates, she gets mad–and things get hot as hell. Now Archer has a new mission: prove to Elle that her perfect man has been here all along . . .
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Gone With the Wind
- By: Margaret Mitchell
- Narrator: Margaret Mitchell
- Length: 49 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 25, 2009
- Language: English
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4.3(1126533 ratings)
4.3(1126533 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell’s great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, itWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell’s great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire: darkly handsome Rhett Butler and flirtatious Scarlett O’Hara. Behind them stand their gentler counterparts: Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton. As the lives and affairs of these absorbing characters play out against the tumult of the Civil War, Gone With the Wind reaches dramatic heights that have swept generations of fans off their feet. Having lived in Atlanta for many years, narrator Linda Stephens has an authentic ear for the dialects of that region. Get ready to hear Gone With the Wind exactly as it was written: every word beautifully captured in a spectacular unabridged audio production.
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Act of Betrayal
- By: Edna Buchanan
- Narrator: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 18, 2014
- Language: English
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3.82(446 ratings)
3.82(446 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhen Miami crime reporter Britt Montero reports a missing teenager, she discovers that the case may be related to a string of unsolved disappearances. As Britt delves into the baffling case, an old mystery opens new wounds: she unexpectedly meetsWhen Miami crime reporter Britt Montero reports a missing teenager, she discovers that the case may be related to a string of unsolved disappearances. As Britt delves into the baffling case, an old mystery opens new wounds: she unexpectedly meets two men who knew her deceased father. Through them, Britt learns that he left a diary identifying the man who betrayed him. But the diary isn’t easily possessed; anyone who finds it seems to be marked for murder. At the height of a terrifying category five hurricane, Britt needs to face the man who betrayed her father in order to uncover more than one truth, but will her hunger for justice turn her into the next victim?
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All Chained Up
- By: Sophie Jordan
- Narrator: Christian Fox
- Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 29, 2016
- Language: English
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3.81(2153 ratings)
3.81(2153 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThere are bad boys and then there are the men of Devil’s Rock . . . Some men come with a built-in warning label. Knox Callaghan is one of them. Danger radiates from every lean, muscled inch of him, and his deep blue eyes seem to see rightThere are bad boys and then there are the men of Devil’s Rock . . .
Some men come with a built-in warning label. Knox Callaghan is one of them. Danger radiates from every lean, muscled inch of him, and his deep blue eyes seem to see right through to Briar Davis’s most secret fantasies. But there’s one major problem: Briar is a nurse volunteering at the local prison, and Knox is an inmate who should be off-limits in every way.
Knox feels it too–a shocking animal magnetism that drives him to risk his own life to protect Briar’s. Paroled at last, he tries to resist her. She’s too innocent, too sweet, and she has no idea what Knox is capable of. But a single touch can lead to a kiss–and a taste . . . until the only crime is denying what feels so right . . .
“When the prison doors are open, the real dragon will fly out.”–Ho Chi Minh
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Don Quixote
- By: Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
- Narrator: Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
- Length: 39 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 02, 2012
- Language: English
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3.89(201642 ratings)
3.89(201642 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDDon Quixote is the classic story. Called the first modern novel, this marvelous book has stood the test of time to become irrevocably intertwined with the fabric of society. Sixteenth-century Spanish gentleman Don Quixote, fed by his own delusionalDon Quixote is the classic story. Called the first modern novel, this marvelous book has stood the test of time to become irrevocably intertwined with the fabric of society. Sixteenth-century Spanish gentleman Don Quixote, fed by his own delusional fantasies, takes to the road in search of chivalrous adventures. But his quest leads to more trouble than triumph. At once humorous, romantic, and sad, Don Quixote is a literary landmark. This fresh edition, by award-winning translator Edith Grossman, brings the tale to life as never before.
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Anybody Out There?
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrator: Terry Donnelly
- Length: 15 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 09, 2006
- Language: English
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3.93(56860 ratings)
3.93(56860 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0030.99 USDMarian Keyes has introduced readers to the lives, loves, and foibles of the five Walsh sisters. In this funny, heartbreaking, and triumphant new tale set in the Big Apple, it’s Anna’s turn in the spotlight. Life is perfect for AnnaMarian Keyes has introduced readers to the lives, loves, and foibles of the five Walsh sisters. In this funny, heartbreaking, and triumphant new tale set in the Big Apple, it’s Anna’s turn in the spotlight.
Life is perfect for Anna Walsh. She has the “Best Job in the World” as a PR exec for a top-selling urban beauty brand, a lovely apartment in New York, and a perfect husband — the love of her life, Aidan Maddox. Until the morning she wakes up in her mammy’s living room in Dublin with her face in stitches, a dislocated knee, and completely smashed-up hands — and no memory of how she got there. While her mammy plays nursemaid, Anna tries to get better and keeps wondering why Aidan won’t return her phone calls or emails.
Recuperating from her injuries, a mystified Anna returns to Manhattan. Slowly beginning to remember what happened, she sets off on a search to find Aidan — a hilarious quest involving lilies (she can’t stop smelling them), psychics, mediums, and anyone there who can promise her a reunion with her beloved…
Written in her classic style, marrying the darker parts of life with humor and wit, Anybody Out There? is Marian Keyes’ best novel to date, wonderfully charming look at love here and ever after.
Performed by Terry Donnelly
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Les Miserables
- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrator: Victor Hugo
- Length: 60 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 24, 2011
- Language: English
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4.57(20 ratings)
4.57(20 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDOne of the great classics of world literature and the inspiration for the most beloved stage musical of all time, Les MisErables is legendary author Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. This extraordinary English version by renowned translator JulieOne of the great classics of world literature and the inspiration for the most beloved stage musical of all time, Les MisErables is legendary author Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. This extraordinary English version by renowned translator Julie Rose captures all the majesty and brilliance of Hugo’s work. Here is the timeless story of the quintessential hunted man-Jean Valjean-and the injustices, violence, and social inequalities that torment him. “Rich and gorgeous. This is the [translation] to read.”-Times (London)
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Infinite Jest
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Narrator: Sean Pratt
- Length: 56 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 27, 2012
- Language: English
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4.26(69003 ratings)
4.26(69003 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0089.98 USDA gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in AmericaSet in an addicts’ halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest exploresA gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America
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Set in an addicts’ halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.
Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human — and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.
“The next step in fiction…Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty…Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think.” —Sven Birkerts, The Atlantic -
Back in the Game
- By: Steve Scalise
- Narrator: Steve Scalise
- Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 13, 2018
- Language: English
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4.57(104 ratings)
4.57(104 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe “gripping and inspiring” true story (Washington Examiner) of how Congressman Steve Scalise survived a political mass shooting and returned to Congress with the help of his friends, family, and faith. On the morning of June 14, 2017,The “gripping and inspiring” true story (Washington Examiner) of how Congressman Steve Scalise survived a political mass shooting and returned to Congress with the help of his friends, family, and faith.
On the morning of June 14, 2017, at a practice field for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, a man opened fire on the Republican team, wounding five and nearly killing Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise.
In heart-pounding fashion, Scalise’s minute-by-minute account tells not just his own harrowing story, but the stories of heroes who emerged in the seconds after the shooting began and worked to save his life and the lives of his colleagues and teammates.Scalise delves into the backgrounds of each hero, seeking to understand how everyone wound up right where they needed to be, right when they needed to be there, and in possession of just the knowledge and experience they needed in order to save his life. Scalise takes us through each miracle, and each person who experienced it. He brings us the story of Rep. Brad Wenstrup, an Army Reserve officer and surgeon whose combat experience in Iraq uniquely prepared him for the attack that morning; of the members of his security detail, who acted with nearly cinematic courage; of the police, paramedics, helicopter pilots, and trauma team who came together to save his life.
Most important, it tells of the citizens from all over America who came together in ways big and small to help one grateful man, and whose prayers lifted up Scalise during the worst days of his hospitalization. As we follow the gripping, poignant, and ultimately inspiring story, we begin to realize what Scalise learned firsthand in real time: that Americans look out for each other, and that there is far more uniting us than dividing us.
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Be Mine Tonight
- By: Kathryn Smith
- Narrator: Vanessa Hart
- Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 16, 2011
- Language: English
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3.81(4285 ratings)
3.81(4285 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDChapel has been a vampire since the 1300s when he and his men tried to rob the Knights Templar and ended up drinking from a cup imbued with the essence of Lilith, the mother of all vampires. Since then the five of them have gone their separateChapel has been a vampire since the 1300s when he and his men tried to rob the Knights Templar and ended up drinking from a cup imbued with the essence of Lilith, the mother of all vampires. Since then the five of them have gone their separate ways…It is now 1899 and Chapel is sent to England to protect the cup from humans looking for it.
Prudence Ryland is dying and sees the Grail as her one chance at life. But when she falls into a trap while searching for the Grail she becomes poisoned. Chapel is there and tries to save her, however it is too late. Knowing that her time is limited and regretting having done so little in her young life, Pru asks Chapel to become her lover and introduce her to grand adventures. As her life force slowly ebbs away, Pru knows there is one more thing that can save her from death-but is Chapel willing to turn Pru into an immortal vampire?
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Long Walk to Freedom
- By: Nelson Mandela
- Narrator: Michael Boatman
- Length: 27 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 28, 2018
- Language: English
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4.34(71534 ratings)
4.34(71534 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.98 USDThe autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is “riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it” (Washington Post).Long Walk to Freedom: TheThe autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is “riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it” (Washington Post).Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. After his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela was at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa’s antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is still revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history’s greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life — an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.
The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.... Read more*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout. -
Blood Brothers
- By: Cotton Smith
- Narrator: Cotton Smith
- Length: 12 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 25, 2008
- Language: English
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4.56(9 ratings)
4.56(9 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDSpur Award-winning author Cotton Smith pens authentic tales of the Old West. In Blood Brothers, former Texas Ranger John Checker and a rag-tag group of travelers are are returning home to Dodge City, Kansas, after rescuing Checker’s niece andSpur Award-winning author Cotton Smith pens authentic tales of the Old West. In Blood Brothers, former Texas Ranger John Checker and a rag-tag group of travelers are are returning home to Dodge City, Kansas, after rescuing Checker’s niece and nephew from his ruthless stepbrother Star McCallister and his gang. But their escape is fraught with danger thanks to patrolling Indians and McCallister shadowing their every move.
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Blue Blood
- By: Susan McBride
- Narrator: Amy McFadden
- Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 06, 2015
- Language: English
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4.27(45 ratings)
4.27(45 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDMixing a dash of Dallas society, a pinch of Janet Evanovich, and murder in the land of big hair, Blue Blood is the first installment in award-winning author Susan McBride’s sassy Debutante Dropout mystery series. To the dismay of her highMixing a dash of Dallas society, a pinch of Janet Evanovich, and murder in the land of big hair, Blue Blood is the first installment in award-winning author Susan McBride’s sassy Debutante Dropout mystery series.
To the dismay of her high society mother, Cissy, Dallas heiress Andy Kendricks wants no part of the Junior League life–opting instead for a job as a website designer and a passel of unpedigreed pals. Now her good friend Molly O’Brien is in bad trouble, accused of killing her boss at the local restaurant Jugs.
Though no proper deb would ever set foot in such a sleazy dive, Andy’s soon slipping into skintight hot pants and a stuffed triple D bra to gain employment there and somehow help clear Molly’s name.
But Andy’s undercover lark soon brings her into too-close contact with all manner of dangerous adversaries–including a shady TV preacher, a fanatical Mothers Against Porn activist … and a killer who is none too keen on meddling rich girls.
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Bone White
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrator: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 28, 2017
- Language: English
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3.87(394 ratings)
3.87(394 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDNew York Times Bestselling Author Wendy Corsi Staub revisits Mundy’s Landing–a small town with a blood-soaked past. The town of Mundy’s Landing was founded on a horrifying secret, but stark white bones of the dead neverNew York Times Bestselling Author Wendy Corsi Staub revisits Mundy’s Landing–a small town with a blood-soaked past.
The town of Mundy’s Landing was founded on a horrifying secret, but stark white bones of the dead never lie…
“We shall never tell.” Spurred by the cryptic phrase in a centuries-old letter, Emerson Mundy travels to her ancestral hometown to trace her past. In Mundy’s Landing, she connects with long lost relatives–and a closet full of skeletons going back centuries.
In the year since former NYPD Detective Sullivan Leary solved the historic Sleeping Beauty Murders, she–like the village itself–has made a fresh start. But someone has unearthed blood-drenched secrets in a disembodied skull, and is hacking away at the Mundy family tree, branch by branch…
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Team of Rivals
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrator: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 41 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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4.27(169228 ratings)
4.27(169228 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0079.95 USDWinner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three giftedWinner of the Lincoln Prize
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Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.
Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires.
It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war.
We view the long, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals, hostile congressmen, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors, and in the case of Seward, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through.
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Catch a Falling Heiress
- By: Laura Lee Guhrke
- Narrator: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 11 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 27, 2015
- Language: English
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3.43(1373 ratings)
3.43(1373 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDShe’s an American heiress. He’s a devilish earl. When these two collide, the sparks ignite a shocking scandal in USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke’s unforgettable Victorian-era romance. Linnet Holland wants nothing toShe’s an American heiress. He’s a devilish earl. When these two collide, the sparks ignite a shocking scandal in USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke’s unforgettable Victorian-era romance.
Linnet Holland wants nothing to do with fortune hunters. No, she’s determined to marry a man who loves her. But just as she’s about to accept the perfect marriage proposal from the man she wants, the rakish Earl of Featherstone interrupts and ruins everything, including her reputation, with his smoldering kiss . . .
Jack Featherstone knows all about Linnet’s “intended,” and he’s determined she won’t fall prey to that villain as other women have in the past. But when his attempt to save Linnet ruins her instead, he knows he has to make things right. So he sets out to win this golden beauty . . . and prove to her that being ruined by him was the best thing that could have happened to her.
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The Goldfinch
- By: Donna Tartt
- Narrator: David Pittu
- Length: 32 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 22, 2013
- Language: English
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3.93(715470 ratings)
3.93(715470 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.98 USDA young New Yorker grieving his mother’s death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this “extraordinary” and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of The Secret History that “connects with the heart... Read moreA young New Yorker grieving his mother’s death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this “extraordinary” and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of The Secret History that “connects with the heart as well as the mind” (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don’t know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community.As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love — and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this “soaring masterpiece” examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles, Washington Post).
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