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The Last Juror

John Grisham - Books on Tape
Format: Audio CD

Michael Beck is an amazing narrator. He is able to capture a wide range of voices. So much so you think The Last Juror is narrated by a full cast. I cannot reccomed listening to this over reading it enough!   In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers,...
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The Diviners

Libba Bray - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

Anything January Lavoy narrates is worth listening to, but she really shines in The Diviners. Capturing the spirit of the roaring 20's through a diverse group of character's voices truly showcases her amazing abilities. SOMETHING DARK AND EVIL HAS AWAKENED. . . .
Evie...
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News of the World: A Novel

Paulette Jiles - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

Grover Gardner has such a folksy, calm tone to his voice. He is the perfect narrator for News of the World.   In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered,...
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The Help

Kathryn Stockett - Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

The Help is narrated by Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell. Each woman is perfectly cast for each of the characters she plays, but Bahni Turpin as Miny is just extradorinary. The Help is a must listen in my book!   Be prepared to meet...
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

Anthony Doerr - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audio CD

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel

Mary Ann Shaffer - Random House Audio
Format: Audio CD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers." January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking...
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: Library Edition

Kim Michele Richardson - Blackstone Publishing
Format: Audiobook

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything-everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however,...
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The Rules of Magic

Alice Hoffman - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

From beloved author Alice Hoffman comes the spellbinding prequel to her bestseller, Practical Magic.Find your magic. For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man. Hundreds of years later, in New York...
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Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi - Macmillan Young Listeners
Format: Audio CD

*This program is narrated by acclaimed reader Bahni Turpin, whose past work includes The Hate U Give and The Underground Railroad*From Tomi Adeyemi comes Children of Blood and Bone: the highly-anticipated introduction to a YA fantasy trilogy set in West Africa. In this riveting audiobook,...
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Born a Crime

Trevor Noah - Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents'...
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11/22/63: A Novel

Stephen King - Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King's heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. Following his massively...
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