Casey's Picks

Casey is the second-generation owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz. Her earliest memory was riding the rocking horse in the kid's section when the store was across the street. She is an avid reader of new fiction, history, and politics and loves to read with her book group.

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The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright
Narrated by: Anne Enright, Aoife Duffin, Owen Roe & Liza Ross
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

“A lovely generational novel where I found the characters both interesting and likable. The story revolves around the daughter of the woman left behind and her granddaughter...Carmel and Nell. Set in Ireland, Carmel is retrospective, while Nell is clearly of the present day...young, online, introspective and witty. Read more

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Rough Sleepers

Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people

By: Tracy Kidder
Narrated by: Tracy Kidder
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains

“I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to... Read more

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The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese
Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
Length: 31 hours 16 minutes

“A sweeping, enthralling and passionate multi-generational saga that's difficult to put down (or stop listening to), this is a brilliant story of land, family and unforgettable characters in South India. Read more

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Yellowface

A Novel

By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

“R.F. Kuang does it again! But honestly, who is surprised! Yellowface is full of terrible people doing terrible things, a horror of mundanity that makes you reconsider everyone around you. But mainly, you have June spiraling out of control in a similar manner to the main character in a tell-tale heart, an unreliable narrator who reliably tells on... Read more

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