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Poor Deer

A Novel

By: Claire Oshetsky
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

“An original story. Margaret loses her best friend in a tragic accident when she is very young. The adults in her life are unable to help her deal with her loss, and her grief takes the form of Poor Deer, a creature who haunts her. Sensitive and bright, Margaret is misunderstood, and retreats into herself. She creates alternative stories for... Read more

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Travels with Charley in Search of America

Penguin Audio Classics

By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: Gary Sinise
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers
 
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.

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Tom Lake

A Novel

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“I'm pretty sure we could listen to Meryl Streep read the phone book. Lucky for us, she is reading the latest novel by the incomparable Ann Patchett. Tom Lake is both a snapshot of time suspended during the pandemic, and a coming of age tale. I couldn't bear to speed up any of it, because the listening experience was so enjoyable. Read more

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Lady Tan's Circle of Women

By: Lisa See
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim & Justin Chien
Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

“A beautiful book about the struggle and triumph of women in 15th century China. You will feel love, hate, and anger for the characters in this book! An absolutely stunning historical fiction book! Read more

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Evil Eye

A Novel

By: Etaf Rum
Narrated by: Vaneh Assadourian & Gail Shalan
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and Community BoardThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

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Migrations

A Novel

By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“Migrations is an unusual and amazing story – a bit of a modern Moby Dick. Franny is broken and adrift after years of searching for a sense of her troubled life and hope for our planet. Animals are extinct, except possibly a few Arctic Terns who Franny is determined to follow. The crew on the Saghani adds great depth to the story. Lovely prose... Read more

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

A Novel

By: Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Michael Urie
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

“This is one of my favorite books to recommend in the store and the audio is so fun! The characters are memorable and the story is delightful, a good balance of not too heavy, not just fluff. It touches on themes of loneliness and grief, but also community and connection, with a bit of whimsy as well. Read more

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One Good Mama Bone

A Novel

By: Bren McClain
Narrated by: Bren McClain
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer's quest to find her "mama bone," after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor, a woman she calls "Sister." When her husband drinks himself to death, Sarah, a... Read more

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