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A collection of favorite book club picks, all available in audio! For your next book club or reading group, try listening to any of these intriguing titles, and see what kind of interesting discussions arise about the audiobook performance.

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The Abstinence Teacher

The rich new novel by the bestselling author of Little Children, Joe College, and Election

"...generous...” —The New York Times Book Review   “Perrotta is that rare writer equally gifted at drawing..."

By Tom Perrotta and Campbell Scott

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The Angels of Morgan Hill

From the author of the blockbuster Christmas Hope series comes a breakout novel of faith, family and hope

"...  Praise for The Christmas Shoes:   “A delightful book.” –Tampa Tribune & Times..."

Donna VanLiere Donna VanLiere

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Baby Proof

The smash-hit New York Times bestselling novel that explores the question: Is there ever a deal breaker when it comes to true love? Now available at a new low...

".... Because the themes invite discussion, this is a ‘chick’ book that both hens and roosters might enjoy..."

By Emily Giffin and Cynthia Nixon

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Christine Falls

A Novel

In the debut crime novel from the Booker Prize-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of a conspiracy...

"...no business even reading. Odd enough in itself to find Malachy there, but the next morning, when the haze has..."

By Benjamin Black and Timothy Dalton

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The Ex-Debutante

When Carlisle Wainwright Cushing left her native Texas to start a new life in Boston, she had no regrets. The former Texas debutante, who never felt at home in...

"...the man of her dreams, she's in a perfect place to tempt fate.. “An engaging audiobook read by Susan Bennett, Lee’s witty book is sure to have readers cheering for Carlisle as she searches to find..."

By Linda Francis Lee and Susan Bennett

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Gilead

A Novel

The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel A New York Times Top-Ten Book of 2004 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Nearly 25 years...

"...The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel A New York Times Top-Ten Book of 2004 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Nearly 25 years.... The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel A New York Times Top-Ten Book of 2004 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three..."

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America

A rousing manifesto for our climate-challenged future

"...that works well with the text.... He navigates the quoted text of this book with a distinguishing..."

By Thomas L. Friedman and Oliver Wyman

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Housekeeping

A Novel

An unabridged audio edition of this classic work on the 25th anniversary of its first publication A modern classic, housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her...

"...An unabridged audio edition of this classic work on the 25th anniversary of its first publication A modern classic, housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her.... An unabridged audio edition..."

By Marilynne Robinson and Becket Royce

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I Am Charlotte Simmons

A Novel

2005 Audie Award Finalist America’s “peerless observer” (People) uncovers college life—from jocks to mutants, dormcest to tailgating—plus race, class, sex,...

"....” —Washington Post Book World Praise for A Man in Full “This novel contains passages as powerful..."

By Tom Wolfe and Dylan Baker

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An Incomplete Revenge

A Maisie Dobbs Novel

In her fifth outing, the extraordinary Psychologist and Investigator, Maisie Dobbs, investigates a strange series of crimes in a small rural community...

"....  Read with zest by Orlagh Cassidy..." - USA Today   "Jacqueline Winspear adds a fascinating episode to the Maisie Dobbs series, which justly gains fans with each new story. Orlagh Cassidy began the audio..."

By Jacqueline Winspear and Orlagh Cassidy

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A Long Way Gone

My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean,...

"...honesty.. “Everyone in the world should read this book. Not just because it contains an amazing story, or because it’s our moral, bleeding-heart duty, or because it’s clearly written. We should read..."

Ishmael Beah Ishmael Beah

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Lush Life

A Novel

From a great American realist—the author of Clockers and co-writer of The Wire—a riveting story of two urban worlds in collision

"...whose “tough, gritty brand of social realism...reads like a movie in prose” (Michiko Kakutani..."

By Richard Price and Bobby Cannavale

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Middlesex

A Novel

In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school, Grosse Pointe, MI, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry-blonde...

"...and mind. Kristoffer Tabori's dramatization gives a strong sense that he's savoring the telling." Audio File “Without a doubt, this audio edition of Eugenide’s long-awaited second novel represents an acme..."

By Jeffrey Eugenides and Kristoffer Tabori

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Mississippi Sissy

The celebrity interviewer finally turns the camera on himself

"...road north towards celebrity begins. In a memoir that echoes bestsellers like The Liar’s Club, Kevin..."

Kevin Sessums Kevin Sessums

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The Red Tent

A Novel

Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable contribution in modern fiction: a new perspective of female life in biblical society....

"...—a little promoted, but dynamically successful book (over 250,000 copies sold) that owes its success..."

By Anita Diamant and Carol Bilger

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Rhett Butler's People

Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler’s People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone...

"....” -          AudioFile   “Read with eloquence, charisma and a bit of spontaneity tossed by John Bedford Lloyd..."

By Donald McCaig and John Bedford Lloyd

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Running with Scissors

A Memoir

The runaway national bestseller now becomes a motion picture starring Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by Ryan Murphy

"...members of the family portrayed in this book for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not intended to hurt..."

Augusten Burroughs Augusten Burroughs

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The Silver Swan

A Novel

The inimitable Quirke returns in another spellbinding crime novel, in which a young woman’s dubious suicide sets off a new string of hazards and deceptions ...

"...for Benjamin Black's previous book, Christine Falls, also read by Timothy Dalton: “This is one of those..."

By Benjamin Black and Timothy Dalton

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The Story of a Marriage

A Novel

From the bestselling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in fifties San Francisco

By Andrew Sean Greer and S. Epatha Merkerson

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Japan, 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms in Tokyo, two orphaned brothers are growing up with loving grandparents who inspire them to dream of a future...

"...Hamilton, bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World   “Gail Tsukiyama..."

By Gail Tsukiyama and Stephen Park

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Tallgrass

A compelling new book from Sandra Dallas that “will undoubtedly draw apt comparisons with such novels as To Kill A Mockingbird and Snow Falling on Cedars”* ...

"...A compelling new book from Sandra Dallas that “will undoubtedly draw apt comparisons with such novels as To Kill A Mockingbird and Snow Falling on Cedars”* .... During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes turn on the newcomers. Rennie has just turned..."

By Sandra Dallas and Lorelei King

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This I Believe

The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies and core values of a fascinating group of Americans

"..., in the photos in this book. And read it in their words. I’m so proud that NPR helped carry this Edward R..."

By Jay Allison and Dan Gediman

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This I Believe II

More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers...

"...A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers.... A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays..."

By Jay Allison and Dan Gediman

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The World Is Flat 3.0

A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Tying into the new paperback and with a new preface, Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the flattening of the earth is a modern classic

"...Times Book Review (cover review)   "Captivating . . . an enthralling read. To his great credit..."

By Thomas L. Friedman and Oliver Wyman

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