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| Find Me by André Aciman; narrated by Michael StuhlbargWhat it is: a follow-up to the bestselling Call Me By Your Name, which picks up years later as Elio, his father Samuel, and Elio's first love Oliver start -- and end -- relationships.
Narration: In this AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording, actor Michael Stuhlbarg (who portrayed Samuel in the 2017 film adaptation of Call Me By Your Name) offers a warm and contemplative reading. |
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| Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo; narrated by Lauren Fortgang and Michael David AxtellWhat it's about: Alex Stern, a high school dropout with the ability to see ghosts, receives a full scholarship to Yale, where she's tasked with monitoring the university's secret societies. She soon discovers that the elite institution is willing to turn a blind eye to their occult transgressions.
Narration: Lauren Fortgang's commanding, leisurely paced narration elevates the intrigue and suspense; Michael David Axtell gives an expressive reading as Darlington, Alex's mentor who has disappeared. |
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The Accomplice
by Joseph Kanon; narrated by Jonathan Davis
The premise: When he is entreated by his dying Auschwitz-survivor uncle to track down a Nazi war criminal who committed atrocities, a rogue CIA agent investigates the hidden scientist's alluring daughter, uncovering complicated truths.
Narration: Davis effortlessly becomes all the characters, giving an unparalleled performance of the novel. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2019 Best Audiobook.
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Out of the Silence: After the Crash
by Eduardo Strauch; narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon
What it's about: the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby teammates who suffered seventy-two days among the dead and dying. It was a harrowing test of endurance on a snowbound cordillera that ended in a miraculous rescue.
Why you might enjoy it: In this revelatory and rewarding memoir, Strauch withholds nothing as he reveals the truth behind the life-changing events that challenged him physically and tested him spiritually, but would never destroy him.
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The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern; narrated by Read by Dominic Hoffman with Dion Graham, Bahni Turpin, Fiona Hardingham and two others.
What it's about: Vermont graduate student Zachary Ezra Rawlins discovers a mysterious book of stories that contains a tale from his own life before following clues to a magical underground library that is being targeted for destruction.
Reviewers say: "Her stories flow together as they flow forward and will enthrall a wide range of readers. Highly recommended" (Library Journal).
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
by Alexander McCall Smith; narrated by David Rintoul
What it's about: Tasked with their Swedish police department's most unusual cases, lead detective Ulf Varg and his colorful associates investigate a bizarre stabbing, a missing imaginary boyfriend, and a haunted spa.
Reviewers say: "As usual, the interpersonal relationships Smith so sensitively portrays and the ethical issues he raises matter far more than the sleuthing. Fans of gentle mysteries will look forward to the sequel" (Publlsher's Weekly).
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The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin
by Jan Stocklassa; narrated by Ulf Bjorklund
What it's about: An investigation into the controversial early death and unfinished manuscript of the author of the Millennium novels connects the 1986 assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme to a conspiracy with terrorist ties.
Recommended for: True crime lovers and Stieg Larsson buffs (author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
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Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food
by Ann Hood; narrated by Nina Alvamar
What it is: A collection of personal essays and recipes by the best-selling author of The Knitting Circle reflects on the culinary experiences that shaped her Italian-American childhood and adult family life and includes the award-winning piece, "The Golden Silver Palate."
What's inside: 27 essays about food and how we often mark pivotal moments of life via special recipes.
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
by F. B. M. de Waal; narrated by L. J. Ganser
What it's about: The influential primatologist and best-selling author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? draws on renowned primate studies in an exploration of animal emotions that touches on such subjects as expressions, animal sentience and free will.
Reviewers say: "a highly readable, engrossing discussion of some of the cognitive—and, as the author argues, emotional—similarities and continuities between humans and nonhuman primates" (Choice).
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