Overall 5 out of 5 stars 1,895 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,861 Story 5 out of 5 stars 1,861
Red Sky Mourning
A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast.
Carr’s writing is fast, tense and UNPUTDOWNABLE!!!
By: Jack Carr
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 25,705 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 24,769 Story 5 out of 5 stars 24,770
The Women
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
WOW. Just Wow
By: Kristin Hannah
Overall 4 out of 5 stars 1,685 Performance 4 out of 5 stars 1,634 Story 4 out of 5 stars 1,633
Eruption
Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he’d been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world’s most popular storyteller.
I expected a better story
By: Michael Crichton, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,383 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,341 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,341
The Housemaid Is Watching
From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next installment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone listen: and once you start, it will have you up all night until the final explosive twist.
Twenty years later
By: Freida McFadden
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 54,271 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 48,978 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 48,919
A Court of Thorns and Roses
When 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin - one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
Bad ending and Immaturity
By: Sarah J. Maas
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 135,581 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 110,814 Story 5 out of 5 stars 109,761
Atomic Habits
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
Author went overboard hawking his site
By: James Clear
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 2,742 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 2,638 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,638
You Like It Darker
“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.
What happened to the chapter titles
By: Stephen King
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 193,776 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 170,037 Story 5 out of 5 stars 169,524
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
A great reading of the wrong book
By: J.K. Rowling
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 716 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 698 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 698
The Coldest Case: The Past Has a Long Memory
Someone is committing random murders across Chicago—and making sure detectives Billy Harney (Aaron Paul) and Patti Harney (Krysten Ritter) are first on the crime scene. What connects the victims, and why is the killer leaving clues behind with each body? Billy and Patti are scrambling to stop the next killing when their father, Chief of Detectives Dan Harney (Beau Bridges), is kidnapped. But in their race to track him down, they uncover pieces of his past that simply can’t be true. Could their own flesh and blood be covering up a dark secret?
Re: Good!
By: James Patterson, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,172 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,101 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,101
Mad Love
They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.
Surprised
By: Wendy Walker
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 7,244 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 7,036 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 7,036
Funny Story
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Funny Story is a Wonderful Read
By: Emily Henry
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,783 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,889 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,840
The Duke and I
Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry - though there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon's heart beating a bit faster. And as for Daphne, surely the clever debutante will attract some very worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.
Too much sex for this reader
By: Julia Quinn
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 24,237 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 20,137 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 20,015
48 Laws of Power
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
By: Robert Greene
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 31,642 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 29,387 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 29,391
Fourth Wing
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
Erotica with Dragons
By: Rebecca Yarros
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 1,339 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,287 Story 5 out of 5 stars 1,287
The Anxious Generation
There is no bigger public health story now than the collapse in youth mental health. The numbers are terrifying and dominate our headlines. There has been much debate over how we got here, and what to do next, and bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the white-hot center of that discourse. Haidt has spent his career speaking wisdom and truth into the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the perfect storm contributing to a public health emergency for Gen Z.
Empower parents, Not governments
By: Jonathan Haidt
Overall 4 out of 5 stars 889 Performance 4 out of 5 stars 875 Story 4 out of 5 stars 876
The Worst of You
In The Worst of You, just-wed architects Timo and Nia flee a murder scene, setting in motion a chain reaction of lies and betrayals that threaten to unravel everything they have built together. Twisted and propulsive, this thriller is told from the alternating perspectives of the couple and those close to them on Williwaw Island, each with their own motive to use the outcome of the murder case to their advantage. When a huge storm sweeps up the coast, trapping everyone on tiny Williwaw Island, it’s a race against time—and the elements — to stop the murderer from striking again.
A boring drawn out simplistic plot
By: Sarah Richards
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,273 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 14,682 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 14,681
First Lie Wins
The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn't like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.
What’s The lie?
By: Ashley Elston
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 199 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 190 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Swan Song
Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.
The best
By: Elin Hilderbrand
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 126 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 120 Story 5 out of 5 stars 120
On Call
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
Wonderful, insightful story.
By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 4,733 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 4,533 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,533
Just for the Summer
Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other’s out, and they’ll both go on to find the love of their lives. It’s a bonkers idea… and it just might work.
Good but heavy
By: Abby Jimenez
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 19,887 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 17,534 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 17,461
Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition)
Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria - took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
150 years of Westeros history
By: George R. R. Martin
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 172,839 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 157,641 Story 5 out of 5 stars 157,086
Project Hail Mary
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
Bazinga
By: Andy Weir
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,705 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,928 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,914
Throne of Glass
In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an 18-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught. Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament - fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin's heart be melted?
Young adult, sure
By: Sarah J. Maas
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,841 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 4,637 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,636
George Orwell’s 1984
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
A Revelation!
By: George Orwell, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 877 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 860 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 860
Bluebeard
In 1919, Kathryn Wombacher finds a lonely-hearts ad placed by one Walter Andrew: "Would be pleased to correspond with a refined young lady or widow. Object, matrimony.” Kathryn and Walter fall in love and marry within weeks. What Kathryn doesn’t know...is that her new husband is really James “Bluebeard” Watson, a notorious West Coast serial killer who catfished and married 22 women, murdering 10.
Performances
By: Jim Clemente, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,970 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,898 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,898
The Accidental Dating Experiment
Eight years ago I fell into a secret summer fling with my best friend’s little sister before our lives went in different directions. Now, I’m the grumpy to Juliet’s sunshine on a popular dating podcast we host, and when a wealthy fan gives us a charming coastal cottage as the biggest thank you ever, we head to the town where I grew up to give it a makeover. And find the house has only one bed. Located under a mirrored ceiling.
The kind of Romance everyone needs in their collection!
By: Lauren Blakely
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,584 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 5,409 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,409
Listen for the Lie
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
The Truth doesn’t matter
By: Amy Tintera
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 72,542 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 63,317 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 63,168
It Ends with Us
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.
Not what I expected.
By: Colleen Hoover
