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Bestsellers
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Mona of the Manor
- A Novel (Tales of the City, Book 10)
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa—allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfill his wildest dreams—she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, Teddy’s grand, romantic country manor in the UK....
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loved Monas life in UK
- By mike on 03-06-24
By: Armistead Maupin
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The Guncle Abroad
- The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants comes the much-anticipated sequel, in which Patrick O’Hara is called back to his guncle duties…at a big family wedding in Lake Como, Italy....
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Perfect Summer Read!!
- By Chandra M on 07-05-24
By: Steven Rowley
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Boyfriend Material
- By: Alexis Hall
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye....
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The right material!
- By Cranky Reader on 07-08-20
By: Alexis Hall
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Women's Hotel
- A Novel
- By: Daniel M. Lavery
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women’s hotel in 1960s New York City.
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a great story!
- By cathryn vitek on 11-10-24
By: Daniel M. Lavery
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I Might Be in Trouble
- By: Daniel Aleman
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must then decide how far he’s willing to go to spin the misadventure into his next big book.
By: Daniel Aleman
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Less
- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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You are a failed novelist about to turn 50. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: Your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else....
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Endearing, funny, but sometimes overly clever
- By Lili on 07-30-17
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Mona of the Manor
- A Novel (Tales of the City, Book 10)
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa—allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfill his wildest dreams—she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, Teddy’s grand, romantic country manor in the UK....
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loved Monas life in UK
- By mike on 03-06-24
By: Armistead Maupin
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The Guncle Abroad
- The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants comes the much-anticipated sequel, in which Patrick O’Hara is called back to his guncle duties…at a big family wedding in Lake Como, Italy....
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Perfect Summer Read!!
- By Chandra M on 07-05-24
By: Steven Rowley
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Boyfriend Material
- By: Alexis Hall
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye....
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The right material!
- By Cranky Reader on 07-08-20
By: Alexis Hall
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Women's Hotel
- A Novel
- By: Daniel M. Lavery
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women’s hotel in 1960s New York City.
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a great story!
- By cathryn vitek on 11-10-24
By: Daniel M. Lavery
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I Might Be in Trouble
- By: Daniel Aleman
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must then decide how far he’s willing to go to spin the misadventure into his next big book.
By: Daniel Aleman
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Less
- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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You are a failed novelist about to turn 50. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: Your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else....
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Endearing, funny, but sometimes overly clever
- By Lili on 07-30-17
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Choke
- By: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Victor Mancini, a medical school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: He pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants....
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Oh please, not another abridged!!!
- By Pamela on 10-26-03
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Milk Fed
- By: Melissa Broder
- Narrated by: Melissa Broder
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Rachel is 24, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of existential control through obsessive food rituals while working as an underling at a Los Angeles talent management agency....
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Funny and uncomfortable
- By Kayla on 04-01-21
By: Melissa Broder
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Interesting Facts About Space
- A Novel
- By: Emily Austin
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black holes and their ability to spaghettify you without batting an eye in fear. Her one major phobia? Bald men. But she tries to keep that one under wraps....
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Slow start to a beautiful ending
- By DesiBlackstone on 06-23-24
By: Emily Austin
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Mr. Loverman
- A Novel
- By: Bernardine Evaristo
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Ron Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Barrington Jedidiah Walker is 74 and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney, London, for years....
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Don’t miss this one.
- By Ruth Johnson on 05-04-21
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When Katie Met Cassidy
- By: Camille Perri
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Katie Daniels, a 28-year-old Kentucky transplant with a strong set of traditional values, has just been dumped by her fiancé when she finds herself seated across a negotiating table from native New Yorker Cassidy Price, a sexy, self-assured woman wearing a man's suit....
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Not too original
- By Judith on 07-09-18
By: Camille Perri
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How to Leave the House
- A Novel
- By: Nathan Newman
- Narrated by: Christian Coulson, Imogen Wilde
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: the deeply embarrassing package he ordered to his house—which still hasn't arrived. He won't leave town without it. Any alternative is too distressing to consider. . .
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Thoughtful and funny
- By Keri K. on 11-17-24
By: Nathan Newman
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Tales of the City Audio Collection
- Tales of the City, Books 1-6
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Armistead Maupin
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
- Abridged
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All six Tales of the City novels available in one audio edition with a special introduction by the author....
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Where's Michael's Letter to his mom?
- By WHB in Burbank on 01-14-19
By: Armistead Maupin
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Friends of Dorothy
- By: Sandi Toksvig
- Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A story close to Sandi Toksvig's heart, Friends of Dorothy is a wonderful, funny, touching novel about making a family that is not biological, but logical.
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Funny and heartwarming
- By Elaine Bennett on 11-18-24
By: Sandi Toksvig
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My Favorite Uncle
- By: Marshall Thornton
- Narrated by: Dana P. Rowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Martin Dixon's carefully-constructed, peaceful life is turned upside down when his super Christian eighteen-year-old nephew Carter shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep and announces he's gay.
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Funny
- By Rebecca K on 11-20-24
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Tales of the City
- Tales of the City, Book 1
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than three decades Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture....
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Sparkling, Witty and Touching!
- By Nancy J on 01-19-14
By: Armistead Maupin
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Less Is Lost
- By: Andrew Sean Greer
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy Pelu. But nothing lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less running away from his problems yet again....
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dead end
- By Joe Puzzo on 09-23-22
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In at the Deep End
- By: Kate Davies
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Julia hasn't had sex in three years. Her roommate has a boyfriend - and their sex noises are audible through the walls, maybe even throughout the neighborhood....
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it was ok
- By Carla on 10-16-24
By: Kate Davies
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The Fall
- By: Robin Alexander
- Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Noel Savino has no problems attracting women. After several failed relationships, she's more than happy to keep it casual. Sunny Chase is willing to be another notch on Noel's bedpost....
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Simply delightful
- By Meredith on 07-06-16
By: Robin Alexander
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Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style
- A Novel
- By: Paul Rudnick
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style follows the decades-long, rule-breaking romance between the son of one of American’s wealthiest families and a middle-class aspiring author....
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Great audiobook
- By Ryan Macht on 11-30-23
By: Paul Rudnick
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Goldenrod
- By: Ann McMan
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Join Syd, Maddie, David, Michael, Henry, Celine, and the irrepressible Roma Jean Freemantle as they band together to navigate the minefields of their ever-changing world....
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The Best of Jericho
- By BV on 08-20-17
By: Ann McMan
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You Only Call When You're in Trouble
- A Novel
- By: Stephen McCauley
- Narrated by: André Santana
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After a lifetime of taking care of his impossible but irresistible sister and his cherished niece, Tom is ready to put himself first. An architect specializing in tiny houses, he finally has an opportunity to build his masterpiece....
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Terrible Narrator
- By Miss B on 01-21-24
By: Stephen McCauley
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The Liar's Dictionary
- A Novel
- By: Eley Williams
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Jon Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In the final year of the nineteenth century, Peter Winceworth is toiling away at the letter S for Swansby’s multivolume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. But his disaffection with his colleagues compels him to assert some individual purpose and artistic freedom....
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The liar’s Dictionary
- By phyllis howe on 01-19-21
By: Eley Williams
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Dykette
- A Novel
- By: Jenny Fran Davis
- Narrated by: Alex Schmidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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For fans of Torrey Peters's Detransition, Baby and HBO’s Search Party—Jenny Fran Davis's Dykette is an addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two older queer couples....
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Classic mfa brooklyn vibes
- By Sasha on 11-19-23
By: Jenny Fran Davis
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Maybe the Moon
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Armistead Maupin
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
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All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where, as she says, "you can die of encouragement"....
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short but good
- By Charlene on 08-06-07
By: Armistead Maupin
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What Is Wrong with You?
- A Novel
- By: Paul Rudnick
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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“The genuinely hilarious Paul Rudnick” (Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author) returns with a witty, insightful new novel about the joy, delight, pain, and absurdity of love in an age of cynicism, divorce, and digital madness.
By: Paul Rudnick
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Further Tales of the City
- Tales of the City, Book 3
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal....
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Frances McDormand narrates poorly
- By Christopher on 05-30-16
By: Armistead Maupin
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Esta cuerpa mía [This Body of Mine]
- By: Uri Bleier
- Narrated by: Raquel Martínez
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Con el nombre de Leonardo a cuestas y una estética andrógina, la protagonista llega a Tijuana, estafada por un grupo de tratantes. Bautizada como Mónica y cobijada por Rosy, una especie de madre adoptiva, se siente plena y aprende los trucos del que será su mundo...
By: Uri Bleier
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Sellevision
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Darkly funny and gleefully mean-spirited, Sellevision explores greed, obsession and third tier celebrity, in the world of a fictional home shopping network....
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A Peek behind the Scenes..
- By Nadine on 05-03-08
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Idlewild
- A Novel
- By: James Frankie Thomas
- Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Two adults look back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel....
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Loved every single part of it
- By Casey on 03-13-24