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BuyMort: Grand Opening: How I Became the Accidental Warlord of Arizona
- Shopocalypse Saga, Book 1
- By: Damien Hanson, Joseph Phelps
- Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 542
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 409
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 409
After the arrival of the multiversal monopoly BuyMort, life got brutal. All systems were through BuyMort. All currency was through BuyMort. All sales were through BuyMort. You could resist, you could compete, but it didn’t really matter because in the end you used BuyMort—or you perished. BuyMort be praised. But not everyone’s happy with the new system. Some, even, want to see it destroyed. It’s quick. It’s convenient. And it will help people kill you and your family as readily as it will help them sell you knickknacks for a quick mortie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny
- By Mandymomof3boyz on 05-20-23
- BuyMort: Grand Opening: How I Became the Accidental Warlord of Arizona
- Shopocalypse Saga, Book 1
- By: Damien Hanson, Joseph Phelps
- Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell
feels like a litrpg without any stats
Reviewed: 04-14-25
its well written but instead of magical powers they have magical capitalism. which, granted seems to be the point, but I kept waiting for someone to level up even seeing early on that despite the trappings it's not that genre.
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Network Effect
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,890
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,797
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,777
You know that feeling when you’re at work and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot. Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable AI you’ll listen to this century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Hope You Remain Unmurdered
- By pondo on 05-06-20
- Network Effect
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
loved murderbot at novel length
Reviewed: 04-12-24
the story is great and it's is finally full novel length instead of a novella.
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Parasite
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,020
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 935
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Story4 out of 5 stars 935
From New York Times best-selling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite—a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the Intestinal Bodyguard worm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system—even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Parasite rejected by host
- By Thomas More on 01-14-17
- Parasite
- By: Mira Grant
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
why so many sudden heel turns?
Reviewed: 12-02-22
the story overall was good, interesting and engaging story but after around the half way point there were just so many sudden villian turns that it brought me out of the story each time. why is this character being so unreasonable? because we need Sal to react...
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Planet Hulk
- A Novel of the Marvel Universe
- By: Greg Pak, Marvel
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Full Cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 342
Betrayed by Earth's heroes and exiled into outer space, the man-monster known as the Incredible Hulk has landed on the distant planet Sakaar, ruled by the tyrannical Red King. Sold into slavery, the Hulk becomes the Green Scar, the planet's mightiest gladiator! But his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow fighters: crafty insectoid Miek, the horrific Brood, wise rock-man Korg, Shadow Warrior Hiroim, noble-born rebel Elloe, and her loyal guardsman Skee. Together, these gladiators start a revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This one is in the very top.
- By Brothanoomsy on 10-30-20
- Planet Hulk
- A Novel of the Marvel Universe
- By: Greg Pak, Marvel
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Full Cast
great adaptation of a great comic
Reviewed: 08-28-22
it was really well preformed and very dramatic. not sure they didn't add a few scenes, but if they did they were good scenes
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The Devil You Know
- By: Mike Carey
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 498
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 449
Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stomping ground. It may seem like a good ghostbuster can charge what he likes and enjoy a hell of a lifestyle, but there's a risk: sooner or later he's going to take on a spirit that's too strong for him. When Castor accepts a seemingly simple ghost-hunting case at a museum in the shadowy heart of London, what should have been a perfectly straightforward exorcism is rapidly turning into the Who Can Kill Castor First Show, with demons and ghosts all keen to claim the big prize.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horror combined with misogynistic characters
- By Diana on 01-11-19
- The Devil You Know
- By: Mike Carey
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
a great supernatural mystery
Reviewed: 08-27-22
it's in the same vein as The Dresden Files or the Nightside books, though a bit darker than most of those. Not far from a Constantine story.
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The Warehouse
- A Novel
- By: Rob Hart
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jason Culp, Karissa Vacker
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 786
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 690
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 689
Paxton never thought he’d be working for Cloud, the giant tech company that’s eaten much of the American economy. Much less that he’d be moving into one of the company’s sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what’s left outside, Cloud’s bland chainstore life of gleaming entertainment halls, open-plan offices, and vast warehouses...well, it doesn’t seem so bad. It’s more than anyone else is offering.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Soylent Green meets a Sam Walton Biography
- By RD on 09-01-19
- The Warehouse
- A Novel
- By: Rob Hart
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jason Culp, Karissa Vacker
This Era's Animal Farm or F.451
Reviewed: 12-12-19
Full body shivers at the end. It's uncanny. The way my boyfriend kept talking about it I thought it was non-fiction, I was pleasantly surprised. It's frankly ironic that this is being shared through an Amazon company platform because they're the one my boyfriend kept likening it to. He wasn't wrong.
I think I've heard these voice actors before, they're dang good. I'm pretty sure about the female voice actor at least, but I'll have to do some digging. polished the whole thing off in 2 days at 1.5x speed, it was too good to unplug.
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Norse Mythology
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69,842
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 62,510
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62,227
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Comedy-Tragedy of Gods Giants Dwarfs & Monsters
- By Jefferson on 02-24-17
- Norse Mythology
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a fantastic story telller
Reviewed: 04-23-19
even if you're familiar with the mythology already it is well worth listening to this.
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Underlord
- Cradle, Book 6
- By: Will Wight
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,369
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,272
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,268
A tournament approaches. All around the world, great clans and sects prepare their disciples to fight against one another in a competition of young Underlords. Even the Blackflame Empire is drawn in, but their youth are not strong enough to compete.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just wanted to be first
- By colton on 03-12-19
- Underlord
- Cradle, Book 6
- By: Will Wight
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
better and better
Reviewed: 04-17-19
Every volume of Cradle builds and improves on those before. Underlord is the best yet.
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A Mind of Her Own
- By: Paula McLain
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 26,424
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23,461
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23,433
Marie Sklodowska, 25, is studying science at the Sorbonne—one of the only universities in the world that has begun to admit women. A thousand miles from her native Poland, with no money and the odds stacked against any woman daring to pursue a career in such a rigorous field, Marie throws herself into her studies. She’s certain that to succeed in a man’s world, she will have to go it alone.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Based on a true story
- By Kingsley on 03-01-19
- A Mind of Her Own
- By: Paula McLain
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Neat excerpt but not much more.
Reviewed: 03-11-19
Wonderfully written, good voice acting, neat story, cool interaction with other period themes like the Ferris Wheel and Eifel Tower, but I was hoping it would go more into the discoveries and it was just a little short for my taste. It was free so I didn't really know what I was getting when I clicked it. Beautifully told though. I really did appreciate how much it made an icon feel like just another girl with the struggles of her generation, and it was a cute little window into the past.
If you want to write another that delves more into her schooling, friendship, family and scientific discoveries I would definately pay to read that. Your writing style was wonderful I'm just itching to hear more.!!!
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Shield and Crocus
- By: Michael R. Underwood
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 49
The city of Audec-Hal sits among the bones of a Titan. For decades it has suffered under the dominance of five tyrants, all with their own agendas. Their infighting is nothing, though, compared to the mysterious "Spark-storms" that alternate between razing the land and bestowing the citizens with wild, unpredictable abilities.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A very busy story, but it was a good listen .
- By Brittainy on 12-15-14
- Shield and Crocus
- By: Michael R. Underwood
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Do you like comics? I think you're going to like this.
Reviewed: 03-02-18
To use oversimplified common references, it was like a Marvel origin story to the Power Rangers or something, or Heroes, the TV series, turned into a comic book and then into a novel. It was a very neat story about how an underground group of heroes works together to keep the big villain group from squishing too many people. I haven't read anything like it before. Super neat concept!
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