
How High We Go in the Dark
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE
"Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." — New York Times Book Review
"Haunting and luminous . . . Beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut." — Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta
Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles Times • NPR • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • Entertainment Weekly • Esquire • Good Housekeeping • NBC News • Buzzfeed • Goodreads • The Millions • The Philadelphia Inquirer • Minneapolis Star-Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • and many more!
For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.
In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.
Once unleashed, the Arctic plague will reshape life on Earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects—a pig—develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet.
From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes listeners on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resilience of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.
"Wondrous, and not just in the feats of imagination, which are so numerous it makes me dizzy to recall them, but also in the humanity and tenderness with which Sequoia Nagamatsu helps us navigate this landscape. . . . This is a truly amazing book, one to keep close as we imagine the uncertain future." — Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here
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The Enlightenment of Bees
- By: Rachel Linden
- Narrated by: Madison Lawrence
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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At 26, apprentice baker Mia West has her entire life planned out: a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, a job baking at the Butter Emporium, and her first love - her boyfriend, Ethan - by her side. But when Ethan declares he “needs some space”, Mia’s carefully planned future crumbles. Feeling adrift, Mia joins her vivacious housemate Rosie on a humanitarian trip around the world funded by a reclusive billionaire.
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Very cheesy
- By Annon on 10-07-19
By: Rachel Linden
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The Light Pirate
- By: Lily Brooks-Dalton
- Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm.
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Listed under "action adventure"????
- By NMwritergal on 12-14-22
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Blue Skies
- By: T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful boyfriend, Cat decides that she needs a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like “jewelry, living jewelry.” But when the budding social influencer finally gives in to impulse, buying a Burmese python from a local pet shop, she sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire events that culminates in one of the most memorable denouements in recent fiction, one that ensnares her entire family, from her eco-obsessed parents, Ottilie and Frank, to her frat-boy-turned-husband, Todd.
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Classic T.C. Boyle Novel
- By Lisa on 11-10-23
By: T. C. Boyle
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Zone One
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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In this wry take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel, a pandemic has devastated the planet. The plague has sorted humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Now the plague is receding, and Americans are busy rebuilding civilization under orders from the provisional government based in Buffalo. Their top mission: the resettlement of Manhattan.
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Tomorrow needs a marketing rollout.
- By Annie on 01-06-12
By: Colson Whitehead
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The Ladies of the Secret Circus
- By: Constance Sayers
- Narrated by: Emily Lawrence
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder - a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day.
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Not a fan of the narrator
- By Anonymous User on 07-01-21
By: Constance Sayers
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Pleasantville
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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Fifteen years after the events of Black Water Rising, Jay Porter is struggling to cope with catastrophic changes in his personal life and the disintegration of his environmental law practice. His victory against Cole Oil is still the crown jewel of his career, even if he hasn't yet seen a dime thanks to appeals. But time has taken its toll. Tired and restless, he's ready to quit.
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An Author You Need to Know
- By L. O. Pardue on 05-18-15
By: Attica Locke
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The Night Watchman
- By: Louise Erdrich
- Narrated by: Louise Erdrich
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, DC, this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.
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Beautiful
- By Melanie on 03-09-20
By: Louise Erdrich
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The Chemist
- By: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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She used to work for the US government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon.
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Listened all night!
- By bebe on 06-04-17
By: Stephenie Meyer
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The Witch of Willow Hall
- By: Hester Fox
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of a scandal, the Montrose family and their three daughters - Catherine, Lydia and Emeline - flee Boston for their new country home, Willow Hall. The estate seems sleepy and idyllic. But a subtle menace creeps into the atmosphere, remnants of a dark history that call to Lydia, and to the youngest, Emeline. All three daughters will be irrevocably changed by what follows, but none more than Lydia, who must draw on a power she never knew she possessed if she wants to protect those she loves. For Willow Hall’s secrets will rise, in the end....
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Great concept, soppy heroine, missed the mark
- By JK_ATL on 10-09-18
By: Hester Fox
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Haven
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?
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Fascinating listen
- By PJE on 03-15-23
By: Emma Donoghue
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Dream Jungle
- By: Jessica Hagedorn
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Ramón de Ocampo, Rona Figueroa, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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In a Philippines of desperate beauty and rank corruption, two seemingly unrelated events occur: the discovery of an ancient lost tribe living in a remote mountainous area and the arrival of a celebrity-studded, American film crew, there to make an epic Vietnam War movie. But the lost tribe may be a clever hoax and the Hollywood movie seems doomed as the cast and crew continue to self-destruct in a cloud of drugs and ego.
By: Jessica Hagedorn
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Cassandra in Reverse
- By: Holly Smale
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend, Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order…until now. Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things.
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Great audiobook listen!
- By Jennifer on 08-27-23
By: Holly Smale
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- TMSOD
- 03-07-22
Entirety Different
This book appeared in my Audible Library. I do not remember purchasing it. The story that unfolds in many voices as the book is recited make the listening experience fascinating.
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- dgrotuamigo
- 05-05-22
Listen now.
This was expensive, beautiful, ugly, generous, frank, and important. Crafted well and performed exceptionally.
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- Sheltie Guy
- 04-28-22
Interesting and Creative
Overall I enjoyed the book but I couldn’t help think there were some political undertones. I felt that approach was unique and the threads of the stories meshed nicely.
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- Yume
- 05-04-22
Breath of fresh air
This book hit in a way very few do. Short stories that could stand on their own, yet, tie together. Brilliant.
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- Megan Garcia
- 05-14-22
Odd and inventive
This set of stories is extremely depressing and although set within a fictional future, it feels too close to reality. However, if you don’t mind the sad/darker aspects of the story and the heavier topics like euthanasia and loss then you’ll find something wonderful.
The characters all connect through the cosmos and constellations; there is a common thread that you’ll begin to anticipate and look forward to as you read or hear the story.
The initial chapters definitely made me think I was listening to a transcription of a Black Mirror episode; it’s odd and daring. If that’s a series you enjoyed that give this book a try. It’s unlike anything I’ve read before.
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- Matthew
- 06-10-22
wow
Dude... What‽ this story is incredible. I jumped into it completely blind and I'm glad I did. it was great hearing the story unfold prom different perspectives in each chapter. Incredible ending. 10/10.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-17-22
Need more at the end
I felt that the last part was a bit rushed but great overall book to listen to.
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- Love Dem Shoes :)
- 03-17-22
I loved it
This book was really twisted and bizarre with a creepy amount of overlap with our current global climate. I personally loved it and thought this author was so creative and inventive with this story. Incredibly well done…
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- Stephanie Mariscal
- 01-11-23
this book stays rent free in your mind
overall a great book with different readers and stories, definitely recommend, will probably listen to it again
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- Eric Mitchell
- 01-10-23
Weird read
There were parts of the book that I enjoyed and other parts that were a little too strange for my liking. If you’re into sci-fi, you might enjoy this book.
It jumps around a lot, with some overlapping and the ending ties some of the story together. Not a feel good read, but makes you think about what might happen if the world really gets that bad.
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