| Vicious Circle by C.J. Box; narrated by David ChandlerSuspense. Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has some deadly enemies in the violent Cates family, especially former rodeo champ Dallas, who once assaulted Joe's daughter. When a newly-out-of-prison Dallas returns to town and a murder occurs, Joe realizes that the Cateses are targeting those close to him. Teaming up with his friend Nate, who's no stranger to killing, honorable Joe fights back. Fortunately for fans, veteran narrator David Chandler continues his delightful work on the Joe Pickett audiobooks. |
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| Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann; narrated by Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, and Danny CampbellNonfiction. In 1920s Oklahoma, the Osage Indian Nation possessed immense wealth because their land contained large petroleum reserves. In the thoroughly-researched Killers of the Flower Moon, New Yorker staff writer David Grann portrays a series of murders on the reservation. Local authorities couldn't solve the crimes, but an investigation by the relatively new FBI (led by the young J. Edgar Hoover) identified and arrested the killers. In addition, Grann reveals details undiscovered by the FBI. This thrilling narrative is divided into three sections, each read by a different voice: "The Marked Woman" by Ann Marie Lee, "The Evidence Man" by Will Patton, and "The Reporter" by Danny Campbell. |
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| Song of the Lion by Anne Hillerman; narrated by Christina DelaineMystery. Attending a high school basketball game, Navajo police officer Bernadette "Bernie" Manuelito hears a car bomb explode in the parking lot. Suspecting that the car's owner, a mediator working with land developers, the Hopi, and the Diné, was the target, Bernie's husband, Sgt. Jim Chee, guards him. Meanwhile, Bernie works with retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn to uncover a link from the bomb to one of his earlier cases. The late Tony Hillerman's daughter Anne, taking over from her father, places Bernie at center stage in her three books that continue the series -- all convincingly read by Christina Delaine. |
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| Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman; narrated by Cathleen McCarronFiction. Eleanor Oliphant -- despite her social isolation and the rules she sets to survive weekends -- insists that she is just fine. But is she really? The gentle overtures of a coworker who accepts her as she is provide her the emotional support she needs when a horrific (and embarrassing) event forces her to reevaluate her life. As it turns out, Eleanor Oliphant is absolutely not completely fine...but she will be. Her earnest but misguided perceptions of other people offer charm, poignancy, and humor, portrayed well in Cathleen McCarron's reading, which "shines in setting the story's emotional tone" (AudioFile). |
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Good Me, Bad Me
by Ali Land; narrated by Imogen Church
Thriller. A debut novel of psychological suspense. Milly's mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop is to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a fresh start: a new identity, a home with an affluent foster family, and a spot at an exclusive private school. But Milly has secrets, and life at her new home becomes complicated. As her mother's trial looms, with Milly as the star witness, Milly starts to wonder how much of her is nature and how much of her is nurture. When tensions rise and Milly feels trapped by her shiny new life, she has to decide: Will she be good? Or is she bad? She is, after all, her mother's daughter.
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
by Kate Moore; narrated by Angela Brazil
Non-Fiction. Recounts the struggles of hundreds of women who were exposed to radium while working factory jobs during World War I, describing how they were mislead by their employers and became embroiled in a battle for workers' rights. "(Angela Brazil) maintains her energy throughout this impressive history and varies her approach to keep the story interesting and approachable." (AudioFile)
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It Happens in the Hamptons
by Holly Peterson; narrated by Em Eldridge
Romance. When Katie Doyle moves across the country to the Hamptons, she is hoping for summer employment, new friends for her young son, and a chance to explore a new love affair with a dazzling investor. Though she's looking forward to their move, Katie is wary about mingling with her boyfriends' East Coast elite circles. She soon discovers Southampton isn't all that it seems to be on the surface, and neither are the people who live there.
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Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
by David Sedaris; narrated by the author
Autobiogragy An anthology of personal favorite diary entries by the best-selling author of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls features excerpts that have inspired his famed autobiographical essays and shares insights into the intimate arenas of his life. From deeply poignant to laugh-out-loud funny, these selections reveal with new intimacy a man longtime readers only think they know. "Even his unfinished ramblings are well crafted, and Sedaris is truly a delight to hear." (AudioFile)
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| The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck; narrated by Cassandra CampbellHistorical Fiction. Once a fashionable gathering place for Germany's smart set, the Bavarian castle of Burg Lingenfels is now, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, a crumbling ruin. This character-driven novel portrays Marianne von Lingenfels, who offers shelter to Benita Fledermann and Ania Grabarek, the widows of men who fought for the resistance alongside her late husband. The narrative follows all three from their prewar years as teenagers through the war's devastation and their postwar emotional recoveries. Cassandra Campbell's strong and nuanced reading sensitively portrays the women's complexities. |
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Young Jane Young
by Gabrielle Zevin; narrated by Karen White
Fiction. Cruelly branded for her affair with her congressman boss, an intern and blogger changes her name and moves to a remote town in Maine with her young daughter before local prompting to run for public office forces her to reckon with the past. "White captures relationship dynamics and irony with a light touch that reveals darker themes of sexism and the unforgiving nature of the Internet." (AudioFile) By the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.
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Recent Releases for Kids & Teens
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Elsie Mae Has Something to Say
by Nancy J. Cavanaugh; narrated by Cassandra Morris
Kids Historical Fiction. With a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and unexpected help from her Hallelujah-spouting cousin, Henry James, Elsie Mae tries to prevent a company from building a canal through the Okefenokee Swamp
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre
by Gail Carson Levine; narrated by January LaVoy
Kids Fantasy. The two princesses couldn't be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Princess Meryl is bold and brave. They are sisters, and they mean the world to each other. Then disaster strikes, and Addie, terrified and unprepared, sets out on a perilous quest. In her path are monsters of Bamarre: ogres, specters, gryphons, and dragons. Addie must battle them, but time is running out, and the sister's lives, and Barmarre's fate, hang in the balance.
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz; narrated by Robbie Daymond
Teen Fiction. Having believed he was happy with his place in the loving Mexican-American family he shares with his adoptive gay father, Sal turns angry and uncertain when his senior year arrives and he realizes that he wants to know more about his biological origins. By the author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
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Stranger Things Have Happened
by Jeff Strand; narrated by Kyle McCarley
Teen Fiction. People can't always believe what they see in this hilarious coming-of-age novel from the author of The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever and I Have a Bad Feeling About This. "...leaves readers weak with laughter..." (Booklist)
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2017-2018 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Titles
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Regan Barnhill; narrated by Christina Moore
Grades 6-8. Luna, whose magical abilities are emerging, was raised in the forest by a witch, a swamp monster, and a dragon, but when a young man from the Protectorate is determined to kill the witch, Luna must use her magic to protect her family. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is the 2017 Newbery Award Winner. The author of the highly acclaimed, award-winning novel The Witch's Boy has written an epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to be a modern classic.
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The War That Saved My Life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley; narrated by Jayne Entwistle
Grades 6-8. A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother? A 2016 Newbery Honor Book.
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Castle Hangnail
by Ursula Vernon; narrated by Tara Sands
Grades 3-5. When Molly shows up on Castle Hangnail's doorstep to fill the vacancy for a wicked witch, the castle's minions are understandably dubious. After all, she is twelve years old, barely five feet tall, and quite polite; the minions are used to tall, demanding evil sorceresses with razor-sharp cheekbones. But the castle desperately needs a master or else the Board of Magic will decommission it, leaving all the minions without the home they love.
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Save Me a Seat
by Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan; narrated by Vikas Adams & Josh Hurley
Grades 3-5. Two boys, one white, one Indian-American, gain strength from each other as they struggle to navigate middle school, family relationships and friendships. Joe and Ravi don't think they have anything in common, but soon enough they have a common enemy, the biggest bully in their class, and a common mission, to take control of their lives over the course of a single crazy week. Co-written by the award-winning author of Pie. "Using two narrators is the perfect way to deliver this story, told as the alternating first-person recollections of two fifth-grade boys." (AudioFile)
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