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David Baldacci - The Innocent -- back to top

David Baldacci - The Innocent (2024-03-13)

Narrator: Ron McLarty with Orlagh Cassidy
Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

★★★½☆



Michele Campbell - The Intern -- back to top

Michele Campbell - The Intern (2024-05-02)

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins

★★★½☆

But I do not like this narrator.



David Baldacci - The Hit (Will Robie 2) -- back to top

David Baldacci - The Hit (Will Robie 2) (2024-05-14)

Narrator: Ron McLarty with Orlagh Cassidy
Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins

★★★½☆



Casey McQuiston - Red, White & Royal Blue -- back to top

Casey McQuiston - Red, White & Royal Blue (2024-05-22)

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo
Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins

★★★½☆



Louise Penny - Gamache 01 - Still Life -- back to top

Louise Penny - Gamache 01 - Still Life (2024-06-05)

Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins

Quote:

There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'

She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin.

"They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.

★★★½☆



Fredrik Backman - Beartown (Beartown Book 1) -- back to top

Fredrik Backman - Beartown (Beartown Book 1) (2024-06-09)

Narrator: Marin Ireland
Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

★★★½☆

Everyone seems to love this. It was fine.



Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere -- back to top

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere (2024-06-29)

Narrator: Neil Gaiman
Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins

★★★½☆

This was my first introduction to Gaiman and to urban fantasy. I struggled a bit to get into it but ultimately enjoyed it enough



Louise Penny - Gamache 02 - A Fatal Grace -- back to top

Louise Penny - Gamache 02 - A Fatal Grace (2024-07-11)

Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

★★★½☆



Alice Feeney - Rock Paper Scissors -- back to top

Alice Feeney - Rock Paper Scissors (2024-08-12)

Narrator: Richard Armitage, Stephanie Racine
Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins

★★★½☆



Peng Shepherd - The Cartographers -- back to top

Peng Shepherd - The Cartographers (2024-09-16)

Narrators: Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Karen Chilton, Ron Butler, Neil Hellegers, Jason Culp, Brittany Pressley
Length 14 hrs and 42 mins

★★★½☆



Chris Hadfield - The Apollo Murders -- back to top

Chris Hadfield - The Apollo Murders (2025-02-26)

Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins

3.5 stars. Enjoyed the technical and the action was okay, but also a bit out there. Amazing narration though!



Charles Dickens - David Copperfield -- back to top

Charles Dickens - David Copperfield (2025-05-14)

Narrated by: Richard Armitage
Length: 36 hrs and 30 mins

Timestamp Chapter Time Chapter Note
04:58:37 29:03 Chapter 9 – Chapter VIII. My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon people who like me cant show it ahd people who hate show it a lot
07:25:35 11:33 Chapter 13 – Chapter XII. Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great Resolution proceastination is the thief of time
17:31:31 40:01 Chapter 29 – Chapter XXVIII. Mr. Micawber's Gauntlet ride on
19:29:54 01:10 Chapter 34 – Chapter XXXIII. Blissful saturated in love
22:46:49 26:22 Chapter 39 – Chapter XXXVIII. A Dissolution of Partnership love must suffer
24:55:30 00:53 Chapter 43 – Chapter XLII. Mischief habits and luck in success
25:34:27 39:50 Chapter 43 – Chapter XLII. Mischief there must be two parties to a quarl
27:11:26 29:18 Chapter 46 – Chapter XLV. Mr. Dick Fulfils My Aunt's Prediction marriage
30:49:42 13:30 Chapter 53 – Chapter LII. I Assist at an Explosion lawyers, sharks, and leaches
30:56:31 20:19 Chapter 53 – Chapter LII. I Assist at an Explosion least said, soonest mended
31:11:48 35:36 Chapter 53 – Chapter LII. I Assist at an Explosion the Tyrrany of words
31:51:04 12:18 Chapter 54 – Chapter LIII. Another Retrospect trifiles make the sum of life
33:06:26 06:27 Chapter 57 – Chapter LVI. The New Wound, and the Old i hope time will be good to you
34:00:14 15:34 Chapter 59 – Chapter LVIII. Absence the things that. ever happen are realities
34:39:52 38:14 Chapter 60 – Chapter LIX. Return religion is a vent for bad humors

3.5 stars



Megan Miranda - All The Missing Girls -- back to top

Megan Miranda - All The Missing Girls (2025-05-18)

Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

3.5 Stars. I struggled a bit with going backwards in time and trying to recall what the characters knew vs what I knew. But I think it all came together well enough. Some loose ends that weren't tied up (why did Daniel hit Nic???) but a fun read.



Stephen King - The Outsider (Holly Gibney 1) -- back to top

Stephen King - The Outsider (Holly Gibney 1) (2025-06-08)

Narrated by: Will Patton
Series: Holly Gibney, Book 1
Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins

★★★½☆



Debbie Johnson - Statistically Speaking -- back to top

Debbie Johnson - Statistically Speaking (2025-06-17)

Narrated by: Louise Williams
Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins

★★★½☆

Cute. Not resoundingly amazing



Jon Hickey - Big Chief -- back to top

Jon Hickey - Big Chief (2025-09-18)

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
Release date: 04-08-25

★★★½☆



Stacey Abrams - Coded Justice -- back to top

Stacey Abrams - Coded Justice (2025-09-20)

Series: Avery Keene number 3
Released: July 15, 2025

★★★½☆



Stephen King - It -- back to top

Stephen King - It (2025-10-21)

Narrated by: Steven Weber
Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
Release date: 01-01-16

★★★½☆

I know people consider this one of the GOATs for Stephen King but I didn't get that feel. Not bad certainly. And "that scene". Why???



Chuck Palahniuk - Choke -- back to top

Chuck Palahniuk - Choke (2025-12-28)

Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk
Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
Release date: 12-20-02

★★★½☆

Enjoyable and a bit odd. Sometimes intense



Lisa Unger - Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 -- back to top

Lisa Unger - Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 (2026-01-13)

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
Release date: 02-25-25

★★★½☆

I was more or less into it. I guessed a few elements and I wouldn't say there was any big surprise I couldn't have seen coming (I even predicted one and noted it). But I was interested and wanted to hear the end.



R. F. Kuang - Katabasis -- back to top

R. F. Kuang - Katabasis (2026-02-05)

Narrated by: Morag Sims, Will Watt
Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
Release date: 08-26-25

★★★½☆

It was a fun read and the premise was really fun. But it kind of got a bit slow on some odd philosophical digressions. And felt a bit like the author trying to show how smart she was. Also, it felt a bit "academia self-centered", though I think that was part of the point.



Stephen Graham Jones - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter -- back to top

Stephen Graham Jones - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter(2026-03-01)

Narrated by: Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland, Owen Teale
Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
Release date: 03-18-25

★★★½☆

I had mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I eventually got into it but on the other, it was (a) overhyped and (b) kind of hard to follow and get into it. It did make me think about the plight of the Native Americans and others.

Gruesome!



Lily King - Heart the Lover -- back to top

Lily King - Heart the Lover (2026-03-17)

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
Release date: 09-30-25

★★★½☆

I generally enjoyed it but found the third and final part to be very slow.

Interesting side note, this is the first book in a long time, if not ever, where I had to turn it down to 1.4x instead of 1.5x or more.