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May is Audiobook Appreciation Month so this week we suggest to you 10 plus books that give an added dimension when you listen to the audiobook version. And we aren't even entertaining the notion that listening to audiobooks isn't reading. Listening counts!
Books mentioned--
1- The Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna
2- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
3- Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North (A 5 star read recommended by fellow book lover Shannon Loar @shopcoffeekids
4- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori
5- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci, narrated by Stanley Tucci
6- Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why by Alexandra Petri, narrated by Rebecca Gibel
7- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland
8- The Assasination of Brangwain Spurge by MT Anderson and Eugene Yelchin narrated by Gildart Jackson
9- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by an ensemble cast
10- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, narrated by Tom Hollander
11- Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams, narrated by author
12- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, narrated by Marin Ireland
13- Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
14-The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and his People by Rick Bragg
15- My Southern Journey: True Journeys from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg
16- It's All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
17- Calypso by David Sedaris
18- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
19- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, narrated by Bronson Pinchot
20- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
21- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
22- The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia
Movies and Shows mentioned--
1- Big Night (1996)
2- Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy (CNN)
3- The Hunger Games (2012)
4- The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
5- Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon, 2023)
6- Leave the World Behind (Netflix, 2023)
7- Ripley (Netflix, 2024)
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