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Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
"Dreams of Joy explores the meaning of family relationships and gives a very detailed view of China during the late 1950’s."
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The Company We Keep by Robert and Dana Baer
---“ The narration, enhanced by Richard McGonagle, works well. [The authors] are excellent readers of their material.”
The Cut by George Pelacanos
“A critically acclaimed actor and An Audie award winning narrator, Dion Graham reads like he is performing with his whole body, as if he were on stage.”
*Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman
“Actor/narrator James Naughton is as good as Tom Selleck at playing Jesse, as well as all the other personalities....”
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain deBotton
"Nicholas Bell gives an out-standing narration, handling the French phrases with mastery."
The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg
“Läckberg has emerged as the most popular Swedish author in the wake of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo zeitgeist, and her Fjällbacka stories present a small-town counterpoint to Larsson's global, big city intrigues.”
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
“Lavish depictions of nineteenth century grandeur--clothing, servants, multi-course meals, fine horses, etc.-- embellish the romantic tale.”
Red on Red by Edward Conlon
“This is a police procedural that involves a series of cases and brings to light the complex relationships involved in police partnerships.”
*The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
“Fans who love complex, slowly unraveling mysteries, the kind that leave the listener off-balance and captivated, will love this.”
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
---“Travel to foreign places, especially by one’s self and on a budget, is an endlessly romantic idea: the freedom, the ability to be whoever you want and to do whatever you wish, the adventure of having to figure it out as you go along.”
Wizardborn by David Farland
---“ Wizardborn, the third book of Farland’s Runelord series (there are at least eight volumes in this series), is an engaging tale set in a very complicated world.”
Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
---“ the spirit of a life lived with purpose and dedication to bringing an ancient wisdom to the benefit of others comes through. “
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
---“ This Colonial Radio production is excellent, capturing all the action, noise, and characterizations of the Africans and the British adventurers.”
Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
“Luka and the Fire of Life is an old-fashioned adventure story with magic....An excellent listen for young adults and adults.”
As the Earth Turns Silver by Alison Wong
“This unconventional love story, set in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905, deals with the forbidden, inter-racial love between recently widowed Katherine McKechnie and handsome Chung Yung, a Chinese greengrocer with a wife and child in China.” 1
Miral by Rula Jebreal
“This novel explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from the Arab point of view, told through the eyes of a woman, Hind Husseini, who started an orphanage for 55 abandoned children she found on the streets of Jerusalem after a bombing in 1948.”
*A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
“A delicious romp through a foodie world that will appeal to young and old.”
Fake by Eric Simonson
“The actors/readers are all excellent and each plays two roles....The sound effects, music and audience interaction also add to the enjoyment of the listening experience.”
*The Story of a Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
“This is a beautiful story which Kate Reading narrates beautifully.”
*The Kingdom by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood
“...[narrator]Scott Brick is so good with characterization, assimilating the voices, accents and personalities of the characters; he always understands the plot and how to move it along but still give his listeners time to catch their collective breaths between quickly moving events.
*Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour
“Whether it’s the western landscape, the young Val, the mature Val, or one of an assortment of females, [narrator Beau] Bridges uses his flexible sometimes gruff low voice to capture them all. I hope he reads more L’Amour.”
Neptune's Inferno by James Hornfischer
“Hornfischer's epic study is narrated by actor Robertson Dean, who handles the dry facts of personnel and equipment as well as the bloody battle scenes with equal aplomb. Highly recommended to students the Pacific war.”
*Heartstone by C.J. Sansom
“Book five [in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery Series] is a winner and highly recommended to students of Tudor history and mystery fiction.”
*A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
“Award winning narrator Grover Gardner gets Twain's satiric attitude just right and brings out both the beauty of Europe and the vast human comedy. Twain spares no one, not even himself....”
Shadow Pass by Sam Eastland
“The action switches between Tsarist Russia in the early twentieth century and the Soviet Union just prior to the beginning of World War II, affording fascinating pictures of Nicholas and Alexandra in their milieu and Stalin and the Russian people under Communism.”
*The Burning Lake by Brent Ghelfi
“Each character is individualized and Dean is adept and facile with great accents and voices. This is a great match between reader and novel.”
*The Complaints by Ian Rankin
“The complex story is gripping and Forbes’ narration is so natural and authentic that it never gets in the way of the writing.”
*Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser
“Run, don't walk to hear this and the previous books in the series. “
The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger
Pullinger based much of this fictional tale on several quotes from the actual letters of Lady Duff Gordon.
Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood
“Kerry Greenwood’s The Phryne Fisher Mystery series began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues; The stories are set in 1920’s Australia.”
*The Mark of Zorro by Yuri Rasovky
“The story may be campy but the dramatization is first class...”
*A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
“Ralph Cosham narrates brilliantly, as he has in the entire series, and is very much Gamache and all the other many characters....”
*Dogs Don't Lie by Clea Simon
“Tavia Gilbert narrates this first person narration sounding exactly as Pru would sound, and as Wallis, Lily and all the other animals would sound (if they really could talk) as well...She makes it all seem very real.”