Overall 5 out of 5 stars 241 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 229 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 229
Defiance of the Fall 13
Zac returns from the Perennial Vastness, finding Earth already embroiled in war. The Kan'Tanu Cult pouring into the sector, determined to make it theirs. The System is fanning the flames with treasures and opportunities, using the conflict to choose candidates for its trial. A strong arm and a sharp axe isn't enough to keep Earth safe. Zac has to secure the resources and alliances necessary for his empire, all while dealing with the fallout of Leandra's schemes.
Boring
By: TheFirstDefier, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,575 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,529 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,529
The Housemaid Is Watching
From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next installment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone listen: and once you start, it will have you up all night until the final explosive twist.
Twenty years later
By: Freida McFadden
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 822 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 796 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 796
The Coldest Case: The Past Has a Long Memory
Someone is committing random murders across Chicago—and making sure detectives Billy Harney (Aaron Paul) and Patti Harney (Krysten Ritter) are first on the crime scene. What connects the victims, and why is the killer leaving clues behind with each body? Billy and Patti are scrambling to stop the next killing when their father, Chief of Detectives Dan Harney (Beau Bridges), is kidnapped. But in their race to track him down, they uncover pieces of his past that simply can’t be true. Could their own flesh and blood be covering up a dark secret?
Re: Good!
By: James Patterson, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,301 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,230 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,230
Mad Love
They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.
Surprised
By: Wendy Walker
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 24,247 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 20,146 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 20,024
48 Laws of Power
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
By: Robert Greene
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 43,529 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 38,994 Story 5 out of 5 stars 38,956
A Court of Mist and Fury
Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court - but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people. Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms - and she might be key to stopping it.
Shippers will either Love it or Hate it
By: Sarah J. Maas
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 31,729 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 29,465 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 29,469
Fourth Wing
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
Erotica with Dragons
By: Rebecca Yarros
Overall 4 out of 5 stars 951 Performance 4 out of 5 stars 937 Story 4 out of 5 stars 938
The Worst of You
In The Worst of You, just-wed architects Timo and Nia flee a murder scene, setting in motion a chain reaction of lies and betrayals that threaten to unravel everything they have built together. Twisted and propulsive, this thriller is told from the alternating perspectives of the couple and those close to them on Williwaw Island, each with their own motive to use the outcome of the murder case to their advantage. When a huge storm sweeps up the coast, trapping everyone on tiny Williwaw Island, it’s a race against time—and the elements — to stop the murderer from striking again.
A boring drawn out simplistic plot
By: Sarah Richards
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 970 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 950 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 950
Bluebeard
In 1919, Kathryn Wombacher finds a lonely-hearts ad placed by one Walter Andrew: "Would be pleased to correspond with a refined young lady or widow. Object, matrimony.” Kathryn and Walter fall in love and marry within weeks. What Kathryn doesn’t know...is that her new husband is really James “Bluebeard” Watson, a notorious West Coast serial killer who catfished and married 22 women, murdering 10.
Performances
By: Jim Clemente, and others
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 172,961 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 157,752 Story 5 out of 5 stars 157,197
Project Hail Mary
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
Bazinga
By: Andy Weir
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,890 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 4,680 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,679
George Orwell’s 1984
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
A Revelation!
By: George Orwell, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,018 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,946 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,946
The Accidental Dating Experiment
Eight years ago I fell into a secret summer fling with my best friend’s little sister before our lives went in different directions. Now, I’m the grumpy to Juliet’s sunshine on a popular dating podcast we host, and when a wealthy fan gives us a charming coastal cottage as the biggest thank you ever, we head to the town where I grew up to give it a makeover. And find the house has only one bed. Located under a mirrored ceiling.
The kind of Romance everyone needs in their collection!
By: Lauren Blakely
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 72,614 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 63,388 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 63,239
It Ends with Us
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.
Not what I expected.
By: Colleen Hoover
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 280 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 277 Story 5 out of 5 stars 277
So This Is War
Did I think I was going to fall for my coach's daughter? The answer would be no. I'm still unclear on how I got into this predicament in the first place. A year ago, I was a man with one thought on his mind, the redhead I met at a hotel bar. Twelve months later, I found her. Unfortunately for me, she not only happens to be my very off-limits coach's daughter, but also . . . my new assistant and roommate.
Narration Ruined
By: Meghan Quinn
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,076 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 14,596 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 14,594
Butcher & Blackbird
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.
Listen, I'm a 'sympathetic retcher'
By: Brynne Weaver
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 172,760 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 148,309 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 147,472
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, sh*t is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.
A book for 20-somethings, but not me
By: Mark Manson
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 15,651 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 13,629 Story 5 out of 5 stars 13,594
Queen of Shadows
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire - for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past.... She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison.
Unexpectedly excellent
By: Sarah J. Maas
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,555 Performance 4 out of 5 stars 4,226 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,227
Twisted Love
Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.
WHYYYYY THE HYPE
By: Ana Huang
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 167 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 159 Story 5 out of 5 stars 159
On Call
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
Wonderful, insightful story.
By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 55,235 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 50,075 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 49,881
The Terminal List
On his last combat deployment, Lt. Cmdr. James Reece's entire team was killed in an ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. Now, with no family and free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he's learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward revenge.
Make way for Jack Carr!!!!
By: Jack Carr
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 199,858 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 176,480 Story 5 out of 5 stars 175,881
Can't Hurt Me
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.
Opting for the book instead
By: David Goggins
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 122,099 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 105,364 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 105,253
Dune
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
This classic deserves better
By: Frank Herbert
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 12,228 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 11,079 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 11,065
Haunting Adeline
The Manipulator. I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He's always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer. The Shadow. I didn't mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can't stay away. I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves. I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine. And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Seriously, check those TWs. Not for the faint of ❤
By: H. D. Carlton
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,589 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,366 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,366
The Perfect Son
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst - murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth - Liam may have done the unthinkable.
If you love animals give this one a miss!
By: Freida McFadden
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 97 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 97 Story 5 out of 5 stars 97
Backfired: The Vaping Wars
When two Stanford graduate students set out to create a new kind of cigarette that wouldn’t kill them, they didn’t foresee all the obstacles that lay ahead — or the powerful forces their invention would unleash. Nearly 10 years after the launch of the JUUL, Backfired: The Vaping Wars asks: Could e-cigarettes have been the solution to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems—or was this technology doomed to introduce a whole new generation to nicotine, and end up perpetuating an intractable addiction?
Vaping works to get you off of cigarettes
By: Leon Neyfakh, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,717 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,803 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,775
The Mountain Is You
Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential.
Underwelming
By: Brianna Wiest
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 66,490 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 60,970 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 60,853
Red Rising
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet.
HUMANS ARE ALWAY NEGOTIATING,
By: Pierce Brown
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 20,758 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 17,233 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 17,143
The Psychology of Money
Money - investing, personal finance, and business decisions - is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money.
Could be summarized in one sentence
By: Morgan Housel
