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Contemporary Romance
Educated
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Empowerment
Educated
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Empowerment

A Memoir

By: Tara Westover / Narrated By: Julia Whelan

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Big Sis and I differed on this, but hey! listen to meeeeee: Devastatingly fanTAStic!!!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, Empowerment
Capote’s Women
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Empowerment
Capote’s Women
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Empowerment

A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer / Narrated By: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins

A mishmash of EVERYthing that adds up to…? Uhm… not much…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Empowerment
Savor
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Food, Empowerment
Savor
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Food, Empowerment

A Chef's Hunger for More

By: Fatima Ali / Contributor: Tarajia Morrell / Narrated By: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel

Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Oh thank GOSH! A Thanksgiving Listen that causes cravings, causes cheering, causes tears

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Food, Empowerment
Sit Stay Heal
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Humor
Sit Stay Heal
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Humor

How an Underachieving Labrador Won Our Hearts and Brought Us Peace

By: Mel C. Miskimen / Narrated By: Pam Ward

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Life after Loss… and plenty o’ Laughs?!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Humor
Fallopian Rhapsody
Fiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure
Fallopian Rhapsody
Fiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

The Story of the Lunachicks

Written and Narrated By: The Lunachicks, Jeanne Fury

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Memories! Ahhh, memories! Come for this reminder of simpler times, tutu and combat boots times!

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Fiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure
Healing Wounds
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
Healing Wounds
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military

A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

By: Diane Carlson Evans / Contributor: Bob Welch / Foreword By: Joseph Galloway / Narrated By: Janet Metzger

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

So sobering; so very good

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
Funny Farm
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Motivation & Inspiration
Funny Farm
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Motivation & Inspiration

My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

By: Laurie Zaleski / Narrated By: Erin Moon

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Oh a mighty HUZZAH for Moms and Animals!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Motivation & Inspiration
This Much Country
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Action & Adventure, Sports, Empowerment
This Much Country
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Action & Adventure, Sports, Empowerment

Written and Narrated By: Kristin Knight Pace

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Wellll, this has its merits… -but- it has plenty of >meh< also

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Action & Adventure, Sports, Empowerment
No Man’s Land
Nonfiction, History, Military, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
No Man’s Land
Nonfiction, History, Military, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment

By: Wendy Moore / Narrated By: Suzanne Toren

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

“Deeds not Words”

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Nonfiction, History, Military, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
I Am, I Am, I Am
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Thanatology, Empowerment
I Am, I Am, I Am
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Thanatology, Empowerment

Seventeen Brushes with Death

By: Maggie O'Farrell / Narrated By: Daisy Donovan

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Beautifully written, hauntingly touching; just absolutely stunning…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Thanatology, Empowerment
The Taliban Shuffle
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
The Taliban Shuffle
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military

Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

By: Kim Barker / Narrated By: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

Looking for darkly comedic? Comedic darkness? Looking for good writing? Uhm…?

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
Civil Rights Queen
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment, History
Civil Rights Queen
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment, History

Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton

Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins

Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment, History
Yellow Bird
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime
Yellow Bird
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Written and Narrated By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins

One journalist’s obsession with one woman’s obsession…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Crime
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science, Bio & Memoir
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science, Bio & Memoir

By: Alicia Elliott / Narrated By: Kyla Garcia

Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins

Kyla Garcia turns mostly-crotchety essays into chipper and jaunty musings… Whatthe?!?

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Nonfiction, Essays & Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Social Science, Bio & Memoir
Cassandra Speaks
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
Cassandra Speaks
Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment

When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

By: Elizabeth Lesser / Narrated By: Xe Sands

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

First time? Liked it. Second time? Oh gosh! juuuuuust what I NEEDED!!!

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Nonfiction, History, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Well Known Figure
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Well Known Figure

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, Stephen Colbert

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

No finer essayist on All Things American—The Good, The Bad, The Ugly… The Hilarious…!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Well Known Figure
Cooking as Fast as I Can
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Food
Cooking as Fast as I Can
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Food

A Chef’s Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness

By: Cat Cora / Narrated By: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Oy vey: Clueless! clueless! exASPeratingly clueless!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure, Food
The Women with Silver Wings
Nonfiction, Military, Bio & Memoir
The Women with Silver Wings
Nonfiction, Military, Bio & Memoir

The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

By: Katherine Sharp Landdeck / Narrated By: Gabra Zackman

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Such AWEsome women in this well-crafted and engaging audiobook!

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Nonfiction, Military, Bio & Memoir
Rita Moreno
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure
Rita Moreno
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Rita Moreno

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

A hit with a few misses

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Well Known Figure
The Seasons of My Mother
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Well Known Figure
The Seasons of My Mother
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Well Known Figure

Written and Narrated By: Marcia Gay Harden

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Lovely, lyrical, just wondered when the heck her Mom was gonna get her Meeee Time…?

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Well Known Figure
Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment

Coping with Loss Every Day

By: Ty Alexander / Foreword By: Tia Williams, Janina Edwards / Narrated By: Myra Lucretia Taylor

Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins

Yup, there are dated references (And nods to Oprah...Ick), but soooo glorious…!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
The Long Hello
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Performance, Essays & Poetry
The Long Hello
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Performance, Essays & Poetry

Memory, My Mother, and Me

By: Cathie Borrie / Narrated By: Jill Tucker, Cathie Borrie

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

Sometimes lovely, sometimes heartbreaking—Bits and pieces strung together; it’s Life in all its desperate and gorgeous glory…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Cognition, Performance, Essays & Poetry
The Leper Spy
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
The Leper Spy
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military

The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II

By: Ben Montgomery / Narrated By: Joe Barrett

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Wait, I know there’s a story in here SOMEwhere…!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Military
Saving Sadie
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals
Saving Sadie
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals

How a Dog That No One Wanted Inspired the World

By: Joal Derse Dauer, Elizabeth Ridley / Narrated By: Ann Richardson

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Gosh, how I do haaaate it when I’m disappointed in an Animals Pick…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals
Widowish
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir
Widowish
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir

A Memoir

By: Melissa Gould / Narrated By: Rachel Botchan

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Where I FINally lost all sympathy and wanted to throttle Gould… wait for it… wait for it… HERE:

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir
My Nana's Voice
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
My Nana's Voice
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment

An Irish Girl's Journey from Maiden to Mother to Crone

Written and Narrated By: Alicia McMahon

Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins

Kinda sweet, kinda endearing, but I kinda shot m’self in the foot because—

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Empowerment
One Hundred Dogs and Counting
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals
One Hundred Dogs and Counting
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals

One Woman, Ten Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues

Written and Narrated By: Cara Sue Achterberg

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

From fostering, to “pulling” from kill-shelters; Cara’s journey continues…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals
The Bridge Ladies
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir
The Bridge Ladies
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir

A Memoir

By: Betsy Lerner / Narrated By: Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

S’posed to be about the mother/daughter bond, but, uhm…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir
When Harry Met Minnie
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Empowerment
When Harry Met Minnie
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Empowerment

A True Story of Love and Friendship

Written and Narrated By: Martha Teichner

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Jeez! Oh how I haaaate saying with this one: I Want My Hours Back…! Also, a tiiiiiiny bit of a Spoiler Alert within this, sooo…

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Animals, Empowerment
We're Going to Need More Wine
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Empowerment, Well Known Figure
We're Going to Need More Wine
Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Empowerment, Well Known Figure

Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

Written and Narrated By: Gabrielle Union

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Would I love to have a glass of wine with Union? Yesss! Would I listen to more of her essays? Nooooo!

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Nonfiction, Bio & Memoir, Essays & Poetry, Empowerment, Well Known Figure


 

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