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Now in Nonfiction
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Happy October, and happy fall to all who celebrate it, rightfully, as the best time of year, in all its sweater-maxxing, pumpkin-carving, leaf-peeping glory. If you’re more of a springtime person, or you live in a climate where the good times are less fleeting, I salute you. This month we’ve got some seasonally appropriate spooky trips you can take from the safety of your headphones, as well as hot tips on a stellar true crime series (free with your Audible membership), an inside conversation with From Scratch phenom Tembi Locke, how to celebrate South Asian Heritage—and more. Let’s get into it.
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Kat
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EverestTok and other dark trips
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If you’ve spent time on TikTok lately, you might have noticed the platform’s new “Roman Empire”: EverestTok. Once morbidly obsessed with the chilling North Sea, users are now fascinated by the world’s tallest mountain, which they can experience via real climbers and Sherpas sharing their stories—the more macabre, the better. I’m more of a doom-listener than a doom-scroller, but I heartily approve of this trend. I love a spot of “dark tourism” via my headphones, and Mariana Enriquez’s cemetery tour and Robert Macfarlane’s underground excavation join Jon Krakauer’s Everest classic as my top recommendations for the similarly inclined.
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The one-two punch of My Mom’s Murder
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My only quibble with the excellent first season of My Mom’s Murder was that it ended with no verdict on what happened to Lauren Malloy’s mother, whose 1993 death increasingly looked like foul play. The show had SO much else: dark family secrets, multiple colorful yet suspicious characters, tenacious reporting, and wicked-good Rhode Island accents. Upon finishing season 2, tears streaming down my face, my questions were answered. As someone who just lost a parent, I thought it was a powerful tribute from a daughter who showed up over and over in her quest for justice, and the details were mind-blowing (luckily, everyone in the family seems to keep a meticulous diary and/or be a hoarder, a stroke of luck for the investigation). What a listen! Start with season 1 if you’re not caught up.
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South Asian stories you have to hear
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I love Diwali—we always get together with my Indian in-laws over plenty of candles, puja, celebrations, and sweets. Every year it seems like more and more people outside the South Asian community take part—and as one of the curators of our South Asian heritage page, I especially love to see the excitement around all the incredible new releases from South Asian creators. If you haven’t heard Arundhati Roy’s beautiful, intelligent, compulsive new memoir yet, stop everything and do that—and check out the incredible breadth of storytelling on this page while you’re at it!
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Tembi Locke’s next chapter
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Tembi Locke’s first memoir, From Scratch, was a breakout hit. Her tender travelogue of navigating grief and finding solace in food, family, and community became a Netflix series and an Audible Essential. Six years later, she returns with Someday, Now, a personal journey alight with love and possibility. In this heartfelt interview with Audible Editor Margaret Hargrove, Locke opens up about the origins of her new book (which is audio-first!), her evolving relationship with Sicily, and so much more.
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Bits and bobs:
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👻 This is a stellar collection of spooky nonfiction, curated by memoir editor and Halloween connoisseur Alanna.
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😎 All the cool sober-curious moms are listening to this for Sober October, while all the cool girls get fired.
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🎙️ Audible Editor Patty gets on her soapbox about the lasting impact a notorious “teen diary” had on her life—and why she still kind of loves the book anyway!
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🤘 Attention, WTF-ers: Marc Maron’s OG podcast signed off after 16 years, hosting President Barack Obama for a fittingly ceremonious send-off.
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💆🏽♂️ Triggered by therapy speak? Misuse buzzwords no more with this handy guide from well-being editor Rachael.
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💡 From Amor Towles to (checks notes) Clifford the Big Red Dog, Audible leaders told us about the books that changed their lives.
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