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Now in Nonfiction
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Tscwinúcw-k! Thanks to Julian Brave NoiseCat’s new book (more on that later) I learned this traditional Secwepemc greeting, which roughly means “We survived the night.” Simply learning this phrase rewired my mindset toward gratitude, which is a great gift any time, but especially ahead of Thanksgiving. I’m facing a weird one this year: We’re down a beloved family member and struggling to get in the spirit, so I needed the reminder to appreciate how much abundance there is in the essentials. I hope your upcoming holiday is full of light, joy, leftovers, and comfy pants—and, for my fellow introverts, some good listens when you need to escape it all. Before we feast, let’s dig into those!
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Kat
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The best of the 21st century so far
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Though Audible itself hardly predates the second millennium, the past 25 years have defined audio storytelling beyond our wildest dreams. With hundreds of thousands of titles in our catalog, we challenged ourselves to find the top 50 listens created from works original to the 21st century—25 in fiction, 25 in nonfiction. As always, performance is paramount: Every title on the list is a listening experience for the ages. How many have you heard?
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Honoring Indigenous identities
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I hinted earlier at my love of Julian Brave NoiseCat’s We Survived the Night, a singular blend of Indigenous history, memoir, and “coyote stories” that’s so good (both the writing and the performance), it’s hard to believe it’s a debut. As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November, check out our collection of new and classic listens from Indigenous creators. Informed by rich oral traditions, they are truly meant to be heard.
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New listens on confounding crimes
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Releasing before Luigi Mangione’s trial even gets started, John H. Richardson’s Luigi is too early for much personal detail, but the author’s pertinent expertise on Ted Kaczynski and reckoning with the health care crisis are food for thought. Plus, a new (R.C. Bray!) recording of Harold Schechter’s classic Deviant separates fact from all that fiction in Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Finally, you don’t need me to tell you about the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s absolutely gutting Nobody’s Girl. Like so many Audible listeners, I gasped, raged, sobbed, and admired throughout a memoir so impactful, it’s had royal implications.
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What’s a global icon listening to?
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It’s no surprise that Malala Yousafzai (who doesn’t have a lot of time to read books) prefers stories where characters have challenges and obstacles. She also likes to be entertained. Her first memoir, I Am Malala, was a super-bestseller and an Audible Essential. Now she’s back with a new memoir, Finding My Way—this time read by the author herself, in a five-star performance.
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