Audio Book BestSellers | The New York Times Bestselling Titles

Audible and the New York Times contain many of the same titles on their respective bestseller lists. As I was reviewing the list of Audible’s bestselling audiobooks for this week.

I found that there are very few new titles this week. Rather than comment on books that I have already discussed, I am turning to the New York Times list for inspiration.

In other words, here are some new, popular selections to choose from.

Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel written by John Irving and narrated by Arthur Morey is Irving’s twelfth novel. If you have never read his work, you are missing out on some really interesting characters and situations. In this novel, set in 1954, a 12 year old boy and his father become fugitives after the boy mistakes the constable’s girlfriend for a bear. The story takes place over five decades, and I expect it will be as twisted as the river…

Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, narrated by Simon Slater, is the winner of the Man Booker prize for fiction this year. This work of historical fiction encompasses the issues surrounding King Henry VIII’s desire to annul his marriage so that he may marry Anne Boleyn.

I don’t read much historical fiction, but with the Man Booker prize as proof of high quality literature, I might just give it a try.

I have already purchased Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel written and read by Jeanette Walls. I was completely glued to The Glass Castle, Walls’s memoir, when I read it last year. I am really looking forward to reading her version of her grandmother’s story… told in the first person. I’m saving it for a day when I can read uninterrupted.

Anne Rice, known for her vampire novels, is on the list for Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim, narrated by Paul Michael. This intriguing novel is a thriller… with angels and assassins. I admit, I’m quite curious about this one.

Another new entry is Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt and read by Simon Prebble. Based on Bram Stoker’s notes, his great-grandnephew has created a new novel featuring Van Helsing’s protégé, Dr. Jack Seward. My take? There’s a reason Bram Stoker didn’t include this content in Dracula.

Why mess with a good thing?

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