Summer Road Trip
Here are Garden District Book Shop's great listens to take along this summer vacation.
Since We Fell
A Novel
By Dennis Lehane
Narrated by Julia Whelan / 12 hours 1 minute
Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked... Read More »
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By Junot Díaz
Narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Karen Olivo / 9 hours 52 minutes
Read by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Award®-winning creator and star of the musical Hamilton, and Tony Award®-winning actress, Karen Olivo. This brilliant narration adds another layer of lyricism and depth to this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel.
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican... Read More »
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Novel
By Amor Towles
Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith / 17 hours 51 minutes
A Gentleman in Moscow
“Through Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov's ordinary encounters and activities within the bounds of the four walls of post-revolutionary Moscow's Metropol Hotel, where he is under house arrest, Towles deftly guides readers across a century of Russian history, from the Bolshevik uprising to the dawn of the nuclear age under Krushchev. Grandiloquent language and drama reminiscent of Tolstoy gradually give way to action and tradecraft suggestive of le Carre in this lovely and entertaining tale of one man's determination to maintain his dignity and passion for life, even after being stripped of his title, belongings, and freedom. Reading A Gentleman in Moscow is pure pleasure!”
Becky Dayton, The Vermont Book Shop
See You in the Cosmos
By Jack Cheng
Narrated by Kivlighan de Montebello & Various / 6 hours 10 minutes
A space-obsessed boy and his dog, Carl Sagan, take a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe in this funny and moving novel for fans of Counting by 7s and Walk Two Moons.
11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl Sagan—named for his hero, the real-life astronomer. All he wants is to launch his... Read More »
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
By Neil deGrasse Tyson
Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson / 3 hours 41 minutes
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth... Read More »
Lily and the Octopus
By Steven Rowley
Narrated by Michael Urie / 8 hours 3 minutes
Lily and the Octopus
“Lily and the Octopus is a profound book about all the important things in life -- love, how to let go, how important it is to live in the moment, and how one big love can lead to another. And Lily, dear Lily, is at the center -- a smart, movie-loving dog who would never pass up the chance at some good ice cream, tofurkey dinner, or beaming her unconditional love at her human companion, Ted. Told with humor, compassion, and a quirky sense of life's possibilities, Lily and the Octopus will hold you by the heart long after the final page is turned.”
Pam Cady, University Book Store
Theft by Finding
Diaries (1977-2002)
By David Sedaris & Gary Carpenter
Narrated by Author / 13 hours 51 minutes
One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiot
An NPR Best Book of 2017 An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017 A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017 A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee
David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the... Read More »
Lincoln in the Bardo
A Novel
By George Saunders
Narrated by Various, George Saunders, Nick Offerman & David Sedaris / 7 hours 24 minutes
Lincoln in the Bardo
“Saunders' first novel has a steep entry curve. It's not a novel that reveals itself quickly and easily, but if you give it your attention, if you burrow deep into the book, you'll be eminently rewarded. There is a richness and depth of humanity here. There is the strange and wonderful. There is love and grief and mystery all brought together in the story of Abraham Lincoln's dead son, the Civil War, and what may happen to us all after we leave the mortal coil. It's a beautiful and moving book that will stay with you for a long, long while.”
Gwendy's Button Box
Includes bonus story "The Music Room"
By Stephen King & Richard Chizmar
Narrated by Maggie Siff / 2 hours 42 minutes
Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
INCLUDES A CONVERSATION BETWEEN STEPHEN KING & RICHARD CHIZMAR!
Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the town of Castle Rock—paired on audio with King’s Edgar Award–nominated... Read More »
Between Them
Remembering My Parents
By Richard Ford
Narrated by Christian Baskous / 3 hours 36 minutes
From American master Richard Ford, a memoir: his first work of nonfiction, a stirring narrative of memory and parental love
How is it that we come to consider our parents as people with rich and intense lives that include but also exclude us? Richard Ford’s parents—Edna, a feisty, pretty Catholic-school girl with a difficult past; and Parker, a... Read More »