Worlds of Books

Worlds of Books to discuss Lightning strike: a novel DB105655 by William Kent Krueger. Be aware that this is the eighteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series but is a prequel describing Cork’s backstory and should not affect those who insist on reading series in published order. The NLS annotation follows: Lightning strike: a novel […]

The NLS annotation follows: What happened to the Bennetts DB107276 Scottoline, Lisa Reading time: 10 hours, 17 minutes. Edoardo Ballerini Suspense Fiction Psychological Fiction After Jason Bennett and his family have an encounter with carjackers with ties to a drug trafficking organization, the Bennetts are enrolled in the witness protection program. But their lives begin

The NLS annotation follows: The maid: a novel DB106298 Prose, Nita; Ambrose, Lauren Reading time: 9 hours, 40 minutes. Lauren Ambrose Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Bestsellers Twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray doesn’t interact well with the world and misses her gran who codified it for her. She has gotten a job as a hotel maid

The NLS annotation follows: The wife between us: a novel DB86959 Hendricks, Greer; Pekkanen, Sarah; Whelan, Julia Reading time: 11 hours, 15 minutes. Julia Whelan A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Suspense Fiction Psychological Fiction A tangled love triangle isn’t what it seems. An exploration

Please join us to discuss this 2022 Audiobook of the Year Audie award winner. The NLS annotation follows: Project Hail Mary DB103718 Weir, Andy; Porter, Ray Reading time: 16 hours, 12 minutes. Ray Porter Science Fiction Bestsellers Ryland Grace awakens on a spaceship far from Earth with no memory and two dead crewmates. As he

The NLS annotation follows: The guest list DB99917 Foley, Lucy, (Novelist) Reading time: 9 hours, 56 minutes. Olivia Dowd Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories Bestsellers Psychological Fiction On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather for the wedding of a television star and magazine publisher. As the festivities begin, resentments and petty

The NLS annotation follows: Ordinary grace: a novel DB78187 Krueger, William Kent Reading time: 11 hours, 44 minutes. Graham Halstead A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Mystery and Detective Stories Minnesota, 1961. Thirteen-year-old Frank Drum’s summer is steeped in death: a neighborhood boy hit by

The NLS annotation follows: Vanderbilt: the rise and fall of an American dynasty DB105464 Cooper, Anderson; Howe, Katherine Reading time: 8 hours, 53 minutes. Anderson Cooper Biography Bestsellers U.S. History Business and Economics New York Times bestselling authors Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the rise and fall of the Vanderbilts, legendary American family of

The NLS annotation follows: Falling DB104510 Newman, T. J, (Novelist); Weber, Steven Reading time: 8 hours, 28 minutes. Steven Weber Suspense Fiction Bestsellers Psychological Fiction As he prepares for his next flight, airline pilot Bill Hoffman finds out his wife Carrie and two young children have been taken hostage. The kidnappers want him to crash

Worlds of Books to discuss Sworn to Silence DB 70357 by Linda Castillo. The NLS annotation follows: Sworn to silence DB70357 Castillo, Linda Reading time: 12 hours, 4 minutes. Madelyn Buzzard A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Suspense Fiction Mystery and Detective Stories At eighteen

Worlds of Books to discuss The green mile: the complete serial novel DB104301 by Stephen King. This commercial version narrated by Frank Muller was recently added to BARD and is the version we will be discussing. The version narrated by Ray Foushee is also excellent and if you’ve never read this novel, you’re in for

The NLS annotation follows: Survive the night DB103845 Sager, Riley. Reading time: 9 hours, 4 minutes. Read by Savannah Gilmore. Suspense Fiction Historical Fiction Psychological Fiction Her best friend by a serial killer, called the Campus Killer, college student Charlie shares a drive home to Ohio with Josh, whom she met through the college’s ride