Worlds of Books

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

Worlds of Books will skip July due to conventions and meet at 9pm Eastern on 8/17/21 to discuss Two girls down: a novel DB90238 by Louisa Luna. If you like strong female characters as I do, you might also read the second book in this series titled The Janes DB98666. Alice Vega is not a

Worlds of Books to discuss Turn a blind eye DB102899. The NLS annotation follows: Turn a blind eye DB102899 Archer, Jeffrey Read by George Blagden. Mystery and Detective Stories 1987. Detective Inspector William Warwick, from Hidden in Plain Sight (DB 101354), has been tasked with working undercover to root out corruption in the heart of

Worlds of Books will discuss The return DB100846. The NLS annotation follows: The return DB100846 Sparks, Nicholas. Reading time: 9 hours, 59 minutes. Read by Kyf Brewer. Mystery and Detective Stories Human Relations Bestsellers Romance When he is sent home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin Trevor Benson inherited from his grandfather seemed

The last trial DB99795 Turow, Scott. Reading time: 15 hours, 57 minutes. Read by John Bedford Lloyd. Suspense Fiction Bestsellers Legal Fiction Eighty-five-year-old, Alejandro “Sandy” Stern–a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact–is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko–a former Nobel Prize winner–is faced with

Worlds of Books will discuss The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz DB100054. The NLS annotation follows: The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz DB100054 Larson, Erik. Reading time: 17 hours, 51 minutes. Read by Erik Larson. Bestsellers World

Worlds of Books to discuss Home work: a memoir of my Hollywood years DB97117. The NLS annotation follows: Home work: a memoir of my Hollywood years DB97117 Andrews, Julie; Hamilton, Emma Walton. Reading time: 13 hours, 26 minutes. Read by Julie Andrews. Stage and Screen Biography The actress follows up her first memoir, Home (DB