Five-Star Stranger: A Novel by Kat Tang

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718441 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718441] to listen full audiobooks. Title: By Any Other Name Author: Jodi Picoult Narrator: Laura Benanti, Joe Jameson, Billie Fulford-Brown, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West, Andrew Fallaize, Jayne Entwistle, Jodi Picoult, John Lee, Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 25 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times Bestseller What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is? What if he isn’t even a he? Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . . In Elizabethan London, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her education has endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but still she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees the theatre, Emilia discovers the power of stories to beguile audiences. Secretly, she forms a plan to bring a play of her own to the stage - by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work. In modern-day Manhattan, playwright Melina Green finds a woman's voice is still worth less than a man's. But, inspired by the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, Melina takes a lesson from history and submits a play under a male pseudonym . . . Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan, By Any Other Name is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard. 'Her best one yet. Jodi Picoult has combined her trademark research with an astonishing and heart-rending story, embedded in truth, and turned it into a gripping novel' JOJO MOYES 'Stunning. So interesting, clever, educational and moving. One of the best books I've read in recent times' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'A timeless classic from one of our great storytellers' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Had me absolutely captivated . . . I loved all the questions this novel raised about who gets to tell which stories and how complex that can become. Jodi Picoult is a genius' JENNIFER SAINT '[An] inspiring work of feminist literature' ELLE 'Timely and affecting . . . Picoult’s many, many fans will pounce on her latest incisive, pot-stirring tale' BOOKLIST, Starred 'You’ll fall in love with Emilia Bassano, the unforgettable heroine based on a real woman that Picoult brings vividly to life. Book clubs will embrace this rich, inspiring story' KRISTIN HANNAH 'A blend of historical fiction and modern-day settings, the novel gives us timelines that intertwine and surprise. Picoult has done her research' HARPER'S BAZAAR 'Picoult creates a richly detailed portrait of daily life in Elizabethan England, from sumptuous castles to seedy hovels. . . A vibrant tale of a remarkable woman' KIRKUS ©2024 Jodi Picoult (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719910 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719910] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alien Clay Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky Narrator: Ben Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 17, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a modern master of science fiction, in which a political prisoner must unlock the secrets of a strange and dangerous planet. The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival, he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there. In the midst of a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go? If he can survive both the harsh rule of the camp commandant and the alien horrors of the world around him, then Arton has a chance at making a discovery that might just transform not only Kiln, but distant Earth as well. This audiobook edition includes an exclusive interview between Ben Allen and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Once More from the Top: A Novel by Emily Layden

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712226 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712226] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once More from the Top: A Novel Author: Emily Layden Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: “A deliciously insider-y peek into the music industry and fame — Layden has a gift for making the world and her characters feel wonderfully real. You won’t be able to put it down.” -- Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles A propulsive, ''immersive'' (Washington Post) novel about the meteoric rise of a legendary pop star and the secret she’s kept hidden for fifteen years, for fans of Megan Abbott and Daisy Jones & the Six. Everyone in America knows Dylan Read, or at least has heard her music. Since releasing her debut album her senior year of high school, Dylan’s spent fifteen years growing up in the public eye. She’s not only perfected her skills when it comes to lyrics and melody; she’s also learned how to craft a public narrative that satisfies her fans, her label, and the media. In the circles of fame and celebrity in which she now travels, the careful maintenance of Dylan Read pop star is often more important than the songs themselves. And so lots of people think they understand everything about Dylan Read. But what no one knows is the part of her origin story she has successfully kept hidden: her childhood best friend Kelsey vanished the year before Dylan became famous. Now, as Dylan’s at the height of her career, Kelsey’s body is found at the bottom of their hometown lake—forcing Dylan to reckon with their shared past, her friend’s influence on her music, and whether there’s more to their story than meets the eye. Layered, page-turning, and psychologically astute, Once More from the Top is a riveting and keenly observant novel about friendship, ambition, and the cost of fame.

Eye of the Beholder by Emma Bamford

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719082 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719082] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eye of the Beholder Author: Emma Bamford Narrator: Jane Collingwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: “Highly recommended for fans of Vertigo and readers who enjoy the intricately plotted novels of Ruth Ware, Sarah Pearse, and Riley Sager” (Booklist), this atmospheric and sinister novel follows a ghostwriter searching for answers when her lover reappears after his mysterious death. When Maddy Wight is hired to ghostwrite the memoir of world-renowned cosmetic surgeon Dr. Angela Reynolds, she thinks it might just be her chance to get her career back on track. She travels to Angela’s remote estate in the Scottish Highlands to learn everything she can but the deeper she digs, the more elusive the doctor becomes. Is there more hidden beneath the surface of the kaleidoscopic beauty industry than Angela wants to reveal? Sharing the estate is Angela’s enigmatic and mercurial business partner, Scott. Confined to the glass-walled house, Maddy can’t shake the feeling of being watched. As objects go missing, handprints appear on the windows, and a stranger lurks in the grounds, she finds herself drawn ever closer to Scott. Returning to London once the book is finished, Maddy is excited for their future together. But her dreams are shattered at the book launch when Angela learns that Scott has leapt to his death from the Scottish cliffs. Which is why, months later and lost in a fog of grief, Maddy is completely blindsided when she sees Scott entering the Tube station just in front of her. It can’t be him, can it? After all, Scott is dead...or is he?

Five-Star Stranger: A Novel by Kat Tang

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719084 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719084] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five-Star Stranger: A Novel Author: Kat Tang Narrator: Julian Cihi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: An exciting and “inventive” (HuffPost) debut novel about a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app—a place where users can hire a pretend fiancé, a wingman, or companion of any kind—who finds out who he is by being anyone but himself. Would you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? The father to your child? In an age where online ratings are all-powerful, Five-Star Stranger follows the adventures of a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app as he navigates New York City under the guise of characters he plays, always maintaining a professional distance from his clients. But, when an eccentric patron threatens to upend his long-term role as father to a young girl, Stranger begins to reckon with his attachment to his pretend daughter, her mother, and his own fraught past. Now, he must confront the boundaries he has drawn and explore the legacy of abandonment that shaped his life. “A sharp page-turner about our culture’s commodification of everything” (Debutiful), Five-Star Stranger is a strikingly vivid novel about isolation in a hyperconnected world, and “what it means to love and be loved” (Rachel Khong, author of Real Americans).