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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 jealousies begin to mingle with the...

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 a train, a hobo foun...

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 which journalist Coo...

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 the plane and leave no survivors–or his...

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 Kate Burkholder left her Amish community...

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 a treat. The NLS annotation follows: The green mile: the complete serial novel DB1...

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 board. The more Charlie learns about Josh,...

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 character you will easily forget. The NLS annotation follows: Two girls down: a novel DB90238 Luna, Louisa. Readi...

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 the Metropolitan Police Force. The investigation is threaten...

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 a good place to regroup....

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 fac...

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 History and Affairs The author of Dead Wake (DB 80936) describe...

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 66539), picking up her life story as she arrives in Hollywood. She re...

Worlds of Books to discuss South of Broad DB69381 by Pat Conroy. The NLS annotation follows:   South of Broad: a novel DB69381 Conroy, Pat. Reading time: 20 hours, 42 minutes. Read by David Hartley-Margolin. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.   Human Relations Bestsellers   Charleston, South Carolina; 1960s. Lo...

Worlds of Books on 12/15/20 discussed Squeeze me DB100606 by Carl Hiaasen. The NLS annotation follows:   Squeeze me DB100606 Hiaasen, Carl. Reading time: 11 hours, 11 minutes. Read by Scott Brick.   Suspense Fiction Political Fiction Bestsellers   A prominent Palm Beach dowager is found dead in a concrete grave. Kiki Pew was an ardent fan of the Winter White House resident, and a fo...

Topic: Worlds of Books discussion group Time: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9pm Eastern. Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 11/17/20 to discuss Hideaway DB99722 by Nora Roberts. The NLS annotation follows:

Topic: Worlds of Books discussion group Time: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 9pm Eastern.

Worlds of Books discusses The giver of stars DB96907 by Jojo Moyes. The NLS annotation follows: The giver of stars DB96907 Moyes, Jojo. Reading time: 13 hours, 54 minutes. Read by Julia Whelan. Historical Fiction

Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 6/16/20 to discuss Summer of ’69 DB 95859 by Elin Hilderbrand. The NLS annotation follows: Summer of ’69 DB95859 Hilderbrand, Elin. Reading time: 13 hours, 36 minutes.

Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 5/19/20 to discuss Magic hour: a novel DB 63255 by Kristin Hannah. The NLS annotation follows: Magic hour: a novel DB63255 Hannah, Kristin. Reading time: 13 hours, 23 minutes.

Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 4/21/20 to discuss Elevator pitch DB 96405 by Linwood Barclay. The NLS annotation follows: Elevator pitch DB96405 Barclay, Linwood. Reading time: 12 hours, 55 minutes.

The murder list DB 96928 Ryan, Hank Phillippi. Reading time 11 hours, 15 minutes. Read by Angela Dawe. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects: Suspense Fiction

Sea stories: my life in special operations DB 95549 McRaven, William H, (William Harry). Reading time 10 hours, 16 minutes.

I’m exercising a man’s prerogative to change his mind and Worlds of Books will meet at 9pm Eastern on 12/17/19 to discuss Ellie and the Harpmaker DB96388 by Hazel Prior. I just finished this book and really enjoyed it. The NLS annotation follows: