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Deep-listened reviews of thrillers, literary fiction, business, memoir, and self-improvement — judged on the writing and the narrator’s performance, across Audible, Libro.fm, and Spotify.

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From the editor’s desk, Issue 14

01412Audiobooks listened to

02186Narrators reviewed

032,940hrsListening hours logged

04QuarterlyRetest cadence

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