The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4By: Robert A. CaroNarrated by: Grover GardnerSeries: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins Fear of losing seems to have been one of the great forces driving Lyndon Baines Johnson. His desire for power was extraordinary, but so was his fear of defeat. Having…
Words of Radiance
Book Two of the Stormlight ArchiveBy: Brandon SandersonNarrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate ReadingSeries: The Cosmere, The Stormlight Archive, Book 2Length: 48 hrs and 15 mins It has been ten years since I last read Words of Radiance, and I have many fond memories of it. Having now completed the entire series and returned to its beginning,…
The First World War
A Complete HistoryBy: Martin GilbertNarrated by: Roger ClarkLength: 33 hrs and 34 mins I have devoted considerably less attention to World War I than to World War II. In many respects, I have viewed the former as merely a prelude to the latter. Gilbert’s history has gone a long way toward remedying this deficiency in…
The Way of Kings
Book One of the Stormlight ArchiveBy: Brandon SandersonNarrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate ReadingSeries: The Stormlight Archive, Book 1, The CosmereLength: 45 hrs and 30 mins Wonderful memories. I could write many, many words about this book, but sometimes brevity is more rewarding than trying to expound upon everything. This is my third reading through this…
Sir Gibbie
By: George MacDonaldNarrated by: Gordon JackLength: 17 hrs and 37 mins My first foray into George MacDonald ended up being more interesting than satisfying. Sir Gibbie took me longer than I would have liked to enter, but once the story settled into itself I began to enjoy it considerably, particularly through its middle portions. MacDonald’s prose is…
American Covenant
American CovenantHow the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could AgainBy: Yuval LevinNarrated by: Leon NixonLength: 10 hrs and 21 mins American Covenant is of a different ilk than my typical political fare, although I grant that my political reading tends to be sparse rather than something that consumes my life. Levin is interested less in particular…
The Lost Girls of Paris
By: Pam JenoffNarrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden, Henrietta Meire, Candace ThaxtonLength: 11 hrs and 41 mins I was looking for a book to listen to with my sister on our trip to celebrate the coming 250th anniversary of the United States. I wanted something that would intersect our interests, and The Lost Girls of Paris ended up occupying…
Tress of the Emerald Sea
By: Brandon SandersonNarrated by: Michael KramerSeries: Secret Projects, Book 1, The CosmereLength: 12 hrs and 27 mins I was eventually going to get to Tress of the Emerald Sea, but at the behest of my sister, who had recently read it, I picked it up sooner so I could enjoy it with her. That made it…
Master of the Senate
Master of the SenateThe Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 1 of a 3-Part Recording)By: Robert A. CaroNarrated by: Grover GardnerSeries: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 3.1Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins Master of the SenateThe Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 2 of a 3-Part Recording)By: Robert A. CaroNarrated by: Grover…
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler CarlDungeon Crawler Carl, Book 1By: Matt DinnimanNarrated by: Jeff HaysLength: 13 hrs and 31 mins18 JUL 2026 Carl’s Doomsday ScenarioDungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2By: Matt DinnimanNarrated by: Jeff HaysLength: 11 hrs and 28 mins22 JUL 2026 The Dungeon Anarchist’s CookbookDungeon Crawler Carl, Book 3By: Matt DinnimanNarrated by: Jeff Hays, The Critical DrinkerLength: 16…
Light Bringer
Red Rising, Book 6By: Pierce BrownNarrated by: Tim Gerard ReynoldsSeries: Red Rising, Book 6Length: 30 hrs and 8 mins Spoilers I walked into Light Bringer expecting the conclusion of the series and felt personally backstabbed when I discovered that it was only the first half of the ending. I understand why the story needed more…
Dark Age
By: Pierce BrownNarrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Moira Quirk, James Langton, Rendah HeywoodSeries: Red Rising, Book 5Length: 33 hrs and 58 mins Brutally beautiful. Dark Age was a hard book to read, and by the end I felt almost exhausted by it. Yet that exhaustion was part of what made the book so…