Born a Crime
Trevor Noah turns survival into storytelling with jokes sharp enough to make the hard parts land even harder.
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Trevor Noah | Narrated by Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah turns survival into storytelling with jokes sharp enough to make the hard parts land even harder.
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Rachel Lynn Solomon | Narrated by Hathaway Lee
Her next ghostwriting client is famous, charming, and—unfortunately—the worst one-night stand of her life.
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David Goggins | Narrated by David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
The memoir is only part of the recording. Between chapters, the author opens the story back up and adds the context a printed page cannot.
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Rock band drama, messy chemistry, fame, ego, heartbreak — and the full cast makes it feel like the documentary everyone is whispering about.
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Matt Dinniman | Narrated by Jeff Hays
A man, a cat, a dungeon, and total apocalypse absurdity — this is fantasy with a live wire under it.
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Matthew McConaughey | Narrated by Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey reads his own mythos like a campfire confession with designer sunglasses on.
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Amy Tintera | Narrated by January LaVoy, Will Damron
Everyone thinks Lucy murdered her best friend. A true-crime podcast comes home to prove it—or make the whole town lie better.
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Andy Weir | Narrated by Ray Porter
A lone astronaut wakes up with missing memories, impossible stakes, and a science problem that refuses to stay politely on Earth.
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Katherine Center | Narrated by Patti Murin
She can disarm an attacker with a dinner napkin. Pretending to be her movie-star client's girlfriend may be the assignment that finally takes her out.
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Rachel Lynn Solomon | Narrated by Emily Ellet
The radio station needs a hit. Two coworkers who cannot stand each other agree to pretend they already dated—and the audience becomes obsessed.
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Freida McFadden | Narrated by Lauryn Allman
The live-in job comes with marble floors, impossible rules, and an attic door that locks from the outside.
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