If you are a busy person with not a lot of time but a desire to read many books, you will love this list of books! These audiobooks can be read in four hours or even less, making them perfect for a day of reading or a way to squeeze in a few good books into your busy schedule.
Audiobooks are great for busy people because you can easily multitask while reading, or you can just relax and enjoy someone reading to you for a change. Here are The Best Audiobooks You Can Read in 4 hours or Less whenever you have a spare hour or two for reading.
Tokyo resident Keiko Furukara has never fit in – neither in her family, nor in school – but when at the age of 18 she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of national convenience store chain Smile Mart, she realizes instantly that she has found her purpose in life.
This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids
An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times best-selling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.
In a time when nearly every institution (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claims to value diversity in its mission statement, Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice.
The DeepYetu holds the memories for her people – water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners – who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one – the historian
Light-skinned Black woman Irene Redfield encounters an old childhood friend – Clare – who is now “passing” as a White woman. Clare is married to a racist White man, who doesn’t know she has African American blood.
When young Nathan loses his grandfather, Berry guides listeners through the process of Nathan’s grief, endearing the listener to the simple humanity through which Nathan views the world. Echoing Berry’s own strongly held beliefs, Nathan tells us that his grandfather’s life “couldn’t be divided from the days he’d spent at work in his fields”.
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens.
I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
For so many people, reading isn’t just a hobby or a way to pass the time – it’s a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can’t imagine life without them.
Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!
Jason Reynolds’s Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning, number-one New York Times best-selling novel Long Way Down is now a gripping, galvanizing graphic novel, with haunting artwork by Danica Novgorodoff.
A desperate young woman in Southern California sits down to write a letter to a man she’s never met – a choice that will forever change both their lives.
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.
When deadly sunbirds begin to ravage the countryside, threatening everything they’ve both grown to love, the two must join forces. Now blessed and burdened with the hindsight of middle age, they begin a quest that’s a reckoning of sacrifices made and mistakes mourned, of choices and family, and the quest for immortality.
Named one of the Most Influential Books of the Decade by CNN
The Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people who, if you ask him if he’s happy, even though he’s suffered the loss of his country, will give you an unconditional “yes.” What’s more, he’ll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and the “the very motion of our life is toward happiness.” How to get there has always been the question.
Don’t miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author-winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner!
Since its publication in 1952, Charlotte’s Web has become one of America’s best-loved children’s books.
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