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The Ha-Ha by Dave King
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Allan Corduner (Narrator)
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon
Traveler by Ron McLarty and read by author
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (I am a knitter)
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Gate House by Nelson Demille (I love his main characters, John Sutter in this book, and John Corey in others--so much fun)

My top for 2008 were ...
The Lost Ark of the Covenant by Tudor Parfitt (audible) -- admittedly more for the reader and protagonist than the plot/story.
Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan (Netlibrary download) -- I disliked the protagonist at the outset, but she changes over the course of the memoir, as she herself notes.
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner (Overdrive download) -- got off to a slow start for me, but was glad I listened; I'm pretty certain reading the print version loses some of his self-deprecating humor.
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry (Overdrive download) -- Dickens' style and plotting, set in 1990's Bombay.
Seconding Barbara's mention, Motherless Brooklyn (UNabridged, read by Frank Mueller) remains my top audiobook of all time; Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon coming in a close second.

I loved Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, you could not help but cheer for him.

Dang, I haven't counted how many I listened to! It might scare me if I did. I find it so interesting the books that people like and others detest. I hated the Ballad of the Whiskey Robber. I'll have to review my list and post that later.



Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen
Cat's Paw, Inc. by L. L. Thrasher

and this comes to mind,
The Long Rain
Strange that it is not always the 5 stars that stick in my mind.





Also loved Airman by Eoin Colfer and The Host by Stephenie Meyer. (The Host was 23.5 hours long... and I listened to it in 2 days.)
Mine were:
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson, read by Bryson
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem, read by Frank Muller
Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones, read by Susan Lyons
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, read by Ruby Dee
Behind the Scenes of the Museum by Kate Atkinson, read by Susan Jameson