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BostonPL_Ten Audiobooks under Ten Hours

Love audiobooks but feeling short on time? Here are ten recommended audiobooks that will take you 10 hours or less to finish. These titles are available to request or check out through Overdrive.

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  • In a letter to his teenaged son, Coates explores the experience of racism in the United States.
    eAudiobook, 2015Books on Tape, 2015
  • This moving depiction of a Harvard professor who develops early onset Alzheimer's is now a movie starring Julianne Moore.
    eAudiobook, 2009HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books, 2009
  • The Family Romanov

    Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

    Fleming, Candace
    Using newly available sources, Fleming presents both an engaging introduction to Russian history and an intimate portrait of the notorious royal family.
    eAudiobook, 2014Books on Tape, 2014
  • This National Book Award-winning collection of short stories draws a sharp focus on the experiences of American soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    eAudiobook, 2014Books on Tape, 2014
  • Without You, There Is No Us

    My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

    Kim, Suki
    Journalist Kim recounts six months spent teaching English to college students in culturally isolated north Korea.
    eAudiobook, 2014Books on Tape, 2014
  • A powerful, deeply moving American classic that centers on the life and history of a young black girl who wishes she had blue eyes.
    eAudiobook, 2011Books on Tape, 2011
  • A Chinese-American family struggles to comprehend the death of their 16-year-old daughter in this page-turning family drama.
    eAudiobook, 2014Blackstone Publishing, 2014
  • One More Thing

    Stories and Other Stories

    Novak, B. J.
    Comedian and actor Novak writes and narrates this series of humorous, very short stories - and invites a variety of other comedians to help.
    eAudiobook, 2014Books on Tape, 2014
  • Acclaimed novelist Patchett writes a moving memoir about her complicated friendship with troubled author Lucy Grealy.
    eAudiobook, 2004HarperCollins, 2004