Part memoir, part humourous essays, all wonderful. Tina Fey relates key moments of humiliation in her life and shows you exactly why 30 Rock is as funny as it is.
You wouldn't think that a guy who claims to have only slept a couple of days a week for years would still be able to pump out 20 discs worth of a life story, but he does! Everything is Richards' life is so bizarre and improbably that it's compelling, even if you're not the biggest Stones fan.
Bryson excels at relating history in a way that makes you care. In At Home, he uses his house as a jumping off point to discuss the origin of all kinds of domestic things, including windows, spices, and home surgery (that one, thankfully, remains in the past).
Martin's fans had waited for this one for years, but it also brought in a massive new audience (along with the TV version of A Game of Thrones). Don't jump into the series with this fifth book (do start at the beginning, though!), and beware the cliffhanger ending.
Connelly's Harry Bosch series can do no wrong, and many fans said The Reversal was the best entry yet. Bosch and his half-brother are both working to keep a convicted child molester behind bars--you won't be able to stop listening.
For the more literary among us, try Room. Even though it's about a child and his mother kept prisoner in a room, the writing and narration make it gripping. It's rare for an author to let you into the character's head the way Donoghue does with Jack, and fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-time shouldn't miss it.
Follett is best known for his medieval Pillars of the Earth series, but has now moved on to the 20th century, crafting a saga of five families as they move through World War I. Thrilling enough for thriller fans, and with enough detail to please history buffs, Fall of Giants has proved to be one of the most popular audiobooks this year.
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