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Audible has a site-wide sale once a year where everything is discounted. Yep, every single audiobook on the site. Some only drop a little, others go as low as 85% off, which is kind of ridiculous in the best way.
When this year’s sale came along, I’d had a bunch of books sitting in my wish list for ages, never quite making it to where I would take the plunge and drop a credit on them. But when I saw several had dropped below $2.50 (I think the cheapest was $2.09?), I didn’t hesitate. I snapped them up. When a bunch of long-wanted titles drop to pocket change, you grab your loot and ride off into the sunset.
Since a credit usually costs me around $9–$10 (depending on how I buy them), anything under that is better to grab for cash. All up, I picked up seven books for $20. Some of them had been lingering far too long in the wish list shadows, and a few newer ones I’ve been meaning to try. So my ears are now fully booked for the next few months. Woohoo!
So What Did I Get?
I am glad you asked! It’s a bit of a mixed bunch… speculative fiction, some historical drama, a dash of humour, and a few long-overdue wish list picks that I couldn’t pass up at that price.
The Humans by Matt Haig
An alien takes over the body of a Cambridge professor and immediately hates everything about being human. It looks like a quirky, philosophical sci-fi with a dry sense of humour and a good bit of existential pondering.
Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
Guy wakes up in a castle with no memory, no eyebrows, and the unfortunate realisation that he’s apparently a notorious evil wizard. This one’s billing itself as a high fantasy farce with killer moat squid, goblins, and general magical chaos. Sold.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
I bought this as a paperback as a present for someone years and years ago and have wondered about it ever since. I figured now was the time to finally pick it up. Set just after WWII, this one’s told entirely through letters between a writer and the eccentric book club that formed on the island of Guernsey during the German occupation.
The Witch Who Trades with Death by C.M. Alongi
A witch escapes from an immortal emperor and ends up making literal deals with Death. From the blurb, it sounds like dark fantasy with themes of rebellion, survival, and magic that comes at a price. This one popped up as a recommendation after I finished “The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches” – I’m not sure Audible’s algorithm understands the difference, but I went with it all the same.
Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter
A rom-com about muffins, mild revenge, and maybe love. A woman posts an ad for a “henchperson” to help recover her nana’s stolen stuffed penguin, and the icy bookstore owner who responds might just be more than she bargained for. This was another “don’t think about it, just get it” impulse buy that I’m trying to do more of to be less judgy about audiobooks I’m thinking of starting. Sound quirky and promising a solid mix of plotting and banter.
The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis
Secret societies, ghostly legends, and vampire-hunting lamplighters in 1800s Prague. This one seems like a dark, atmospheric fantasy with a dash of romance and alchemical conspiracies. Definitely one for the foggy-evening, candlelit-listening queue.
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Discount Dan’s Backroom Bargains by James Hunter
Dan accidentally falls into the Backrooms – a surreal, deadly maze of liminal spaces – and now he’s stuck battling nightmare creatures and weird dungeon physics while trying not to die (or get skinned by the locals). Feels like comedic horror-meets-gamelit with strong “WTF just happened” energy. Blurb quotes from some of my favourite authors too, so high hopes on this one.
Seven for the Price of Two? Yes Please!
So yeah, it was a bit of an impromptu shopping spree, but one I have zero regrets about. Between the cozy, the chaotic, the romantic, and the slightly unhinged, I’ve now got a solid listening queue lined up all for less than the price of a couple of credits.
If nothing else, it’s a good reminder to keep an eye on those big Audible sales… and maybe to clean out the wish list every now and then before it turns into a digital time capsule.
Picked up any bargains yourself? Got a wish list full of “maybe one day” titles? Drop a comment below! I’d love to hear what you scored, and maybe add them to my own list as well. Now that I’ve cleared a bunch out of mine, it’s looking positively empty! 😂
The Bandit Image
PS: Yeah, that’s a ChatGPT generated image up top. Unfortunately it generated it as a rectangle, so it got cropped to a square when I uploaded it for this blog, but I thought the full image is too cool not to share. I wanted an image like a bandit making off with a bag full of audiobook bargains. With a bit of back and forth I got a prompt that resulted in the image below. It’s a bit spooky how good these are getting. I can’t imagine that it’ll be much longer before they’re indistinguishable as AI generated.
The Prompt:
A realistic Wild West-style bandit riding a galloping horse, holding a money sack with the Audible logo on it where the dollar sign would be, galloping away from an Audible store that looks like a saloon. The sun is setting behind him, casting a dramatic golden glow. Dust kicks up around the horse’s hooves. The bandit wears a classic hat and has earbuds in, grinning smugly. Cinematic composition, high detail, realistic textures, dramatic lighting.