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Book Lovers Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Emily Henry (Author), Julia Whelan (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
4.3 out of 5 stars 98,945 ratings

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An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Funny Story.

“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover

One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...

Nora Stephens' life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.

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  1. Listening Length
    11 hours and 23 minutes
  2. Author
    Emily Henry
  3. Narrator
    Julia Whelan
  4. Audible release date
    May 3 2022
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B09BWRFF8L
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 11 hours and 23 minutes
Author Emily Henry
Narrator Julia Whelan
Audible.ca Release Date May 03 2022
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B09BWRFF8L
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Customers find the content good, intriguing, and enjoyable. They describe the romance as wonderful, slow-burning, and happy-ending. Readers describe the humor as witty, hilarious, and banter between the characters. Opinions are mixed on the plot, with some finding it easy and good, while others say it's far-fetched or silly.

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Customers find the content good, intriguing, and fun. They say it's a must-read for lovers of rom-coms and a favourite from the author.

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Customers find the romance enjoyable, wonderful, and slow-burning. They say it's a light, cheery, and happy ending romance novel. Readers are enraptured by Nora and her journey, and loved the banter between the two enemies to lover.

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Customers find the book hilarious, witty, and emotional. They also appreciate the banter between the characters and the incredible writing style.

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  • Stacey
    5.0 out of 5 stars This has my heart!!
    Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2024
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    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Phenomenal. I loved this book so much. Absolutely binged this book in one sitting, captivated.

    ✨ “Until you got here all this place has ever been was a reminder of the ways I was a disappointment, and now you’re here — I don’t know. I feel like I’m okay. So if you’re the ‘wrong type of woman’ then I’m the wrong kind of man.” - Charlie

    ✔️ enemies to lovers
    ✔️ city to small town
    ✔️ top tier banter
    ✔️ chemistry
    ✔️ beautifully crafted characters

    Literary agent Nora Stephens loves her career, but she loves her sister more. After their mothers’s passing, Nora has always put Libby first. So, when Libby begs for a trip to small town Sunshine Falls, the location of one of Nora’s authors best selling book, reluctantly agrees. Libby is armed with a checklist, a step by step guide on how to become the main character in their own stories. Enter Charlie, a New York book editor and Nora’s rival, who has moved to his hometown to look after his father and the family bookstore.

    As one of Nora’s authors brings them to work together, their hateful banter turns into something more, with a sprinkling of sexual tension. Nora and Charlie slowly work through their fears that stop them from living their lives to the fullest and to start writing their own future together.
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  • Jessica P
    4.0 out of 5 stars Such a dreamy book!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2022
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    Absolutely loved reading this one! I think it's going to put me on a bit of a romance binge for awhile. Such a cute love story, with other themes of growth and family relationships. I found some moments cheesy and unrealistic, and other moments I was so absorbed by the story I could not put it down and lost complete track of time. Would absolutely reccomend this to anyone looking for a light, cheery, happy ending romance novel.
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  • Shelley
    5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful read! I loved every minute of it!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2022
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    Yes! This was just the book that I needed in my life. Believe all the hype. This book is clever, witty, emotional, romantic, and a book lover’s delight. There was just so much to love about it.

    Nora Stephens is a literary agent who works hard for her clients. She’s career-minded, hardworking, a true lover of books, and a big fan of her younger sister Libby. Nora may have success in her professional life, but romantically, she’s been dumped too many times by men who have left her for a sweet, small-town woman, in other words, the complete opposite of Nora.

    When Libby convinces Nora to leave her beloved New York City and take a month-long trip with her to a small community in North Carolina, Nora agrees. She would do just about anything to make her sister happy. Libby has even made a list of things for them to do, to crack Nora out of her shell. Bring on the romance tropes!

    While Libby wanted Nora to meet a local and, maybe fall in love, Nora just kept running into Charlie Lastra, the ambitious, standoffish, brooding editor from New York City. Oh, they were already familiar with each other, but their previous encounters never went too smoothly or screamed of anything resembling a romantic connection.

    I loved, loved, loved the chemistry and banter between Nora and Charlie. It was exceptional! They were two peas in a pod when it came to ambition and their love of books, and they could spar against each other like it was their calling.

    This was a wonderful slow-burning romance. As someone who wants the anticipation in novels, this one gave me everything that I was looking for. It never felt rushed, the author took her time to make it just right.

    I loved how Emily Henry entwined popular romance tropes with her own story. This was just such a clever story.

    I could go on and on and continue to gush about Book Lovers, but I won’t put anyone through that. Do yourself a favor and read this novel. It was just such a well-rounded reading experience. It was filled with everything that a book lover craves.
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  • Katherine
    3.0 out of 5 stars Arrived Damaged
    Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2025
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    I'm sure the book itself is good but 鶹 delivered it with part of a sticker on the cover and a large chunk of the cover torn off.
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    Katherine
    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Arrived Damaged

    Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2025
    I'm sure the book itself is good but 鶹 delivered it with part of a sticker on the cover and a large chunk of the cover torn off.
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  • Lanz
    4.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected
    Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2023
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    I loved the banter between the two enemies to lover and how they both didn’t up in the typical “romance “ love story book and instead made it their own
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  • Sophie
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book was made for book lovers
    Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2022
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    "Be my shark, Stephens"

    This book was made for women in the workforce, don’t ever let anyone tell you you work too much if you love your job.

    This book was about enemies-to-lovers, that everyone deserves a second chance after a rocky first meeting. You may regret it if you dismiss someone on their worst day.

    "That is what I'm looking for every time I flip to the back of a book, compulsively checking for proof that in a life where so many things have gone wrong, there can be beauty too. that there is always hope, no matter what."
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  • Sarah.Leigh
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, intriguing read
    Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2024
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    Totally recommend this book. After several of Emily Henry’s books, I now must read them all. This one so far, is probably one of my favourites.
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  • Zara
    4.0 out of 5 stars Books come on time :)
    Reviewed in Canada on August 22, 2023
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    I was really satisfied with the order..it came on time :)
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  • Gabriela
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hab’s geliebt
    Reviewed in Germany on July 8, 2025
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    Perfekte Sommerlektüre 🥰🔝
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  • Gabriela Graciosa Guedes
    5.0 out of 5 stars will she ever write a book that isn't absolutely amazing?
    Reviewed in Brazil on September 6, 2022
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    5 ⭐️ | 📖 book lovers

    if she were in a Hallmark movie, Nora would be the ex left behind while the lead goes to a small town and falls in love with a local. she knows that. it has literally happened to her. more than once.

    when her sister, Libby, decides that they too deserve to have their own small-town-life-altering experience, Nora finds herself spending a whole month in the city that inspired a bestselling book from the author that skyrocketed her career as an agent.

    what she didn’t expect was to find her nemesis, editor Charlie Lastra, running the local bookshop. while she tries to keep her distance, she realizes this might not be as easy in a small town as it’d be in NY.

    I went into this book not knowing much. and I thought, I truly thought, maybe I wouldn’t love it as much as Emily’s previous books. I don’t have much in common with Nora. I didn’t think I’d be able to relate to her. I went as far as to convince myself that it’d be okay if I didn’t love it.

    well, I should’ve known better. even if I had hated Nora, which I obviously didn’t, I’d still have loved the book. simply because of Emily’s writing. what she does with words… it feels like magic. the kind of magic people hunt grimoires down to try to replicate, but it just never comes out the same. there’s a secret recipe that belongs only to her.

    she has the ability to put feelings into words, and I know this sounds like a basic skill a writer should have, but that’s not what I mean. I just can’t quite explain it. like, in pwmov, when she gave the best definition of “saudade” I’ve ever come across, and she doesn’t even speak Portuguese.

    i’m gonna leave her own words here, because it’s the best way I can explain how reading her books feel:

    “This book has crushed me with its weight and dazzled me with its tiny bright spots. Some books you don’t read so much as live, and finishing one of those always makes me think of ascending from a scuba dive. Like if I surface too fast I might get the bends.”

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️
    🌶🌶
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  • Manesh Kumar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on December 9, 2024
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    Good book
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  • Emily
    5.0 out of 5 stars There are no words
    Reviewed in Australia on June 21, 2022
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    This book was magic from the first sentence to the last, full of witty banter and dialogue and so much incredible understanding and emotion. I rarely cry in a book and even rarer still—happy tears, but I finished this book and sobbed. It is utter perfection, I instantly want to start again and absorb all of it again in case I missed something. (I literally hard to force myself to put this down and eat I was so engrossed) I truly loved the emphasis and depiction of the bond two sisters share and the absolute love and understanding the men in this book showed for that.

    Emily Henry has written such beautifully flawed and real characters that make you wish you could crawl inside the book and get to know them forever, Charlie was so real which I find rare in a romance book. So often male characters are written to perfection in such unrealistic standards, but Charlie’s characteristics are what any of us can find in a decent partner who just wants to see us thrive and love us despite the flaws we see in ourselves.
    I especially loved Nora and watching her grow and adjust her outlook on life whilst still staying so true to herself and who she was.

    This book is going straight to the top of my list of favourite books ever, there truely was not a single thing I did not like, Nora was strong and independent and such a great example of a female lead in literature, this book felt inspiring.

    Thank you Emily Henry for writing this, I’m happier in this world for reading it.
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  • Beste Kurtalan
    5.0 out of 5 stars great
    Reviewed in Turkey on July 4, 2025
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    great
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