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Audible.com best-sellers for week ending August 5:

Fiction

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale (Pottermore from J.K. Rowling)

2. The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield, narrated by Kathleen Early (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

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3. Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Katherine Kellgren (Audible Studios)

4. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty, narrated by Caroline Lee (Macmillan Audio)

5. The Underground Railroad (Oprah’s Book Club) by Colson Whitehead, narrated by Bahni Turpin (Random House Audio)

6. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, narrated by Jon Lindstrom (Random House Audio)

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7. Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge by Larry Correia and John Ringo, narrated by Oliver Wyman (Audible Studios)

8. The God’s Eye View by Barry Eisler, narrated by the author (Brilliance Audio)

9. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, narrated by Larry McKeever (Recorded Books)

10. Forty Thieves by Thomas Perry, narrated by Peter Berkrot (HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books)

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Nonfiction

1. Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty MD, narrated by Dan Woren (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

2. American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America’s Deadliest Drug Epidemic by John Temple, narrated by Charlie Thurston (Tantor Audio)

3. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson, narrated by the author and Lou Aronica (Tantor Audio)

4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, narrated by Mike Chamberlain (Random House Audio)

5. Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, narrated by the author (Tim Ferris Audio)Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, narrated by the author (Tim Ferris Audio)

6. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, narrated by Andrew Macmillan (Simon & Schuster Audio)

7. How to Stop Procrastination & Get More Done in Less Time! by Graham Bianco, narrated by Christian Erickson (Graham Bianco Publishing)

8. Liars: How Progressives Exploit Our Fears for Power and Control by Glenn Beck, narrated by Jeremy Lowell (Simon & Schuster Audio)

9. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, narrated by Scott Brick (Brilliance Audio)

10. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth, narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio)