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October 2025 The Listener
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Level One: 1-10 books
Read:
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ List all of your audiobooks during the month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.
π§ Only audiobooks are allowed, but they can be on any platform where audiobooks are found (Audible, Chirp, Scribd, your library site, etc)!
π§ Ebooks are not allowed on this challenge! The same books may not be used in The Listener and in Ebooks Are My Thing!
π§ Level π§
Level Two: 11+ books
15/11+ Completed. Finish
01.Stay Toxic-Lani Lynn Vale 10/01/25
02.Shadow's Loss-Mary Stone 10/02/2
03.Die for Me-Karen Rose 10/03/25
04.Winter's Shock-Mary Stone 10/03/25
05.Chicago Blue-Stephanie Andrews 10/04/25
06.All the Sinners Bleed-S.A. Cosby 10/06/25
07.Hero-Lauren Rowe 10/08/25
08.The Dark Corners of the Night-Meg Gardiner10/09/25
09.Couple Killer-L.T. Vargus 10/10/25
10.Sangria-Heidi McLaughlin 10/12/25
11.10th Anniversary-James Patterson 10/15/25
12.From Here to Eternity-A.L. Jackson 10/16/25
13.Smoke on the Water-Harper Jackson 10/17/25
14.Just Like That-Lena Hendrix 10/19/25
15.The Girl in the Woods-Kristen Ashley 10/22/25
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
1. She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena - Oct. 4
2. Hot Fudge Murder by Cynthia Baxter - Oct. 12
3. Halloween Party Murder by Leighann Dobbs - Oct. 17
4. Halloween Night Murder by Leslie Meier - Oct. 25
The ListenerOctober 2025
Level 1 - 3 books
1. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 10/4/25
2. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 10/7/25
3. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley 10/8/25
FINISHED! October The ListenerDuration: Oct 1, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025
(10/10/25)
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
12/11+
1. X (Kinsey Millhone 24) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 10/01/25
2. Ghosts Dolly Alderton(Libby audio) 10/02/25
3. Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot 17) Agatha Christie (Libby audio) 10/02/25
4. Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone 25) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 10/03/25
5. Howloween Murder (Melanie Travis 26) Laurien Berenson (Libby audio) 10/07/25
6. On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer Rick Steves (Audible) 10/07/25
7. A Story to Kill (Cat Latimer Mystery 1) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 10/08/25
8. Space Vampire Ruby Dixon10/09/25
9. Cut to the Bone(Body Farm 8) Jefferson Bass(Libby audio) 10/09/25
10. The Death of Mrs. Westaway Ruth Ware (Libby audio) 10/09/25
11. Practical Magic (Practical Magic 1) Alice Hoffman (Hoopla) 10/10/25
12. The Johnstown Flood David McCullough (Chirp audio) 10/20/25
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THE LISTENER, 10/1 β 10/311. Swamp Spook (Miss Fortune #13), by Jana Deleon, finished 10/1/25 β β β β
2. In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy, by Shawn Levy, finished 10/3/25 β β β .5
3. Old Godβs Time, by Sebastian Barry, finished 10/5/25 β β β
4. Blue Lightning (Shetland #4), by Ann Cleeves, finished 10/9/25 β β β β
5. The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History, by Nathalia Holt, finished 10/11/25 β β β β
6. Cat Got Your Cash (Kitty Couture #2), by Julie Chase, finished 10/12/25 β β β .5
7. Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., finished 10/13/25 β β β β
8. Murder Uncorked (Cece Barton #1), by Maddie Day, finished 10/14/25 β β β .5
9. Death Comes to the Village (Kurland St. Mary #1), by Catherine Lloyd, finished 10/15/25 β β β .5
10. Bittersweet (China Bayles #23), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 10/17/25 β β β β
11. Premeditated Mortar (Fixer-Upper #8), by Kate Carlisle, finished 10/19/25 β β β β
12.The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2), by Tess Gerritsen, finished 10/21/25 β β β β
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object:Β Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
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1. The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 3 October 2026 β β β β β
2. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher 12 October 2025 β β β β β
3. Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan 18 October 2025 β β β β
4. Cress by Marissa Meyer 29 October 2025 β β β β β
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Completed: 2/1-10
1. Grown - Tiffany D. Jackson 10/4/25
2. The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult 10/10/25
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October | The ListenerLevel One: 1-10 books
Read:
1. Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay. Read 10/2/25.
2. Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick. Read 10/9/25
3.For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay. Read 10/13/25
4. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Read 10/20/25
5. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen Read 10/27/25
Mod
The ListenerOctober 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
7 of 1- 10 Complete
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
πΉοΈThe Last Orphan - Gregg Hurwitz - 4 Stars - 10/3/25
πΉοΈLove You More - Lisa Gardner - 4.5 Stars - 10/9/25
πΉοΈWe Are All Guilty Here - Karin Slaughter - 4 Stars - 10/10/25
πΉοΈThe Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court - Michelle Moran - 4 Stars - 10/16/25
πΉοΈCatch Me - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 10/2boo5
πΉοΈFramed in Death - J.D. Robb - 5 Stars - 10/24/25
πΉοΈFear Nothing - Lisa Gardner - 4.5 Stars - 10/28/25
The ListenerDuration: Oct. 1, 2025 - Oct. 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. The Note by Alafair Burke
Oct. 9, 2025
2. The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram
Oct. 18, 2025
3. A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Oct. 30, 2025
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Audiobooks: 2
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
β’ Warcross - Marie Lu - 10/10/25
β’ Tom Lake - Ann Patchett - 10/29/25
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
1. The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden - 10/01
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - 10/03
3. The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner: And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett - 10/06
4. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - 10/09
5. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 10/10
6. The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan - 10/18
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 10/22
8. Grim Grinning Ghosts by Amicus Arcane - 10/23
9. Memento Mori by Amicus Arcane - 10/23
10. All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton - 10/24
11. Refugee by Alan Gratz - 10/28
12. Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin - 10/31
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Level One: 1-10 books
Back to School Murder Leslie Meier 10/4/25
Trick or Treat Murder Leslie Meier 10/7/25
Death at Bishop's Keep Robin Paige 10/13/25
Witch and Famous Angela M. Sanders 10/15/25
Glory Be Danielle Arceneaux 10/26/25
The Case of the Christie Conspiracy Kelly Oliver 10/27/25
π§ Levels π§Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
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Finished!The Listener
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
1. Gossamer Ghost by Laura Childs 10/01/25
2. Doctor Who: Phobos by Eddie Robson 10/01/25
3. Doctor Who: Here There Be Monsters by Andy Lane 10/01/25
4. Of Spice and Men by Sarah Fox 10/03/25
5. Doctor Who: The Bounty of Ceres by Ian Potter 10/03/25
6. Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen by Terrance Dicks 10/04/25
7. Doctor Who: The Mutant Phase by Nicholas Briggs 10/04/25
8. The Tales of Max Carados by Ernest Bramah 10/10/25
9. Explosive Force by Lynette Eason 10/10/25
10. Doctor Who: Forever Autumn by Mark Morris 10/10/25
11. Death and Sweets by Kathleen Suzette 10/12/25
12. Diwali: A Festival of Lights by Anita Yasuda 10/15/25
13. The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey 10/19/25
14. Hard Candy and a Killer by Kathleen Suzette 10/21/25
15. Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man by Jack Heath 10/22/25
16. Jellybeans, Jack-o'-lanterns, and Jitters: A Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store Mystery by Kathleen Suzette
17. Doctor Who: The One Doctor by Gareth Roberts 10/24/25
18. New Year, New Murder by Kathleen Suzette 10/24/25
19. In a Jam by Kathleen Suzette 10/26/25
20. Rescue Mission by Lynette Eason 10/29/25
21. Doctor Who: Enemy Aliens by Alan Barnes 10/29/25
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Level One: 1-10 books
1. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 10.12.25
2. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 10.14.25
3. The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner 10.15.25
4. Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson 10.21.25
5. Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney 10.28.25
Mod
Completed 10/30/2025π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. Dark Desires After Dusk 11 hrs 45 min
2. The Ritual 16hrs 12 min
3. The Devil Made Me Brew It 9hrs 36 min
October The ListenerDuration: Oct. 1st, 2025 - Oct. 31st, 2025
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
2/11
1. Exit Strategy Dramatized Adaptation by Martha Wells - Oct. 15th
2. Night Broken Dramatized Adaptation by Patricia Briggs - Oct 24th
October | The ListenerLevel Two: 11+ books
12/11+
1- Renewal After Dark Marie Force 10.02.25 4 stars
2- No Parm No Foul Linda Reilly 10.03.25 4 stars
3- Checking Out Crime Laurie Cass 10.08.25 4 stars
4- Six Stunning Sirens Lynn Cahoon 10.12.25 4.5 stars
5- Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 10.14.25 5 stars
6- The Girl in the Ground Stacy Green 10.16.25 4.5 stars
7- Seven Secret Spellcasters Lynn Cahoon 10.18.25 4.5 stars
8- Death Overdue Allison Brook 10.24.25 3.5 stars
9- The Crime That Binds Laurie Cass 10.25.25 4.5 stars
10- Furever After Sofie Kelly 10.26.25 5 stars
11- Practical Magic Alice Hoffman 10.27.25 5 stars
12- Cheddar Late Than Dead Linda Reilly 10.29.25 4 stars
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
1) A Willing Murder Jude Deveraux 10/10
2) A Justified Murder Jude Deveraux 10/11
3) A Forgotten Murder Jude Deveraux 10/13
4) One Little Mistake Lucinda Berry 10/14
5) The Twisted Women's Book Club Karin Slaughter 10/28
COMPLETED 10.22.25The Listener: 11/11+
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
π§ Level Two: 11+ books π§
π§ 1. The Academy | Elin Hilderbrand | 10.03.25
π§ 2. Rin Tin Tin | Susan Orlean | 10.05.25
π§ 3. My Roommate Is a Vampire | 10.06.25
π§ 4. Girl on Girl | Sophie Gilbert | 10.09.25
π§ 5. The Haves and Have-Yachts | Evan Osnos | 10.13.25
π§ 6. Furious | Jamie Pacton | 10.17.25
π§ 7. One Person, One Vote | Nick Seabrook | 10.17.25
π§ 8. What Happens in London | Julia Quinn | 10.18.25
π§ 9. Vote With Your Phone | Bradley Tusk | 10.19.25
π§ 10. Book of Shadows | Cate Tiernan | 10.21.25
π§ 11. Pumpkins in Paradise | Kathi Daley | 10.22.25
Finished THE LISTENER, 10/1 β 10/31
1. Swamp Spook (Miss Fortune #13), by Jana Deleon, finished 10/1/25 β β β β
2. In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy, by Shawn Levy, finished 10/3/25 β β β .5
3. Old Godβs Time, by Sebastian Barry, finished 10/5/25 β β β
4. Blue Lightning (Shetland #4), by Ann Cleeves, finished 10/9/25 β β β β
5. The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History, by Nathalia Holt, finished 10/11/25 β β β β
6. Cat Got Your Cash (Kitty Couture #2), by Julie Chase, finished 10/12/25 β β β .5
7. Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., finished 10/13/25 β β β β
8. Murder Uncorked (Cece Barton #1), by Maddie Day, finished 10/14/25 β β β .5
9. Death Comes to the Village (Kurland St. Mary #1), by Catherine Lloyd, finished 10/15/25 β β β .5
10. Bittersweet (China Bayles #23), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 10/17/25 β β β β
11. Premeditated Mortar (Fixer-Upper #8), by Kate Carlisle, finished 10/19/25 β β β β
12.The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2), by Tess Gerritsen, finished 10/21/25 β β β β
The ListenerDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ List all of your audiobooks during the month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.
π§ Only audiobooks are allowed, but they can be on any platform where audiobooks are found (Audible, Chirp, Scribd, your library site, etc)!
π§ Ebooks are not allowed on this challenge! The same books may not be used in The Listener and in Ebooks Are My Thing!
π§ Level π§
Level Two: 11+ books
15/11+ Completed. Finish
01.Stay Toxic-Lani Lynn Vale 10/01/25
02.Shadow's Loss-Mary Stone 10/02/2
03.Die for Me-Karen Rose 10/03/25
04.Winter's Shock-Mary Stone 10/03/25
05.Chicago Blue-Stephanie Andrews 10/04/25
06.All the Sinners Bleed-S.A. Cosby 10/06/25
07.Hero-Lauren Rowe 10/08/25
08.The Dark Corners of the Night-Meg Gardiner10/09/25
09.Couple Killer-L.T. Vargus 10/10/25
10.Sangria-Heidi McLaughlin 10/12/25
11.10th Anniversary-James Patterson 10/15/25
12.From Here to Eternity-A.L. Jackson 10/16/25
13.Smoke on the Water-Harper Jackson 10/17/25
14.Just Like That-Lena Hendrix 10/19/25
15.The Girl in the Woods-Kristen Ashley 10/22/25
COMPLETION POSTOctober | The Listener
Level One: 1-10 books
Read:
1. Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay. Read 10/2/25.
2. Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick. Read 10/9/25
3.For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay. Read 10/13/25
4. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Read 10/20/25
5. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen Read 10/27/25
FINISHED! October The ListenerDuration: Oct 1, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025
(10/10/25)
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
12/11+
1. X (Kinsey Millhone 24) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 10/01/25
2. Ghosts Dolly Alderton(Libby audio) 10/02/25
3. Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot 17) Agatha Christie (Libby audio) 10/02/25
4. Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone 25) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 10/03/25
5. Howloween Murder (Melanie Travis 26) Laurien Berenson (Libby audio) 10/07/25
6. On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer Rick Steves (Audible) 10/07/25
7. A Story to Kill (Cat Latimer Mystery 1) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 10/08/25
8. Space Vampire Ruby Dixon10/09/25
9. Cut to the Bone(Body Farm 8) Jefferson Bass(Libby audio) 10/09/25
10. The Death of Mrs. Westaway Ruth Ware (Libby audio) 10/09/25
11. Practical Magic (Practical Magic 1) Alice Hoffman (Hoopla) 10/10/25
12. The Johnstown Flood David McCullough (Chirp audio) 10/20/25
Completion PostThe Listener
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Level One: 1-10 books
Back to School Murder Leslie Meier 10/4/25
Trick or Treat Murder Leslie Meier 10/7/25
Death at Bishop's Keep Robin Paige 10/13/25
Witch and Famous Angela M. Sanders 10/15/25
Glory Be Danielle Arceneaux 10/26/25
The Case of the Christie Conspiracy Kelly Oliver 10/27/25
FINISHED 3 AudiobooksThe Listener
Duration: Oct. 1, 2025 - Oct. 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. The Note by Alafair Burke
Oct. 9, 2025
2. The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram
Oct. 18, 2025
3. A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Oct. 30, 2025
FINISHEDThe Listener
October 2025
Level 1 - 3 books
1. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 10/4/25
2. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 10/7/25
3. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley 10/8/25
FINISHED!The Listener
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
1. The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden - 10/01
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - 10/03
3. The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner: And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett - 10/06
4. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - 10/09
5. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - 10/10
6. The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan - 10/18
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 10/22
8. Grim Grinning Ghosts by Amicus Arcane - 10/23
9. Memento Mori by Amicus Arcane - 10/23
10. All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton - 10/24
11. Refugee by Alan Gratz - 10/28
12. Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin - 10/31
FINISHED! The Listener
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
1. She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena - Oct. 4
2. Hot Fudge Murder by Cynthia Baxter - Oct. 12
3. Halloween Party Murder by Leighann Dobbs - Oct. 17
4. Halloween Night Murder by Leslie Meier - Oct. 25
Completed The Listener
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object:Β Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
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1. The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 3 October 2026 β β β β β
2. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher 12 October 2025 β β β β β
3. Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan 18 October 2025 β β β β
4. Cress by Marissa Meyer 29 October 2025 β β β β β
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The Listener
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ List all of your audiobooks during the month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.
π§ Only audiobooks are allowed, but they can be on any platform where audiobooks are found (Audible, Chirp, Scribd, your library site, etc)!
π§ Ebooks are not allowed on this challenge! The same books may not be used in The Listener and in Ebooks Are My Thing!
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
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