Picks and Pans Review: Audio Books

UPDATED 06/21/2010 at 01:00 AM EDT Originally published 06/21/2010 at 01:00 AM EDT

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ISLAND BENEATH THE SEA

by Isabel Allende

Law & Order star S. Epatha Merkerson's narration of Allende's 18th-century slave's tale, set in Haiti and New Orleans, is entrancing.

THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO

by Atul Gawande

Add this compelling take on the virtues of the humble to-do list-from a surgeon-author-to your own must-dos. Audio makes it a snap to check off.

THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY

by Heidi W. Durrow

A thoughtful coming-of-age novel inspired by the author's experiences as a mixed-race child growing up in Portland, Ore., in the '80s.

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