NYT Best Seller
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy
Carl's Doomsday Scenarioby Matt Dinniman · narrated by Jeff Hays
“A man fights monsters in his boxers while you can't find the remote. Just press play.”
Categories / Comedy / The Road to Tender Hearts
Comedy · Fiction
The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett · narrated by Mark Bramhall
#5 in ComedyFirst published 2025
A grumpy retiree with a lottery windfall sets off on a cross-country road trip to find his high school sweetheart, picking up an unlikely crew and a cat along the way.
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Grumpy’s take“An old grump on a road trip. My people. Even better if you never open the book.”
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