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NYT Best Seller
Fiction
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi · narrated by David Morse
#2 in Fiction#6 NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · Week of October 25, 2026#10 NYT Audio Fiction · October 2026#4 USA Today Best-Selling Booklist#5 Publishers Weekly Top 10 OverallFirst published 2023
A mysterious old man arrives in a small Georgia town, buys portraits hanging in a coffee shop, and gives them back to their subjects in exchange for their stories.
Narrated by: David Morse
Grumpy’s take“A man collects people's stories. Grumpy collects excuses not to read. Only one of us is inspiring.”
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