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Tom's Crossing

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Tom's Crossing

By: Mark Z. Danielewski
Narrated by: Susan Dalian
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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of House of Leaves comes a magisterial novel about two friends determined to rescue a pair of horses set for slaughter.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Vulture, and Library Journal

“This is an amazing work of fiction. I absolutely loved it. At the heart you’ll find a blood-drenched story of pursuit and two brave and resourceful children. But there’s so much more. I immersed myself. Have never read anything like it.” —Stephen King

Hard to figure how so much awful horror could've started out with just them two horses and not a one yet named...

While folks still like to focus on the crimes that shocked the small city of Orvop, Utah, back in the fall of 1982, not to mention the trials that followed, far more remember the adventure that took place beyond municipal lines.

For sure no one expected the dead to rise, but they did. No one expected the mountain to fall either, but it did. No one expected an act of courage so great, and likewise so appalling, that it still staggers the heart and mind of anyone who knows anything about the Katanogos massif, to say nothing of Pillars Meadow.

As one Orvop high school teacher described that extraordinary feat just days before she died, Fer sure no one expected Kalin March to look Old Porch in the eye and tell him: You get what you deserve when you ride with cowards. Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt
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I wasn’t sure about this tbh, a very long novel with lots of off piste stories, but I did find that it was a bit like a long weekend with mayes. Stick with it, get to know the characters, hear the stories, and you’ll find a lovely story inside, and so brilliantly narrated. Give it a go, it’s a great novel.

It’s long but worth it

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Faulkner meets King meets greek tragedy. Reckon this will turn out to be the best of 2026 .

Rare find

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Over 200 audiobooks deep into this app, and this one genuinely stands out.
Some of the pacing tested my patience, yet I found myself tearing up towards the end — and feeling a little blue when it was over. The journey this book takes you on has left a lasting impression that's hard to shake.
Worth anyone's time, if you're willing to stick with it.

Edit: Almost forgot — the narrator is fantastic. Their voice fits the story so naturally that the usual adjustment period you get with a new VA just... wasn't there. I was fully immersed from the very first chapter. Also, worth noting that the most prominent negative review on here comes from an account with 17 reviews, nearly all of them one or two stars. Draw your own conclusions.

A book that both tests your patience and rewards it.

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This was the first book I read this year, and as soon as the audiobook came out, I had to listen to it. I cannot express how amazing this book is, how truly a wonder of literature it is. The reading is perfect, with the narrator doing so much justice to not just the accented text, but to the depth of every character portrayed within this sprawling adventure.

If you love deep stories of deadly trials, feats of wonder, the horrors of vengeance and the power of parental love, this book deserves your time. If you don’t care about these things, but want one of the greatest modern westerns ever written, then this is also for you.

A phenomenal read of an astounding book

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nothing seems to be happening expect for some hiking with horses. gave it a go 3/4rh of the book but just could not finish the drag of the story. one of the most boring books to have tried to listen.

a very boring book

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