The Dinner List: A Novel Audiobook, by Rebecca Serle Play Audiobook Sample

The Dinner List: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Rebecca Serle Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: September 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781250299376

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

56

Longest Chapter Length:

13:16 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

30 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

06:15 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

6

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Publisher Description

"With delicate intimacy, author Rebecca Serle narrates a story that involves a surrealist dinner party and reflections on a decade of love and heartache...magic and emotive undertones make this audiobook bewitching." — AudioFile Magazine

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“We’ve been waiting for an hour.” That’s what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering on cursive. That’s the thing I think first. Not: Audrey Hepburn is at my birthday dinner, but Audrey Hepburn is annoyed.”

At one point or another, we’ve all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends with in her utterly captivating audiobook, The Dinner List.

When Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also three significant people from her past, and well, Audrey Hepburn. As the appetizers are served, wine poured, and dinner table conversation begins, it becomes clear that there’s a reason these six people have been gathered together.

Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, The Dinner List is a romance for our times. Bon appetit.

Praise for The Dinner List:



“It’s Serle’s unflinching investigation into the triumph and failings of love that makes this book one of a kind. A touch magic, a touch tragic, and absolutely compelling from beginning to end.” — Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter

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“Imagine that you could gather the people you’ve loved—dead or alive—at one table, for one night, with a chance to heal yourself once and for all. The Dinner List is a heart-breakingly romantic book framed by such an evening. It’s Serle’s unflinching investigation into the triumph and failings of love that makes this book one of a kind. A touch magic, a touch tragic, and absolutely compelling from beginning to end.”

— Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author  

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  • “I have five words for Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List: wistful, delicious, romantic, magical, love.”

    — Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author
  • “I read The Dinner List in a single day, unable to tear myself away from this unconventional dinner party. Rebecca Serle draws you in with this clever and delightful story and then (when you least expect it) offers up some of the sharpest insights on first loves, friendships, and family. This book is completely original and wildly entertaining.”

    — Jennifer Close, author of Girls in White Dresses
  • “Themes of love, loss, and forgiveness weave through this intriguing mix of the real and the fanciful.”

    — Booklist
  • “Serle alternates chapters of the dinner party with the story of Sabrina and Tobias’ romance, deftly, slowly revealing how and why they broke up, the dinner party itself the catalyst to understanding their past and offering hope for their future..A bittersweet tale of love, loss, and living with the memories.”

    — Kirkus Reviews
  • “Imagine that you could gather the people you’ve loved - dead or alive- at one table, for one night, with a chance to heal yourself once and for all. The Dinner List is a heartbreakingly romantic book framed by such an evening. It’s Serle’s unflinching investigation into the triumph and failings of love that makes this book one of a kind. A touch magic, a touch tragic, and absolutely compelling from beginning to end.

    — Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter
  • I read The Dinner List in a single day, unable to tear myself away from this unconventional dinner party. Rebecca Serle draws you in with this clever and delightful story and then (when you least expect it) offers up some of the sharpest insights on first loves, friendships and family. This book is completely original and wildly entertaining.

    — Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses and The Hopefuls
  • I have five words for Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List: wistful, delicious, romantic, magical, love.

    — Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry and Young Jane Young
  • This fun book will make readers reflect on friendship and lost love and how we remember the past.

    — Real Simple
  • Best Books of September" (NewsWeek)

  • A bittersweet tale of love, loss, and living with the memories.

    — Kirkus
  • Themes of love, loss, and forgiveness weave through this intriguing mix of the real and the fanciful.

    — Booklist
  • Best Books to Curl Up With This Fall" (PopSugar)

  • The result is a fun meandering through time that also touches profoundly on the many different types of love we feel for others.

    — The Betches
  • The Dinner List offers a menu of keen-eyed, compassionate insights about the relationships that nourish us.

    — Shelf Awareness

Awards

  • A September 2018 LibraryReads Pick

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    — Jamie, 12/6/2023

About Rebecca Serle

Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels and two young adult novels. She also developed the hit TV adaptation Famous in Love, based on her YA series of the same name. Find out more at RebeccaSerle.com.