Martin Cruz Smith Reading Order

2 books (1970–1987)

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1	Death by Espionage: Intriguing Stories of Betrayal and Deception 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	High Jinx 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1981–2025)

The Arkady Renko series is an ongoing mystery and thriller saga spanning 11 books published from 1981 to 2025. Follow the series in publication order, beginning with Gorky Park and continuing through Hotel Ukraine, the most recent entry. Each novel features the Russian detective protagonist navigating complex investigations across diverse international settings. This series should be read sequentially to appreciate character development and continuity across the arc.

Start with Gorky Park, the first of 11 books in the Arkady Renko series.

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1	Gorky Park 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Polar Star 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Red Square 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Havana Bay 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Wolves Eat Dogs 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Stalin's Ghost 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Three Stations 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Tatiana 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Siberian Dilemma 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Independence Square 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Hotel Ukraine 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

264 books (1964–1990)

Nick Carter: Killmaster is a complete spy thriller series comprising 264 books published between 1964 and 1990. Written by Martin Cruz Smith and others in the house pseudonym tradition, the series follows secret agent Nick Carter through globe-trotting espionage adventures. All books should be read in publication order, beginning with Checkmate in Rio and continuing through the entire collection to experience the full arc of Carter's missions and character development.

Start with Checkmate in Rio, the first of 264 books in the Nick Carter: Killmaster series.

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1	Checkmate in Rio 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fraulein Spy 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Run, Spy, Run 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Safari for Spies 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Saigon 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The China Doll 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Bullet for Fidel 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Eyes of the Tiger 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Istanbul 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The 13th Spy 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Danger Key 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Dragon Flame 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Hanoi 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Mind Poisoners 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Operation Starvation 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Spy Castle 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Terrible Ones 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Web of Spies 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	A Korean Tiger 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Assignment Israel 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Double Identity 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Golden Serpent 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mission to Venice 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Red Guard 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Seven Against Greece 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Bright Blue Death 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Chinese Paymaster 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Devil's Cockpit 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Filthy Five 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Weapon Of Night 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Amsterdam 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Fourteen Seconds to Hell 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Hood of Death 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Macao 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Operation Moon Rocket 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Temple of Fear 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Judas Spy 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Berlin 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Carnival for Killing 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Human Time Bomb 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Living Death 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Operation Che Guevara 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Operation Snake 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Peking: The Tulip affair 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Rhodesia 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	The Amazon 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	The Casbah Killers 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	The Cobra Kill 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	The Defector 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	The Doomsday Formula 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	The Red Rays 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	The Sea Trap 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Black Death 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Cambodia 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	Jewel of Doom 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Moscow 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	The Arab Plague / Slavemaster 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	The Death Strain 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	The Executioners 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	The Mind Killers 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	The Red Rebellion 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	Time Clock of Death 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Ice Bomb Zero 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Mark of Cosa Nostra 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	The Cairo Mafia / Cairo 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	The Inca Death Squad 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	The Inca Death Squad 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Agent Counter-agent 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Assault on England 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Code Name: Werewolf 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Hour of the Wolf 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Kremlin File 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Our Agent in Rome Is Missing 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Spanish Connection 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Strike Force Terror 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	The Death's Head Conspiracy 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	The Devil's Dozen 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	The Devil's Dozen 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	The Omega Terror 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	The Peking Dossier 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	Assassin Code Name Vulture 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Assassination Brigade 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Beirut Incident 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Butcher of Belgrade 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Death of the Falcon 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Ice-Trap Terror 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	Man Who Sold Death 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Massacre in Milan 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Night of the Avenger 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Sign of the Cobra 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Target: Doomsday Island 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	The Aztec Avenger 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	The Liquidator 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	The N3 Conspiracy 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	The Stolen Pay Train 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Vatican Vendetta 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	Counterfeit Agent 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Dr. Death 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Six Bloody Summer Days 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	The Code 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	The Jerusalem File 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	The Katmandu Contract 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	The Z Document 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Ultimate Code 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	A High Yield In Death 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Assignment Intercept 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Green Wolf Connection 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	The Fanatics of Al Asad 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	The Gallagher Plot 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	The Nichovev Plot 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	The Sign of the Prayer Shawl 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	The Snake Flag Conspiracy 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	The Turncoat 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Triple Cross 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	Vulcan Disaster 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Plot for the Fourth Reich 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	Deadly Doubles 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	Death Message 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Race of Death 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	The Doomsday Spore 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	The Ebony Cross 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
122	The List 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
123	The Pamplona Affair 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
124	Trouble in Paradise 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
125	Under the Wall 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
126	Hawaii 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
127	Reich Four 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
128	Revenge of the Generals 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
129	The Asian Mantrap 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
130	The Jamaican Exchange 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
131	The Nowhere Weapon 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
132	The Pemex Chart 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
133	The Redolmo Affair 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
134	The Satan Trap 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
135	Thunderstrike In Syria 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
136	Tropical Deathpact 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
137	Day of the Dingo 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
138	Death Mission: Havana 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
139	Eighth Card Stud 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
140	Strike of the Hawk 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
141	Tarantula Strike 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
142	Ten Times Dynamite 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
143	The Suicide Seat 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
144	War From The Clouds 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
145	Cauldron of Hell 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
146	Pleasure Island 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
147	The Coyote Connection 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
148	The Dubrovnik Massacre 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
149	The Golden Bull 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
150	The Ouster Conspiracy 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
151	The Parisian Affair 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
152	The Q Man 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
153	The Society of Nine 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
154	The Solar Menace 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
155	The Strontium Code 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
156	Appointment in Haiphong 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
157	Chessmaster 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
158	Deathlight 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
159	Doctor DNA 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
160	Earth Shaker 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
161	Norwegian Typhoon 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
162	Operation McMurdo Sound 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
163	Retreat for Death 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
164	The Christmas Kill 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
165	The Damocles Threat 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
166	The Death Star Affair 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
167	The Dominican Affair 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
168	The Greek Summit 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
169	The Hunter 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
170	The Israeli Connection 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
171	The Last Samurai 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
172	The Mendoza Manuscript 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
173	The Puppet Master 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
174	The Treason Game 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
175	Turkish Bloodbath 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
176	Typhoon Ray 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
177	Earthfire North 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
178	Hide and Go Die 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
179	Operation Vendetta 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
180	The Budapest Run 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
181	The Death Dealer 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
182	The Decoy Hit 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
183	The Istanbul Decision 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
184	The Kali Death Cult 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
185	The Outback Ghosts 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
186	The Yukon Target 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
187	Assignment: Rio 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
188	Caribbean Coup 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
189	Day of the Mahdi 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
190	Death Hand Play 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
191	Death Island 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
192	Night of the Warheads 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
193	Operation Sharkbite 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
194	San Juan Inferno 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
195	The Algarve Affair 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
196	The Kremlin Kill 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
197	The Mayan Connection 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
198	Zero-Hour Strike Force 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
199	Blood of the Scimitar 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
200	Circle of Scorpions 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
201	Last Flight to Moscow 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
202	Pursuit of the Eagle 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
203	The Assassin Convention 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
204	The Blue Ice Affair 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
205	The Execution Exchange 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
206	The Macao Massacre 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
207	The Normandy Code 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
208	The Tarlov Cipher 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
209	The Vengeance Game 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
210	White Death 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
211	Blood Ultimatum 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
212	Death Orbit 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
213	Mercenary Mountain 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
214	Operation Petrograd 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
215	Slaughter Day 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
216	Target Red Star 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
217	Terror Times Two 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
218	The Berlin Target 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
219	The Cyclops Conspiracy 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
220	The Killing Ground 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
221	The Master Assassin 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
222	The Samurai Kill 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
223	Tunnel for Traitors 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
224	Blood Raid 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
225	Blood of the Falcon 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
226	Crossfire Red 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
227	Death Squad 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
228	East of Hell 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
229	Holy War 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
230	Killing Games 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
231	Night of the Condor 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
232	Pressure Point 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
233	Terms of Vengeance 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
234	The Poseidon Target 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
235	The Terror Code 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
236	Afghan Intercept 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
237	Black Sea Bloodbath 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
238	Bloodtrail to Mecca 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
239	Bolivian Heat 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
240	Code Name Cobra 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
241	Countdown to Armageddon 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
242	Deathstrike 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
243	Dragonfire 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
244	Lethal Prey 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
245	Spykiller 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
246	The Andropov File 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
247	The Rangoon Man 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
248	Arms of Vengeance 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
249	Day of the Assassin 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
250	Deep Sea Death 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
251	Hell-Bound Express 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
252	Holiday in Hell 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
253	Hong Kong Hit 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
254	Invitation to Death 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
255	Isle of Blood 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
256	Law of the Lion 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
257	Middle East Massacre 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
258	Sanction to Slaughter 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
259	The Deadly Diva 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
260	The Korean Kill 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
261	Arctic Abduction 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
262	Dragon Slay 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
263	Ruby Red Death 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
264	Singapore Sling 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1971–1972)

Martin Cruz Smith's Roman Grey series consists of two mystery thrillers published in the early 1970s. The complete duology should be read in publication order, beginning with Gypsy in Amber and continuing with Canto for a Gypsy. Both novels were released within a year of each other and conclude the storyline.

Start with Gypsy in Amber and read in order.

#	Title
1	Gypsy in Amber 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Canto for a Gypsy 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1970–2016)

Martin Cruz Smith's standalone novels comprise eleven mystery and thriller works published between 1970 and 2016, with the series now complete. Each book functions as an independent entry, so readers can approach them in any order, though publication order beginning with The Indians Won is recommended for following the author's stylistic evolution. The collection spans diverse settings and narratives, from Nightwing to Tokyo Station / December 6 to The Girl from Venice, demonstrating Smith's range across the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with The Indians Won, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Indians Won 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Analog Bullet 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Human Factor(As:Simon Quinn) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Midas Coffin(As: Simon Quinn) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Adventures ofthe Wilderness Family 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Nightwing 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Ride for Revenge 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Stallion Gate 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Rose 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Tokyo Station / December 6 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Girl from Venice 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (1974–1975)

Martin Cruz Smith's Inquisitor series comprises six mystery and thriller novels published between 1974 and 1975, now complete. The books follow publication order and should be read starting with His Eminence, Death, continuing through Nuplex Red, The Devil in Kansas, The Last Time I Saw Hell, Last Rites for the Vulture, and concluding with The Midas Coffin. This closed series offers a full narrative arc across its six entries.

Start with His Eminence, Death, the first of 6 books in the The Inquisitor series.

#	Title
1	His Eminence, Death 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Nuplex Red 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Devil in Kansas 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Last Time I Saw Hell(As:Simon Quinn) 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Last Rites for the Vulture 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Midas Coffin 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible