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AudioFile magazine is all about audiobooks. We review and recommend the best audiobooks, helping you find your next great listen. If you are looking for good listening, top-notch performances and dynamic listening experiences, AudioFile is here for you. We are avid listeners and advocates for audiobooks. We're independent, and do not sell audiobooks.
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Audiofile Magazine’s daily Sound Reviews are going away for the first three weeks of August, But we have exciting news, we will return on Monday August 27 with a new podcast called Behind the Mic with Audiofile .
Editors and reviewers from AFM will give their recommendations for the best audiobook listening Mon thru Fr Plus we’ll feature monthly in-depth conversations with the best voices in the audiobook world.
Thanks and we can’t wait for you to hear Behind the Mic with AudioFile beginning Tuesday Sept 4
Kyla Garcia energetically narrates the debut story of Leonora (Leo), an 11-year-old Tejano girl who has recently discovered that her family's baking tradition is rooted in witchcraft. Garcia delights as she delivers the magical recipes in Leo's family's old cookbook.
Read the full AudioFile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/136095/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Author Ben Austen and narrator Ron Butler counter the worn narrative of Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing projects as a place of urban blight, poverty, and violence. Together, they render a fine, sympathetic portrait of a place and its people, striving for a place in the world.
Read the full AudioFile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/136078/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Audiobook Sound Sample and Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/136048/the-dangerous-art-of-blending-in-by-angelo-surmelis/
Audiobook Sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/136162/when-my-heart-joins-the-thousand-by-a-j-steiger/
Audiobook SoundSample and Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138435/the-poet-x-by-elizabeth-acevedo/
Audiobook Sound Sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/137725/ink-by-alice-broadway/
Audiobook Sound sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138638/all-systems-red-by-martha-wells/
Audiobook Sound sample & Audiobook Reviewhttps://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138506/man-hands-by-tanya-eby-sarina-bowen/
Audiobook Sound Sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/136514/a-duke-in-the-night-by-kelly-bowen/
Audiobook Sound sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138629/the-woman-left-behind-by-linda-howard/
Audiobook Sound Sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/136416/the-wedding-date-by-jasmine-guillory/
Audiobook Sound Sample & Audiobook Review https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142002/rock-chick-reborn-by-kristen-ashley/
Narrator Simon Vance's audiobooks are marked by a special kind of vocal wizardry that allows him to "become" all the characters. Simon shares with listeners his love for children's books, secrets from his recording booth, and thoughts on conjuring voices for Dickens, The WIND IN THE WILLOWS, and characters from modern fiction, THE GIRL WITHE DRAGON TATOO. Check AudioFile's blog post on Simon Vance, http://bit.ly/2HMGPVf
Stanley Tucci and Toby Jones bring their versatile talents to this story of a holy man whom long lines of pilgrims desperately want to meet but few come to understand. Tucci’s direct and gentle narration keeps this superb full-cast performance on track and flowing.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135659/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Golden Voice narrator and actor Robin Miles is known for her subtle and nuanced narration of hundreds of audiobooks including HIDDEN FIGURES, N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, and Josephine Reed's favorite, ANNIE JOHN by Jamaica Kincaid. Robin brings talent and precision to her narration, and experience through years of acting. Hear more of her secrets behind her impressive narrations — and you just might want to grab a beer beforehand to listen along. Check AudioFile's blog post on Robin Miles, http://bit.ly/2GaBMhe
Wonderful new introduction to this audiobook version by film director Ava Duvernay, and includes an archival clip of author Madeline L'Engle introducing the book.
Although her story is set in the peculiar world of Silicon Valley venture capital, Ellen Pao’s experiences of a discriminatory and retaliatory workplace will sound all too familiar to millions of women and people of color.
Narrator Bahni Turpin’s impassioned voice clearly conveys the gravity of Oluo's book on race and racism.
On January 21, 2017, five million women and their allies marched around the world in support of an intersectional agenda defending the rights of the marginalized. TOGETHER WE RISEread by Women's March Organizers, Robin Miles, January Lavoy, Therese Plummer, James Fouhey, Ashley Judd, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Aisha Al-Adawiya, Melanie L. Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, et al.
When Gretchen Carlson walked away from her job as a news anchor for Fox News to fight—and win—her sexual harassment case, she discovered that her story is just one of many that deserves to be told.
Artist Marina Abramovic narrates this memoir documenting her life and 50 years of performance art.
At age 64, following multiple attempts, Diana Nyad finally achieved her long-held dream of becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West.
Reflecting on fame, aging, and being involved with the cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars, Carrie Fisher is wry, self-aware, and funny.
Jenifer Lewis, star of the TV show “Black-ish,” holds nothing back in delivering her audacious, outrageous memoir.
Author Alan Bradley and narrator Jayne Entwistle talk about the indomitable Flavia de Luce, and the series of nine audiobooks. Listen to a recent conversation between author and narrator, with AudioFile host Josephine Reed. To read more about the Flavia de Luce series, check AudioFile's blog post http://bit.ly/2F5bXkt
A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE by Brittany Cavallaro, Narrated by Graham Halstead and Julia Whelan (published by HarperAudio) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
SOLO by Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess, Narrated by Kwame Alexander, with music by Randy Preston (published by Blink) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
SAVING MONTGOMERY SOLE by Mariko Tamaki, Narrated by Rebecca Lowman (published by Listening Library) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
OPENLY STRAIGHT by Bill Konigsberg, Narrated by Pete Cross (published by Dreamscape Media) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
ON TWO FEET AND WINGS Written and Narrated by Abbas Kazerooni (published by Brilliance Publishing) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
MY NAME IS NOT FRIDAY by Jon Walter, Narrated by Dion Graham (published by Scholastic Audiobooks) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
MONSTROUS BEAUTY by Elizabeth Fama, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren (published by Macmillan Audio) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
MACBETH by William Shakespeare, Performed by Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault, James Marsters, Jon Matthews, Alan Shearman, André Sogliuzzo, Kate Steele, Kristoffer Tabori and Joanne Whalley (LA Theatre Works)
LOVE AND FIRST SIGHT by Josh Sundquist, Narrated by Pat Young (published by Hachette Audio) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA by Edgar Wallace, Narrated by Bill Homewood (published by Naxos AudioBooks) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
JOHNNY GET YOUR GUN by John Ball, Narrated by Dion Graham (published by Brilliance Publishing) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
THE INVISIBLE GIRLS by Sarah Thebarge, Narrated by Kirsten Potter (published by Oasis Audio) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
HOW TO HANG A WITCH Written and Narrated by Adriana Mather (published by Listening Library) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
THE GREAT WAR by David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Ursula Dubosarsky, Timothée de Fombelle, et al., Narrated by Nico Evers-Swindell, JD Jackson, Gerard Doyle, Richard Halverson, Sarah Coomes, Nick Podehl (published by Candlewick on Brilliance Publishing) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
GIRLS LIKE US by Gail Giles, Narrated by Lauren Ezzo and Brittany Pressley (published by Candlewick on Brilliance Publishing) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
EXTRAORDINARY MEANS by Robyn Schneider, Narrated by Khristine Hvam and James Fouhey (published by HarperAudio) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
EVERLAND by Wendy Spinale, Narrated by Fiona Hardingham and Steve West (published by Scholastic Audiobooks) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
DOCTOR CERBERUS by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Performed by Steven Culp, Pamela Gray, Simon Helberg, Jamison Jones and Jarrett Sleeper (published by LA Theatre Works) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY Written and Narrated by Luis Alberto Urrea (published by Hachette Audio) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
THE CURSE OF CROW HOLLOW by Billy Coffey, Narrated by Gabe Wicks (published by Thomas Nelson) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
COME AUGUST, COME FREEDOM by Gigi Amateau, Narrated by JD Jackson (published by Candlewick on Brilliance Publishing) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer SYNC: Audiobooks for Teens program. For details visit www.audiobooksync.com
BEING JAZZ Written and Narrated by Jazz Jennings (Listening Library) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer audiobookSYNC program. For details visit http://www.audiobooksync.com
BAKER'S MAGIC by Diane Zahler, Narrated by Tavia Gilbert, Michael Crouch, Stephen DeRosa, Kenneth Cavett, L.J. Ganser, Robin Miles, Stina Nielsen, Elisabeth Rodgers (published by Live Oak Media) is featured as part of AudioFile Magazine's 2018 summer audiobookSYNC program. For details visit http://www.audiobooksync.com
Mark Turetsky delivers a young Cape Breton boy’s story. His day includes a morning watching the sea, an afternoon walk to the store and a visit to his grandfather’s grave. Turetsky’s even tone carefully describes the salty sea air, the perils of undersea mining and the boy’s belief that one day he will be a miner like his father.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/130483/
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Joan Walker delivers these reminiscences of life in Berlin from just before the German surrender in 1945 to the near-present. Each speaker has a personality and a mood ranging from seductive intimacy to cold fury. Walker’s masterful intepretation holds together an emotional saga of tyrannical oppressions and of family.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/133304//
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Joyce Maynard’s satin voice fluidly delivers every emotion of her soul-baring journey. In her mid-50s, Maynard finds the love of her life, and all is right with world. A year later, her husband is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Rather than give up, Maynard embraces each moment in her journey of strength and self-revelation.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131750/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Alison Larkin’s delicate voice and perfect English accent sweep the listener back in time, into the lives of Elinor and Marianne. Larkin’s delivery allows Austen’s 19th c. style to flow, making the dense passages easy to understand. She captures the silliness of the pompous gentry’s conventions in the many humorous scenes.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131742/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
An imaginative tale featuring evil talking cats (ETCs) is delightfully brought to life by Mike Grady. Alec Charlesworth is a conscientious researcher with unique past experiences investigating cats. Embracing the playful language and quirky characters, human and feline alike, Grady executes this offbeat mystery perfectly.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131716/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Listen to an engaging conversation between Nic Stone, author of DEAR MARTIN and narrator Dion Graham on the writing and recording of this captivating young adult audiobook. Read AudioFile's review of DEAR MARTIN, http://bit.ly/2tuzjeR
January LaVoy shines in the third installment of The Diviners series. In 1920s Harlem, the Diviners, a group of preternaturally gifted young people, work to discover the source of their powers as a new threat to the equilibrium between good and evil emanates from a local asylum. Begin at the beginning of this four-audiobook series.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131691/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Julia Whelan draws listeners into a romantic fantasy world of faeries who covet the creative abilities of humans, using enchantment as currency. Isobel, a talented portrait painter, runs afoul of Rook, the Autumn Prince, and is drawn into the dangerous faerie lands where nothing is as it seems and horrors lurk at every turn.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131654/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
V.S. Naipaul’s body of writing earned him Nobel laureate status. This engaging and accessible novel was published nearly 60 years ago. Sam Dastor complements Naipaul’s phrasing, adding yet another layer of resonance to the hapless central character, his not-always-helpful friends, and his nearly overwhelming family.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131653/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Boston baseball hero Travis Kidd yearns to make Saylor Blackwell more than his publicist. When he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, she is his alibi, but will she risk everything to help him? Alastair Haynesbridge and Athena Pappas deliver alternate chapters, making Heidi McLaughlin’s sexy romance a fantastic listen.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131632/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Carlson walked away from her job as a news anchor for Fox News to fight—and win—her sexual harassment case. Her story is just one of many that deserves to be told. In a deeply moving and relevant listen she unflinchingly tackles a hot topic and its intricacies, suggesting practical steps women can take to stand up for themselves.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131613/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Veteran newscaster Dan Rather reviews the values that unite us, exploring such themes as community, patriotism and immigration. He believes empathy is lacking in many national leaders. Rather cares deeply about his subject and portions of his book are highly personal, adding an undertone of emotion to his delivery.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131541/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
A trombone solo precedes Dion Graham’s narration of this picture-book autobiography by "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, a New Orleans native and Grammy Award-nominated musician. Graham’s dynamic reading blends with Andrews’s words and music drawing listeners into an experience that’s lyrical in word, illustration, and music.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/134771/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Dan Jones’s performance of his book confirms his rising status as a popular historian: academic, British, and a bit droll, always crisp, to the point, and, above all, entertaining. The Templar saga is true, crossing continents and centuries, drawing together all the finest, loftiest and most savage elements of the Middle Ages.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/134161/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
John Banville’s brilliant sequel to James’s Portrait of a Lady gets a brilliant reading by Amy Finegan. She delivers a score of complex, conflicted characters, smoothly navigating the snares and quagmires of Jamesian syntax. Banville’s story uses the same cast as the original in the same elegant 19th century milieu.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/134092/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Simon Vance has been the consistent voice for this series about indomitable computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, and journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Lisbeth in a women’s prison where she leverages all her resources to defend an abused fellow inmate. Vance’s extraordinary talent comes through.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131760/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Hillary Rodham Clinton's book is pure Hillary—forceful, inspiring, yet humble. She delivers her story brilliantly. Clinton tries to explain how she lost the election and, in doing, so raises many questions about how society treats women. Trump supporters will hate the book and her fans will love the shots she takes at him.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131755/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Marin Ireland gives a warm, lyrical, enchanting performance in this prequel to PRACTICAL MAGIC. The Owens siblings grow up with odd, inexplicable restrictions. They cannot wear red shoes, walk in the moonlight, or fall in love (else their love will be cursed). When they’re older, they journey to New York City to break the spell.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131753/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Police brutality against African-Americans is depressingly common. In the 2014 case of Eric Garner, a cell phone video captured his dying gasps—”I can’t breathe”—as he was trapped in a choke hold by a police officer. Dominic Hoffman’s gravelly timbre and tough tone are an ideal fit for this outstanding piece of journalism.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131752/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Psychoanalyst Mary Lamia’s nonjudgmental approach divides people into deadline-driven – people who need external pressure to be productive – and task-driven – people who approach their work without conflict, stress, or external pressure. Cynthia Farrell’s controlled narration has magnetic appeal and adds authority.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131739/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Candace Thaxton and Roger Casey deliver this novel based on a true murder trial in 1897. Attorney James Gardner, an elderly black man in a segregated insane asylum in the 1930s due to a failed suicide attempt, relates a time when he assisted in the defense of a white man, where the damning testimony came from a ghost.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/131730/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Listen to a recent conversation with the creative team behind Philip Pullman's audiobooks: Tim Ditlow, Orli Moscowitz, and Garrick Hagon, with AudioFile host Josephine Reed. For more about the extraordinary creative team behind The Golden Compass and The Book of Dust, check AudioFile's blog post, http://bit.ly/2zbpHTO
Author Joe Hill's new collection of four short novels includes "Aloft" read by Dennis Boutsikaris. Listen to a recent conversation between author and narrator, with AudioFile host Josephine Reed. For more the collaboration of Joe Hill and Dennis Boutsikaris, check AudioFile's blog post, http://bit.ly/2oXbHuM
Jen Hatmaker’s 12th book is an honest, heartfelt guide to how women can approach their messy lives with moxie. She offers anecdotes, not in the written text, which add more fun to the listening experience. Hatmaker’s sarcasm and self-deprecation is disarming, making this book sound like a conversation with a trusted friend.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/130139/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
Founder & Editor Robin Whitten talks with Josephine Reed about the origins and history of AudioFile Magazine, the premier source for audiobook reviews and recommendations, started in June 1992. Lots has changed in the audiobook world in 25 years, but Robin continues her passion for audiobook listening and finding great audiobooks to recommend.
THE TOTALLY UNSCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN HAPPINESS by Paula Poundstone, read by Paula Poundstone
THE MEANING OF MICHELLE by Veronica Chambers [Ed.], read by January LaVoy, Prentice Onayemi
JD Jackson homes in on the intensity of two racially charged murders in an East Texas town. Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, wants to help both his race and his home state yet is unable to do much for either. Jackson’s sensitivity to Mathews's conflicting emotions offers a painfully intimate glimpse of the lawman's psyche.
Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/129024/
Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio
LEONARDO DA VINCI by Walter Isaacson, read by Alfred Molina, with Intro & Afterword by Walter Isaacson
FIVE-CARAT SOUL by James McBride, read by Arthur Morey, Nile Bullock, Prentice Onayemi, Dominic Hoffman
STING LIKE A BE: Muhammad Ali vs. The United States of America by Leigh Montville, read by JD Jackson
MY LIFE, MY LOVE, MY LEGACY by Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds, read by Phylicia Rashad, January LaVoy
Golden Voice narrator Barbara Rosenblat chats with AudioFile’s Jo Reed about one of the most enduring partnerships in the audiobook world—that of “the Barbaras.” Barbara Rosenblat and Barbara Mertz, aka Elizabeth Peters. THE PAINTED QUEEN is the 20th in the Amelia Peabody mystery series—all narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. For more about Barbara Rosenblat and The Painted Queen, check AudioFile's blog post, http://bit.ly/2yrP6wq
AudioFile Contributing Editor Aurelia Scott and The Download's host Josephine Reed talk about the Stephen Fry’s new recording of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes canon. Whether your favorite is "The Speckled Band" or "A Study in Scarlet," listen in as Aurelia and Jo discuss our love of Sherlock, our appreciation for this masterful collection, and why Sherlock is still so relevant today. For more about Stephen Fry & Sherlock Holmes check AudioFile's blog post, http://bit.ly/2gR2qAj
AudioFile's interview between author James Patterson and narrator Edoardo Ballerini. This team has produced a number of excellent audiobooks together, and their latest, THE BLACK BOOK, is a great example of how they can create dynamic and fast-paced thrillers that listeners love. Listen in to Patterson and Ballerini as they discuss the making of THE BLACK BOOK and other compelling works, creating hyperreal worlds for readers to dive into, and the art of storytelling. For more about James Patterson & Edoardo Ballerini check AudioFile's blog post, http://bit.ly/2vQ2Xvu
Dimple Shah’s focus is on winning Insomnia Con, a summer app development program. Vikas Adam and Sneha Mathan build a rapid-fire repertoire through alternating chapters which include drama, humor, hijinks – and even a Bollywood dance number – as these teens work together and realize they might want more than just the grand prize.
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Historians argue that the American Civil War began in Kansas. The 1856 presidential election reflected the national divide over slavery as clearly as the 1860 race did. Bob Souer’s pleasant voice and easy pace illuminate this look at John C. Fremont’s campaign for the presidency and this often overlooked period in U.S. history.
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Mary Stuart Masterson brilliantly delivers this uncompromising look at the life and death of Mort Lear, gay children’s book artist and illustrator. Mort’s sudden death leaves his live-in assistant, “Tommy,” with a mess. She has to withdraw a bequest to a NYC museum and deal with the actor hired to play Mort in the biopic.
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This audiobook is a thing of beauty. Nina Riggs is honest and profoundly human as she comes to terms with life with terminal cancer and death. Cassandra Campbell matches Riggs’s emotions at every stage, and her lovely smooth voice has a bittersweet quality. The short afterword from Riggs’s husband is delivered by Kirby Heyborne.
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In this gripping romantic suspense set in western Montana, Elisabeth Rodgers relates Alice Bodine’s terrifying encounter with a stranger when she runs away from home. When she doesn’t return, her family believes she’s dead. Rodgers reflects the story’s increasing tension as it flashes forward to the present.
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This achingly beautiful tale of love, loss, and literature is read by Chelsea Bruland and Hamish R. Johnson. Rachel’s inconsolable grief over her younger brother’s death opens a story that unfolds in multiple layers. it may take a bit of time to settle into the book’s rhythm, but Bruland and Johnson make it well worth the effort.
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The authors call themselves Minimalists. They’re on a quest to convince others that less is truly more. Justin Malik’s delivery is laid-back, providing emotional depth as needed as Millburn convinces his friend Nicodemus to embark on a journey to pare down their lavish lifestyles in exchange for a more meaningful existence.
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This mystery begins with a carefully planned rare manuscripts heist from Princeton University's library by a group of experienced crooks. January LaVoy finds outstanding, distinctive voices for the various charismatic characters—from writers to academics to FBI agents. She adds a sardonic edge to the clever dialogue.
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Mozhan Marno and Yousif Kamal deliver this engrossing audiobook of focused on a father-daughter relationship. As a girl, Niloo fled to America and left her father, Bahman, in Iran. Marno and Kamal create these two complex personalities with sincerity and care in this well-crafted story of the timeless ideas of family and home.
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Grover Gardner delivers amateur sleuth and dog lover, Andy Carpenter, with neighborly ease and a sly wit. A dog, “kidnapped” two years ago, mysteriously shows up at Andy’s dog rescue foundation. Gardner’s combination of Sam Spade rhythms and the irreverent tones of Mark Twain make this “who-dun-it” a true listening treasure.
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Noble creates a fantasy world worthy of a Grimm fairy tale, and narrator Gerard Doyle delivers it with energy and style. Tommin Kelly is cursed by Lorcan Reilly, a leprechaun whose ambition is to become king of the leprechauns. Doyle oozes evil, providing memorable character voices without overdoing or stereotyping.
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Joel Froomkin delivers this hilarious romp with zest. A series of calamities befall Jamie Brewster and he finds himself on Africa's Gelatin Coast where he befriends Ernest, an African child, and Mickey, a Canadian moose. Froomkin’s clear descriptions dynamically presented, along with laughable one-liners, add to the fun.
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Alan Brennan is a man on a quest to find answers about his father’s suspicious death while climbing Denali. Christina Moore’s delivery, portrayed with emotion, highlights the love, friendship and unexpected danger. Her many distinct voices add dimension to the story and a touch of humor that enhances the narrative.
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Historian Alison Weir offers a unique view of the infamous Anne Boleyn. Anne is presented as an intelligent woman manipulated by the men in her life. Vocally gifted Rosalyn Landor brings a unique personality, a different way of speaking, a different timbre, for each of the many characters, and each is completely recognizable.
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Rob Shapiro effortlessly articulates the names of chemical compounds, bacterial species, French scientists, and German companies, smoothly navigating this fascinating history of the chemicals and the personalities that helped create contemporary medical culture. An extraordinarily interesting audiobook.
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Jennifer Finney Boylan performs her mystery novel, infusing each of the characters with his or her own rhythm, pace, and pitch. In doing so, she makes it easier for listeners to distinguish between the six main characters, their present worlds, and the flashbacks to the day in 1980 on which they experienced a life-altering tragedy.
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In 1945, as Germany prepared to surrender, Berlin was overrun by Russian soldiers. These "Ivans" controlled the city. Isabel Keating conveys the frustration, hunger, depression, and exhaustion faced by the author, a journalist, who somehow maintains her sanity despite several rapes and a diet of potatoes and nettles.
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While Walsh's story of young Bonnie and Clyde takes place before the couple’s notorious rampage, Susan Bennett makes their early years just as exciting. Her delivery deepens the characters’ dimensions and complexity. She immerses us in 1920s Texas, the smoke-filled speakeasies contrasting with the hardscrabble poverty.
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The author, political satirist and comedian W. Kamau Bell, is the best person to narrate this look at race, gender, and sexuality in contemporary America. Bell infuses the contradictions and confusion of his youth, when he was a burgeoning intellectual, with the signature sardonic delivery of his CNN show.
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In this collection of short stories and novellas, Amanda Carlin, Arthur Morey, Fred Sanders, and Mark Bramhall portray Russo’s troubled protagonists. The collection explores a fragile relationship between brothers, the wacky world of Hollywood moviemaking and middle-aged men, still struggling to find themselves.
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John Lee at his best is about as good as it gets in audiobook narration. Jo Nesbø in top form is a showstopper, and when they’re together, perfectly in sync as here, you may need a Valium to get through the final chapters. FYI: Nesbø’s specialty is gore-filled serial-killer puzzles, bizarre flights of imagination and plot twists.
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public shortcomings in a brash, honest manner that gives listeners the feeling we’re on the other end of a long call from a venting best friend. Her spirited explanations and detailed examples will leave you feeling better about your choices.
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Debi Hawkins is fluent in portraying both the Xhosa-speaking young Joshua and his mother, as well as the Afrikaans language of white South Africans. Hawkins captures the haughty orders given by Afrikaner Mrs. Malherbes; the joviality of Joshua; and the clicking warning used by Joshua's mother in times of danger.
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As 40-something jeweler Benedict Stone obsesses over how to win back his wife, Estelle, his teenaged niece, Gemma, arrives from America to his small English town of Noon Sun. James Langton flawlessly delivers Benedict’s stiff, nervous, British speech patterns and Gemma’s American teen enthusiasm and angst.
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Late 19th century England. A young widow. A Vicar. A serpent. Juanita McMahon inhabits the novel’s sharp-tongued, sweet-spirited, stoic, wondrous characters. Painting pictures with her intonations, McMahon delivers all the alluring poetry and wisdom while asking important questions about independence, faith, and love.
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David Thorpe is delightful delivering this 1935 mystery. Perfect character voices for all the members of Carey’s Circus - among them, Anton, the tiger trainer. Thorpe is also perfect as Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector Minto, who happens to be attending the circus when Anton is found dead inside the tigers’ cage.
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Sherman Alexie delivers his extremely personal, powerful memoir with emotion and vulnerability. His rage is rooted in the brutal experiences of Native Americans in the U.S. The audio offers a patchwork of stories inspired by his family, reservation life, and poems born of his visceral reaction to the death of his mother.
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Cassandra Campbell transports us to medieval Italy as this story straddles modern-day and 14thcentury Siena. Neurosurgeon Beatrice Trovato is transported from the present to the Middle Ages. Campbell’s engrossing narration of this time-travel story helps us suspend disbelief and vividly imagine medieval life and love.
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Centered around Edgar, a quiet albino boy who is abducted by a grief-stricken man, Victor Lodato's unique novel features a cast of vividly drawn characters who are dealing with love and loss. Lodato's narration evokes sympathy, drawing the listener in while maintaining the suspense that keeps the story moving forward.
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In this mix of history and invention about the last days of Stalin's Russia, Peter Berkrot manages to create credible English, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew accents. Berkrot delivers a thrilling, gruesome, funny, and touching audio, offering an education on how institutionalized anti-Semitism and all forms of oppression work.
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You never know when a 25-cent cup of coffee will forever change your life. So it was for Jim Bradford when he met H.K. Derryberry, a kid born blind, with nearly fatal health concerns. Milton Bagby’s seasoned delivery cues us to the many jovial, sometimes concerning, and often surprising twists of this remarkable friendship.
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Nevada, a private investigator in a magical Houston, teams up with the dangerously magical “Mad” Rogan to put a stop to the evil perpetrated by a murderous cabal. Renee Raudman enchants with this unforgettable duo. Nonstop battles and high action interrupt the couple’s intimacy, while Rodman’s secondary voices sparkle.
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The author’s smooth writing and 30-plus years in crisis management give this audio momentum and the unmistakable ring of truth. Kevin Stillwell offers an appealing everyman voice and uncommon sensitivity to the book’s drama and nuance. Listeners will benefit from the audio’s insider vantage point and keen insights.
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Robert Petkoff once again delights in this paranormal romance series. Petkoff becomes each character, from the diabolical Sian, demon lord of hell, to a dragon complete with brogue, to the slightly manic tones of Nix the Valkyrie. In flashbacks to Sian's past, Petkoff expertly portrays a younger, more innocent character.
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Dan Bittner develops the unique personality of 17-year-old Ben, a secondary character in the author’s earlier book OPENLY STRAIGHT. Ben's search for his identity reveals his intelligence and introspection. In a complex portrait, Bittner captures Ben's confusion—is he gay, or straight, or is he only “gay-for-Rafe"?
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Elisa Donovan's palpable empathy, relaxed pacing and conversational phrasing make Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg's reactions to the unexpected death of her husband, profound and personal. Heartfelt wisdom and Donovan's sensitive performance, make this a high-impact listen for people suffering from all manner of loss.
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Pablo Cartaya weaves a story of courage, food, family, and community. Threatened by a land developer, Arturo’s family band together to protect their neighborhood. Cartaya prose is rich with imagery and honesty. Each of Arturo's family and friends is a unique character, joined by a thread of love and history.
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Jim Frangione raises the stakes in this tense installment in Ward's epic urban vampire series. New mother Layla's love for renegade vampire Xcor betrays her community, but he's an honorable warrior. Frangione shuttles between their stories. He makes the multiple narratives equally important and keeps the characters vibrant.
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Charlotte Wright's assurance, crisp enunciation, and fine sense of nuance make Daphne duMaurier’s life as exciting as one of her novels. This is a fascinating biography of duMaurier, who met with a cool critical reception, but experienced commercial success, and it’s a special treat for anyone interested in how novelists work.
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Comedian Paula Poundstone wanted to know if there's a secret to happiness, so she became the test subject of her totally unscientific research. Along with scientific-sounding evaluations and analyses comes the wisdom, laced with her canny observations and sparkling wit, and delivered in her trademark deadpan tone.
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In this delicious mystery within a mystery, a contemporary book editor has been given a murder-mystery manuscript. Allan Corduner transports us into the midst of that book, set in 1955. A village busybody has fallen and broken her neck and her boss is murdered. Enter famous detective Atticus Pund, to assist the police.
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Jenna Lamia is just terrific as the outspoken Willow. She completely immerses herself in the child's perceptions and descriptions of Polly's life. When Polly takes over, Lamia is utterly convincing, showing her to be irreverent, outspoken, and cantankerous, with a take-no-prisoners attitude and a fondness for margaritas.
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After her husband is killed in Iraq, Morgan returns to her hometown, ready to continue her career as a prosecutor. Then her babysitter is murdered and her neighbor's son, Nick, is arrested for the murder. Cris Dukehart draws the listener in with a performance ranging from depicting fear to delivering shocking reveals.
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Turner adds to her Queen's Thief series with a story that can also stand alone. Narrator Steve West portrays the two heroes. Kamet is charting his way through foreign lands with mysterious Attolian, who may be his captor or his companion. While the story is told by Kamet, West’s performance fully differentiates the two men.
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David Sedaris is simply wonderful. These diary entries cover the period ranging from his starving early days to his much-deserved success. He's candid about his early drug use and drinking, self-deprecating about perceived flaws, and completely honest about his emotions. Sedaris is truly a delight to hear.
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The land of the Bamarre, Peregrine's home, was conquered by the Lakti. January LaVoy presents Peregrine's conflict over where she really belongs. She clearly shows Peregrine's parents’ sorrow when the Lakti ruler arbitrarily decides to adopt their infant daughter and Peregrine's shock at discovering her true parents.
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This debut fantasy introduces listeners to Elloren Gardener, granddaughter and spitting image of the powerful, celebrated Black Witch. Julia Whelan details Elloren’s world of intricate magical practices and diverse inhabitants and portrays an innocent Elloren and her fumbling attempts at understanding a wider world.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford's remembrance of growing up in the 1950s is at times insightful, enlightening, and emotionally evocative, especially as performed by Christian Baskous. Ford gives his mother credit for honing his narrative voice in this examination of recollection, intimacy, and love.
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Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy deliver well-developed characters and realistic dialogue in this fast-moving mystery. FBI agent Amos Decker witnesses a man shoot a woman outside FBI headquarters and then kill himself. Decker and Jamison soon discover that some characters are not who they appear to be, adding to the intrigue.
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Bernie Gunther is a shrewd German detective in prewar Nazi Germany. John Lee is the personification of Gunther—full of sarcasm, street smarts, and dark wit. Lee effectively captures the citizens' fear of the Nazi war machine and switches accents effortlessly while passionately displaying the brutality of the Nazis.
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Mining towns are notoriously just a breath and a spark away from disaster. Paul Michael Garcia delivers this fictionalized account of the aftermath of a real-life 1970s underground fire that killed 91 miners in Silverton, Idaho. It's a very American story, and Garcia's reading is as hard, dark, and honest as the mountains.
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Why are our rich and poor so economically divided? Economist, Temin, offers this astute and timely overview. Along with effortless-sounding enunciation and phrasing, Stephen R. Thorne’s personality connects with the author's progressive ideals, laying out the problems and offering solutions with clarity and equanimity.
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Leon Williams delivers an emotional roller-coaster, with a terrific portrayal of 12-year-old Matthew, so crippled by OCD that he rarely goes outside. From his upstairs window, he catalogues the happenings on his cul-de-sac. After a neighborhood boy goes missing Matthew's detailed observations become important evidence.
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Syndicated "Ask Amy" advice columnist Amy Dickinson, is back with a second memoir. This time her open tones recount both her uplifting and her challenging experiences, including finding love again in middle age with a childhood friend, forging new family ties, caring for aging parents and discovering what she values.
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Pull up a comfortable rocker on your front porch and be prepared to learn civil rights history in Mississippi as voiced by Calvin Robinson. Robinson recounts the life of John M. Perkins, an unassuming Christian civil rights leader of the '50s and '60s, who struggled to understand what it means to love your neighbor as yourself.
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Thérèse Plummer ably explores he story of Izzy Poole, a pregnant high school graduate who receives an intriguing offer to join a research project called The Infinite Family in which parents collectively rear their offspring. Plummer delivers Izzy's musings in a restrained tone even as cracks threaten the collective family.
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Michael Page's precise, stately, and almost courtly British accent perfectly suits Fortey's observations. Fortey purchases a small beech wood and closely observes the natural environment for a year learning about beech and cherry trees, mushrooms, beetles, orchids, centipedes, and the art of making walking sticks.
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Miranda Hodgkins has her sights set on Robert Carlisle, but her failed plans at seduction lead her to share a kiss with the older Carlisle brother, Sebastian, Duke of Trent. Justine Eyre is the perfect fit for this Regency romance. Her voice is textured and full of emotion, and her British accent draws the listener into the story.
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In L.M. Montgomery's classic, the Cuthberts are expecting to foster a boy to help on their farm, but it's 11-year-old Anne who arrives from the orphanage. Rachel McAdams illuminates Anne's anxiety as words tumble out of her mouth, light, breathy and speedy. Anne's escapades as she discovers her new world will amuse listeners.
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Scott's debut novel is part crime story and part contemporary Western. T. Ryder Smith offers natural-sounding West Texas accents for the cruel sheriff and the calm, strong-willed tones of a Mexican high school student. Like cornbread and molasses, Ryder’s truthful reading and Scott’s storytelling are meant to be together.
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Andi Arndt highlights Lydia Green reactions when her wedding day turns into her fiance's coming out announcement. Arndt delivers Lydia's deadpan humor with the right inflection and her perfect sense of timing. Arndt transforms an unlikely rebound romance, a predictable story with inane dialogue into an enticing listen.
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Many psychiatric disorders arise from the interactions of infectious diseases and immune system vulnerabilities. Robert Petkoff’s intelligent delivery enhances this astute, fast-moving exposition on how microbes figure in mental disorders as diverse as anorexia, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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This 4th in the Virgil Tibbs mysteries, first published nearly 50 years ago, gains unexpected new life. Dion Graham injects a touch of irony into the antiquated speeches, creating voices that show varying levels of comfort speaking English, including a variety of Chinese, Chinese-American, and Japanese-American characters.
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Maggie Service's Scottish accents reflect a strong sense of place in this prequel to CODE NAME VERITY. Service embodies 15-year-old Julie, consumed by the mystery of an attacker who knocked her unconscious, a murder victim, and her grandfather’s stolen pearls. Service heightens the tension as the twists and turns multiply.
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Scott Brick's smooth voice flows with the twists and turns of this political thriller as Cotton Malone uncovers a Civil War secret society, stolen gold and a potential constitutional crisis. The book offers the usual straightforward delivery and a "writer's cut," interspersed with the author's commentary on people and events.
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40-years-ago, Lis and Janey were playing outside when Lis ran after a puppy, leaving 4-year-old Janey alone. When she returned, Janey, and her one-of-a-kind porcelain doll, were gone. Amy McFadden's delivers the compelling plot twists and coincidences with understated intensity, offering intriguing, credible characters.
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Arundhati Roy's melodic voice and lilting accents deliver this captivating story. Born with both male and female genitalia and raised male, Anjum is a woman trapped in a man's body. Roy's lyrical prose and flawless diction make this dense, challenging saga, interwoven with India's growing pains, accessible and unforgettable.
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12-year-old Gwendy of Castle Rock, Maine, meets a strange man who knows a little too much about her, and receives a gift that brings her good fortune and unthinkable terror. Maggie Siff makes the horror elements effective and beautifully captures Gwendy's adolescence with touches of nostalgia, wonder, and insecurity.
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Simon Vance delivers this first-person narrative that opens during the French Resistance during WWII and follows 30 years of Adolfo Kaminsky's career. Vance fully captures Kaminsky, the daring and heroic document forger who helped hundreds of Jewish families escape Occupied France with his perfectly created passports.
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This audiobook is about the making of a definitive Japanese dictionary. The book's translation combined with Brian Nishii's interpretation makes the story sound and feel Japanese. Mitsuya Majime begins his journey with the dictionary as a young man, discovering the joy of being consumed by one's work. A fascinating listen.
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Karissa Vacker is wonderful delivering the fast-moving teen dialogue in this Sarah Dessen romance. She captures the witty sarcasm of Louna, who believes the possibility of love is limited. She nails the jaded attitude of the 18-year-old who's been raised by a busy, problem-solving mother, a wedding planner extraordinaire.
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Ali Smith's moving, dreamlike novel, the first in a planned quartet, is made even lovelier by Melody Grove's consummate narration. Smith weaves the friendship of a young woman and an old man, the tragic life of a British pop artist, and the Brexit vote into a complex narrative that explores isolation and unexpected connections.
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Jonathan Yen brings an expressive reading to a scientific subject that remains an elusive concept, difficult for many of us to verbalize: flavor. Yen's enthusiasm helps keep the scientific information and the fascinating facts fresh as he describes the intricacies of cutting-edge research into flavor.
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Saskia Maarleveld expertly presents the many questions swirling around Maja, charged with involvement in a school shooting in Stockholm. Maja retrieves vignettes and insights that complicate an easy take on what happened. Framed as a court case, this absorbing psychological study unfolds as an intimate confession.
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Soneela Nankani delivers the 2nd episode in bold, snarky Amani's story. Captured by the sultan in a land blending the Old West with the Arabian nights, Amani is imprisoned. Nankani stresses her sarcasm and compassion and her perfect pacing balances plot details and twists, many characters, and Amani's shifting sentiments.
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Pablo Neruda is the definitive Spanish poet of the Twentieth Century, and his love poems hold a place comparable to those of Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. Each of these love poems is gorgeous, and gorgeously read by Armando Duran. He seems to channel the poet. This is an audio to be sipped and savored like a fine cognac.
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Lexicographer Kory Stamper loves words. She eventually takes the perfect job with the Merriam-Webster company. Stamper offers a verbal tour of her office and the work that goes into creating dictionaries. With wry, self-mocking humor, she is entertaining and informative, showing her delight and fascination with language.
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The 27th in the "Prey" series has Lucas Davenport out to prove himself as a US Marshall. Richard Ferrone's gravelly voice is just right for Davenport, through several tense gun fights. The quality of the pacing will keep listeners walking that extra mile or staying in their cars in the driveway just to hear the next chapter.
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Cathleen McCarron’s performance lends weight to Eleanor, an intelligent and efficient office-worker in Scotland, who’s at a loss when it comes to human relationships. Eleanor's observations of human behavior are astute, if often misguided, and McCarron's earnest portrayal captures her contradictions wonderfully.
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Jorjeana Marie expresses all the longing of 12-year-old Crow discovered as an infant by Osh and Miss Maggie on an isolated Massachusetts island. Marie beautifully melds conflict and tenderness when Crow's questions about her original family can't be stilled. Osh and Miss Maggie help her piece together her fragmented past.
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Through linked stories, Strout revisits the small-town she introduced in MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON. Kimberly Farr successfully delivers each flawed character - a mother and daughter, reunited after years apart, a fragile Vietnam War vet on the brink of a PTSD flashback, and the guilt a man feels over his father's long-ago sins.
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Anna Acton and Finlay Robertson deliver alternate chapters recounting the lives of Tess and Gus as they periodically intersect over 16 years. Robertson portrays Gus, who feels he's living in the shadow of his late brother, who was killed in a skiing accident. Events in both lives are dramatized skillfully with gusto and emotion.
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Rafe, has been ‘out’ since he was 14. To escape labeling, he leaves Colorado for a private boy's school in New England. Pete Cross describes Rafe's uncomfortable inner feelings, and records how Rafe wrestles with honesty, hides truths in a romantic relationship, and finally faces the painful path to becoming his real self.
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In this rich and rewarding novel, full of sex and violence, Tully Truegood is in prison, accused of murder. There she writes a memoir of how she became a courtesan. Tully's story is more complex than the trope of the fallen woman, and Rachel Atkins’s performance brings all the squalor and beauty eighteenth-century London to life.
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Gerard Doyle is the voice of Sean Duffy in the 6th book in this series set in Northern Ireland. Duffy, a cop in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, is on full alert, checking under his car for bombs and other dangers. When terror bursts into his home, threatening his family's safety, Duffy seriously reconsiders his career choice.
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Karla Souza’s pitch-perfect Cammi, is an ultra-privileged teen whose life is transformed. Cammi's Mexican telenovela superstar mom moves the family to the US, and the kids at Polestar Academy assume Cammi's a scholarship kid. Playing along, Cammi explores the immigrant experience as "cultural undercover crusader.”
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Susannah Jones's high-speed pacing conveys Maeve's jangly thoughts and obsession with every potential scary outcome of her life—complete with anxiety-feeding facts. Maeve has reason for concern – she’s moving in with her father and his family for six months, while her mother and her new lover, are off working in Haiti.
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BEARTOWN is, at heart, a hockey story, but it’s also a multifaceted study of humanity, integrity, and loyalty. Marin Ireland’s chameleon voice is devoted to developing character. She's captures the tired Beartown adults are waiting for a win in the finals to revitalize their town and the teenagers, filled with angst and bravado.
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Edoardo Ballerini skillfully delivers the fifth in the Lincoln Rhyme series. Rhyme and friends are off to Italy in pursuit of a serial killer called The Composer. Ballerini captures the impatient, brilliant wheel-chair bound Rhyme, the imperious Italian prosecutor, the earnest forest inspector, and the insane murderer.
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Robin Miles delivers this intimate look at the rise of Chicago's electric blues and the Chess Record label in the late 1940s and 1950s. Miles produces myriad character voices and accents and the easy warmth and pulsating sense of discovery found in the book. A big-hearted story that can only be told with the rhythm of the blues.
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Peter Berkrot's stern tone is well suited to this puzzling mystery packed with plot twists and well-crafted complex characters. Mick McFarland, a top-shelf attorney, is defending his law school friend David who has lots of secrets—some surprising even Mick. Nothing is as it seems—even the murder could have been an accident.
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Cassandra Campbell's remarkable acting skills and lovely voice are perfect for this engrossing gothic mystery. Clare and Jess leave New York City for upstate New York, hoping to jumpstart their languishing writing careers. Campbell navigates the serpentine plot—including ghost sightings, suicides, murder, and madness.
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Gathered from primary sources and reasoned conjecture, the difficult formative years of Isaac Newton are chronicled. Steven Crossley is professorial, enthusiastic for his subject, and humorous as he reads preposterous period medicinal concoctions and Newton's list of his own boyhood sins—such as making pies on Sunday.
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Zack sweats it out in Navy Seals training, hoping no one discovers his hidden preference for guys. Tyler Stevens captures Zack's agonizing dilemma, wavering between coming out and bowing to family expectations. Then, a renovation project at his off-base housing brings Pike, and a chance at happily-ever-after for Zack.
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Simone Lewis and Vikas Adam deliver adult film and Bollywood actor Sunny Leone's collection of erotic stories with Indian characters. Both narrators provide nuanced performances. They share the sensual nature of Leone's erotica, using delicate, twisting phrasing that sings with desire, longing, and love.
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Colby Elliott exuberantly presents this wild and crazy story, set in Mississippi and Nashville, focused on the country music industry—its stars and some instances of behind-the-scenes corruption. Elliott's spot-on character voices include music executives, the latest superstar, and a constantly inquisitive journalist.
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Mozhan Marno epertly narrates this tale of training for an expedition to Mars. Prime Space, a private company, has selected three astronauts to send to Mars. They must withstand a 17-month long simulation of the trip to test their psychological and physical well-being allin intense isolation but under constant observation.
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Ramon de Ocampo and Amielynn Abellera narrate this charming story, told from four points of view. We meet shy Virgil, brave Valencia, bullying Chet, and fortune-telling Kaori, whose middle-school lives intersect one summer day. An engaging, sensitive production offering keen perceptions on courage, fate, and friendship.
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Aiden Kelly gives us Thomas McNulty, a young refugee from Sligo orphaned by the Great Famine who has found his way to the America of the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and worlds of gore, mayhem, and transgression. This is a heart-thumping story boasting dazzling language and a supple and powerful performance by Kelly.
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Robin Miles's exquisite narration turns Mr. Potter from problematic to human, albeit flawed: He's flagrantly misogynistic and has no discernible interest in personal reflection. Author Kincaid's take, creates a man who is believable and a relationship that is not quite sympathetic but at least is perceptive.
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Rachel stitches together tartan squares for the quilts she loves to make. She journeys to Scotland as a widow, bringing her daughter, Hannah, to meet her husband's family, not realizing her old flame, Brodie, has also returned to the village. Kirsten Potter ensures that each character is interesting and unique.
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This is a textbook thriller: Police work against the clock to halt an increasing series of violent crimes. The opening features a boy named Dante who is imprisoned in a silo. Cassandra Campbell narrates this eerie story of a criminal known as "the Father" who returns after decades to haunt Dante and other characters.
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Madeleine Maby's performance maintains credibility and consistency throughout this Russian folktale turned modern-day horror story for teens. Despite the gore and horror of parts of the tale, one hears an underlying sadness steeped in hope that somehow Vassa, the heroine, can make it all right again.
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Sean Barrett performs these 67 essays written by Swedish author Henning Mankell between his diagnosis with lung cancer and his death. Mankell ranges across his life, letting us glimpse childhood memories, and Barret’a timing and rhythm allow us to hear the melancholy and joy that shape Mankell's reflections.
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Bill Pullman sets the mood for this introspective monologue of an aging actor who dreams of his late father and contemplates the women who remain vivid in his memory. The language is striking and sparse. Don't expect a straightforward plot—the beauty of this audiobook is in Shepard's words and Pullman's performance.
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Teenager Eve and her father, struggle to understand why seemingly happy mother-and-wife Maddy committed suicide. Therese Plummer's youthful pitch and varied tone, from trembly to sassy, believably project Eve's roller-coaster emotions. All three performances are strong, creating a seamless listening experience.
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Starr is the sole witness of the murder of her childhood friend by a white policeman. Bahni Turpin delivers the poignant and horrific a scene, as unarmed Kahlil questions the officer stopping him and the officer becomes aggressive and shoots him three times in rapid succession. Turpin's portrayals are evocative, rich and deep.
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