Mike's Playlist
Mike works as a social media and website manager for A Great Place for Books in Oakland, California. He also serves as general counsel for Libro.fm. Here's a selection of Mike's recent audiobook recommendations.
Hell of a Book
A Novel
By: Jason Mott
Narrated by: JD Jackson & Ronald Peet
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
***2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER***
***THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER***
Winner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chautauqua Prize Finalist, Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing Shortlist, 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Shortlist, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award Shortlist, 2022 Carnegie... Read more
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Noor
By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.
Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never really felt . . . natural, and that's... Read more
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The Other Black Girl
A Novel
By: Zakiya Dalila Harris
Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Heather Alicia Simms & Bahni Turpin
Length: 13 hours 33 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“This is the tale of two Black women co-workers in the cutthroat publishing industry trying to determine if they are friends or enemies. A literary fiction tale with a side of suspense, this expertly woven critique on society is bound to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Read more
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Feral Creatures
By: Kira Jane Buxton
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Feral Creatures is dark, hilarious, and apocalyptic. It has all the same heart, tenderness, bizarre humor, and hilarity as Hollow Kingdom. This is a follow-up not to be missed! Read more
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Razorblade Tears
A Novel
By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Fantastic book, my first S.A. Cosby book, but not my last. I enjoyed it on audio -fantastic narrating! It kept me tuning back in. Read more
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The Afghanistan Papers
A Secret History of the War
By: Craig Whitlock & The Washington Post
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021
The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig... Read more
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Fulfillment
Winning and Losing in One-Click America
By: Alec MacGillis
Narrated by: Danny Gavigan
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon’s impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States.
In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America. He blasted the callousness of a company worth “a billion dollars” that underpaid its workers while... Read more
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Record of a Spaceborn Few
By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!Brimming with Chambers' signature blend of heart-warming character relationships and dazzling adventure, Record of a Spaceborn few is the third standalone installment of the Wayfarers series, set in the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, and following a new motley crew on a journey to another... Read more
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A Closed and Common Orbit
Wayfarers: Book #2
By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Becky Chambers has built a dazzling and expansive science fiction universe and seems determined to introduce readers to every corner. The AI Sidra and young Jane provide swapping viewpoints between a bustling, multi-species city sprawling over a moon and a sterile factory among miles and miles of junkyard on a planet with extremely skewed... Read more
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Wayfarers: Book #1
By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Rachel Dulude
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“This is the funnest, tenderest, most lovable space romp you’ll ever take. There’s a fun plot but the real reason to read this book is the crew of the Wayfarer. Fair warning: You’ll want to follow them anywhere! With inter-species romance, plenty of pronouns, and space-age wisdom, this book made us feel more tender to our own young species of... Read more
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A continuation of John Green's podcast of the same name, this audiobook is engaging, intriguing and hard to put down. Read by the author, this book resonated with me on so many levels and left me with food for thought. 5 stars. Read more
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Ladyparts
A Memoir
By: Deborah Copaken
Narrated by: Deborah Copaken
Length: 16 hours 37 minutes
A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart—from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe
“The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of... Read more
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How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
Narrated by: Clint Smith
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“From plantation to Angola Prison. From Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, VA to the African Burial Ground in New York City. From Île de Gorée to Whitney Plantation. From the Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth. Clint Smith takes us on an unforgettable journey through the history of slavery in the United States, revealing many truths we’ve... Read more
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
A Novel
By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“'Humanity on the cusp of extinction [&] here I am writing another email about sex & friendship. What else is there to live for?' A mastery of capacious dialogue; this page-turner satisfies with 21st century romance & unanswered questions that will linger in any hopeful, nihilistic heart. Read more
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Harlem Shuffle
A Novel
By: Colson Whitehead
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A wonderful evocation of a time and place, which is not to say it doesn't have the tension of a crime thriller. It's fun to ride along with Ray, who may be more than a little bent, but will likely become your favorite furniture salesman, nevertheless. Read more
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Matrix
A Novel
By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Lauren Groff said “medieval historical fiction about Marie de France & Eleanor of Aquitaine,” and she had my curiosity. Lauren Groff said “prophesying Sapphic warrior nuns” and she had my attention. Narrated by literal actual goddess Adjoa Andoh, this book is bananas good. It was as if Groff was looking directly at my "Auto-Read" criteria... Read more
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Normal People
A Novel
By: Sally Rooney
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“What a treat to discover Sally Rooney! This novel stands out shining from the current onslaught of mediocre prose and less-than-suspenseful thriller plots. Normal People is the story of a relationship between two high school classmates in a small town in Ireland, and how it changes over time, through their last year of college in Dublin.... Read more
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The 99% Invisible City
A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
By: Roman Mars & Kurt Kohlstedt
Narrated by: Roman Mars
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
From the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast, comes a guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities. Narrated by Roman Mars, with a bonus Q&A and a Full Episode of 99% Invisible. Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?Or stopped to consider why you don't see... Read more
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The Knockout Queen
A novel
By: Rufi Thorpe
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“To say I admire The Knockout Queen feels inadequate, though I do admire a great deal of it: its voice, depth, structure — you name it. But it’s more honest just to say I love The Knockout Queen; I loved reading it, I felt involved in it, and, finally, I was so moved by its ending. This is an epic tale of friendship, one where the magnitude... Read more
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Revival Season
By: Monica West
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“In Revival Season, 15-year-old Miriam Horton's eyes are opened to the complexities of spirituality and the depraved nature of humans, including one who she admires the most: her own father, an Evangelical Baptist preacher who plans revival circuits every summer. After witnessing her father violently react to a man who questions his ability to... Read more
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