AudioFile Earphone Awards
AudioFile Magazine gives Earphones Awards to the best new audiobooks: listens that combine blow-you-away narrations with standout writing. AudioFile is the best independent source of audiobook reviews and recommendations—with clear focus on the performance and audio experience.
The Neil Gaiman Reader
Selected Fiction
By Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Neil Gaiman, George Guidall & Lenny Henry / 27 hours 2 minutes
An outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his readers around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James
Spanning Gaiman’s career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating... Read more »
The White Coat Diaries
By Madi Sinha
Narrated by Soneela Nankani / 12 hours 9 minutes
Grey’s Anatomy meets Scrubs in this brilliant debut novel about a young doctor’s struggle to survive residency, love, and life.
Having spent the last twenty-something years with her nose in a textbook, brilliant and driven Norah Kapadia has just landed the medical residency of her dreams. But after a disastrous first day, she's ready to quit.... Read more »
His Truth Is Marching On
John Lewis and the Power of Hope
By Jon Meacham & John Lewis
Narrated by JD Jackson & Jon Meacham / 10 hours
An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Soul of America
John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma, Alabama, and was beaten on the Edmund... Read more »
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
By Christopher Paolini
Narrated by Jennifer Hale / 32 hours 29 minutes
"Narrator Jennifer Hale's outstanding performance brings this story of alien invasion to life...Hale's range of differentiation is masterly as she animates all the quirky characters Kira meets. From the rough, snarky slang of ex-military woman to the half-mad musings of a human "ship mind," every unique voice enhances the listening experience."... Read more »
Butterfly 3
By Ashley Antoinette
Narrated by Nicole Small /
“One of the biggest names in urban-fiction.” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly
The hardest thing Morgan Atkins has ever done is let go of love. After losing Messiah, she never thought she’d find someone who understood her again. Until she reunited with Ahmeek Harris and their friendship quickly transformed into something deeper, but there was... Read more »
The Law of Innocence
A Lincoln Lawyer Novel
By Michael Connelly
Narrated by Peter Giles / 12 hours 27 minutes
Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller must defend himself against murder charges in the heart-stopping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.
On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is... Read more »
Shit, Actually
The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
By Lindy West
Narrated by Lindy West / 7 hours 16 minutes
Shit, Actually
“It might be that Lindy West talks during movies, but you wouldn't shush her. She's better than the movie. This audiobook is read by the author and she is hilarious. Smart, funny, irreverent and feminist. I'll take that with a bowl of popcorn. PS. I really, really want West's Hermione-lead HP remake.”
Robin, Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West
A Life on Our Planet
My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
By Sir David Attenborough & Jonnie Hughes
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough / 6 hours 20 minutes
In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.
See the world. Then make it better.
I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.
As... Read more »
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
By J.R.R. Tolkien
Narrated by Andy Serkis / 10 hours 24 minutes
THE GREAT MODERN CLASSIC AND PRELUDE TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I dont know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollumas dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face. He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the... Read more »
The Searcher
A Novel
By Tana French
Narrated by Roger Clark / 14 hours 32 minutes
A New York Times Bestseller
"This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet...its own kind of masterpiece." --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
A "taut, chiseled and propulsive" (Vogue) new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who "is in a class by herself." (The New York Times)
Cal Hooper thought a... Read more »
Caste (Oprah's Book Club)
The Origins of Our Discontents
By Isabel Wilkerson
Narrated by Robin Miles / 14 hours 25 minutes
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste... Read more »
The Lying Life of Adults
By Elena Ferrante & Ann Goldstein
Narrated by Marisa Tomei / 10 hours 21 minutes
The Lying Life of Adults
“Ferrante’s latest novel gives an insightful and intriguing look at the life of a budding Italian teenage girl, both internally and externally. I found Ferrante’s ability to delve into Giovanna’s psyche fascinating, especially since I’ve never parented a girl and don’t always feel like I understand them. Her sensitivity to the myriad of issues and the fragility of Giovanna’s relationships make for a marvelous read. Ferrante is a gifted writer, and this latest offering does not disappoint. I loved this story! Fabulous read!”
Stephanie Crowe, Page and Palette
Intimations
Six Essays
By Zadie Smith
Narrated by Zadie Smith / 1 hour 50 minutes
Intimations
“Zadie Smith’s slim but concentrated Intimations is just what I needed during a pandemic. Our current collective American reality is validated in her intelligent voice, and it’s comforting. She talks about the power writers have to create their own worlds. She talks about suffering—how it defies class and privilege—and how she experiences her own privilege. She talks about “the virus,” and about the virus of racism—how we’re willing to make societal changes to mitigate the spread of one, but not the other. And at the end, a love letter/gratitude list. Listen to the audiobook if you want to hear Zadie Smith sing (literally!).”
Mary, Raven Book Store
All the Devils Are Here
A Novel
Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: Book #16
By Louise Penny
Narrated by Robert Bathurst / 13 hours 58 minutes
*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
"Robert Bathurst is just about perfect delivering the 16th Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novel...Listen to all the Gamache audiobooks for maximum satisfaction." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
In All the Devils Are Here, the 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector... Read more »
Brother Robert
Growing Up with Robert Johnson
By Annye C. Anderson, Preston Lauterbach & Elijah Wald
Narrated by Janina Edwards / 4 hours 30 minutes
An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlife
Though Robert Johnson was only twenty-seven years young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, his enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor... Read more »
One by One
By Ruth Ware
Narrated by Imogen Church / 13 hours 7 minutes
One by One
“Even when the world gets back to normal, you'll never trust your coworkers again. Snoop, a hot tech company that gives music fans the ability to follow along with what others are listening to in real time, is built around the pleasures of voyeurism. But what if the person you think you know has a hidden past? When an avalanche hits and confines these coworkers to a fancy chalet, they'll be picked off one by one as the killer fights to keep their secrets hidden from peering eyes.”
Christy, Avid Bookshop
Women in the Kitchen
Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined the Way We Eat, from 1661 to Today
By Anne Willan
Narrated by Imogen Church / 5 hours 29 minutes
Culinary historian Anne Willan traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of twelve essential women cookbook writers—from Hannah Woolley in the mid-1600s to Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Alice Waters—highlighting their key historical contributions and most representative recipes.
Anne Willan, multi-award-winning culinary historian,... Read more »
Harrow the Ninth
Locked Tomb: Book #2
By Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by Moira Quirk / 19 hours 50 minutes
Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today bestselling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperors haunted space station. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable... Read more »
Vesper Flights
By Helen Macdonald
Narrated by Helen Macdonald / 10 hours 21 minutes
Vesper Flights
“These essays will stay with you long after you finish. They are beautiful and thought provoking. You will be awed by Macdonald's insights and by the natural world that inspired them. Macdonald's soothing, sophisticated voice, and creates something you can listen to over and over again.”
Kristine, Buttonwood Books and Toys
Anxious People
By Fredrik Backman
Narrated by Marin Ireland / 9 hours 53 minutes
Anxious People
“This book made me feel all the feels! It was sad, it was funny, it was hopeful, it was everything. The character development is incredible at revealing what’s inside each of the characters, and the way their stories link and interconnect is genius. It’s a story about sadness and hope and human connections. I couldn’t put it down and barreled to the end, but now I am sad it’s over. Anxious People is truly the best thing I’ve read in a long time!”
Lisa Driban, Hockessin Book Shelf