March Earphones Awards Winners for AudioFile

The Lamb

A Novel

By: Lucy Rose
Narrated by: Emma Rydal
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

“Uncomfortable and thoughtful. A well performed audio that left me ready for several follow-up conversations. Read more

The River Has Roots

By: Amal El-Mohtar
Narrated by: Gem Carmella
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

“The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar is a beautiful, lyrical fairy tale. It packs in a whole lot of darkness and an equal measure of hope in such a short read. I was entranced every minute. If you're an audiobook person, the narrator does such a beautiful job of pacing the reading just right, and getting to hear the songs adds so much. Read more

Bad Badger

A Love Story

Bad Badger: Book #1

By: Maryrose Wood
Narrated by: Chris Devon
Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

For fans of Odder and Skunk and Badger comes a heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship between a terse seagull and a badger who is not very badgerish. Septimus is not good at being a badger. He adores the sunset. He dreams of going to Venice. And he lives alone in a charming cottage by the sea. He’s not unhappy with his tidy, solitary life,... Read more

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland & Owen Teale
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

“A vampire historical fiction horror novel, need I say more?! Read more

33 Place Brugmann

A Novel

By: Alice Austen
Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio, Jilly Bond, Nicholas Boulton, Billie Brown Fulford, Danielle Cohen, Raphael Corkhill, Matthew Lloyd Davies, James Meunier, Joshua Riley & Simon Slater
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

“Set in Brussels as the storm clouds of WWII amass over Europe, the residents of an apartment building are forced to make difficult choices that will forever change their lives. Fans of The Postcard and All the Light We Cannot See, this is your next great read. Read more

Big Chief

By: Jon Hickey
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 10 hours

“Compelling and propulsive, with elements of The Sopranos and the pacing of S.A. Cosby. I loved this one! Read more

Dream State: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

By: Eric Puchner
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

“Spanning 50 years of two families set amongst the ever-changing landscape of Montana, Dream State begins with one ill-fated wedding, where Cece makes a wildly improbable choice to leave her new groom for his best friend. As we see their relationship evolve, and the friendships that once defined their lives come together, break apart, and repair... Read more

Twist

A Novel

By: Colum McCann
Narrated by: Colum McCann
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

“The Irish narrator is a lost soul who's traveled to Cape Town to join an internet cable-repair ship. He’s on a writing assignment for a magazine about ships who sail the world to fix broken fiber-optic cables. Suddenly, the Chief of Mission disappears, the story twists and takes a very different turn! This intense maritime story is beautifully... Read more

Syme's Letter Writer

A Guide to Modern Correspondence About (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera and Selected Letters of Famous Writers

By: Rachel Syme
Narrated by: Rachel Syme & Rebecca Bact
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence—from journalist and cultural critic Rachel Syme.

Inspired by a famed correspondence handbook penned by a persnickety Victorian who had strong opinions on how to lick a stamp, cultural critic Rachel... Read more

Dream Count

A Novel

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sandra Okuboyejo, A'rese Emokpae & Janina Edwards
Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

“CHIMAMANDA IS BACK! If you have not yet had the pleasure of experiencing the master storytelling of this absolute power house of a writer. Dream Count is stunningly written with a deeply moving message. Please do yourself a favor and take a listen Read more