Kendra from Reading Women Podcast: Audiobooks for Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, Kendra of the Reading Women podcast picked out eight of her favorite audiobooks that are that perfect blend of a brilliant story performed by an equally excellent narrator. Get all the details on the blog.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
By Deesha Philyaw
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 4 hours 6 minutes
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
“Do not let this slim volume deceive you—these stories are powerful, fierce, funny and sad. One of the best audiobooks I've listened to in a long time. Stunning!”
Jennifer, East City Bookshop
Detransition, Baby
A Novel
By Torrey Peters
Narrated by: Renata Friedman
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • “An unforgettable portrait of three women, trans and cis, who wrestle with questions of motherhood and family making . . . Detransition, Baby might destroy your book club, but in a good way.”—Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
“A tale of love, loss, and self-discovery as singular as it... Read more »
You Should See Me in a Crown
By Leah Johnson
Narrated by: Alaska Jackson
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
You Should See Me in a Crown
“This book was adorable. Liz is a badass Black, queer female who should be an inspiration to all teens. The way that she navigates her identity is beautiful and, at times, heartbreaking.”
Tara, Old Firehouse Books
Cantoras
A novel
By Carolina De Robertis
Narrated by: Carolina De Robertis
Length: 13 hours 37 minutes
"Cantoras is a stunning lullaby to revolution—and each woman in this novel sings it with a deep ferocity. Again and again, I was lifted, then gently set down again—either through tears, rage, or laughter. Days later, I am still inside this song of a story." —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award–winning author
From the highly acclaimed,... Read more »
The Yield
A Novel
By Tara June Winch
Narrated by: Tony Briggs
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
"A beautifully written novel that puts language at the heart of remembering the past and understanding the present."—Kate Morton
“A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia.”—Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
A young Australian woman searches for her grandfather's dictionary, the key... Read more »
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Unabridged Selections
By Alice Wong
Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina & Alice Wong
Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of... Read more »
Our Women on the Ground
Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
By Zahra Hankir & Christiane Amanpour
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour
“A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent... Read more »
An American Sunrise
Poems
By Joy Harjo
Narrated by: Joy Harjo
Length: 1 hours 40 minutes
A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.
In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo... Read more »