One of my favorite genres of nonfiction is what I like to call “start here, end there” nonfiction. Put another way: “13 Ways of Looking at [X]”...
Phuc Tran’s memoir, SIGH, GONE and his picture book, CRANKY have, as he puts it, “a shared DNA.” Each has a playful tone with important underpinnings of...
Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen King may be duking out for the most anticipated audiobook this month. (Why choose?! Listen to both!) May also brings audiobooks from some favorite...
After 14 years, AudioFile’s AudiobookSYNC has come to an end. The teen audiobook program was designed to encourage listening for summer reading programs. Each week during...
Let’s get far away from present-day Earth this month with some thought-provoking and fun science fiction. Up first are Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki’s...
Martha Wells is the author of the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Award-winning sci-fi series The Murderbot Diaries, which consists of five novellas and two novels (so far). It’s...
As Shakespeare said, “If music be the food of love, play on.” So press play on these new romance audiobooks with musical themes. With international locales, dual...
Actor and author Whoopi Goldberg joined Michele Cobb to discuss writing and narrating her newest memoir, BITS AND PIECES: My Mother, My Brother, and Me. It's a deeply...
AudioFile’s Jo Reed spoke with author Cynthia Leitich Smith and narrator Shaun Taylor-Corbett about collaborating on audiobooks, writing and narrating for young people,...
We recognize National Poetry Month, a literary celebration every April dedicated to honoring the profound role of poets and poetry in our culture, with this eclectic selection...
In her own snowy landscape, narrator Aven Shore tells listeners about performing FRONTIER by Grace Curtis. The genre-bending queer sci-fi Western follows The Stranger, who has...
We started the Behind the Mic podcast in the fall of 2018 with the idea that written reviews were not the only way we could “talk” audiobooks. We create brief...
This month, we can’t wait to hear from the one and only Dame Judi Dench, who reflects on her storied career on stage and screen and on the bard himself. Plus, literary...
We continue to be fascinated by the many ways that audio productions can deliver an author’s message or story. Almost all the nonfiction titles we hear also appear in...
The birds are back! As spring progresses, unfamiliar birdsong is in the air and new birds are showing up at feeders as they settle in to build nests and raise the next...
Get our FREE Newsletter and discover a world of audiobooks.