Ensemble performances by narrators turn these big new spring releases into special experiences as audiobooks. Plus must-hear poetry, memoir, and essays read by the authors.
![Portrait of a Thief](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211810.jpg?&quality=99)
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PORTRAIT OF A THIEF
by Grace D. Li, read by Eunice Wong, Austin Ku
Penguin Audio
Release date: April 5
A group of Chinese American college students stages a heist to repatriate Chinese art.
SEA OF TRANQUILITY
by Emily St. John Mandel, read by John Lee, Dylan Moore, Arthur Morey, Kirsten Potter
Random House Audio
Release date: April 5
Mandel’s latest is a story of time travel that takes listeners from the Canadian wilderness to the moon (oh, and there’s a pandemic, too.). Four narrators perform the audiobook.
![The Candy House](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211950.jpg?&quality=99)
![The Trayvon Generation](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211740.jpg?&quality=99)
THE CANDY HOUSE
by Jennifer Egan, read by Michael Boatman, Nicole Lewis, and a Full Cast
Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: April 5
A full cast reads this novel about technology, memory, and connection, from the author of A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD.
THE TRAYVON GENERATION: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
by Elizabeth Alexander, read by the author
Hachette Audio
Release date: April 5
Poet Elizabeth Alexander (THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD) meditates on the challenges facing young Black Americans today.
![Young Mungo](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211948.jpg?&quality=99)
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YOUNG MUNGO
by Douglas Stuart, read by Chris Reilly
Recorded Books
Release date: April 5
A follow up from the author of the Booker Prize-winning SHUGGIE BAIN. Two young men in Glasgow, one a Protestant and one a Catholic, fall in love and try to survive the hostile world around them.
TIME IS A MOTHER
by Ocean Vuong, read by the author
Penguin Audio
Release date: April 5
Ocean Vuong (ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS) reads his own collection of poems.
![The Memory Librarian](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211955.jpg?&quality=99)
![Fevered Star](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211956.jpg?&quality=99)
THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
by Janelle Monáe, read by Janelle Monáe, Bahni Turpin
Harper Audio
Release date: April 19
The singer-songwriter expands on her music albums with these speculative fiction stories.
FEVERED STAR: Between Earth and Sky, Book 2
by Rebecca Roanhorse, read by Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: April 19
Fans of Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN won’t want to miss this epic fantasy sequel.
![The Good Left Undone](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/212639.jpg?&quality=99)
![Finding Me](https://audiofilemagazine.com/images/480x480/content/uploaded/images/covers/211951.jpg?&quality=99)
THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE
by Adriana Trigiani, read by Carlotta Brentan, Lisa Flanagan, Edoardo Ballerini, Deepti Gupta
Penguin Audio
Release date: April 25
Trigiani's family saga about three generations of Italian artisans will be brought to life by four talented narrators.
FINDING ME: A Memoir
by Viola Davis, read by the author
Harper Audio
Release date: April 26
This memoir from star of stage and screen Viola Davis will be a must-listen.