AudioFile - Find your next great audiobook
Get our Newsletter

Behind the Mic Podcast

Editors and reviewers from AudioFile Magazine give their recommendations for the best audiobook listening 5 days a week. Find your next great audiobook. Plus bonus episodes of in-depth conversations with the best voices in the audiobook world.

Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, or wherever you get your podcasts.

For more about our podcast, follow us on Instagram.


THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK AND OTHER STORIES by Jamil Jan Kochai, read by Peter Ganim, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Fajer Al-Kaisi
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
00:00
05:17

Peter Ganim, Suehyla El-Attar Young, and Fajer Al-Kaisi narrate a collection of short stories that examine the impact of America’s war on terror on Afghans and Afghan Americans. Jamil Jan Kochai’s novel is a 2022 National Book Award finalist, and host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Kendra Winchester discuss the stories that at times contain elements of the fantastical and the absurd—along with insights into characters impacted by war.

Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Penguin Audio.

Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Listen to The Maze by Nelson DeMille, read by Scott Brick today.

Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from Simon & Schuster Audio.

The latest audiobook reviews, right in your inbox.

Get our FREE Newsletter and discover a world of audiobooks.

envelope

AudioFile Newsletter

Let us recommend your next great audiobook!

No algorithms here!
We pick great audiobooks for you.
Sign up for our free newsletter with audiobook love from AudioFile editors.

If you are already with us, thank you! Just click X above.

×

Thank you for signing up.

×

Thanks!

Thank you for contacting us!

Our group will review and follow up within 72 hours.
Thanks for your interest!

Back Home ×