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AudioFile (www.audiofilemagazine.com) is the magazine for discovering more about audiobooks. It reviews and recommends the best listening, most interesting performances, and what audiobooks are worth your listening time. AudioFile reviews about 50 audiobooks per week, features narrator profiles, and awards exceptional performances with AudioFile’s Earphones Awards. AudioFile publishes in print, newsletters and a blog, and podcasts daily recommendations on "Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine."

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AudioFile’s 2021 Best Memoir Audiobooks

AudioFile's 2021 Best Memoir Audiobooks include powerful memoirs narrated by the authors themselves and those performed by talented narrators. Each gives the listener a window into the lives of the author, making for a moving and outstanding listening. For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks, visit AudioFile’s website. BEST…
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November 29, 2021
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September’s 10 Best Audiobooks Await!

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. This month, listeners will hit the streets of 1960s NYC, bask in the history of Broadway, blast into outer space and more. So, grab your earbuds and queue ’em up! Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead…
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September 22, 2021
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July Audiobook Favorites From AudioFile

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. This month, listeners will navigate an evil Russian empire, heed the wisdom of the forest, travel to picturesque bygone eras and more. So, grab your earbuds and queue ’em up! Seven Days in June by…
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July 30, 2021
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AudioFile Editors Pick the Best June Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. This month, listeners will confront racial barriers alongside a renowned mathematician, hop on the NYC subway with a joyful queer rom-com, float through space with an amnesiac, uncover secrets in the antebellum South and more.…
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June 28, 2021
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10 Editors’ Picks for the Best May Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. This month, listeners will explore awkward social interactions,  lean into the soothing melodies and insights of a world-renowned classical musician, hold their breath as a film crew documents a puzzling mystery, and more. Grab your…
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May 28, 2021
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Press Play on These 10 April Audiobook Favorites

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. This month, listeners will befriend artificially intelligent lifeforms, navigate hilarious romantic schemes, revisit the beloved works of a renowned British playwright, ride shotgun throughout a 1940s-style whodunit, and more. Grab your earbuds and queue ’em…
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April 23, 2021
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10 Editors’ Picks From January’s Best Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks — from memoirs to satire, historical fiction to mystery and cultural commentary. These listening recommendations offer plenty of variety, inspiration and escape. Queue up these audiobooks. Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor | Read by Adjoa Andoh (Macmillan Audio) Winner of…
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January 25, 2021
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10 Editors’ Picks From December’s Best Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks — from memoirs to satire, historical fiction to mystery and cultural commentary. These listening recommendations offer plenty of variety, inspiration and escape. Queue up these audiobooks. This story appears through BookTrib’s partnership with AudioFile and contains material originating from…
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December 28, 2020
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AudioFile’s 2020 Best Fiction Audiobooks

AudioFile's 2020 Best Fiction list features a collection of outstanding audiobooks. This year's best includes historical fiction following the life-saving care of nurses during the 1918 flu pandemic, highlighting the ways our current times echo with the past. Family legacy, race, class, loss, global catastrophe — all are touched upon…
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November 30, 2020
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10 Editors’ Picks from October’s Best Audiobooks

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/audiobooks.jpg Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for your listening pleasure. Our current list suggests some gems of mystery, science fiction, and fantasy. We also include a classic — The Hobbit — which gets a new recording by Andy Serkis. Neil Gaiman may well be many…
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October 27, 2020
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10 Editors’ Picks from September’s Best Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks — from memoirs to satire, historical fiction to mystery and cultural commentary. These listening recommendations offer plenty of variety, inspiration and escape. Queue up these audiobooks. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | Read by Marin Ireland | Simon & Schuster Audio…
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September 24, 2020