It’s always a pleasure when I listen to three audiobooks close together that happen to riff on similar ideas and themes. I was thinking about transformation and all the ways it manifests in our lives while I listened to Pageboy, and then a few days later I read Chlorine —a…
Laura SacktonAugust 3, 2023
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for BookTrib’s readers. From July and now into August, the sun is out and the pools are a welcome respite from the summer heat. Grab your headphones and sit back on a deck chair with these award-winning audiobooks from the…
AudioFileAugust 2, 2023
Are you a fan of science fiction and fantasy audiobooks? AudioFile's newly-crowned Golden Voice narrators have done phenomenal work in these genres. Kevin R. Free narrates the charming YA romance So This is Ever After, perfectly aligning his tone and style with the shenanigans of the plot. Arek is crowned king…
Alex RicheyJuly 12, 2023
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for BookTrib’s readers. Get ready for trips to the beach with these award-winning June audiobooks.
AudioFileJuly 6, 2023
I love listening to historical romances. In one episode of Friends, Chandler asks Rachel, “You’re jealous of Princess Caroline?” and Rachel whines, “Do I have my own castle?” If that doesn’t explain the allure of historical romance, I certainly can’t do any better. And if there’s anything that historical television shows like Bridgerton and Downton Abbey have…
Caitlin AugustaJune 14, 2023
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for BookTrib’s readers. Get ready for days in the sun with these award-winning May audiobooks.
AudioFileJune 6, 2023
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for BookTrib’s readers. Get ready for spring with these award-winning March audiobooks.
AudioFileMarch 31, 2023
AudioFile magazine has announced the return of its program that offers free audiobooks for teens. The AudiobookSYNC program — tailored toward making books accessible and free — is the perfect fix as book bans grow, the pandemic continues, and young people have less access to their school and local libraries.…
AudioFileApril 4, 2023
When I miss my mother, an intuitive woman with a sense of adventure, I like to imagine her living in the future—perhaps traveling through space on a sleek starship while counseling alien beings. So for Women’s History month, I’ve decided to celebrate the galaxy’s women and my timeless mother with…
Aurelia C. ScottApril 5, 2023
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for BookTrib’s readers. These award-winning February audiobooks are the perfect way to finish out the winter.
AudioFileMarch 1, 2023
Congratulations, you’re pregnant … welcome to the new world of being a MOM! You’ve now joined a “private group” of other mothers and they are certainly quick to share, but how honest are they really? How judgmental are moms of each other? “Are you breast-feeding? You’re not? Hmmm.” (side glance)…
Barbara WilkovFebruary 13, 2023
I often struggled to find myself reflected in books when I was younger—an experience that so many people share, for so many different reasons. These days, as I listen my way through dozens and dozens of queer books every year, I sometimes think about the reader I was as a…
Laura SacktonJanuary 30, 2023
AudioFile’s 2022 Best Memoir Audiobooks give listeners an opportunity to hear incredible stories directly from the voices of those who lived them — or through the voices of a powerful full cast. Each audiobook gives the listener insights directly into the life of the author, making for emotional and moving…
AudioFileDecember 6, 2022
Just in time for the last lazy days of summer listening, I give you four authors and seven — seven! — historical fiction titles that will spirit you away in your own private time machine. This story appears through BookTrib’s partnership with AudioFile. It first appeared on AudioFile’s website.
Aurelia C. ScottSeptember 8, 2022
