Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. To start things off strong this summer, take a listen to the best audiobooks that June has to offer!
AudioFileJune 30, 2022
AudioFile's Michele Cobb sat down with author Malcolm Gladwell to talk about audiobooks, podcasts and where the two meet. Gladwell is the host of the podcast Revisionist History and the author of several New York Times bestsellers including Talking to Strangers. His most recent audiobook is Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with…
AudioFileMarch 31, 2022
Yardley Holdsworth Cooperlick knows his name is a mouthful, so he immediately tells us to call him “Coop.” Or rather, in the audiobook version, narrator Caleb Summers does. Coop already feels a bond with the title character, Augenblick Sweetwater, whose full name is just as intimidating; just as intimidating as…
Judy MorenoFebruary 23, 2022
Tamron Hall. Not surprisingly, the protagonist is a TV reporter whose ambition is to be an anchor on a national network. She also happens to have a master’s degree in forensic science, allowing her to bring her special talents and instincts to cover murders. Narrator Dalian also brings her talents…
Ellen QuintFebruary 25, 2022
I had to bite my tongue to stop complaining. Here I was, finally an officially published anthology editor, recording my own audiobook (!!!) and yet all I could do was stress about it. When would I find the time to record 10-plus hours of audio?! How would I get this…
Zibby OwensJuly 2, 2021
Bestselling author and RITA Award-winning romance writer Kennedy Ryan shares the story of her new audiobook, Reel (Scribechick Media, LLC) the first in the Hollywood Renaissance series. Ryan worked with Lyric Audio to produce this historically inspired Black romance as an homage to the Black artists and entertainers whose stories…
Caitlin AugustaJune 30, 2021
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson’s powerful new work of nonfiction, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, (Random House Audio) examines how caste, or a hereditary class system, underlies the oppression of Black people and other people of color in America. Racism certainly exists, she posits, but the country’s caste system, developed…
Aurelia C. ScottSeptember 23, 2020
“'I think I killed someone,' the man’s voice whispered across the phone lines.” What a compelling way to start a book, let alone an audiobook that requires the perfect tone to properly engage the listener. In the just-released audiobook version of Jode Millman’s The Midnight Call (Immortal Works) — a…
Jim AlkonJune 1, 2020
Finding myself in sunny Hollywood this week before the holidays brings to mind the opening verse of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The sun is shining, the grass is green The orange and palm trees sway There’s never been such a day In Beverly Hills, L.A. But it’s December the twenty-fourth…
Ellen QuintDecember 27, 2019
2019 marks the centennial of Congress approving the 19th Amendment, which gave many women the right to vote—a change that was brought about by a brave group of activists. The audiobooks in this list celebrate female activists—from more than 100 years ago all the way up to today. These inspirational…
AudioFileApril 1, 2019
The incomparable Jim Dale has a voice and narrating style that make him instantly recognizable. He has received multiple awards during his career, including Grammys, Audies, and an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). He even held the Guinness World Record for Most Character Voices in an…
Sonja ColeJuly 5, 2019
A good book read by a talented narrator is a beautiful thing, but a good book performed by a full cast of talented narrators can bring a whole new dimension to the listening experience. Here are a few examples where the full cast really elevates the audiobook, recommended from our…
Sonja ColeAugust 22, 2019
It should be obvious now that we ALL need to be having conversations with our children about anti racism and how unjustly Black people have been treated in America. This collection of fiction and nonfiction audiobooks from authors and/or narrators of color shows Black people as heroes of their own…
Sonja ColeJuly 31, 2020
As many of us in the northern tier of the United States hunker down for the coldest and dreariest part of winter (I’m looking at you, February), I’m grateful to be living in modern times: electric lights, central heating, and . . . audiobooks. When it’s cold outside, I like…
Candace LevyJanuary 31, 2019
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? That makes this month the perfect time to push your audiobook envelope and add some variety to your listening. Although your first inclination might be to listen to a poetry collection (try Richard Blanco’s How to Love a Country), I have another…
AudioFileApril 17, 2019
