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Bestsellers from Abroad are Must-Listens Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 14, 2018

It’s always a fun activity when you’re abroad to go into a bookstore to look at all the books that aren’t available in the U.S. So, it’s such a joy when some of those bestsellers abroad make their way stateside.
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Tagged: Ahmed Saadawi, Ashleigh Young, bookclub, Can You Tolerate This, Dominic Hoffman, Edoardo Ballerini, Fiona Hardingham, Frankenstein in Baghdad, Gaël Faye, Geir Gulliksen, Gildart Jackson, Kaleo Griffith, Lars Kepler, Raphaelle Giordano, Saskia Maarleveld, Saul Reichlin, Small Country, The Hypnotist, The Story of a Marriage, Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One

Audiobooks inspired by Pride & Prejudice

7 Audiobooks Inspired by Pride and Prejudice Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 9, 2018

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a classic for a reason. Humor and wit, love and heartache, and keen social commentary are all contained in this one story. So it’s no surprise that authors have been inspired to continue the story or tell their own version of it. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Cassandra Campbell, crafter, curtis sittenfeld, ELIGIBLE, Emily Rankin, Emma Fielding, Erin Spencer, gardener-cook, Helen Fielding, Jane Austen, Jo Baker, Jonah Lisa Dyer, Jude Deveraux, Katherine J. Chen, Linda Berdoll, Longbourn, Marisa Calin, Mary B: A Novel, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, Pride & Prejudice, pride and prejudice, Rosalyn Landor, Stephen Dyer, the girl from summer hill, The Season, Tracie Bennett

Turn Your Road Trip Into a Family Adventure Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 7, 2018

Going on a road trip with your family this summer? Make sure to pack (or download) a handful of audiobooks that can engage and entertain the entire family. Read more

Tagged: Alex Romashov, Bumblebee at Super Hero High, Bumblebee at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls), Carol Monda, Catwoman: Soulstealer, DC Super Hero Girls, family travel, January LaVoy, Julia Whelan, Lisa Yee, Minecraft: The Crash, Nyxia Unleashed, Rae Carson, rick riordan, Robbie Daymond, Sarah J. Maas, Saskia Maarleveld, Scott Reintgen, Star Wars: Most Wanted, sullivan jones, Teala Dunn, The Trials of Apollo: Book Three: The Burning Maze, Tracey Baptiste

Sister, Sister: Fictional Sisters We Love Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 3, 2018

The bond between sisters is a lot of things, but most of all it’s complex. It can be full of hardship and rivalry, but it can also be one of the strongest, most positive bonds that a woman can experience. Read more

Tagged: Cassandra Campbell, Christina Ricci, Clare Corbett, crafter, curtis sittenfeld, Eleanor Brown, ELIGIBLE, Emilia Fox, Emily Rankin, gardener-cook, I See You Everywhere, Jane Austen, Jennifer McMahon, julia glass, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Julie Christie, Kirsten Potter, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Louise Miller, mary stuart masterson, Priya Parmar, Sense and Sensibility, The Late Bloomers’ Club, The Night Sister, The Weird Sisters, vanessa and her sister

Fictional Sisters We Love in Children’s and YA Audiobooks Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 2, 2018

The bond between sisters is one of the most formative relationships a young girl or woman can experience. Read more

Tagged: Bahni Turpin, Born Wicked, Cynthia Kadohata, Elaina Erika Davis, Entwined, family travel, Fangirl, Heather Dixon, jeanne birdsall, Jessica Spotswood, Kate Reading, Kira-Kira, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Mandy Williams, Maxwell Caulfield, Nicole Suhaus, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Sundee T. Frazier, Susan Denaker, the other half of my heart, the penderwicks

Creating the Audiobook of There There Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 1, 2018

If you haven’t listened to Tommy Orange’s debut novel, There There, then drop everything and start listening now. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, Producer Q&A, Sarah Jaffe, there there, tommy orange

Audiobooks Featuring Actors from Christopher Guest Movies

Best in Studio: Your Favorite Christopher Guest Film Stars on Audio Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 27, 2018

It’s always fun to hear an actor you recognize from TV and film as an audiobook narrator. Even more fun? When you can build a listen-list for yourself based on a group of actors from a series of films that you love. Cue Christopher Guest’s hilarious roster of actors.
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Tagged: Bob Balaban, Boy or Beast, Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?, Celebrity Narrator, Christopher Guest, Crazy Lady, dr.seuss, Ed Begley Jr., Fred Willard, Howard Michael Gould, Jane Leslie Conly, John Michael Higgins, Last Looks, Michael McKean, Oh the Thinks You Can Think, Parker Posey, The Believer, The Creature from the Seventh Grade, You're On an Airplane

Debut Authors to Listen to in July Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 16, 2018

From contemplative fiction to laugh-out-loud memoirs, your summer reading list is about to get a whole lot richer with these fantastic audiobooks from new authors.
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Tagged: Abby Craden, Adenrele Ojo, Alex Dahl, Alexia Arthurs, Almarie Guerra, Ashleigh Young, beck dorey-stein, bookclub, Can You Tolerate This, Caoilinn Hughes, Dominic Hoffman, from the corner of the oval, fruit of the drunken tree, How to Love a Jamaican, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, James Fouhey, Janina Edwards, Jenna Lamia, Katharine Kilalea, Katherine J. Chen, Keong Sim, Marisa Calin, Marisol Ramirez, Mary B, Mary B: A Novel, Miriam Parker, Mozhan Marno, Nicholas Guy Smith, OK Mr. Field, Orchid & the Wasp, R. O. Kwon, Saskia Maarleveld, Sophie Amoss, The Boy at the Door, The Incendiaries, The Shortest Way Home

Find Your Next Favorite Fantasy Audiobook Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 13, 2018

From gritty urban cities infused with magic to medieval castles and everything in between, fantasy settings can be vastly different. When you’ve finished some of your favorite fantasy books or series, what should you listen to next? Read more

Tagged: A Game of Thrones, An Amber in the Ashes, Ash Princess, Blood Song, Brief Cases, claire legrand, Fiona Hardingham, furyborn, George Newbern, George R.R. Martin, James Marsters, Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Laura Sebastian, lev grossman, Peter Joyce, Prince of the Blood, Raymond E. Feist, Sabaa Tahir, Saskia Maarleveld, scifi, Scourged, Steven Brand, tad williams, Tamora Pierce, Tempests and Slaughter, Terry Brooks, The Dirty Streets of Heaven, the magicians, The Sword of Shannara

6 Audiobooks Teens Will Want at the Beach Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 11, 2018

Beach reads aren’t just for adults. Teens will fall for these five audiobooks that are both fun and flirty and heart-pounding and serious. Read more