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Listen Up! AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2018 Submitted by Erin Murphy on November 28, 2018

‘Tis the season for celebrating another great year of audiobook listening! Read more

Tagged: Anne Tyler, Arthur Morey, Becoming, bookclub, Clock Dance, Dion Graham, Educated, Elena Favilli, Esi Edugyan, Francesca Cavallo, Fred Sanders, gayle forman, good night stories for rebel girls, Harbor Me, hope nation, i have lost my way, jacqueline woodson, Jon Meacham, Julia Whelan, Kimberly Farr, Lisa Flanagan, Machiko Kakutani, Michael Crouch, Michael Ondaatje, Michelle Obama, Naomi Novik, Nicole Lewis, Reporter, rose brock, Seymour Hersh, Spinning Silver, Steve West, Sunil Malhotra, Tara Westover, Tavia Gilbert, the death of truth, The Soul of America, Warlight, Washington Black

Making HERstory: First Ladies of the United States on Audio Submitted by Erin Murphy on November 19, 2018

The role of First Lady is unique in American politics, and has been filled by a long line of powerful women. Listen and learn more about five of these incredible women, each of whom fulfilled the role of First Lady in her own unique way. Read more

Tagged: Amie Parnes, Becoming, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt Volume 3, Eliza Foss, First Lady, HRC, Jonathan Allen, Kimberly Farr, Lady in Red, Laura Bush, Laura Turner, Michelle Obama, Ronald Kessler, Sheila Tate

LGBTQIA Recommendations for Every Listener Submitted by Erin Murphy on June 21, 2018

Whether you can’t get enough of mysteries or are head-over-heels for romance, there’s a Pride audiobook for you. Read more

Tagged: a house among the trees, alan hollinghurst, Allyson Ryan, camille perri, eleanor and hick, how to survive a summer, julia glass, Kimberly Farr, LGBTQIA, mary stuart masterson, Michael Crouch, nick white, Pride Month, susan quinn, the sparsholt affair, when katie met cassidy

Our Recommendations for First-Time Listeners Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on June 13, 2018

The benefits of listening to audiobooks are clear: audiobooks are the ultimate tool for multitaskers, as well as a great way to relax. Read more

Tagged: Amie Kaufman, anything is possible, Billie Lourd, bookclub, Carrie Fisher, Douglas Adams, Elizabeth Strout, Ernest Cline, family travel, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, I've Got Your Number, ILLUMINAE, J.K. Rowling, Jay Kristoff, Jayne Entwistle, Jim Dale, Johnathan McClain, Kimberly Farr, Lincoln Hoppe, max brooks, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Philip Pullman, Ready Player One, Sophie Kinsella, staff picks, Stephen Fry, The Golden Compass, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Princess Diarist, Wil Wheaton, world war z

8 Children’s Stories Around the World Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on June 1, 2018

Learning about other children around the world through stories is one of the ways in which audiobooks can teach young listeners. Read more

Tagged: A Single Shard, Adam Gidwitz, Aisha Saeed, Amal Unbound, Amy Rubinate, Ann Marie Lee, Annika Thor, Arthur Morey, Bruce Mann, David Barclay Moore, Diane Magras, family travel, Graeme Malcolm, John H. Mayer, Jonathan Cowley, Joshua Manning, Karla Souza, Kimberly Farr, Linda Sue Park, Mark Bramhall, Mitali Perkins, Nile Bullock, Priya Ayyar, Sunil Malhotra, The Go-Between, THE INQUISITOR'S TALE, The Lily Pond, The Mad Wolf's Daughter, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, Tiger Boy, Veronica Chambers, Vikas Adam

Audiobooks For the Mind & Body Submitted by Erin Murphy on May 15, 2018

Since 1949, May has marked the observance of Mental Health Month. Each year there is a different theme under the overarching idea of self-care and the importance of mental health in gauging overall wellness. Read more

Tagged: ashley judd, cj critt, Deepak Chopra, if our bodies could talk, james hamblin, Kimberly Farr, laura shapiro, lia huber, nourished, Roy McMillan, rudolph tanzi, Running with Mindfulness, self-care audiobooks, shades of hope, Shishir Kurup, tennie mccarty, the healing self, what she ate, William Pullen

Essay Collections from Literary-Fiction Authors Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on April 26, 2018

Literary-fiction authors tackle big ideas like love, death, and politics in their work, but they don’t approach these themes solely through the characters they create. Read more

Tagged: Blue Nights, Discontent and Its Civilizations, essay, Feel Free, joan didion, John Lee, Jonathan Lethem, Kimberly Farr, Mohsin Hamid, Nikki Amuka-Bird, nonfiction, Orhan Pamuk, Other Colors, The Ecstasy of Influence, Zadie Smith

Kimberly Farr & Girls In The Picture audiobook cover

Hello, Hollywood history! Voicing THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE: an interview with narrator Kimberly Farr Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on April 25, 2018

We’re thrilled to welcome award-winning narrator Kimberly Farr to the PRHA blog to tell us about how she approaches an audiobook project, and why she was particularly drawn to Melanie Benjamin’s most recent historical fiction treat, THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE, which introduces listeners to two Hollywood legends: screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford. Read more

Tagged: Kimberly Farr, melanie benjamin, narrators, the girls in the picture