Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR by Hanif Abdurraqib, read by Hanif Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib’s latest book is a transcendent feat of poetry, memoir, and—well, magic. Host Jo...

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FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry, read by Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan performs Emily Henry’s funny story, much like a Shakespearean comedy is a funny...

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• 2 días

GRETA & VALDIN by Rebecca K. Reilly, read by Natalie Beran, Jackson Bliss, Eilidh Beaton, Nico Evers-Swindell,...

Narrators Natalie Beran and Jackson Bliss portray queer Russian-Maori siblings Greta and Valdin...

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• 3 días

REZ BALL by Byron Graves, read by Jesse Nobess

Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss a celebrated YA novel that is featured in...

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• 6 días

CROSSROAD BLUES by Ace Atkins, read by Dion Graham

Narrator Dion Graham, with his ability to tap into a wide variety of voices, is the right pick...

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• 7 días

CHASING BEAUTY by Natalie Dykstra, read by Maggi-Meg Reed

The privileged world of the spirited Isabella Stewart Gardner is aptly captured by the patrician...

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• 8 días

THE HUNTER by Tana French, read by Roger Clark

Roger Clark gives a thrilling performance of Tana French’s newest novel set in a ferociously...

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• 9 días

THE AMERICAN DAUGHTERS by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, read by Lynnette R. Freeman

An inspiring original story gets a five-star narration from Lynnette R. Freeman. Host Jo Reed and...

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• 10 días

TABLE FOR TWO by Amor Towles, read by Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron

Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss Edoardo Ballerini’s narration of Amor Towles’s...

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• 13 días

PARASOL AGAINST THE AXE by Helen Oyeyemi, read by Dorje Swallow

Dorje Swallow’s performance of Helen Oyeyemi’s metafiction centers this whirligig of a novel in...

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• 14 días

GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Vinson Cunningham, read by Aaron Goodson

Aaron Goodson performs Vinson Cunningham’s coming-of-age novel in a conversational manner. Host...

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• 15 días

THE MORNINGSIDE by Téa Obreht, read by Carlotta Brentan

Carlotta Brentan narrates this near-future dystopian novel set in a time of ecological disaster...

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• 16 días

WANDERING STARS by Tommy Orange, read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett, MacLeod Andrews, Alma Cuervo, Curtis Michael Holland,...

This audiobook reveals that Tommy Orange is among the most insightful novelists writing today and...

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• 17 días

In Conversation with Cynthia Leitich Smith and Shaun Taylor-Corbett

In today’s bonus edition of Behind the Mic, host Jo Reed welcomes author Cynthia Leitich Smith...

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• 17 días

FOURTEEN DAYS by The Authors Guild, read by Shayna Small

Shayna Small delivers a variety of accents as a group of New Yorkers gather on their rooftop...

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• 20 días

ONE OF OUR OWN by Lucinda Berry, read by A.J. Cook, Tessa Albertson

Narrator A.J. Cook utilizes her considerable acting skills in portraying divorce lawyer, single...

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• 21 días

MAKE POSSIBILITIES HAPPEN by Grace Hawthorne, Stanford d.school, read by Grace Hawthorne, Scott Doorley

Grace Hawthorne presents the chapters of her intelligent guide with appealing assertiveness while...

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• 22 días

I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME by Lucy Sante, read by Lucy Sante

Lucy Sante narrates her intimate and poignant memoir of her transition, delivering vignettes from...

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• 23 días

THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MEANINGS by RuPaul, read by RuPaul

Pop culture drag star RuPaul’s candid warmth is an invitation to accompany him as he discovers...

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• 24 días

OURS by Phillip B. Williams, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Joniece Abbott-Pratt performs this multigenerational novel set over several decades in the...

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• 27 días