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Find Debut Fiction to Listen to at Any Age Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on April 15, 2019

“April showers bring May flowers” is a saying that really is based on truth (we keep an umbrella at home, at the office, and in our bags). Instead of bemoaning the rain keeping us indoors for a little while longer, we’re rejoicing that we have an excuse to stay in and listen to an audiobook. Read more

Tagged: 500 Words or Less, A Good Enough Mother, Adjoa Andoh, Annie Q, Ayse Eldek, Aysegül Savas, Baris Duyan, Bev Thomas, bookclub, crafter, Dawn, Jenna Lamia, Juleah del Rosario, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Kate Allen, Kate Reading, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Lights All Night Long, Lydia Fitzpatrick, Martine Fournier Watson, Matthew Gray Gubler, Michael Crouch, Mozhan Marno, Namwali Serpell, Rebecca Lacey, Richard E. Grant, Rumple Buttercup, Sabrina & Corina, Saskia Maarleveld, Selahattin Demirtas, The Dream Peddler, The Line Tender, The Old Drift, Walking on the Ceiling

Q&A with Mitali Perkins, author of Forward Me Back to You Submitted by Erin Murphy on April 10, 2019

Mitali Perkins is the author of a number of books for young readers including Tiger Boy, Rickshaw Girl, and You Bring the Distant Near. Her latest work, Forward Me Back to You is an incredibly poignant story of hope and the healing power of strong friendships. Read more

Tagged: Forward Me Back to You, Mitali Perkins, Q&A

6 Fiction Audiobooks for True Crime Fanatics Submitted by Erin Murphy on April 9, 2019

After listening to every podcast and poring over each new docu-series, there comes a time when True Crime buffs struggle to find a new story that piques their interest. Read more

Tagged: Adepero Oduye, Ari Fliakos, Brittany Pressley, Cara Hunter, Confessions of an Innocent Man, David R. Dow, Emma Cunniffe, Henry Leyva, In the Dark, Jennifer duBois, Lee Ingleby, Lisa Scottoline, My Sister the Serial Killer, Nancy Linari, Olivia Kiernan, Oyinkan Braithwaite, paul boehmer, Shelley Atkinson, Someone Knows, The Killer in Me, The Spectators, thriller series

Star Wars™ Canon Audiobook Timeline Submitted by Robert Guzman on April 5, 2019

As we gear up for Star Wars™ Celebration 2019, we thought it would be helpful to compile a list of canon audiobooks for fans of the franchise. Looking forward to seeing you there! Read more

Tagged: audiobook, Rogue One, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, scifi, Star Wars

Come See Us at Star Wars™ Celebration! Submitted by Alexis Patterson on April 4, 2019

Star Wars™ Celebration is next week! After two years, we are thrilled to announce that the Penguin Random House Audio team will be making our return to the festivities. Read more

Tagged: Catherine Taber, Claudia Gray, Delilah S. Dawson, Marc Thompson, Nick Martorelli, Star Wars, Star Wars Celebration, Timothy Zahn

Hear Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club Faves on Audio Submitted by Erin Murphy on March 28, 2019

There are so many reasons to love Reese Witherspoon: not only is she a smart businesswoman and the actress who elevated Elle Woods to icon status, but she has stellar taste in books to boot. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, braving the wilderness, Brené Brown, Catherine Steadman, celeste ng, crafter, curtis sittenfeld, Daisy Jones and the Six, Delia Owens, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, Gail Honeyman, gardener-cook, Jasmine Guillory, Jill Santopolo, Josie Silver, little fires everywhere, One Day in December, Something in the Water, Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Light We Lost, The Proposal, Where the Crawdads Sing, you think it I'll say it

Women’s History Month: Who is Your SHE-ro? Submitted by Erin Murphy on March 21, 2019

Women (real and fictional) have been doing incredible things since…well, since forever. For Women’s History Month, we asked our staff who their SHE-roes are Read more

Tagged: Blanche Wiesen Cook, Cassandra Campbell, Delia Owens, Educated, Eleanor Roosevelt, Flo Salant Greenberg, jojo moyes, Julia Child, Julia Whelan, Kate Reading, Kimberly Farr, My Life in France, Tara Westover, The Giver of Stars, Where the Crawdads Sing

Audiobooks For the Spring Equinox Based on Your Astrological Sign Submitted by Erin Murphy on March 20, 2019

Congratulations, you’ve made it through another winter! Today (March 20, 2019) is the Vernal Equinox, which means spring has sprung and a brand new astrological year has begun. Read more

Tagged: A Woman of No Importance, Adenrele Ojo, Anissa Gray, Anthony Mark Barrow, Aoife McMahon, Bahni Turpin, Benjamin Bratt, Blair Brown, Cassandra Campbell, City of Girls, Colson Whitehead, Craig Ferguson, Daisy Jones & The Six, Dominic Hoffman, Elaine Welteroth, elizabeth gilbert, Elsey Come Home, Field Notes on Love, Frances Mayes, Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi, Higher Etiquette, Hugh Ambrose, Ibi Zoboi, Isabel Sterling, January LaVoy, Jenna Glass, Jennifer Beals, Jennifer E. Smith, John Schuttler, Judy Greer, Julia Whelan, Juliet Stevenson, Kamala Harris, Karissa Vacker, Kristen DiMercurio, Liberated Spirits, Lindsay Stern, Lizzie Post, Macleod Andrews, Matthew Gray Gubler, Minnie Darke, More Than Enough, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, Normal People, Norman Juster, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Pablo Schreiber, Rainn Wilson, Riding the Elephant, Robin Miles, Rumple Buttercup, Ruth Reichl, Sally Rooney, Save Me the Plums, See You in the Piazza, Sonia Purnell, Star-Crossed, Susan Conley, Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, The Nickel Boys, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Study of Animal Languages, The Truths We Hold, The Women's War, These Witches Don't Burn

Audiobooks in Bloom: March 2019 Debuts Submitted by Erin Murphy on March 18, 2019

March’s debuts are popping up like daisies, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Read more

Tagged: Adjoa Andoh, Alana Kerr Collins, Andrew Rannells, Andrew Ridker, Anna Kyra Hooton, Baby of the Family, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant, Bryan Washington, Dion Graham, Eithne Shortall, Euan Morton, Grace After Henry, If Then, Jacob Tobia, JD Jackson, Joel Golby, John McMahon, Jon Lindstrom, JP Pomare, Kate Hope Day, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Look How Happy I'm Making You, Lot, Maria Kuznetsova, Mark Bramhall, Maura Roosevelt, Namwali Serpell, Oksana Behave!, Olivia Mackenzie-Smith, Polly Rosenwaike, Rebecca Lowman, Richard E. Grant, Robbie Daymond, Robert Petkoff, Saskia Maarleveld, Scott Brown, Seth Fried, Sissy, The Altruists, The Good Detective, The Municipalists, The Old Drift, Too Much is Not Enough, XL

What We’re Listening To: March 2019 Picks Submitted by Rachel Mann on March 14, 2019

Spending March in New York is like babysitting your wealthy aunt’s geriatric cat: It’s mostly cold at first, but signs of warmth are on the horizon.
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