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Staff Recommendations to Celebrate Audiobook Month Submitted by Erin Murphy on June 24, 2020

This ain’t your average party. Though the Penguin Random House Audio staff is still spread far and wide while working remotely, we’re celebrating Audiobook Month together by sharing the stories we love, read by exceptional narrators, because books will always connect us. Read more

Tagged: Audiobooks Month, book club, bookclub, staff picks

Halloween Staff Round-up: What’s the First Story That Scared You? Submitted by Becca Stumpf on October 10, 2019

During this ghostly season, we creatures of PRH Audio are asking our colleagues: what’s the first story that scared you? Read more

Tagged: halloween, horror, horror stories, scary, staff picks

Staff Round-up: Spring Break Memories & Recommendations Submitted by Becca Stumpf on April 16, 2019

Spring Break! It’s the amuse-bouche before the feast of summer. Read more

Tagged: family travel, road trip, spring

Find Your Love Match: Pair Heart-Happy Movies with Audiobooks Submitted by Becca Stumpf on February 6, 2019

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we asked the Penguin Random House Audio staff: what’s your favorite heart-happy movie? Read more

Tagged: Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas, believe me, failure is an option, Girl Squads, movies, Only Human, The 101 Dalmatians, The Last Kids on Earth, The Night Circus, The Paragon Hotel, The Wedding Date, valentine's day

What We’re Listening To: January 2019 Picks Submitted by PRHA Contributor on January 23, 2019

by Abby Fuess, Junior Designer

Settling into a new year has always been one of my favorite stretches of time. The weeks that follow the hectic holiday season provide the perfect moments to cozy up and reflect on all that has happened in the past twelve months. Read more

Tagged: Harry Potter, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Jim Dale, jk rowling, mindy kaling

Our Fictional Boyfriends: Book Boys We Love Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on October 3, 2018

Let’s be honest. We’ve all experienced little heart flutters and butterflies in the stomach while attempting to suppress an audible squeal as we fall madly in love (OK, in like) with fictional characters. Read more

Tagged: A Discovery of Witches, Anna and the French Kiss, Anne of Green Gables, Ariadne Meyers, Cassandra Campbell, Charmed Thirds, Christopher Paolini, Deborah Harkness, Delia Owens, Fangirl, finola hughes, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jennifer Ikeda, Kate Burton, Kim Mai Guest, L.M. Montgomery, Legend, Marie Lu, Mariel Stern, Maxwell Caulfield, Megan McCafferty, Nancy Wu, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Philip Pullman, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, rick riordan, Stephanie Perkins, Steven Kaplan, The Inheritance Cycle Audiobook Collection, the secret garden, The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Warcross, Where the Crawdads Sing

What We’re Listening To – May Picks Submitted by Brieana Garcia on May 11, 2018

It’s finally summer! What better way to celebrate than by listening to audiobooks while you walk in the park, garden, attempt to cook, or just sit in front of the air conditioner?

Tagged: Erin Chack, Karen McManus, One of Us is Lying, Phebe Robinson, staff picks, This Is Really Happening, what we're listening to, you can't touch my hair

What We Listen to with Our Kids Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on May 4, 2018

Need a suggestion for an audiobook to listen to with your child(ren)? We asked staff members what audiobooks their kids love listening to together. Read more

Tagged: Artemis Fowl, Billy Crystal, Bunnicula, David Hyde Pierce, Deborah Howe, dr.seuss, Dustin Hoffman, Edward Herrmann, Eoin Colfer, family travel, Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle, George Hagen, Geronimo Stilton, Graeme Malcolm, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, J.K. Rowling, James Howe, Jason Segel, Jayne Entwistle, Jim Dale, John Cleese, john lithgow, Karen Foxlee, kate dicamillo, Kelsey Grammer, Kirsten Miller, Mary Pope Osborne, Mercedes McCambridge, Michael Goldstrom, Michael Sheen, Nathaniel Parker, Nightmares!, Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Philip Pullman, Rainn Wilson, rick riordan, ted danson, The Amber Spyglass, The Book of Dust, THE CAT IN THE HAT, The Golden Compass, The Magic Tree House, The Subtle Knife, The Tale of Despereaux, Victor Garber, Walter Matthau, What Pet Should I Get? and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, what we're listening to

What We’re Listening To – November Picks Submitted by Brieana Garcia on November 10, 2017

It’s finally fall (even if it feels like winter), and that means it’s time to use headphones as earmuffs with the bonus of audio content. Need suggestions on what to play? Here’s what I’ve been listening to lately:

Tagged: Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marie Lu, Myths and Legends podcast, Otherworld, Warcross, what we're listening to

Staff Pick: An Ember in the Ashes Submitted by Brittany Vincent on August 16, 2015

My name is Brittany Vincent, and I have a confession to make. I’ve never listened to an audiobook. Shocking, right?! But this is exactly why joining the audiobooks team and experiencing this medium for the first time has been so fun! There are plenty of other audiobook newbies joining the ranks every day, myself now included. So what did this lifelong book nerd choose for her first listen? Read more