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An Audio Editor’s Picks: Home-From-School Listens for Middle Grade & YA Listeners Submitted by PRHA Contributor on March 17, 2020

by Emily Parliman, Editor

Whether your teen is attending classes online or taking a break from classes altogether, it’s smart to enrich any downtime with supplementary content. We’ve assembled a list of audiobook recommendations to help bridge the weeks between classes. On our list you’ll find engaging nonfiction that has tie-ins to common school syllabi, can’t-go-wrong classics, frequently “required reading,” and fast-paced historical fiction. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Albert Marrin, Arthur Morey, Bryan Stevenson, Candace Fleming, Cassandra Morris, Cynthia Levinson, Damaras Obi, Erin Spencer, Fatal Throne, Fault Lines in the Constitution, Jim Frangione, jorjeana marie, Just Mercy, Katherine Peterson, Kimberly Farr, lyddie, Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Marc Cashman, Mark Bramhall, Melba Sibrel, Michael Crouch, Roses and Radicals, Ruta Sepyts, salt to the sea, Sanford Levinson, Steve Sheinkin, Susan Zimet, The Family Romanov, The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Todd Hasak-Lowy, TURNING 15 ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM, Uprooted, Very Very Very Dreadful, Will Damron

Get Crafty! 6 Audiobooks for Millennial Makers Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on June 4, 2019

Whether you’re sewing, knitting, beading, etching, hand lettering, or stamping, you need your eyes on your craft project and not on a screen. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t be entertained while you work. Keep your ears engaged by pressing play on an audiobook. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Andrew Garfield, Angels in America, Arthur Morey, Baron Vaughn, Beth Malone, Bhani Turpin, Bobby Cannavale, Brittany Pressley, Cassandra Campbell, Chelsea Handler, Colman Domingo, crafter, Denise Gough, Dominic Hoffman, Edie Falco, Elaine Welteroth, Emily Rankin, Emma Galvin, How Could She, James McArdle, James Urbaniak, Karen Russell, Kimiko Glenn, Lauren Mechling, Lee Pace, Life Will Be the Death of Me, Mark Bramhall, Mhairi Morrison, More Than Enough, Natalie Morales, Nathan Lane, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nicholas Gonzalez, Orange World and Other Stories, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Raúl Esparza, Rebecca Lowman, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, Stephanie Beatriz, Susan Brown, Tony Kushner, Will Brill

Meet the Cast: The Other Americans Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on April 1, 2019

Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami’s newest novel, The Other Americans, is garnering rave reviews, and we’re thrilled to add to the excitement with a remarkable audiobook production. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Ali Nasser, bookclub, Laila Lalami, Mark Bramhall, Max Adler, Meera Simhan, Ozzie Rodriguez, P.J. Ochlan, Susan Nezami, The Other Americans

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

Celebrate Black History Month with Audiobooks Submitted by Erin Murphy on February 22, 2019

How have you been teaching your young readers about Black History Month? Add another layer to their learning with audiobooks. We’ve curated a starter pack of stories by bestselling black authors, as well as a couple informative listens about pioneers in Black History. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Brad Meltzer, dear martin, Dion Graham, Family Listening, I am Harriet Tubman, jacqueline woodson, January LaVoy, Kekla Magoon, Nic Stone, sullivan jones, The Day You Begin, The Season of Styx Malone, Who Was Rosa Parks?, Yona Zeldis McDonough

Explore the Complexities of Love for People and Places in These February Debuts Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on February 15, 2019

When we think of February, we think of hearts (instead of wintery, blustery weather!). Hearts can mean a lot of different things: love of a place, love of an activity, romantic love, familial love, friendship love, and, best of all, the love you have for yourself.

So, whatever type of love you’d like to immerse yourself in with your next audiobook, we have a fantastic selection for you from bright, new voices in literature. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, American Spy, Amy Shiels, Anissa Gray, Astrid Scholte, Bahni Turpin, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, bookclub, crafter, Dominic Hoffman, Elizabeth Knowelden, Euan Morton, Four Dead Queens, January LaVoy, Jim Dale, Julia Whelan, Lauren Wilkinson, Leife Shallcross, Lindsay Stern, Macleod Andrews, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, The Beast's Heart, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, The Study of Animal Languages

Staff Picks: Hidden Gems of 2018 Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on December 18, 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, we here on the Penguin Random House Audio team are all reflecting on what we’ve read and listened to. Among the many (many) stories that the Audio team has collectively gone through this year, there are several hidden gems that we think everyone should know about! Read more

Tagged: A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out, A Place for Us, Adenrele Ojo, Adib Khorram, Alexia Arthurs, bookclub, Cassandra Campbell, Chelsea Morgan, Christina Henry, darius the great is not okay, Deepti Gupta, Diane Magras, Dominic Hoffman, Dorothy Parker, Elaine Stritch, Everything Leads to You, Fatima Farheen Mirza, How to Love a Jamaican, James Fouhey, Janina Edwards, Jay Duplass, jen silverman, Jim Broadbent, jorjeana marie, Joshua Manning, Judy Blundell, Julia Whelan, Like Brothers, Mark Duplass, Michael Levi Harris, Nina LaCour, Parker: Selected Stories, Rachel Joyce, Sally Franson, Sally Green, Scott Harrison, Sunil Malhotra, The High Season, the island dwellers, The Mad Wolf's Daughter, The Mermaid, The Smoke Thieves, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Thirst

Audiobooks featuring Cake for National Dessert Day

5 Sweet Audiobook Treats Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on October 8, 2018

One of our favorite things about listening to stories that feature bakers or delectable-sounding cakes is that our hands are free to bake so we can enjoy tasty treats, too! Read more

Tagged: A Long Line of Cakes, Adenrele Ojo, Adjoa Andoh, Aimee Bender, Alexander McCall Smith, Baking Cakes in Kigali, cook, Deborah Wiles, Gaile Parkin, gardener-cook, Jenna Lamia, jorjeana marie, Louise Miller, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living, The Great Cake Mystery, the particular sadness of lemon cake

Books on Screen: Fall 2018 Adaptations Not to Miss Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on September 27, 2018

There’s never a shortage of new TV shows and movies releasing that are based on books. To keep up with the slew of adaptations coming this fall, listen to the audiobook as you go about your day. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Ann Marie Lee, Annie Barrows, Bird Box, bookclub, Boy Erased, Christina Ricci, Crazy Rich Asians, DAVID LAGERCRANTZ, dr.seuss, Garrard Conley, George R.R. Martin, gillian flynn, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, John le Carré, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Ann Shaffer, Michael Crouch, Michael Jayston, Nightflyers, Sarah Waters, Sharp Objects, Simon Vance, The Girl in the Spider's Web, the guernsey literary and potato peel society, The Little Drummer Girl, the little stranger, Walter Matthau

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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