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Audiobooks for the Autumnal Equinox based on Your Astrological Sign Submitted by Erin Murphy on September 20, 2019

Technically speaking, September 23rd should be the most balanced day of 2019—the Autumnal Equinox makes it so that day and night will each be precisely 12 hours long. You spent Summer getting in touch with yourself and those who surround you, and Fall is where you’ll start to see the fruits of your labor.

Read on to find out what Autumn holds for you, and discover the perfect listen within the plentiful audiobook bounty. Happy harvesting. Read more

Tagged: Arthur Morrey, Brittany Pressley, Cathleen McCarron, Chances Are..., Chloe Benjamin, Edison, Edmund Morris, Edoardo Ballerini, Elissa Altman, Elizabeth L. Cline, Everything Is Figureoutable, Fred Sanders, Jen DeLuca, Kathleen Jamie, Lara Prescott, Marie Forleo, Marie NDiaye, Motherland, patti smith, richard russo, Surfacing, The Anatomy of Dreams, The Cheffe, The Conscious Closet, The Secrets We Kept, The Year of the Monkey, This Could Be Our Future, Well Met, Yancey Strickler

Listen & Lounge: Audiobooks For Summer’s End Submitted by Erin Murphy on August 6, 2019

Hopefully by this point in the summer, with all of those steamy days practically made for parking yourself by the ocean (or at least an atmospheric air conditioner), you’ve been able to make a solid dent in your TBR pile. Might we suggest tacking on a few more listens? Kick your feet up and soak in these last weeks of the season through your earbuds. Read more

Tagged: Allyson Ryan, Anna Chlumsky, Annie Q, As Many Nows as I Can Get, Brynn Greenwood, Edoardo Ballerini, Euan Morton, Inland, Lauren Gershell, Lisa Howorth, Michael Crouch, Shana Youngdahl, Sophie Littlefield, Summerlings, Téa Obreht, That's What Frenemies are For, The Reckless Oath We Made

Short Stories For Busy Listeners Submitted by Erin Murphy on August 2, 2019

Do you have a short commute? Only take a 15 minute lunch break? Have 5 minutes to kill and don’t want to look awkward while you wait to meet up with a friend? There’s an audiobook for that.

Tagged: Amy Landon, bookclub, business, Catherine Ho, Chuck Klosterman, crafter, Dominic Hoffman, Edoardo Ballerini, Exhalation, Feodor Chin, fitness, Home Remedies, Karen Russell, Orange World and Other Stories, Raised in Captivity, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, Ted Chiang, Tim Chiou, Xuan Juliana Wang

Our BookCon 2019 Schedule Submitted by Alexis Patterson on May 21, 2019

Here at Penguin Random House Audio we love a good book festival! There’s no better way to spend a few days than listening to our favorite authors discuss their newest books and meeting fellow book lovers who can share their recommendations. Read more

Tagged: Ally Condie, Arvin Ahmadi, Beasts Made of Night, BookCon, City of Girls, Daisy Jones & The Six, Edoardo Ballerini, Field Notes on Love, Girl Gone Viral, Ian Doescher, Laurie Halse Anderson, Marc Thompson, Nic Stone, Odd One Out, P.J. Ochlan, Saskia Maarleveld, Shout, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe, the sun is also a star, The Things She's Seen, Tochi Onyebuchi, William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls

Family Ties: May Debuts Submitted by Erin Murphy on May 15, 2019

This month’s audiobooks from debut authors may all seem completely different from each other, but they share a common thread: family (no matter how peculiar, or downright dangerous some of these particular families may be). Read more

Tagged: Candice Moll, Casey Cep, Cassandra Campbell, Disappearing Earth, Domenica Ruta, Dylan Moore, Edoardo Ballerini, Furious Hours, Helena Fox, Hillary Huber, How it Feels to Float, Ilyana Kadushin, Julia Phillips, Last Day, Marin Sardy, Nicole Panteleakos, Planet Earth is Blue, The Edge of Every Day

Adaptations of Frankenstein are Must-Listens Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on October 8, 2018

October really is the month when everyone goes nuts for spooky stories. One of those is a classic spine-tingling tale that has inspired countless adaptations: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Read more

Tagged: Ahmed Saadawi, bookclub, crafter, Edoardo Ballerini, frankenstein, Frankenstein in Baghdad, Jim Weiss, Jon Skovron, Kaleo Griffith, Katharine McEwan, Kiersten White, Man Made Boy, mary shelley, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Bestsellers from Abroad are Must-Listens Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 14, 2018

It’s always a fun activity when you’re abroad to go into a bookstore to look at all the books that aren’t available in the U.S. So, it’s such a joy when some of those bestsellers abroad make their way stateside.
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Tagged: Ahmed Saadawi, Ashleigh Young, bookclub, Can You Tolerate This, Dominic Hoffman, Edoardo Ballerini, Fiona Hardingham, Frankenstein in Baghdad, Gaël Faye, Geir Gulliksen, Gildart Jackson, Kaleo Griffith, Lars Kepler, Raphaelle Giordano, Saskia Maarleveld, Saul Reichlin, Small Country, The Hypnotist, The Story of a Marriage, Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One

Audiobooks Make Great Father’s Day Gifts Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on June 11, 2018

Finding the right gift for your father can be daunting. Luckily, we have an audiobook that any type of dad will enjoy. Read more

Tagged: Clive Cussler, dave zirin, Edoardo Ballerini, Facts and Fears, Fallon, father's day, ghostbuster's daughter, James R. Clapper, Jason Culp, jim brown, Laird Barron, Louis L'Amour, Mark Bramhall, Michael David Lukas, Robin Burcell, Sam Kleiner, Scott Brick, Seth Rogen, Stephen Graybill, stuart woods, The Flying Tigers, The Gray Ghost, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo, Tony Roberts, Trey Brown, Turbulence, Violet Ramis Stiel, William DeMeritt

Sergio De La Pava on Audio Making a Comeback Submitted by PRHA Contributor on April 30, 2018

Who says the radio play is dead? What’s that…everyone? Okay, but hear me out. In their day, radio plays were definitely a thing. But were they good? Hell yeah they were good. Why else would I bring them up? Read more

Tagged: author, Edoardo Ballerini, Guest Post, lost empress, sergio de la pava

7 Audiobooks with Awesome Cat and Dog Characters Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on February 21, 2018

Pets play an important role in our personal lives that only sporadically appears in fiction; normally these relationships are relegated to the realm of memoir. But when novelists do give us pets, they do so with heart, ingenuity, and quirkiness, as shown by these seven audiobooks. Read more

Tagged: Alan Bradley, Alison Fraser, Brittany Pressley, Cassandra Campbell, Cat Trick, Courtney Shaw, Dan Bittner, Edoardo Ballerini, Graham Halstead, Haruki Murakami, Jack Cheng, Jason Culp, Jayne Entwistle, Kafka on the Shore, Kivlighan de Montebello, Mark Deakins, Michael Crouch, My Cat Yugoslavia, Oliver Le Sueur, Pajtim Statovci, Pete Larkin, Peter Heller, pets, Sean Barrett, See You in the Cosmos, Sofie Kelly, The Dog Stars, the luster of lost things, Therese Plummer, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d