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Audio Epics to Check Off Your Bucket List Submitted by Erin Murphy on May 8, 2020

Whether you have more spare time than ever to dedicate to audiobooks you haven’t quite gotten around to yet, or are looking for a story to keep you company to while you work on your newly acquired hobbies (knitting, anyone?), these lengthy listens are for you. Hunker down with your best pair of headphones and plenty of snacks, you’re making headway on that to-listen-list. Read more

Tagged: A Game of Thrones, Alexandre Dumas, anne rice, George Guidall, George R.R. Martin, Gravity's Rainbow, Grover Gardner, John Lee, Kate Reading, Ken Follet, Richard E. Grant, Richard Matthews, Robert A. Caro, Robertson Dean, Roy Dotrice, stephen king, The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories, The Count of Monte Cristo, the pillars of the earth, The Power Broker, The Stand, The Witching Hour, Thomas Pynchon

George R.R. Martin’s Bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire Audiobooks Now Available in Spanish Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on April 9, 2019

Fans of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire will now be able to hear the audiobooks in a new language: Spanish. Penguin Random House Audio will release Spanish-language audiobooks of the bestselling series beginning this spring, just as the final season of the hit TV series premieres. Read more

Tagged: Choque de reyes, Danza de dragones, Festín de cuervos, Fuego y Sangre, George R.R. Martin, Juego de tronos, scifi, Tormenta de espadas, Victor Manuel Espinoza

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Books on Screen: Spring 2019 Adaptations Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on March 25, 2019

We get a delicious thrill when our favorite audiobooks make their way to television and movie screens. Will the adapatation be as good as we hope? Will audiences fall in love with the story like we did? Are the people and characters how we imagined them to be? Read more

Tagged: Anne Choma, Bad Blood, Bahni Turpin, bookclub, Captain Marvel: Higher, Carolyn Keene, Dominic Hoffman, Family Listening, Faster, Further, Game of Thrones, Gentleman Jack, George R.R. Martin, John Carreyrou, Laura Linney, Les Miserables, Liza Palmer, Mark McKerracher, movie adaptations, Nancy Drew and The Secret of the Old Clock, Nicola Yoon, Raymond Lee, Roy Dotrice, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, the sun is also a star, tv adaptation, Victor Hugo, Will Damron

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

Find Your Next Favorite Fantasy Audiobook Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 13, 2018

From gritty urban cities infused with magic to medieval castles and everything in between, fantasy settings can be vastly different. When you’ve finished some of your favorite fantasy books or series, what should you listen to next? Read more

Tagged: A Game of Thrones, An Amber in the Ashes, Ash Princess, Blood Song, Brief Cases, claire legrand, Fiona Hardingham, furyborn, George Newbern, George R.R. Martin, James Marsters, Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Laura Sebastian, lev grossman, Peter Joyce, Prince of the Blood, Raymond E. Feist, Sabaa Tahir, Saskia Maarleveld, scifi, Scourged, Steven Brand, tad williams, Tamora Pierce, Tempests and Slaughter, Terry Brooks, The Dirty Streets of Heaven, the magicians, The Sword of Shannara

7 Audiobooks We’re Listening to Again Submitted by PRHA Contributor on February 1, 2018

Whether it’s a good story with great writing, or an informative guide, we all have certain books we like to experience over and over again. Read more

Tagged: A Discovery of Witches, A Song of Ice and Fire, Amie Kaufman, bookclub, Cath Crowley, Chelsea Bruland, crafter, Deborah Harkness, family travel, Fangirl, George R.R. Martin, Hamish R. Johnson, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, ILLUMINAE, J.K. Rowling, Jay Kristoff, Jeff Sutherland, Jennifer Ikeda, Jim Dale, JJ Sutherland, Johnathan McClain, Lincoln Hoppe, Maxwell Caulfield, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Repeat Listens, Roy Dotrice, Scrum, words in deep blue

Essential Game of Thrones Listening Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 7, 2017

Like millions of people across the globe, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the next season of Game of Thrones. What better way to prep for it than by diving back into the words of George R. R. Martin? Read more

Tagged: A Clash of Kings, A Dance with Dragons, A Feast for Crows, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, A Storm of Swords, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Roy Dotrice, Song of Ice and Fire, The Book of Swords, The World of Ice and Fire

NYC commuters, it’s time to turn that sour commute into something sweet. Submitted by Victoria Tomao on June 1, 2017

Commuter rail service disruptions, subway delays, and traffic in the New York City-area aren’t getting better any time soon. Penguin Random House Audio wants to transform your commute from one of the most stressful parts of your day to one of the most thrilling, funny, or productive.

Tagged: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, better than before, business, business travel, Charles Duhigg, Commute, Deep Storm, George R.R. Martin, Gretchen Rubin, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Lincoln Child, mindy kaling, the power of habit, Transform Your Commute