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An Audiobook for Each Enneagram Type Submitted by Parker Ewing on November 21, 2019

The Enneagram is a method for self-discovery and personal growth that has been gaining popularity in the past few years. The Enneagram accurately and clearly describes why you think, feel and behave in particular ways based upon your core fears and desires, and you can even take an online test to figure out which type you are. So, whether you’re new to the enneagram or you live and breathe the 9 types, here are some audiobooks sure to feed your soul. Read more

Tagged: Becoming, Chelsea Handler, Craig Ferguson, Educated, Everything Is Figureoutable, Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today, Julia Whelan, Life Will Be the Death of Me, Marie Forleo, Michelle Obama, Nick Offerman, Paddle Your Own Canoe, patti smith, Riding the Elephant, Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key, Tara Westover, Year of the Monkey

VIDEO: Narrator Julia Whelan on recording Jojo Moyes’ The Giver of Stars Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 7, 2019

Was it written in the stars?…
At this year’s June 2019 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., Julia Whelan was meeting her “favorite people” (librarians) and signing audiobook copies of Educated (for which she won a 2019 Audie Award for Best Female Narration), when just across the aisle, none other than bestselling author, Jojo Moyes, was about to do her own signing. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, In the Studio, jojo moyes, Julia Whelan, Video

Hear Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club Faves on Audio Submitted by Erin Murphy on November 1, 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, cook, crafter, curtis sittenfeld, Daisy Jones and the Six, Delia Owens, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, Gail Honeyman, gardener-cook, holiday, Jasmine Guillory, Jill Santopolo, jojo moyes, Josie Silver, Julia Whelan, Lara Prescott, little fires everywhere, One Day in December, Something in the Water, Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Giver of Stars, The Light We Lost, The Proposal, The Secrets We Kept, Where the Crawdads Sing, you think it I'll say it

Go Back in Time with Historical Fiction Audiobooks Submitted by Erin Murphy on October 30, 2019

Everyone knows a good audiobook can take you places, but did you know they can also take you back in time? Jump in to one of these unforgettable stories from yesteryear and see what awaits, no flux capacitor required. Read more

Tagged: A Single Thread, Fenella Woolgar, James L. Haley, Joe Morton, jojo moyes, Julia Whelan, Maite Jáuregui, paul boehmer, ruta sepetys, ta-nehisi coates, The Devil in Paradise, The Fountains of Silence, The Giver of Stars, The Water Dancer, Tracy Chevalier

Audiobooks for the Summer Solstice Based on Your Astrological Sign Submitted by Erin Murphy on June 17, 2019

What are you going to do with the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere (June 21st, 2019)? We’re considering celebrating with a full blown Popsicle buffet, but that has yet to be determined. Read more

Tagged: 1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently, A Single Thread, alex mckenna, angel chernoff, Ani DiFranco, Bahni Turpin, Bina Venkataraman, Bob Martin, Bryn Greenwood, Catherine Ho, Chad Beguelin, Chelsea Handler, Claire Mazur, Color Me In, Elizabeth ames, Ellie and the Harp Maker, Emily Rankin, Erica Cerulo, Evvie Drake Starts Over, Foreign Correspondence, Geraldine Brooks, Hazel Prior, How to Skimm Your Life, Inland, jacqueline woodson, Jennifer Pastiloff, Jessica Francis Kane, Julia Whelan, Katharine McEwan, Kirby Heyborne, Life Will Be the Death of Me, Linda Holmes, Mahesh Rao, marc chernoff, Matthew Sklar, Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune, Natasha Diaz, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, On Being Human, Patricia Wiltshire, patti smith, Philip Battley, Polite Society, Red at the Bone, Roselle Lim, Rules for Visiting, Saundra Mitchell, Scott Galloway, Téa Obreht, The Algebra of Happiness, The Nature of Life and Death, The Optimists Telescope, The Other's Gold, The Prom, The Reckless Oath We Made, Tracy Chevalier, Work Wife, Year of the Monkey

If You Like The Handmaid’s Tale, Try These Audiobooks Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on May 23, 2019

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is one of those special must-read classics that leaves you hungry for more. Luckily, Atwood’s sequel, The Testaments, will be arriving later this year so fans can travel back to Gilead.

While you wait, though, there are plenty of enthralling audiobooks that you can listen to if you love The Handmaid’s Tale. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, Charlotte Ritchie, Christina Dalcher, crafter, Erin Spencer, Eve of Man, Fran de Leon, Gemma Whelan, Giovanna Fletcher, Hannah Murray, Joanne Ramos, Josh Dylan, Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne, margaret atwood, Morfydd Clark, scifi, Shannon Schuren, Sophie Mackintosh, The Children of Men, The Farm, The Testaments, The Virtue of Sin, The Water Cure, Tom Fletcher, Vox

7 Adult Audiobooks That Teens Will Enjoy Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on May 23, 2019

Teens looking to explore the realms of adult fiction and nonfiction have an overwhelming plethora of titles to sift through. But, not to worry! We’ve curated a selection of fantasy, contemporary fiction, and enthralling nonfiction of fantastic adult audiobooks that teens will love listening to. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, clemantine wamariya, Delilah S. Dawson, Educated, Elizabeth Weil, Erin Spencer, Family Listening, green, Jim Dale, Julia Whelan, Kevin Hearne, Kill the Farm Boy, Leife Shallcross, Lisa Flanagan, Luke Daniels, Meghan MacLean Weir, Naomi Novik, Prentice Onayemi, Robbie Daymond, Robin Miles, Sam Graham-Felsen, Spinning Silver, tara sands, Tara Westover, The Beast's Heart, The Book of Essie, the girl who smiled beads

Audiobooks for a Silly Spring Break Submitted by Erin Murphy on April 12, 2019

What has four wheels, plenty of snacks, and giggles that can be heard from miles around? Your car, playing audiobooks on the way to your vacation destination! Read more

Tagged: Brittany Pressley, Bryan Kennedy, Chris Grabenstein, dean hale, Hot Dog Girl, Ian Doescher, Jennifer Dugan, Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne, Matthew Gray Gubler, Peter Bognanni, Rumple Buttercup, shannon hale, The Princess in Black, This Book is Not Yet Rated, Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel, William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future, William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls

Kathleen Glasgow How to Make Friends with the Dark

Audiobooks Make Movies in Your Brain Submitted by PRHA Contributor on April 9, 2019

By Kathleen Glasgow, author of How to Make Friends with the Dark

I tend to write complicated girls carrying around a lot of pain. Read more

Tagged: author guest post, bookclub, Family Listening, Girl in Pieces, Guest Post, How to Make Friends with the Dark, jorjeana marie, Julia Whelan, Kathleen Glasgow

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