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Find your next great audiobook on Behind the Mic with Kirkus Reviews. Every Thursday, host Jo Reed and her guests discuss what they’ve been listening to and recommend the very best audiobooks. It’s the perfect way to keep up with new releases and hear about the ones you may have missed. Launched by AudioFile magazine in 2018, Behind the Mic now has its home at Kirkus Reviews, the most trusted voice in book discovery for more than 90 years. Visit us at kirkusreviews.com.

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Arts
Books
Performing Arts
351
WITHIN ARM'S REACH by Ann Napolitano, read by R...
A finely crafted story
5 min
352
Interview with Maia Kobabe and Nick Martorelli ...
Turning the graphic memoir into an engaging audiobook
33 min
353
MONA OF THE MANOR by Armistead Maupin, read by ...
A Tales of the City story
6 min
354
FI by Alexandra Fuller, read by Alexandra Fuller
Full of both life and loss
6 min
355
LOVERS AT THE MUSEUM by Isabel Allende, read by...
A magically implausible story
6 min
356
HOW TO READ A BOOK by Monica Wood, read by Eile...
An openhearted performance
5 min
357
In Conversation with Dominic Hoffman, Golden Vo...
Talking with a 2024 Golden Voice
36 min
358
Celebrating Robert Petkoff, Golden Voice Narrator
Honoring the 2024 Golden Voices
10 min
359
Celebrating Kate Reading, Golden Voice Narrator
Honoring the 2024 Golden Voices
8 min
360
Celebrating Dominic Hoffman, Golden Voice Narrator
Honoring the 2024 Golden Voices
8 min
361
Announcing the 2024 Golden Voice Narrators
Honoring Excellence in Audiobook Narration
5 min
362
JAMES by Percival Everett, read by Dominic Hoffman
An inventive reimagining of HUCKLEBERRY FINN
6 min
363
THE RED GROVE by Tessa Fontaine, read by Erin Moon
A twisty novel
5 min
364
EXHIBIT by R.O. Kwon, read by Ami Park, Sue Jea...
An engrossing novel
5 min
365
A PLACE IN TIME by Wendell Berry, read by Lyle ...
Appalachia in the mid-twentieth century
6 min
366
BITE BY BITE by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, read by ...
A joyful celebration of food
5 min
367
WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP by Hwang Bo...
A cozy slice-of-life audiobook
5 min
368
SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by John Wiswell...
A delightfully weird fantasy audiobook
5 min
369
Celebrating 30 Years of Naxos AudioBooks
Narrators David Timson and Rupert Degas on 30 years of audiobook excellence
39 min
370
LAKE OF SOULS by Ann Leckie, read by Adjoa Andoh
A stunning performance by a master narrator
5 min
371
MAYBE THIS TIME by Cara Bastone, read by Zoë Ch...
An unputdownable audiobook
6 min
372
CANTO CONTIGO by Jonny Garza Villa, read by Ale...
A masterful performance
6 min
373
LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL by Emily Raboteau, read by...
Hard earned and elegantly expressed lessons
5 min
374
VICTIM by Andrew Boryga, read by Anthony Rey Perez
A satirical debut novel
4 min
375
AIRPLANE MODE by Shahnaz Habib, read by Deepa S...
An original voice in travel writing
5 min