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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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LOVE MARRIAGE by Monica Ali, read by Ayesha Dha...
A darkly comic story
5 min
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WHAT THE ERMINE SAW by Eden Collinsworth, read ...
The journey of da Vinci’s mysterious portrait
5 min
878
MANHATTAN PHOENIX by Daniel S. Levy, read by Mi...
On the history of nineteenth-century Manhattan
5 min
879
ADRIATIC by Robert D. Kaplan, read by Arthur Morey
A wide-ranging travel narrative
4 min
880
THE CHIMPANZEE WHISPERER by Stany Nyandwi, Davi...
A marvelous pairing of audiobook and narrator
4 min
881
In conversation with Rupert Degas, Golden Voice...
Hear from one of this year’s new Golden Voices
42 min
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MISS CHLOE by A.J. Verdelle, read by Bahni Turpin
Honoring a literary friendship
6 min
883
FORBIDDEN CITY by Vanessa Hua, read by Catherin...
Historical fiction set during China’s Cultural Revolution
5 min
884
THE YOUNGER WIFE by Sally Hepworth, read by Zoe...
Domestic suspense, compellingly performed
5 min
885
THE CHERRY ROBBERS by Sarai Walker, read by Jan...
Ghosts, madness, and secrets
5 min
886
SHADOWS OF BERLIN by David R. Gillham, read by ...
Historical fiction from a Golden Voice
5 min
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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt,...
A fanciful listening experience
5 min
888
AT LEAST YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH by Madi Sinha, re...
Medical fiction and a Golden Voice narration
5 min
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EVEN WHEN YOUR VOICE SHAKES by Ruby Yayra Goka,...
Powerful YA listening from a Golden Voice
4 min
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WE WERE DREAMERS by Simu Liu, read by Simu Liu
Discover the Marvel actor’s story
5 min
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GROUNDSKEEPING by Lee Cole, read by Michael Crouch
Moving fiction from a Golden Voice narrator
5 min
892
On Juliet Stevenson, Golden Voice Narrator
Celebrating the 2022 Golden Voices
7 min
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On Rupert Degas, Golden Voice Narrator
Celebrating the 2022 Golden Voices
6 min
894
On Adjoa Andoh, Golden Voice Narrator
Celebrating the 2022 Golden Voices
6 min
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SINGLED OUT by Andrew Maraniss, read by Kevin R...
On baseball player Glenn Burke
7 min
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SISTERS OF THE SNAKE by Sasha Nanua, Sarena Nan...
A YA fantasy to savor
6 min
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NICK AND CHARLIE by Alice Oseman, read by Huw P...
All the love for HEARTSTOPPER’s Nick and Charlie
5 min
898
ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR by Xiran Ja...
Action-packed middle-grade listening
5 min
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DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT by Kyle Lukoff, read b...
Friendship, first crushes, and family
6 min
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INHERITANCE by Elizabeth Acevedo, read by Eliza...
Powerful poetry
4 min