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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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SOMEONE LIKE ME by Clem Bastow, Jo Case [Eds.],...
Exploring diversity in autism
6 min
77
HAPPY LAND by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, read by Bah...
An ancestral journey
7 min
78
Who’s Listening? Author Patti Callahan Henry
Talking audiobooks with the author
14 min
79
THE LAMB by Lucy Rose, read by Emma Rydal
A devastating climax
7 min
80
THE SUMMER I ATE THE RICH by Maika Moulite, Mar...
A horrific summer internship
7 min
81
WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME by Nat Cassidy, read b...
Fast-paced horror
6 min
82
EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE by Sarah Maria Griffin re...
A chilling performance
6 min
83
A conversation about SOUNDTRACK by Jason Reynolds
Behind the Mic with Nile Bullock, Brian Ramcharan, & Dan Zitt
29 min
84
AWAKE IN THE FLOATING CITY by Susanna Kwan, rea...
A poignant debut
6 min
85
JULIE CHAN IS DEAD by Liann Zhang, read by Yu-L...
Wild and bingeable
6 min
86
SKY DADDY by Kate Folk, read by Kristen Sieh
A passion for planes
5 min
87
TILT by Emma Pattee, read by Ariel Blake
Full of emotion
6 min
88
In Conversation with Kimberly Farr, Golden Voic...
2025 Golden Voice
41 min
89
THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES by Marissa Stapley, read ...
A ’90s soundscape
6 min
90
DEEP CUTS, by Holly Brickley, read by Jayme Mat...
An indie-music romance
6 min
91
ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME by Sarah Harman, ...
An addictive listen
6 min
92
ONLY STARS KNOW THE MEANING OF SPACE by Rémy Ng...
A literary mixtape
7 min
93
In Conversation with Vikas Adam, Golden Voice N...
2025 Golden Voice
42 min
94
THEY ALL FALL THE SAME by Wes Browne, read by M...
A dark Appalachian thriller
6 min
95
VERA WONG'S GUIDE TO SNOOPING (ON A DEAD MAN) ...
A stellar narration of an entertaining mystery
6 min
96
BIBLIOPHOBIA by Sarah Chihaya, read by Traci Ka...
A literary memoir
7 min
97
FLIRTING LESSONS by Jasmine Guillory, read by H...
A spicy queer romance
6 min
98
In Conversation with Hillary Huber, Golden Voi...
2025 Golden Voice
37 min
99
Celebrating Kimberly Farr, Golden Voice Narrator
2025 Golden Voice
8 min
100
Celebrating Vikas Adam, Golden Voice Narrator
2025 Golden Voice
7 min