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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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THE JOY AND LIGHT BUS COMPANY by Alexander McCa...
Join the latest No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency adventure
5 min
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REVOLUTION IN OUR TIME by Kekla Magoon, read by...
On the origins of the Black Panther Party
7 min
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COMFORT ME WITH APPLES by Catherynne M. Valente...
Chills and thrills in a small package
5 min
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THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE by Alessandra Narváez V...
An evocative novel in verse
6 min
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WILL by Will Smith, Mark Manson, read by Will S...
Hear Will Smith on his life and Hollywood
6 min
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MIRACLE AND WONDER by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce H...
Talking with Paul Simon
5 min
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LOOK FOR ME AND I'LL BE GONE by John Edgar Wide...
A powerful collection of stories, well told
6 min
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THE LAST WINTER by Porter Fox, read by Jeremy A...
On climate change and those trying to save the world
5 min
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A THOUSAND TRAILS HOME by Seth Kantner, read by...
Explore changing Alaskan landscapes with caribou
6 min
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THE PROMISE by Damon Galgut, read by Peter Noble
Listen to the 2021 Booker Prize winner
5 min
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THE 1619 PROJECT by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The Ne...
Essential listening on U.S. History
6 min
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THE VANISHED DAYS by Susanna Kearsley, read by ...
A sweeping Scottish romance
6 min
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RICCARDINO by Andrea Camilieri, Stephen Sartare...
The final Inspector Montalbano mystery
5 min
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OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS by Gary Shteyngart, read by...
Quarantine in upstate New York!
6 min
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WISH YOU WERE HERE by Jodi Picoult, read by Mar...
Quarantine on the Galapagos!
6 min
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THE SENTENCE by Louise Erdrich, read by Louise ...
There’s someone haunting Birchbark Books
6 min
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LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by Ryka Aoki, read by...
A unique and wholly captivating sci-fi listen
7 min
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A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH by Darcie Little Badger,...
A YA fantasy celebrating friendship and storytelling
6 min
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THE KOREAN VEGAN COOKBOOK by Joanne Lee Molinar...
A delicious cookbook and captivating memoir
6 min
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THIS IS EAR HUSTLE by Nigel Poor, Earlonne Wood...
Moving stories of life in prison
6 min
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STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME by Jason Reynolds, re...
Excellent and lively family listening
6 min
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Interview with Natalie Naudus: 2021 Best Audiob...
Celebrating THE HEART PRINCIPLE and the Best Romance Audiobooks
6 min
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Interview with Louis Ozawa: 2021 Best Audiobooks
Honoring FACING THE MOUNTAIN and the best History & Biography audiobooks
9 min
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Interview with Amir Abdullah: 2021 Best Audiobooks
Celebrating BLACK BOY JOY and the Best Kids Audiobooks
10 min
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Interview with Karen Chilton: 2021 Best Audiobooks
On EARTHA & KITT and the year’s best Memoirs
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