Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine
Find your next great audiobook on our podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need. Want more? Listen to our bonus episodes featuring conversations with the best voices in the audiobook industry.
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BLOWING THE BLOODY DOORS OFF by Michael Caine, ...
Spend a few hours with actor Michael Caine as he tells the story of his professional life. In his recognizable English accent, he offers humorous, candid opinions on his career, including his films, plays, and costars.
3 min
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KINGDOM OF THE BLIND by Louise Penny, read by R...
Armand Gamache is named an executor of a stranger’s will along with two other residents of Three Pines. Narrator Robert Bathurst brings a world-weary quality to Gamache while still capturing the character’s steady, compassionate nature.
3 min
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BECOMING by Michelle Obama, read by Michelle Obama
A perfect audiobook. The former first lady shares her intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir, and listeners experience it as if she were sitting beside them.
3 min
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LOOK ALIVE TWENTY-FIVE by Janet Evanovich, read...
Stephanie Plum is still burning down the house and taking names after 25 episodes. Lula and Stephanie go undercover at the Red River Deli. Evanovich’s sassy comic mystery series is even more memorable in Lorelei King’s performances.
4 min
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THE HUNGER GAMES: SPECIAL EDITION by Suzanne Co...
Return to Panem to celebrate the 10th anniversary of THE HUNGER GAMES with a captivating new production, narrated by actress Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”). Her portrayal of Katniss gets the gritty determination and fierce protectiveness.
4 min
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ALL THAT JAZZ by Ethan Mordden, read by Joel Fr...
Learn the history of the musical “Chicago” with narrator Joel Froomkin as your delightful guide. Author Ethan Mordden gives us lots of juicy backstory about the famous and infamous and their assorted connections to the characters in the play.
3 min
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WRECKED by Joe Ide, read by Sullivan Jones
New L.A. noir featuring Isaiah Quintabe (IQ), a struggling PI who knows how to get around L.A.’s South Central neighborhoods. Two previous episodes with IQ will also appeal to listeners, with Sullivan Jones giving Earphones-worthy narration.
3 min
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THE GREAT AMERICAN READ: THE BOOK OF BOOKS by J...
Broadcast journalist Meredith Viera invites fellow book lovers to join her in discovering and rediscovering the 100 books discussed in the PBS series “The Great American Read.” Robin Miles adds a smoothly delivered audiobook spin.
3 min
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LARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING by Donna Andrews, ...
Donna Andrews continues her series of cozy mysteries with avian themes. Amateur sleuth Meg Langslow deals with the discovery of a live baby in a nativity creche. Narrator Bernadette Dunne has narrated all 24 audiobooks in the series.
4 min
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MARVEL: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN by Various Authors, ...
A year’s worth of comics transformed into a “movie for your mind” with a dynamic full cast of actors and a giddy array of sound effects. Each character—Avengers and X-men—gets a special voice and point of view in a fascinating audio comic adventure.
5 min
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LU by Jason Reynolds, read by Guy Lockard
Jason Reynolds’s celebrated Track series—GHOST (National Book Award finalist), PATINA, and SUNNY—concludes with Lu, the fast, flashy “fine-o albino” co-captain of the Defenders track team. Another great choice for middle-grade listeners.
4 min
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HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH? by N.K. Jemis...
Science Fiction and fantasy author N.K. Jemisin offers her first collection of short fiction with themes such as feminism, otherness, relationships, motherhood, power, fertility, and dreams. A stellar cast of seven narrators amplifies the stories.
6 min
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MELMOTH by Sarah Perry, read by Jan Cramer
Author Sarah Perry (THE ESSEX SERPENT) offers a haunting postmodern Gothic tale. Jan Cramer wraps listeners in the dark cloak of this fantasy of the elusive dark-robed figure of Melmoth, who watches humanity’s dark deeds.
5 min
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LUMBERJANES: THE GOOD EGG by Mariko Tamaki, rea...
Audio is the perfect medium for the adventures, goofy songs, and deadpan wit with the kids at this camp for Hardcore Lady-Types. Narrator Cobb makes the Lumberjanes perfect family listening, making the transition from comics to audiobooks with aplomb.
5 min
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Interview with Heath Miller on SPACE OPERA
On our 2018 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy list, Heath Miller’s narration of SPACE OPERA shines. Heath discusses narrating this intergalactic spectacle written by Catherynne Valente, creating an unforgettable and hilarious listening experience.
8 min
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Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Audiobooks 2018 ...
Science Fiction & Fantasy favorites from Lara Elena Donnelly, Catherynne M. Valente, Naomi Novik, Stephen King, R.F. Kuang, and Jesse J. Holland all made it onto our list of 2018 Best Audiobooks. See the full list at audiofilemagazine.com/bestof/
7 min
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Best Memoir Audiobooks 2018 from AudioFile Maga...
Memoirs by Michelle Obama, Tara Westover, Ndaba Mandela, Cecile Richards, Seymour M. Hersh, and Deborah Levy are winners for this year’s AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobooks. Get the full list of 2018 Best Audiobooks at audiofilemagazine.com/bestof
6 min
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Interview with Brittany Pressley on THE SOMETIM...
Brittany Pressley discusses narrating a 2018 Best Romance audiobook. Brittany brings Carolyn Brown’s contemporary romance THE SOMETIMES SISTERS to life. Three estranged sisters are brought back together to fulfill their Granny’s dying wish.
7 min
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Best Romance Audiobooks 2018 from AudioFile Mag...
Romance Audiobooks from Jude Deveraux, Susanna Malcolm, May McGoldrick, Carly Robins, and Carolyn Brown. Featuring sound clips from Nicholas Boulton and Susan Bennett. Discover the full Best Audiobooks of 2018 list at audiofilemagazine.com/bestof
6 min
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Interview with Fiona Hardingham on THE LONG-LOS...
Fiona Hardingham’s exuberance and charm shine through in THE LONG-LOST HOME, one of our 2018 Best Children’s Audiobooks picks. We discuss the array of voices that Fiona uses to create a satisfying conclusion to the Incorrigible Children series.
8 min
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Best Children's Audiobooks 2018 from AudioFile ...
2018 Best Children’s and Family Audiobooks from Lesa Cline-Ransome, Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo, Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, Maryrose Wood, and Alex Gino. Discover the full Best Audiobooks of 2018 list at audiofilemagazine.com/bestof
8 min
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Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks 2018 from Au...
2018 Best Mystery audiobooks by Michael Connelly, Nicci French, Louise Penny, Robert Galbraith, Ruth Ware, and Daniel Silva, with narrations by Robert Glenister, Imogen Church, and more. Full Best Audiobooks of 2018 list at audiofilemagazine.com/bestof
6 min
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Interview with January LaVoy on ELIZA HAMILTON
AudioFile’s interview with narrator January LaVoy takes listeners behind the scenes of 2018 Best Biography Audiobook pick ELIZA HAMILTON. Find the complete 2018 Best Audiobooks list at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/bestof/
6 min
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Best Biography & History Audiobooks 2018 from A...
2018 Best Audiobooks from Zora Neale Hurston, Tilar J. Mazzeo, Robert F. Kennedy, Maxwell King, and Jon Meacham, with standout narrations by talented narrators. Discover the full Best Audiobooks of 2018 list at audiofilemagazine.com/bestof
7 min
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Interview with Sunil Malhotra on I HAVE LOST MY...
Sunil Malhotra’s narration of I HAVE LOST MY WAY got him on our 2018 Best Audiobooks list! He talks about sharing the narration with Nicole Lewis and Michael Crouch of a story about what happens when three strangers collide in Central Park.
7 min