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Summary: AudioFile magazine is all about audiobooks. We review and recommend the best audiobooks, helping you find your next great listen. If you are looking for good listening, top-notch performances and dynamic listening experiences, AudioFile is here for you. We are avid listeners and advocates for audiobooks. We're independent, and do not sell audiobooks. You can learn more from our print edition published 6x a year, read e-newsletters via email, or browse one of our Websites. Our reviews and awards are independent and unbiased. Our publications are supported by advertising and subscriptions. Explore AudioFile and find: Reviews of bestsellers, classics, fiction, mystery--all subjects. Focus on the audio performance. Interviews & behind-the-scenes with authors and narrators. Best of the Best audiobook recommendations http://www.audiofilemagazine.com

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 Audiofile Announcement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:00:40

Audiofile Magazine’s daily Sound Reviews are going away for the first three weeks of August, But we have exciting news, we will return on Monday August 27 with a new podcast called Behind the Mic with Audiofile . Editors and reviewers from AFM will give their recommendations for the best audiobook listening Mon thru Fr Plus we’ll feature monthly in-depth conversations with the best voices in the audiobook world. Thanks and we can’t wait for you to hear Behind the Mic with AudioFile beginning Tuesday Sept 4

 A NOISE DOWNSTAIRS by Linwood Barclay, read by George Newbern | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:25

Paul Davis is driving on a remote road when he stumbles upon a killer disposing of two bodies. Paul is brutally attacked but survives, and the killer is arrested. Newbern delivers taught suspense, depraved motivations, and gobsmacking twists. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/143776 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 CONAN DOYLE FOR THE DEFENSE by Margalit Fox, read by Peter Forbes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:35

Peter Forbes provides an impeccable narration of the shocking 1908 murder of an elderly Glasgow woman. The case drew the attention of Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the iconic fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. By using the Sherlockian technique of deduction, Forbes shows how Conan Doyle proved that the original trial offered no substantial evidence. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/143883 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 ROBIN by Dave Itzkoff, read by Fred Berman, Dave Itzkoff [Prologue and Epilogue] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:18

Narrator Fred Berman’s youthful enthusiasm percolates through his performance of this in-depth, detailed, and quite revealing biographical analysis of Robin Williams’s life and career. This audiobook’s brutal honesty is matched only by its sincerity and admiration for its subject. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/140773 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 KINGS OF THE YUKON by Adam Weymouth, read by Charlie Anson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:16

Narrator Charlie Anson does a fantastic job making listeners feel as though they are right beside the author as he travels the length of the Yukon—all 2,000 miles of it—in a canoe. KINGS OF THE YUKON is, ostensibly, the story of the salmon that once thrived in one of North America’s great rivers. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142082 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS by Julia Walton, read by Christopher Gebauer, Robert Fass | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:17

Narrator Christopher Gebauer delivers an engaging performance as a teen named Adam. Recently diagnosed with schizophrenia, Adam struggles with the condition, the side effects of the drug trial in which he is participating, and starting at a new school where no one knows of his past. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/146681/ Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 ORPHAN MONSTER SPY by Matt Killeen, read by Saskia Maarleveld, SoundReview. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:35

Saskia Maarleveld portrays a Jewish orphan, a U.S. spy, German students and strong, confident 15-year-old Sarah, in this thrilling WWII drama. She seamlessly delivers a wide range of accents, changing each according to the heroine's many roles as actress and spy. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138684/ Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 NEVERWORLD WAKE by Marisha Pessl, read by Phoebe Strole—Sound Sample | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:00

Audiobook sound sample and Audiobook review: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142153/neverworld-wake-by-marisha-pessl/

 PIECING ME TOGETHER by Renée Watson, read by Renée Watson—Sound Sample | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:12

Audiobook sound sample and Audiobook review: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/141927/piecing-me-together-by-renée-watson/

 BLOOD WATER PAINT by Joy McCullough, read by Xe Sands—Sound Sample | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:56

Audiobook sound sample and Audiobook review: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138686/blood-water-paint-by-joy-mccullough/

 THE SKY AT OUR FEET by Nadia Hashimi, read by Kirby Heyborne, SoundReview. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:38

Kirby Heyborne narrates this timely, painful story. He embodies Jason D, born in America to an Afghani mother and an Afghani journalist father killed while working for the Americans. We hear Jason’s panic and fear as he witnesses his mother being taken from work by authorities. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/138672/ Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 WHAT THE EYES DON’T SEE by Mona Hanna-Attisha, Sound Review | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:39

Pediatrician Hanna-Attisha presents a personal story of Flint, Michigan, as it deals with its health crisis, which began in 2014. This is a powerfully narrated story of unacceptable events that are turned around by the author's determination as well as the support she receives in the midst of adversity. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142160 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 THE OTHER WOMAN by Daniel Silva, Read by George Guidall, Sound Review | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:30

Golden Voice George Guidall continues his narration of the Gabriel Allon series. Listeners will be swiftly carried along by Guidall's confident voice and varied accents as he recounts Allon's search for a mole in the highest levels of Western intelligence. Listeners will be treated to masterful writing delivered by an expert storyteller. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142842 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN by Ndaba Mandela Read by Michael Boatman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:14

"Going to the mountain" is the English translation of the Xhosa coming-of-age rite, which Ndaba undertook--in more ways than one--under his famous grandfather's watchful eye. Narrator Boatman captures the wonder and gratitude of Ndaba the man for a coming-of-age he realizes, in retrospect, was an extraordinary gift. Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142097 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Read by Lisa Flanagan, Sound Review | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:27

Novik updates the story of Rumpelstiltskin with a wildly original fantasy tale that has all the markings of a future classic. A young woman with a special gift attempts to save her family but is swept up in world of magic and demons Read the full AudioFile review at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/142020 Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio

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