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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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 DEATH BELOW STAIRS by Jennifer Ashley, read by Anne-Marie Piazza | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:34

Anne-Marie Piazza’s proper English accent is perfect for this murder mystery set in Victorian London. A a cook’s assistant at a Mayfair mansion is murdered. Piazza perfectly voices the various classes and accents of the characters who range from servants to aristocrats Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135910/ 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 GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah, read by Julia Whelan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:10

Julia Whelan’s performance of this complex story of survival and family set in a 1970s Alaskan homesteading community, creates a don’t-miss listening experience. With pitch-perfect timing and a touch of drama, Whelan exquisitely builds the tension creating a mood of foreboding. Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135828/ 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

 METAMORPHOSIS by Franz Kafka, read by Benedict Cumberbatch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:11

In this classic of 20th C. literature, Gregor Samsa awakens as a giant insect. Benedict Cumberbatch emphasizes the paradoxical humanity of Gregor's dilemma, but does not make the story any less weird or disturbing. No one could do that and be faithful to the text. Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135787/ 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

 I AM, I AM, I AM by Maggie O'Farrell, read by Daisy Donovan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:21

Daisy Donovan delivers this collection of interconnected remembrances, a memoir offering an examination of life through brushes with death. Donovan's pacing and appealing accent make the vignettes come alive. Her tone exudes a veneer of vulnerability overlaying a steely strength 
 Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135768/ 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 DISAPPEARANCE OF WINTER'S DAUGHTER by Michael J. Sullivan, read by Tim Gerard Reynolds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:36

Tim Gerard Reynolds delivers the fourth in the Riyria Chronicles featuring professional thieves Hadrian and Royce. As Royce chases magical creatures across the city’s rooftops and Hadrian battles mortals in the streets below, Reynolds makes the bantering dialogue a joy.   Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135765/ 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

 LORD JAMES HARRINGTON AND THE WINTER MYSTERY by Lynn Florkiewicz, read by David Thorpe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:09

David Thorpe flawlessly delivers this 1950s English country house mystery. Harrington and wife Beth, open their estate to villagers. The story’s tone changes when murder makes an appearance after the Christmas play, “The Devil Incarnate,” pits locals against each other. Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135730/ 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

 MERCY STREET by Tess Evans, read by Michael Veitch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:27

75-year-old George is isn’t dealing well with his wife’s death. When he’s mugged, streetwise Angie rescues him and, once she and her young daughter move in with him, changes his life. Michael Veitch’s thoughtful delivery enhances this sublime story, set in 1970s Australia. Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135713/ 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

 SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo, read by Bahni Turpin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:25

Bahni Turpin’s impassioned voice clearly conveys the gravity of this book on race and racism. Turpin allows us time to absorb the impact of topics from Affirmative Action to police brutality. She engagingly reads real-life examples Oluo uses to illustrate complex concepts.   Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135670/ 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

 Janis Ian, Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and audiobook narrator talks with AudioFile | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:33

Listen to a conversation with Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and audiobook narrator, Janis Ian. She tells AudioFile about how she came to create and produce audiobooks, including SOCIETY'S CHILD her memoir that won both a Spoken Word Grammy and an Audie Award. Find more about Janis's audiobooks, http://bit.ly/2qgflR0

 THE MAN ON THE MOUNTAINTOP by Susan Trott, adapted by Libby Spurrier, and read by a Full Cast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:24

Stanley Tucci and Toby Jones bring their versatile talents to this story of a holy man whom long lines of pilgrims desperately want to meet but few come to understand. Tucci’s direct and gentle narration keeps this superb full-cast performance on track and flowing. Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135659/ 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

 A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CULTURE by John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle, read by Jim Denison | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:14

Jim Denison delivers this guide to engaging the world with Christian urgency. Part apologetic and part field manual, Denison walks the fine line between reading narrative and calling for action with skill and care. He delivers the goods as he reads this much needed book.
 Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135647/ 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

 DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA by Walter Mosley, read by Dion Graham | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:18

Dion Graham’s rich, smooth voice takes us into the world of P.I., Joe King Oliver. Once the victim of a frame-up, Oliver is given the opportunity to get to the truth behind that set-up and help free a black man accused of killing two corrupt police officers. 
 Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135641/ 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

 FRANKENSTEIN and THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by M Shelley and S T Coleridge read by C Hayward | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:22

Clive Hayward passionately narrates Mary Shelley’s timeless novel. Haywood’s artful portrayals of Frankenstein and the the Creature, are at once terrifying and heartbreaking. A second work, Coleridge’s classic poem, clearly demonstrates the poem’s influence on Shelley.   Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135608/ Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from GraphicAudio “A Movie in Your Mind” Audio Entertainment. Featuring over 1,000 Action Adventure Titles from Over 100 Series performed by a Full Cas

 ELMET by Fiona Mozley, read by Gareth Bennett-Ryan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:10

A finalist for this year’s Man Booker Prize, Mozley’s first novel, a unique literary achievement, offers a memorable match of voice and text. Gareth Bennett-Ryan turns an atmosphere of mystery into a meticulously detailed contemporary northern England, ungoverned and menacing. Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135585/ Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from GraphicAudio “A Movie in Your Mind” Audio Entertainment. Featuring over 1,000 Action Adventure Titles from Over 100 Series performed by a Full Cast of Actors with Sounds Effects and Cinematic Music. @GraphicAudio  www.GraphicAudio.net

 THE FIRST DAY by Phil Harrison, read by Gerard Doyle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:31

Gerard Doyle dons his finest Belfast accent in this intense and tangled story of an affair between a married evangelical pastor and a graduate student. Doyle’s delivery ensures every phrase, every paragraph, every Biblical quote has the sound and weight of an epiphany.
 Read the full audiofile review at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/135558/ Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from GraphicAudio “A Movie in Your Mind” Audio Entertainment. Featuring over 1,000 Action Adventure Titles from Over 100 Series performed by a Full Cast of Actors with Sounds Effects and Cinematic Music. @GraphicAudio  www.GraphicAudio.net

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