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Meg Wolitzer’s words and Jen Tullock’s performance join forces to create three-dimensional characters whose friendship spans the period between their teenage years at an artsy summer camp and their mid-life years in and around New York City. Tullock brings a contemporary feel to this contemporary novel. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

Cathy Marie Buchanan’s realistic story, based on sisters Antoinette, Marie – the model for “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” by Edgar Dégas –and Charlotte van Goethem, is enhanced by the understated, unsentimental performances of Cassandra Campbell, Julia Whelan, and Danny Campbell. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

Ruth Ozeki’s novel illustrates the interconnectedness of all things. Her reading is warm and immedte. The story alternates between Ruth, a blocked writer living on an island off British Columbia, and Nao, a suicidal Japanese schoolgirl whose diary she finds in a Hello Kitty lunch box on the beach. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

Forty-nine actors come together in a tour de force to create an amazing audiobook version of Marvel Comics' game-changing series, Civil War. Captain America and others refuse to be conscripted and start a war that splits the superhero community. Music and sound effects further enhance the experience. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobookshygrf Hachette Audio

Brigid Quinn is the 59-year-old, funny but grim heroine of this debut mystery filled with serial killers, fast-paced action, FBI procedures, and an engaging romantic subplot. Judy Kaye delivers Brigid’s wisecracks in a matter-of-fact but easy-to-listen manner. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

Computer pioneer Ray Kurzweil introduces his idea that intelligent machines will be able to address some of humankind’s greatest challenges. Christopher Lane’s sonority and silky-smooth phrasing provide the artistic touch needed to offset this book’s intellectual weightiness. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

This full-cast, impressively produced drama takes you right into the action of a Third World War. The convincing backstory is cleverly exposed through news reports and dialogue. Scenes switch from dogfights in the sky to battle on the ground to tense dialogue without ever confusing the listener. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

Joe Spork inadvertently sets off a doomsday machine while repairing an old clock. The lilt in Daniel Weyman’s voice and his adept use of tone and pacing define Joe and sharpen the personalities of many secondary characters — from geniuses to crazy monks – in Nick Harkaway’s wonderful novel. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

Pat’s been in “the bad place”—a mental health facility— and although he’s going home, he’s not really well yet. With superb understatement, Ray Porter lets us feel Pat’s struggle toward mental health. He is top-notch as he delivers Pat’s naïve dreams of ending “apart time” with his estranged wife. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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 Hachette Audio

This Full cast recording gives a general overview of the ‘unsinkable’ TITANIC. Especially compelling are the accounts of survivors of the ill-fated vessel. In a way the print experience could not, multiple narrators transform the ship’s sinking into a personal story. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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. Hachette Audio

Narrator James Colby breezes through Red Sox lore and brings the story’s drama to life. The concluding interview with the author offers insights into baseball, his inspirations, and his writing craft. Baseball enthusiasts will delight in Ritter’s ode to baseball and friendship. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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. Hachette Audio

Will Collyer's performance illuminates a young father's compelling love for his 6-year-old child. Collyer provides Eric Schroder, an East German immigrant, with the full spectrum of human emotions, offering a heartbreaking portrait of devoted fatherhood and impending loss. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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. Hachette Audio

Anna Leanowens relates her experiences as teacher to the children and wives of the King of Siam in 1862. Anne Flosnik narrates these charming vignettes, smoothly delivering complicated Asian names and revealing moments in Anna’s life, and the lives of those in the palace. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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. Hachette Audio

Toshi Widoff-Woodson’s light, airy voice is perfect for Clover’s story of two young girls getting to know about one another – splashing in puddles, sharing their names, comparing what their mothers say, jumping rope – and learning to deal with a deep racial divide because, “That’s the way it’s always been.” Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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. Hachette Audio

In this collection of 3 Westerns, narrator Jeff Harding portrays the cowboys with a gritty timbre, which he softens for women. In “Commanche Legend,” Caddo Adair encounters difficulties as he attempts to capture Custer’s wild horse, Commanche , after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Read the full AudioFile review Support for AudioFile's Sound Reviews comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio 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. Hachette Audio