Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

Meet 5th grader Mia Tang. Her qualities of cheer, ingenuity, and resilience see her through transitions and challenges when she helps her parents manage a motel by taking over the front desk.

Christopher Skaife’s memoir of his life as a Yeoman Warder—aka Beefeater—and Ravenmaster of the ravens of the Tower of London. Learn about “The Magnificent Seven” ravens. Charming, irreverent, and informative listening.

The author of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place audiobook series, Maryrose Wood talks about her special relationship with the two narrators who performed her titles. She also shares some delicious tidbits about the Incorrigibles series.

In the run-up to Thanksgiving, enjoy food writer, GOURMET MAGAZINE editor, and restaurant critic Ruth Reichl’s memoirs MY KITCHEN YEAR: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life and GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES. Let her audiobooks inspire you for the holidays.

A scintillating performance of Italo Calvino’s first novel, written when he was 23, just a few years after the end of WWII. A young cobbler’s apprentice becomes involved with a group of partisans in German-occupied Italy.

A tale of mystery, thievery, and murder unfolds over 150 years from an English country house to present-day London. “Downton Abbey” alum Joanne Froggatt skillfully engages listeners in every scene, inhabiting all the accents and personalities.

Jack Reacher continues his fight for justice. Iconic loner and mysterious stranger Reacher adds another caper to the hugely popular audiobook series. Scott Brick—a new voice for the series—admirably fills Reacher’s big shoes.

Honoring Remembrance Day, Ackerman’s novel puts human faces on the challenges and losses of veterans, friends, and families. This part romance, part ghost story is told by Eden’s Marine buddy who died in the explosion that left Eden so severely wounded.

Let Lin-Manuel Miranda greet or close your day—how joyful and inspiring! The creator and star of “Hamilton” offers intimate affirmations—sometimes sweet, sometimes moving, sometimes funny—compiled from years of his posts on Twitter.

Founding member of Monty Python and creator of “Spamalot,” Eric Idle delivers his “sortabiography” in one of the funniest audiobooks of the year. No one else could narrate, and Idle will have you revisiting Monty Python classics and singing along.

L.A. Detective Harry Bosch is joined by young, fierce police detective Renée Ballard, who Connelly introduced in THE LATE SHOW. They collaborate on a cold case. The narrators—Titus Welliver and Christine Lakin—are an Earphones-winning duo.

SWING by Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess, read by Kwame Alexander

Part memoir, part tribute to libraries and librarians, this fascinating audiobook written and narrated by the author of THE ORCHID THIEF is full of bizarre factoids about the Los Angeles Public Library and the library’s catastrophic 1986 fire.

Baldwin’s 1961 essay collection is an audiobook for the first time and sheds light on one of America’s great writers and social observers. THE FIRE NEXT TIME was published two years later. Narrator Kevin Kenerly gives a knock-out performance.

Maritime historian Philbrick (IN THE HEART OF THE SEA) explores the key role the French navy played in the American Revolution prior to the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. An AudioFile Earphones Award goes to narrator Scott Brick.