Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

Hear narrator Anthony Rey Perez on SAL AND GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE, one of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Children & Family Listening audiobooks. It’s a moving and humorous story centered around a Cuban-American kid in Miami who can tear holes between universes.

Join narrator Moira Quirk and Robin Whitten to discover GIDEON THE NINTH, Tamsyn Muir’s highly original audiobook on our list of the 2019 Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror listens. Moira’s narration captures the snark along with the supernatural mystery.

Listen as narrator JD Jackson discusses Attica Locke’s latest mystery, HEAVEN, MY HOME, one of our 2019 Best Mysteries. JD’s appealing baritone brings the complex mystery and East Texas characters to life.

Engaging narration from George Newbern makes this vivid work of history come to life for listeners. THE BRITISH ARE COMING is one of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Audiobooks, and George joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb for a conversation about this History winner.

Join narrator Rupert Degas and Robin Whitten to learn about THE AYE-AYE AND I, Gerald Durrell’s memoir of his journeys to find endangered animals for his Jersey Zoo. Degas nails the linguistic challenges and beautifully captures Durrell’s wit and personality.

Hear narrator Frankie Corzo and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss the emotional impact of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ, one of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Nonfiction and Culture Audiobooks. It’s a timely and harrowing examination of immigration.

Narrator Jason Culp joins Robin Whitten to talk about his work on Emma Donoghue’s AKIN, one of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Audiobooks. Hear Jason’s insights into the making of this literary drama set in the French Riviera, with a delightfully odd duo.

Discover AudioFile’s 2019 Best Audiobooks! There are diverse, deeply personal, and timely stories for listeners of all ages. Our picks in 9 categories celebrate the skill and dedication of the narrators as well as everyone who works behind the scenes.

Robert Harris’s latest is an expertly performed audiobook. A dystopian world, a murder mystery, and the high action of a thriller? Listeners will be drawn into this unique and genre-bending story and its slow revelations.

An exciting, thought-provoking, and highly satisfying mystery set in 1962. Famed Nazi hunter Max Weill sees an elusive Nazi in a park in Hamburg, and he puts his newphew on the trail. Jonathan Davis gives an unparalleled performance of Kanon’s latest.

Journey through 1930s Appalachia with the Packhorse Librarians in a new historical fiction listen. Julia Whelan’s gifted narration and the lush descriptions of the rural landscape in Jojo Moyes’s latest make this an audiobook to remember.

Listeners will be on the edges of their seats with Alan Furst’s latest historical thriller. Narrator Peter Noble’s skill evoking the danger and uncertainty of WWII Europe draws listeners into the story of a crime novelist who becomes a spy.

Lively listening for your next family road trip. You won’t want to miss this delightful children’s audiobook written and read by Sophie Dahl, which transports listeners to the Mermaid Hotel and a young detective investigating a mysterious new lodger.

A former sheriff follows his strong-willed wife on a journey to reconnect with their grandson. Travel back to the 1950s in North Dakota and Montana in this historical fiction audiobook centered on a feud between families and the grief of losing a son.

Enlightening glimpses into the rich history of the Notre-Dame Cathedral are performed with deep affection and skill. Author Ken Follett brings his knowledge and expert scene building into this history written in response to the devastating fire.