Does narrator gender play a role in audiobook sales? This and this week’s audiobook news & reviews. We also have some suggestions for audiobooks to listen to while you travel this holiday season.
News
- Entertainment Weekly reports that Rosamund Pike narrates new Pride and Prejudice audiobook
- In Harvard Business Review Whitney Johnson discusses why she chose a male narrator for her most recent audiobook
- Chicago Tribune suggests audiobook gifts to give
- The Bookseller reports that Roy McMillan of Penguin/Random House won Best Audiobook/Readings Producer at this year’s Radio Production Awards
- Bustle suggests 9 audiobooks to listen to on Thanksgiving road trips
- Eargasm Audiobook Reviews features a spotlight on narrator Saskia Maarleveld and Arika Rapson
- AudioGals interviews narrator Mary Jane Wells
- Audio Book Reviewer interviews narrator Scott Thomas and Pamela Almand
- Audio Book Reviewer also features this week’s new releases in Horror, Science Fiction, and Thriller
Reviews
- Mugglenet reviews Carmilla, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, narrated by Phoebe Fox
- That’s What She Read reviews Lock In, by John Scalzi, narrated by Wil Wheaton (or Amber Benton)
- The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog reviews Forever Your Earl, by Eva Leigh, narrated by Carmen Rose and For You, by Kristen Ashley, narrated by Liz Thompson
- Good Books & Good Wine reviews Sparkers, by Eleanor Glewwe, narrated by Phoebe Strole
- Literate Housewife reviews Everybody Rise, by Stephanie Clifford, narrated by Katherine Kellgren
- Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh my! reviews Murder on Astor Place, by Victoria Thompson, narrated by Callie Beaulieu
- Kindles & Wine reviews Bright Side, by Kim Holden, narrated by Lidia Dornet and Roger Wayne and Gus, by Kim Holden, narrated by Lidia Dornet and Alex Kydd
- Reading with ABC reviews Finding Audrey, by Sophie Kinsella, narrated by Gemma Whelan
- The Absurd Book Nerd reviews A Desperate Fortune, by Susanna Kearsley, narrated by Katherine Kellgren
- Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews reviews The Single Undead Moms Club, by Molly Harper, narrated by Amanda Ronconi
- Wicked Lil Pixie reviews Gray Bishop, by Kelly Meade, narrated by Xe Sands
- Muggle-Born reviews Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, by Isabel Quintero, narrated by Kyla Garcia
- Kris and Vik Book Therapy Cafe reviews Under Different Stars, by Amy A. Bartol, narrated by Kate Rudd
- Review Room reviews Love May Fail, by Matthew Quick, narrated by Cris Dukehart and a full cast
- Prism Book Alliance reviews Face Value, by R.J. Scott, narrated by Sean Crisden
- Nick Duffel reviews Love Casts Out Fear, by Brother Nathan, narrated by Youssif Kamal
- Joyfully Jay reviews Piece by Piece, by Teodora Kostova, narrated by George A. Thorn
- Booklovers for Life reviews Tempt Me Like This, by Bella Andre, narrated by Eva Kaminsky
- Bewitched Bookworms reviews Swords and Scoundrels, by Julia Knight, narrated by Angele Masters
- T’s Stuff reviews They Never Die Quietly, by D.M. Annechino, narrated by Christina Traister
- Shelf Addiction reviews Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness, narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
- Timothy C. Ward reviews Mountain Man Omnibus, by Keith C. Blackmore, narrated by R.C. Bray
- My World… in books and pages reviews The Rules of Supervillainy, by C.T. Phipps, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
- Always With a Book reviews Where Memories Lie, by Sibel Hodge, narrated by Anna Parker-Naples
- The Book Nympho reviews A Winter Wedding, by Brenda Novak, narrated by Monique Makena and Wolf Trouble, by Paige Tyler, narrated by Abby Craden
- Dab of Darkness reviews
- Hard-Luck Harry, by Michelle Rabe, narrated by Chase Johnson
- Corridors of Night, by Anne Perry, narrated by David Collacci
- The Blood of Brothers, by Domino Finn, narrated by Jason Jewett
- Bury Me, by Tara Sivec, narrated by Stephanie Willis
- Freedom Club, by Saul Garnell, narrated by Fred Wolinksy
- The Lesson Plan, written and read by G.J. Prager
- Dynamite, by J.C. Hulsey, narrated by J. Scott Bennett
- Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person, by Barbara Venkataraman, narrated by Carrie Lee Martz
- AudioGals reviews
- Genuine Lies, by Nora Roberts, narrated by Joyce Bean
- The Visitant, by Megan Chance, narrated by Julia Whelan
- The Other Duke, by Jess Michaels, narrated by Danielle O’Farrell
- After You, by Jojo Moyes, narrated by Anna Acton
- The Vampire’s Mail Order Bride, by Kristen Painter, narrated by B.J. Harrison
- Power Play, by Tiffany Snow, narrated by Laura Hopatcong
- Cold-Hearted Rake, by Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Mary Jane Wells
- Audiothing Audiobook & Narrator Reviews reviews Silence: The Faces of Evil, by Debra Webb, narrated by Alicia Bordon
- Audio Book Reviewer reviews
- The Heart Goes Last, by Margaret Atwood, narrated by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Deakins
- The Second Tree, by John Butziger, narrated by Scott Thomas
- Turtle Island, by Darren Laws, narrated by Carmen Beaubeaux
- Deadland Rising, by Rachel Aukes, narrated by Hollie Jackson
- Whispered Pain, by Ashley Fontainne, narrated by Andrea Emmes
- The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post Apocalyptic Collapse, by Franklin Horton, narrated by Kevin Pierce
- Ashes of the Unspeakable, by Franklin Horton, narrated by Kevin Pierce
- The Long Way Down, by Craig Schaefer, narrated by Adam Verner
- The Contamination of Sandra Wolfe, by Derek J. Goodman, narrated by Coleen Marlo
- Here Comes Earth: Emergence, by William Lee Gordon, narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
- The Acolyte, by Nick Cutter, narrated by Jonathan Yen
- Bring Down the Furies, by Parker Francis, narrated by Curt Simmons (+ Giveaway)
- Leaving Lottawatah, by Evelyn David, narrated by Lisa Kelly
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