More Great Listening for Audiobook Lovers

One source for great audiobook recommendations is the recently released annual RUSA Listen List. (RUSA is a division of the American Library Association). This list highlights audiobooks with extraordinary narrations that merit special attention by a general adult audience. You can view the entire list here.

Here are some highlights from the list that you can borrow from your library. There is something for almost every audiobook listener here. 

For short story listeners from a short story master:

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories by Stephen King

(available on CD and downloadable through MyMediaMall)

Sometimes scary, sometimes sad, King’s collection of career-spanning stories is read by a talented cast of actors.

For fans of historical romance:

Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn, narrated by Rosalyn Landor

(available on CD and downloadable through MyMediaMall)

If you enjoyed A Man Called Ove:

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick, narrated by James Langton (available on CD and downloadable through MyMediaMall and hoopla)

If you are a fan of Downton Abbey, this historical melodrama might be for you:

Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia by Julian Fellowes, narrated by Juliet Stevenson

(available on CD and downloadable through MyMediaMall)

For dog lovers:

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley, narrated by Michael Urie

(available on CD, Playaway and downloadable through MyMediaMall)

For fans of historical fiction and the American West:

News of the World by Paulette Jiles, narrated by Grover Gardner

(available on CD)

If you like your crime fiction mixed with humor:

Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen, narrated by John Rubinstein

(available on CD, Playaway and downloadable through MyMediaMall)

If you like keeping up with award-winning books:

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, narrated by Bahni Turpin

(available on CD, Playaway and downloadable through MyMediaMall)