Celebrate Great Listens | Audio in Depth Starred Reviews

The best audiobooks highlighted in the December Audio in Depth issue include a work of cozy magical realism, a laugh-out-loud memoir, and an extraordinary consideration of wasps.

FICTION

Allen, Sarah Addison. Other Birds. Brilliance Audio. 

Armfield, Julia. Our Wives Under the Sea. Dreamscape Audio.

Carty-Williams, Candice. People Person. S. & S. Audio. 

Hannaham, James. Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta. Hachette Audio. 

Hutson, Ashley. One’s Company. OrangeSky Audio. 

Kolluri, Talia Lakshmi. What We Fed to the Manticore. Recorded Books. 

Liew, Jamie Chai Yun. Dandelion. ECW. 

Montimore, Margarita. Acts of Violet. Macmillan Audio.

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. Books on Tape. 


MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Ayatsuji, Yukito. The Decagon House Murders. Tantor Audio. 

Raybourn, Deanna. Killers of a Certain Age. Books on Tape. 

Toyne, Simon. Dark Objects. HarperAudio. 


HORROR

Malerman, Josh. Daphne. Books on Tape. 


ROMANCE

MacLean, Sarah. Heartbreaker. HarperAudio. 


SF/FANTASY

Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn. Books on Tape. 


ARTS & HUMANITIES

Leggero, Natasha. The World Deserves My Children. S. & S. Audio. 


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ndiaye, Mamadou. 100 Animals That Can F*cking End You. Hachette Audio. 

Sumner, Seirian. Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps. HarperAudio. 

Tyson, Neil Degrasse. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization. Macmillan Audio. 


SOCIAL SCIENCES

Daly, Kim. The True Crime File: Serial Killers, Famous Kidnappings, Great Cons, Survivors & Their Stories, Forensics, Oddities & Absurdities, Quotes & Quizzes. Hachette Audio. 

Hauser, CJ. The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays. Books on Tape. 

Johnson, Stephanie & Brandon Stanton. Tanqueray. Macmillan Audio. 

Mercado, Mia. She’s Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good. HarperAudio. 

Mestyanek Young, Daniella. Uncultured. Macmillan Audio.

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