Starred Reviews | Audio in Depth

Starred audiobooks reviewed in our September 2023 Audio in Depth issue, spanning mystery and suspense, SF/fantasy, romance, arts, sciences, and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crime Fiction

Clevenger, Craig. Mother Howl. Watkins. Jun. 2023. 11:02 hrs. ISBN 9781915523198. $24.04. THRILLER

Cosby, S.A. All the Sinners Bleed. Macmillan Audio. Jun. 2023. 13:05 hrs. ISBN 9781250897626. $26.99. THRILLER

Cosimano, Elle. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun. Macmillan Audio. (Finlay Donovan, Bk. 3). Jan. 2023. 8:38 hrs. ISBN 9781250881748. $19.99. M

Goldberg, Lee. Malibu Burning. Brilliance Audio. (Sharpe & Walker, Bk. 1). Sept. 2023. 8:06 hrs. ISBN 9781978699519. $35.99. THRILLER

Gray, Claudia. The Late Mrs. Willoughby. Books on Tape. (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery, Bk. 2). May 2023. 12:20 hrs. ISBN 9780593739365. $95. M

Heard, Wendy. You Can Trust Me. Books on Tape. Jun. 2023. 9:37 hrs. ISBN 9780593743119. $76. THRILLER

Khavari, Kate. A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality. Dreamscape Media. (Saffron Everleigh, Bk. 2). Jun. 2023. 11:19 hrs. ISBN 9781666634013. $17.99. M

Lapena, Shari. Everyone Here Is Lying. Books on Tape. Jul. 2023. 9:30 hrs. ISBN 9780593741108. $85.50. SUSPENSE

Ware, Ruth. Zero Days. S. & S. Audio. Jun. 2023. 13:57 hrs. ISBN 9781797154824. $24.99. THRILLER

SF/Fantasy

Darwin, Alexander. The Combat Codes. Hachette Audio. (The Combat Codes, Bk. 1). Jun. 2023. 15:01 hrs. ISBN 9781668622155. $31.99. SF

Paolini, Christopher. Fractal Noise. Macmillan Audio. (Fractalverse, Bk. 2). May 2023. 9:57 hrs. ISBN 9781250870995. $26.99. SF

Tesh, Emily. Some Desperate Glory. Macmillan Audio. Apr. 2023. 15:56 hrs. ISBN 9781250870773. $32.99. SF

Willis, Connie. The Road to Roswell. Books on Tape. Jun. 2023. 14:01 hrs. ISBN 9780593743034. $95. SF

Horror

Enriquez, Mariana. Our Share of Night. Books on Tape. Feb. 2023. tr. from Spanish by Megan McDowell. 27:17 hrs. ISBN 9780593663165. $95. HORROR

Juliano, Jimmy. Dead Eleven. Books on Tape. Jun. 2023. 13:13 hrs. ISBN 9780593742679. $95. HORROR

Pelayo, Cynthia. The Shoemaker’s Magician. OrangeSky Audio. (Chicago Saga, Bk. 2). Mar. 2023. 10:01 hrs. ISBN 9781669661900. $19.99. HORROR

Romance

Adler, Sarah. Mrs. Nash’s Ashes. Books on Tape. May 2023. 9:29 hrs. ISBN 9780593739471. $76. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Hazelwood, Ali. Love, Theoretically. Books on Tape. Jun. 2023. 12:34 hrs. ISBN 9780593739174. $95. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Heron, Farah. Jana Goes Wild. Hachette Audio. May 2023. 11:38 hrs. ISBN 9781668630143. $27.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Fiction

Audrain, Ashley. The Whispers. Books on Tape. Jun. 2023. 10:17 hrs. ISBN 9780593452196. $95. F

Castellano, Elizabeth. Save What’s Left. Books on Tape. Jun. 2023. 8:48 hrs. ISBN 9780593739426. $76. F

Cuffy, Nicole. Dances. Books on Tape. May 2023. 9:56 hrs. ISBN 9780593663080. $76. F

Geary, Karl. Juno Loves Legs. Dreamscape Media. Apr. 2023. 8:23 hrs. ISBN 9781666635775. $17.99. F

George, Nina. The Little Village of Book Lovers. Books on Tape. Jul. 2023. 7:13 hrs. ISBN 9780593740118. $66.50. F

Hankin, Laura. The Daydreams. Books on Tape. May 2023. 10:15 hrs. ISBN 9780593675748. $95. F

Hanks, Tom. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. Books on Tape. May 2023. 16 hrs. ISBN 9780593635414. $95. F

Harmel, Kristin. The Paris Daughter. S. & S. Audio. Jun. 2023. 12:07 hrs. ISBN 9781797154954. $24.99. F

Kuang, R.F. Yellowface. HarperAudio. May 2023. 8:39 hrs. ISBN 9780063250864. $27.99. F

Lundberg, Sofia & others. The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle. Books on Tape. May 2023. 8:17 hrs. ISBN 9780593675762. $76. F

McCall Smith, Alexander. The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge. Recorded Books. Jun. 2023. 10:44 hrs. ISBN 9781705086070. $24.99. F

Slocumb, Brendan. Symphony of Secrets. Books on Tape. Apr. 2023. 13:47 hrs. ISBN 9780593668306. $95. F

Verghese, Abraham. The Covenant of Water. Recorded Books. May 2023. 31:16 hrs. ISBN 9781705070246. $34.99. F

Wharton, Wiz. Ghost Girl, Banana. HarperAudio. Apr. 2023. 12:15 hrs. ISBN 9780063239753. $27.99. F

Arts & Humanities

Browne, Mahogany L. Chrome Valley: Poems. OrangeSky Audio. Feb. 2023. 1:58 hrs. ISBN 9781667076423. $32.99. POETRY

Martin, Steve & Adam Gopnik. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin. Pushkin Industries. May 2023. 2:46 hrs. ISBN 9798985080216. $32. MEMOIR

Neill, Sam. Did I Ever Tell You This? Recorded Books. Mar. 2023. 12:37 hrs. ISBN 9798889566069. $24.99. MEMOIR

Rannells, Andrew. Uncle of the Year & Other Debatable Triumphs. Books on Tape. May 2023. 5:51 hrs. ISBN 9780593667453. $57. MEMOIR

Winkler, Elizabeth. Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature. S. & S. Audio. May 2023. 14:28 hrs. ISBN 9781797158723. $23.99. BIOG

Social Sciences

Bird, Isabella. A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. Naxos. Jul. 2023. 7:27 hrs. ISBN 9781781984673. $25. HIST

Butcher, Barbara. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator. S. & S. Audio. Jun. 2023. 9:47 hrs. ISBN 9781797155814. $19.99. MEMOIR

Grabar, Henry. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World. Books on Tape. May 2023. 10:54 hrs. ISBN 9780593671313. $85.50. SOC SCI

Irby, Samantha. Quietly Hostile: Essays. Books on Tape. May 2023. 9:32 hrs. ISBN 9780593668405. $85.50. MEMOIR

Webster, Rachel Jamison. Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family. Blackstone Audio. Mar. 2023. 12:01 hrs. ISBN 9798212339667. $22.95. BIOG

Wilson, Rainn. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution. Hachette Audio. Apr. 2023. 9:03 hrs. ISBN 9781668618387. $27.99. SPIRITUALITY

Science & Technology

Gyllenhaal, Anders & Beverly Gyllenhaal. A Wing and a Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds. S. & S. Audio. Apr. 2023. 9:03 hrs. ISBN 9781797158631. $19.99. SCI

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