Biblio File

June is Audiobook Month [Fiction]

Check out these titles that made the New York Times Audio Bestseller List and sample the audio. 

READY PLAYER ONE

Author:  Ernest Cline | Random House | 15 hours, 46 minutes unabridged | Narrator:  Wil Wheaton

Immersing himself in a mid-twenty-first-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty, and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's creator.

For readers who enjoyed: Arena by Holly Jennings, Girl In Landscape by Jonathan Lethem, For the Win by Cory Doctorow, and the authors Donna Freitas, Neal Stephenson and John Scalzi

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THE FALLEN

Author:  David Baldacci | Hachette Audio | 11 hours, 56 minutes unabridged |Narrator:  Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy

Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town.

For readers who enjoyed: Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag, Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen, Blowout by Catherine Coulter, Shoot first by Stuart Woods, and the authors Stephen J. Cannell, Jeffrey Archer, and Brad Meltzer

 

SCOURGED

Author:  Kevin Hearne | Random House Audio | 8 hours, 57 minutes unabridged | Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unchained from fate, the Norse gods Loki and Hel are ready to unleash Ragnarok, a.k.a. the Apocalypse, upon the earth. This is the ninth book in the Iron Druid Chronicles series.

For readers who enjoyed: World's End by Mark Chadbourn, Fated by Benedict Jacka, Divine by Mistake by P.C. Cast and the authors Charlaine Harris, Richelle Mead and Laurel K. Hamilton

 

THE WIFE BETWEEN US

Authors: Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | Macmillan Audio | 11 hours, 13 minutes unabridged | Narrator: Julia Whelan.

A thriller told from the perspective of three narrators: a woman, her ex-husband, and his fiancé.

For readers who enjoyed: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine, Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, and the authors Jessica Knoll, John Katzenbach and Lisa Unger

THE GREAT ALONE

Author: Kristin Hannah | Macmillan Audio | 15 hours, 1 minute unabridged |Narrator: Julia Whelan

In Alaska, Leni and her family are tested and when change comes to their small community her father’s anger threatens to explode and divide the town.

For readers who enjoyed: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover, The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux and Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller, and authors Barbara Delinski, Luanne Rice and Nicholas Sparks

 

LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE

Author: Celeste Ng | Penguin Audio |11 hours, 27 minutes unabridged | Narrator: Jennifer Lim

An artist upends a quiet Ohio town.

For readers who enjoyed: The Mothers by Brit Bennett, Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, and the authors Donna Tartt, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Julia Glass

 

TWISTED PREY

Author: John Sandford |Penguin Audio| 11 hours, 29 minutes unabridged |Narrator: Richard Ferrone.

A federal marshal looks into the actions of a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. This is the 28th book in the Prey series.

For authors who enjoyed: The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, Triptych by Karin Slaughter, Zero Day by David Baldacci, and the authors James Patterson, James Lee Burke, and Jeffery Deaver

 

GONE TO DUST

Author: Matt Goldman| Blackstone Audio| 7 hours, 23 minutes unabridged| Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Detectives in Minnesota investigate the murder of a woman found covered in deceptive evidence.

For readers who enjoyed: Paper Doll by Robert B. Parker, Hardcore Twenty-four by Janet Evanovich, Red Alert by James Patterson, and the authors Dennis Lehane, Harlan Coben and Robert Crais

 

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

Author: A.J. Finn | HarperAudio| 13 hours, 41minutes unabridged |Narrator: Ann Marie Lee

A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

For readers who enjoyed: Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson, The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins, The Woman in Cabin Ten by Ruth Ware, and the authors Greer Hendricks, Lisa Unger and Jane Corry