Each month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors handpick the best new audiobooks for BookTrib readers. As the days get shorter and the air chills, you’ll be ready to cozy up with a great audiobook. Get a taste of each with a sample and find your perfect listen for the month of November!
THE WAITING: Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch, Book 6 by Michael Connelly
Read by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver, Madison Lintz | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Hachette Audio | 10.75 hrs.]
Three talented narrators bring to life the sixth installment of this series. Christine Lakin returns to masterfully capture Renée Ballard’s on-the-job rebelliousness and struggles relating to her missing mother. Listeners also reconnect with Bosch’s daughter, Maddie, whose youthful intensity is brought to life by Madison Lintz. With its multiple plotlines — ranging from cold cases to a terrorist plot—this production offers nonstop entertainment.
THE ROSE ARBOR by Rhys Bowen
Read by Nicola Barber | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Audible, Inc. | 10.5 hrs.]
Nicola Barber masterfully portrays Liz Houghton, a determined journalist who is on a mission to launch her career by uncovering the link between the mysterious disappearances of three girls during WWII and a present-day case in 1968. Bowen’s writing paired with Barber’s exceptional narration brings to life a gripping mystery and the haunting legacies of war.
PRECIPICE by Robert Harris
Read by Samuel West | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Harper Audio | 12.5 hrs.]
With a crisp delivery, Samuel West narrates this compelling story of Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and his all-consuming love affair with a woman half his age just before WWI. For this novel based on recently discovered letters, West uses his British accent to paint 1914 London with a colorful and detailed palette.
OUR NARROW HIDING PLACES by Kristopher Jansma
Read by Edoardo Ballerini | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Harper Audio | 8.25 hrs.]
Edoardo Ballerini’s spellbinding performance of this intergenerational tale of love and survival lingers in the mind long after one is done listening. Ballerini transcends the different eras, locations, and storytellers with an almost poetic narrative voice that allures and captivates.
RUN by Blake Crouch
Read by Scott Brick | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Random House Audio | 8.75 hrs.]
Scott Brick outdoes himself in this story of a family on the run in a world gone mad. Jack Colclough doesn’t know why Americans started killing one another in a pointless frenzy of rage and violence, but it’s up to him to keep his family safe. This is an audiobook you can’t put down.
BURN by Peter Heller
Read by Mark Deakins | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Random House Audio | 8 hrs.]
Hunters and lifelong friends Jess and Storey encounter the deadliest and most unpredictable of predators: man. Mark Deakins captures the intense action without tipping into cliché, and his pacing is perfectly attuned to the story in which Maine secessionists unleash drastic action against the U.S. The resulting conflict places the two hunters in the line of fire.
OUR EVENINGS by Alan Hollinghurst
Read by Prasanna Puwanarajah | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Random House Audio | 16.5 hrs.]
British actor Prasanna Puwanarajah delivers a masterful performance as David Win, the British Burmese protagonist in this novel. Much—everything—depends upon tone, variations in emphasis and pitch, and the ability of the narrator to maintain continuity. In a virtuoso performance, Puwanarajah conveys David’s voice and thoughts as if they were his own.
BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN by M.L. Wang
Read by Moira Quirk | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Random House Audio | 15.5 hrs.]
Narrator Moira Quirk shines in this dark academic fantasy, which explores the ripple effects of colonization. Quirk delivers a stand-out performance, bringing immersive emotion to every scene. This is a story about how revolutions arise, and Quirk is the perfect leader.
BAD LIAR: Broussard and Fourcade, Book 3 by Tami Hoag
Read by Hillary Huber | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Brilliance Audio | 12.5 hrs.]
Narrator Hillary Huber delivers a stellar performance as she creates the impression of a full-cast production. Detectives Nick Fourcade and Annie Broussard are each investigating missing persons cases, which may be linked to the unidentified body of a shotgun victim pulled from the local swamp. Huber skillfully projects the heroes and villains—along with those who are not what they seem.
THE BOY IN THE IRON BOX: The Complete Six-Part Serial by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Read by Ralph Ineson, Nina Yndis | AudioFile Earphones Award
[Brilliance Audio | 3.5 hrs.]
With his gritty brogue, narrator Ralph Ineson welcomes listeners to an icy summit where a plane has just crashed. The survivors see a stone fortress in the distance. Can they get there without freezing to death or being attacked by wolves? In her sections, Nina Yndis delivers a powerhouse performance that falls perfectly in line with del Toro’s unsettling narrative landscape.
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