• AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019

    From the Behind the Mic Podcast

    AudioFile‘s 2019 Best Audiobooks list is the culmination of a year of listening. In this episode of Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine, join AudioFile editor Robin Whitten and host Jo Reed to get a peek behind the scenes into the making of the list. Why are these 53 audiobooks on our list, and why do we think they’re the best listening around? This year’s lineup includes diverse, deeply personal, and timely storytelling and celebrates the skill and dedication of the narrators as well as everyone who works behind the scenes to bring us the art form of the audiobook.

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