AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2021

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2021

A Year of Literary Listening

By Book Marks | December 6, 2021

Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

“Decolonization implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation.”

By Cornel West | December 6, 2021

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em>

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 6, 2021

The Work of Living Goes On: Rereading <em>Mrs Dalloway</em> During an Endless Pandemic

The Work of Living Goes On: Rereading Mrs Dalloway During an Endless Pandemic

Colin Dickey Finds Deeper Dystopian Meaning in Virginia Woolf’s Classic

By Colin Dickey | December 6, 2021

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 6, 2021

Hisham Matar on the Migratory Fictions of Joseph Conrad

Hisham Matar on the Migratory Fictions of Joseph Conrad

The Author of The Return Reconsiders the Story, “Amy Foster”

By Hisham Matar | December 3, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

By Samantha Allen | December 3, 2021

Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

By The Literary Life | December 3, 2021

Lydia Davis on How Translation Opens a Writer’s Mind

By Lydia Davis | December 3, 2021

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Leath Tonino Considers His Brief Correspondence with the Author of Murder City

By Leath Tonino | December 3, 2021

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Mel Brooks, James Hannaham, Claire Keegan, and More

By Book Marks | December 3, 2021

Behind the Birth of a Poetry Collective

Behind the Birth of a Poetry Collective

Daniel Kramb on Malika’s Poetry Kitchen

By Daniel Kramb | December 3, 2021

Priyanka Sacheti on the Complexities of Unbelonging

Priyanka Sacheti on the Complexities of Unbelonging

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | December 3, 2021

Emerald Fennell on <em>Promising Young Woman</em> and Writing After Winning an Oscar

Emerald Fennell on Promising Young Woman and Writing After Winning an Oscar

In Conversation with Gemma Cairney at the Hay Fest Winter Weekend

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 3, 2021

Jeanne Matthews on the Lasting Impacts of the Civil War on Her Characters in <em>Devil by the Tail</em>

Jeanne Matthews on the Lasting Impacts of the Civil War on Her Characters in Devil by the Tail

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 3, 2021

What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of <em>Dune</em>?

What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune?

Michael Dirda on the Perennial Resonance of Frank Herbert's Masterpiece

By Michael Dirda | December 2, 2021

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