Talking to Deepti Gupta About the 2022 Best Young Adult Audiobooks
Discussing the Powerful Novel All My Rage
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.
Narrator Deepti Gupta joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss her co-narration of a powerful novel for teens, Sabaa Tahir’s All My Rage. The National Book Award winner earned a spot on AudioFile’s list of Best Young Adult audiobooks this year for the impact of its performance, narrated in turn by Deepti, Kamran R. Khan, and Kausar Mohammed. Listen to hear how Deepti approached narrating this layered contemporary novel, how the three narrators worked together to tell this story, and what will stick with her about narrating this audiobook.
AudioFile’s 2022 Best Young Adult Audiobooks:
Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, read by Jason Reynolds, Nile Bullock, Tatum Marylin Hall, JaQwan J. Kelly, DePre Owens
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir, read by Deepti Gupta, Kamran R. Khan, Kausar Mohammed
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester, read by Frankie Corzo
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala, read by Pete Cross
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson, read by JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Joy Nash, Christopher Salazar, Karen Malina White
What Souls Are Made Of by Tasha Suri, read by Alex Williams, Becca Hirani
*
To listen to the whole archive of Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine, subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts.
