Online shopping, and one large online retailer in particular, has taken over the retail world, but there is one category of brick-and-mortar business that is thriving…independent bookstores. From 2009 to 2018, they grew by almost 50%.
The question pops up every so often when I’m reading a book: am I seeing the words on the page or hearing them being spoken in my head? When you experience audiobooks, the decision has been made for you—you are listening.
2019 is here and now’s your chance to capitalize on all that possibility in front of you. Maybe this is the year you want to try something new. Perhaps it’s your chance to say, “Goodbye and good riddance, 2018.” There could be a habit or two you’ve been meaning to kick, and this is the time to do it. The good news is wherever you are in your life, whatever you are planning your 2019 will look like, there will always be an audiobook for you and whatever particular thing you are doing/making/taking a break from that will make 2019 a great year.
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Libro.fm is proud to present our monthly audiobook bestseller list that captures what’s selling in independent bookstores.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is one of our Top Ten Audiobooks of 2018. Kya Clark, the “Marsh Girl,” has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. But when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, Kya is immediately under suspicion.
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn, one of our Top Ten Audiobooks of 2018, is a psychological thriller about an agoraphobic woman who spies on her neighbors through her camera lens…until gazing out her window one night, she sees something she shouldn’t.
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston is one of our Top Ten Audiobooks of 2018. This never-before-published audiobook, narrated by Robin Miles, tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade—abducted from Africa on the last “Black Cargo” ship to arrive in the United States.
Whether you are staying home, getting in the car, or taking a flight, give yourself or a loved one the gift of audiobooks this holiday season. Put an audiobook on in the car, in your earbuds or on your smart speaker (link to new smart speaker page) and get lost in a great story.
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is one of our Top Ten Audiobooks of 2018. The idea for this novel came to Jones in an Atlanta mall. Jones says in an interview with NPR: “I overheard a couple arguing. He looked fine, but she looked great. And she said to him, ‘Roy, you know you wouldn’t have waited on me for seven years.’ And he said, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about; this wouldn’t have happened to you in the first place!’”
In this episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan speaks with National Book Award-nominee Jason Reynolds about his journey: from his early life as a kid who really did not like to read, to becoming a best-selling author and literary star.
Tomi Adeyemi’s debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone, is inspired by West African mythology, and her world of dark magic, danger, and power is brought to life by Bahni Turpin’s narration.