Monthly Audiobook Bestsellers
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: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
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: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
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: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
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.
Holiday Audiobook Recommendations
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: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
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!’”
The Literary Life: Jason Reynolds
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.
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
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.
Author Spotlight: David Sedaris
For many, it has become a holiday tradition to gather around whatever audio output device everyone now uses and listen to writer and humorist David Sedaris read the essay that made him famous: SantaLand Diaries. First read by Sedaris on NPR in 1992, SantaLand Diaries recalls Sedaris’ experiences the two years he was employed by Macy’s as a Christmas elf. With grim humor and dead-on observations, SantaLand Diaries set Sedaris on a trajectory of becoming one of America’s foremost humor writers.
There There by Tommy Orange: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
There There by Tommy Orange is the story of twelve characters—Urban Indians that are all attending the Big Oakland Powwow. As we learn the reasons that each person is attending—some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent—momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything.
The Power in Clichés: A Look at the Work of David Foster Wallace
In 2004, Gourmet magazine commissioned writer David Foster Wallace to write a review of the Maine Lobster Festival. I’m not quite sure what the editors of Gourmet were expecting, but I doubt they were looking to stuff their glossy with an essay north of 10,000 words with the thrust of the piece being a meditation on whether or not lobsters feel pain while being boiled alive. But that’s just what they got.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara: Top 10 Audiobook of 2018
Michelle McNamara’s true-crime audiobook, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, is based on the true story of The Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murder, that terrorized California in the 70s and 80s. McNamara was determined to find the violent psychopath; she pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. McNamara was writing I’ll Be Gone in the Dark at the time of her sudden death.