Going behind the scenes of any life to understand it better is the lure of any memoir, but it is human nature to gravitate especially toward the stories of people we think we already know so well. The genre of “celebrity memoir” is particularly popular in the audiobook format because we hear a familiar voice […]
As all audiobook lovers know, we don’t need a designated month to extoll the special attributes and benefits of a good audiobook, but June is Audiobook Month, when the publishing industry celebrates one of the fastest-growing segments of the book world. This gives us the perfect opportunity to reflect on some of our favorite audiobooks […]
Memoirs whose author-narrators will make you laugh, cry, and marvel at the power of hard-fought resilience. Music that will encourage you to reminisce and sing along. History that gives voice to a newly revealed chapter of a story of historic proportions that must not be forgotten. And fiction with audio performances that will immerse you […]
Listening to an audiobook is a particularly intimate activity—oftentimes, it’s just you and the narrator in your ears, with the rest of the world around you oblivious to the internal experience and emotions you’re having. When that voice or voices are already familiar to you, it’s often easier to immerse yourself in the narrative, no […]
“I was always in a play, always in rehearsals. And if I wasn’t in a play, I was counting the hours ‘til I could be in a play. Because it was the first time I felt a sense of belonging, a sense of community.” In Making a Scene, actress Constance Wu (Lyle, Lyle Crocodile) takes readers […]