AudioFile Magazine

10/24/2025

A full cast delivers a gripping listening experience in The End of the Ski Season, a fast-paced audio exclusive. Australian journalist Chrissy, a new mom, stumbles upon a photograph linked to a decades-old cold case. Sound effects like the beeping of recording equipment, falling rain, and blowing snow enhance the drama and atmosphere. Main narrator Anna Skellern shines as she captures Chrissy's balancing act of caring for her infant while relentlessly pursuing the case. A versatile supporting cast keeps listeners guessing. Penguin Random House Audio https://bit.ly/4nh2UhC

10/24/2025

🎧 Bonus Ep: Host Jo Reed speaks with actor Courtney B. Vance. His shelves are lined with awards—two Emmys, a Tony, a Critics Choice Award, and several NAACP Image Awards. Vance is also a dedicated audiobook listener and occasional narrator, nominated for a Grammy for his performance of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s and Avis Lang’s ACCESSORY TO WAR. Vance’s latest project is a monumental one—narrating historian David Levering Lewis’s two-volume Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of , available as an audiobook for the first time. But it’s a recording that might never have happened if Courtney B. Vance hadn’t picked up the phone and called the author. https://bit.ly/AFMpodcast

10/23/2025

Fiona Shaw’s inviting narration captures the humor and intrigue of this delightful new mystery. Shaw’s performance balances comedy and compassion, revealing both the mayhem and heart that make this series an irresistible listen. Penguin Random House Audio https://bit.ly/47eCgzO

10/22/2025

🎃 If your fall wreath is on the door and pumpkin muffins are on the counter, it’s time to settle in for some ! And have we got a huge trove of supernaturally appealing romances for you! Here are 13 new audiobooks that feature witches, ghosts, and other seasonal spirits.

If you’re like me, the fall wreath is on the door, pumpkin muffins are on the counter, and it’s time to settle in for some October listening. And have we got a huge trove of supernaturally appealing romances for you! Here are 13 new audiobooks that feature witches, ghosts, and other seas...

10/22/2025

’s genius for real-life drama and the creation of compelling characters, coupled with narrator Peter Giles’s talent for ratcheting up tension and delivering emotion, makes for a totally engaging addition to the series. www.audiofilemagazine.com

10/21/2025

🎧 New Ep: Host Jo Reed welcomes AudioFile contributor Kendra Wi******er to Behind the Mic this week to discuss one memoir and two biographies which center three different writing lives: A deaf, mixed-race writer finding his voice in THE QUIET EAR by Raymond Antrobus, read by the author; a cultural biography of , the groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy writer in POSITIVE OBSESSION by Susana M. Morris, read by .murray.9674; and an expansive biography of told through the lens of friendship and love in BALDWIN by Nicholas Boggs, read by . Penguin Random House Audio HarperAudio Macmillan Audio https://bit.ly/AFMpodcast

10/17/2025

🎧 New Ep: AudioFile contributor Stephen Cummings is on Behind the Mic this week with host Jo Reed. This week’s theme is all about —suspenseful and often fantastical audiobooks that take place in a campus or school setting. Two graduate students descend into hell to get a recommendation from their professor in KATABASIS by , read by and Will Watt; affairs are revealed in a creative writing thesis in SEDUCTION THEORY by Emily Adrian, read by Jennifer Pickens, and a teacher at a magical school needs help wrangling demons in THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh, read by Zara Ramm. HarperAudio Hachette Audio Macmillan Audio https://bit.ly/AFMpodcast

10/17/2025

🎧 Bonus Ep. AudioFile’s Michele Cobb is joined by narrator to chat about the sixth and newest audiobook in the Shady Hollow Mystery series from Juneau Black, MOCKINGBIRD COURT. Vulpine reporter Vera Vixen finds herself the prime suspect in what looks to be a murder. Cassandra Campbell is the voice behind all six of the Shady Hollow mysteries, and AudioFile listeners may also recognize her from her Earphones Award-winning narrations of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING and THE SCRIBE OF SIENA. Cassandra was named an AudioFile Golden Voice in 2021.
Penguin Random House Audio https://bit.ly/AFMpodcast

10/16/2025

AudioFile’s October/November 2025 issue is here. Our cover features Louise Penny’s The Black Wolf (read by Jean Brassard)— a must pick for . Visit audiofilemagazine.com to read our new audiobook reviews and to check out our interview with Courtney B. Vance.
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10/16/2025

👻 Whether you’re looking for a light taste of monstrous tropes or a listening experience to raise the hair on the back of your neck, one of these four recent horror audiobooks can meet you at your level.

Whether you’re looking for a light taste of monstrous tropes or a listening experience to raise the hair on the back of your neck, one of these four recent horror audiobooks can meet you at your level.

10/16/2025

As Mona Awad returns to the of her cult classic, BUNNY, Sophie Amoss artfully handles the challenging narration. From chirpy to authoritarian, Amoss captures the quirky, sociopathic Bunnies. This novel is fun and funny. Simon & Schuster Audio https://bit.ly/46Nh3xZ