Spring forward into a list bursting with fresh audio picks, including over 70 new listens on CD and 130+ audio downloads. Our Spring ’17 catalog offers an inside scoop on each new CD, plus even more special content like staff picks and behind-the-mic stories. Request your free print catalog or download a copy now and be the first to hear about new listens from Jonathan Kellerman, Debbie Macomber, George Saunders, Sophie Kinsella, and more!
Visit our Free Materials and Resources page to view a full PDF of the catalog or request a FREE physical copy in the mail.
Spring ’17 Editors’ Staff Picks
We asked our editors which audiobooks spring to their minds when they think about this season’s must-listens. Hear which titles they can’t stop talking about in this curated list of staff picks.
Lights, Camera, LISTEN!
Audiobooks are the ticket to bringing big screen entertainment to patrons in a new way. Listen to these blockbuster bestsellers before you see them for a front row seat to sensational, cinematic storytelling.
Do you offer these hot fall movie listens at your library?
We can smell the popcorn already!
The healing power of audiobooks: a narrator’s story
Narrator Sumalee Montano shares her moving experience behind-the-mic and how audiobooks SPARK JOY in her life. Read her guest blog post here.
New Oprah’s Book Club Pick:
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Oprah Winfrey says, “This is one of the most grim, gripping, powerful novels about slavery I have ever experienced.” Hear the first line that grabbed Oprah’s attention and wouldn’t let go in an audio excerpt, read by Odyssey Award-winning narrator Bahni Turpin.
Fall ’16 CD Drop-Ins
Feast your ears on these new listens from bestselling authors Paulo Coelho, Helen Fielding, Robert Harris,
and Anne Rice!
This is the Author Podcast
Go behind-the-scenes in the recording studio to hear what it’s like for an author to record their own audiobook.
Featuring new interviews with big name authors:
- Attention multitaskers! Tackle your spring TBR list on-the-go with even more spring titles available on audio download: Spring ’17 Audio Download Exclusives
- Spring Break Road Trip Anyone? We have the stats on CDs and car listening trends + road trip listening suggestions #roadtriplistens
- LibraryReads Make Great Listens
- Have you tried Living Language’s Spanish on the Job for Librarians?
- Join the First Look Book Club
- Academic Resources from Random House High School
- Too-big-to-miss Spring ’17 Random House Large Print titles
View the full BOT Spring ’17 CD and Large Print SOPs and Audio Download Exclusive featured collections below—an easy way to add titles to your cart:
Additional Resources:
- Visit our SOP and Archive page to download BOT’s Spring ’17 CD SOP Excel order form
- Visit our free materials page to download a full catalog PDF or to order FREE physical copies
