Awards & Recognition, Collection Development Listen to the October 2021 LibraryReads on Audio!

October’s LibraryReads on audio feature award-winning narrators, bewitching rom-coms, and two Hall of Fame favorites—titles that are sure to drive your TBR pile! See the full list of October 2021 LibraryReads picks here.

The Lincoln Highway
Author: Amor Towles
Read By: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland and Dion Graham
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The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America.

Why try the audio? Who better to take listeners on this journey than a trio of a extraordinary, award-winning narrators? Edoardo and Dion are AudioFile Golden Voice Narrators and multi-Audie winners, while Marin was recently a winner of the Audie for Best Female Narrator. Expect high holds from their many audiobook fans!

Cackle
Author: Rachel Harrison
Read by: Dylan Moore
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A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return.

Why try the audio? An early starred review from Library Journal cites “Harrison’s strength at writing powerful and empowered women with razor-sharp wit and a touch of darkness.” What a vocal trick and treat for talented narrator Dylan Moore to take on after tackling mysterious thrills like Riley Sager’s Lock Every Door (“Moore creates a vivid world in this thriller.”—AudioFile) and Emily St. John’s The Glass Hotel (“Moore superbly, seamlessly switches genders, ages, to invoke Vincent’s two main co-stars…Bystanders, accomplices, victims—Moore’s got ’em covered.”—Booklist, starred review).

Payback's a Witch
Author: Lana Harper
Read by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling rom-com by Lana Harper.
Why try the audio? This witchy listen is perfect to start off the fall season. Listen while you craft Halloween treats or cook up your latest potion.

HALL OF FAME

Oh William!
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Read by: Kimberly Farr
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Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind.
Why try the audio?
Broadway actress and seasoned narrator, Kimberly Farr, returns to tell Lucy Barton’s next chapter in Elizabeth Strout’s newest novel. “Farr, a veteran performer who also read My Name Is Lucy Barton, narrates magnificently, treating listeners to introspective, thoughtful and humane interpretations of every individual”—Booklist, starred audio review (Anything Is Possible)

Well Matched
Author: Jen DeLuca
Read by: Brittany Pressley
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A pretend relationship gives two friends more than they bargained for in a Renaissance Faire rom com filled with flower crowns, kilts, corsets, and sword fights.
Why try the audio? Brittany Pressley is back to narrate Jen Deluca’s next novel, this time, set at a Renaissance fair. Pressley received an AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration of Deluca’s first novel, Well Met, and is described as a “dynamic performer” who voiced a “lively story well told.”

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