Awards & Recognition, Collection Development, Featured, Featured Titles LibraryReads Picks for February 2019 Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on January 15, 2019

Three of LibraryReads’ February 2019 picks are on our audio list! Each of the three picks are from female authors who are focusing on sharing stories about women who are heart-warming, funny, strong, and complex.

The books are sure to spark discussion among patrons so make sure you have the audiobooks in your collection to help alleviate your holds list. Read more

Tagged: Adenrele Ojo, Anissa Gray, Ann Marie Lee, Bahni Turpin, Dominic Hoffman, Elizabeth Letts, FINDING DOROTHY, Fiona Hardingham, I OWE YOU ONE, January LaVoy, libraryreads, Sophie Kinsella, THE CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS

Awards & Recognition, Collection Development, Featured-LL, Listening Library Superheroes, Summer Camp, and Sonia! The Booklist Editors’ Choice List 2018 Submitted by Erin Murphy on December 21, 2018

The Booklist editors have spoken…and we know you’ll want to listen! These picks from the Booklist Editors’ Choice: Youth Audio list are some of the past year’s most celebrated fiction and non-fiction bestsellers. Read more

Tagged: Adam Gidwitz, Black Panther: The Young Prince, Bright We Burn, christopher smith, Dear Martin, Dion Graham, Fiona Hardingham, Grump, January LaVoy, jesse casey, Kate Beasley, Kiersten White, Liesl Shurtliff, Lions & Liars, Nic Stone, Paul Fox, Robbie Daymond, Ronald L. Smith, Sonia Sotomayor, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Unicorn Rescue Society Books 1-2

Awards & Recognition, Collection Development, Featured, Featured Titles Kick off 2019 with these LibraryReads Selections Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on December 20, 2018

With four of LibraryReads’ January 2019 picks on our audio list plus two Hall of Fame titles, next year’s must-listen list is already off to a great start! Make sure you have your collection up-to-date with these thrilling, moving, and hilarious audiobooks. Read more

Tagged: Alan Bradley, Cassandra Campbell, Elizabeth Sastre, Emma Rous, Fiona Barton, Fiona Hardingham, Jayne Entwistle, Karen Thompson Walker, Katharine McEwan, Katherine Arden, Kathleen Gati, libraryreads, Nicholas Guy Smith, Nicola Barber, Soniah Kamal, Susan Duerden, The Au Pair, The Dreamers, The Golden Tresses of the Dead, The Suspect, The Winter of the Witch, Unmarriageable

Collection Development, Featured Bestsellers from Abroad are Must-Listens Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 15, 2018

It’s always a fun activity when you’re abroad to go into a bookstore to look at all the books that aren’t available in the U.S. So, it’s such a joy when some of those bestsellers abroad make their way stateside.
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Tagged: Ahmed Saadawi, Ashleigh Young, Can You Tolerate This?, Dominic Hoffman, Edoardo Ballerini, Fiona Hardingham, Frankenstein in Baghdad, Gaël Faye, Geir Gulliksen, Gildart Jackson, Kaleo Griffith, Lars Kepler, Raphaelle Giordano, Saskia Maarleveld, Saul Reichlin, Small Country, The Hypnotist, The Story of a Marriage, Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One

Collection Development, Collection Development, Featured Find Your Patrons’ Next Favorite Fantasy Audiobook Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on July 13, 2018

From gritty urban cities infused with magic to medieval castles and everything in between, fantasy settings can be vastly different. When patrons have finished their favorite fantasy books or series, what should they listen to next? Read more