Awards & Recognition, Collection Development, Featured Audiobook Alert! June LibraryReads Make Great Listens so check those holds! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on May 16, 2022

June is Audiobook Month! And you can’t go wrong recommending these LibraryReads on audio. From a thrilling Hall of Fame summer listen, to rom-coms that will delight as read by award-winning and fan-favorite narrators (including a reunion of reader Julia Whelan with author Linda Holmes!)—these listens will keep patrons engaged long after Audiobook Month is over. Read more

Tagged: Hillary Huber, Julia Whelan, libraryreads

Awards & Recognition, Featured The 2019 RUSA Listen List Winners Are Here! Submitted by Erin Murphy on February 1, 2019

The 2019 RUSA Listen List has been released, featuring seven BOT titles with outstanding narrators. Read more

Tagged: A False Report, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Daisy Donovan, Educated, Hank Green, Hillary Huber, I Am I Am I Am, Julia Whelan, Ken Armstrong, Kirk Wallace Johnson, Kristen Sieh, Kristin Atherton, MacLeod Andrews, Maggie O'Farrell, Michael Fox, Pat Barker, T. Christian Miller, Tara Westover, The Feather Thief, The Silence of the Girls

Awards & Recognition, Featured Listen to audiobook clip of National Book Award Winner THE FRIEND by Sigrid Nunez Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on January 7, 2019

We asked award-winning audiobook narrator Hillary Huber why she loved narrating the 2018 National Book Award Winner for Fiction, THE FRIEND by Sigrid Nunez. Check out what she had to say, read audio reviews, and listen to a clip below. Be sure to add this engrossing award winner to your digital audiobook collections! Read more

Tagged: Hillary Huber, National Book Award, Sigrid Nunez, THE FRIEND

Featured Revamp the Book Club Experience With Audiobooks Submitted by Erin Murphy on September 20, 2018

We’ve all been there: the book club meeting is two days away, and the book you were supposed to have finished a month ago is still sitting on the coffee table. Recommend audiobooks to help patrons stay on top of their to-be-read piles while they go about their daily lives. Read more

Tagged: A Key to Treehouse Living, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, An Unwanted Guest, Christina Dalcher, Eli Saslow, Elliot Reed, Hank Green, Hillary Huber, Julia Whelan, Kristen Sieh, Michael Crouch, Rising Out of Hatred, Scott Brick, Shari Lapena, Susan Duerden, Susan Elia MacNeal, The Prisoner in the Castle, Vox

Awards & Recognition, Featured #1 September LibraryReads’ LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE captures you “from the very first sentence!” Submitted by Brieana Garcia on August 16, 2017

September’s incredible LibraryReads selections include a #1 pick from Celeste Ng, a diverse YA listen by bestselling author Kristin Cashore, and more! Hear clips and find out why these picks make great listens. Read more