Featured Barack Obama will narrate his presidential memoir A PROMISED LAND audiobook Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 18, 2020

Listen to a riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. On sale November 17, 2020, A PROMISED LAND, written and read by Barack Obama (a two-time Grammy Award winner), is the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs. Read more

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Awards & Recognition, Featured Becoming by Michelle Obama wins Best Spoken Word Album GRAMMY Award® Submitted by Erin Murphy on January 27, 2020

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has earned a Best Spoken Word Album GRAMMY Award® for the audiobook recording of her memoir Becoming, published by Penguin Random House Audio. Read more

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Awards & Recognition, Featured BECOMING by Michelle Obama and BEASTIE BOYS BOOK audiobooks receive GRAMMY nominations Submitted by Erin Murphy on November 20, 2019

Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Becoming and Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz’s Beastie Boys Book have earned Best Spoken Word Album GRAMMY Award® nominations, both published by Penguin Random House Audio. Read more

Tagged: Adam Horovitz, Beastie Boys Book, BECOMING, Michael Diamond, Michelle Obama

Collection Development, Featured January 2019 New York Times Audio Bestsellers Submitted by Erin Murphy on January 18, 2019

The January list has been released! Double check your collections to make sure you have all of these bestsellers ready for your patrons to listen to. Read more