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Whether you’re looking for free audiobooks you can download online, or hankering after full-cast audiobook productions, we’ve got recommendations for the best audiobooks you can get in your ears.

Dream Book-Narrator Match-Ups

Just as matching actors to the right characters can make or break a movie, pairing narrators to books can make or break ...

What’s Your Dream Book-Narrator Pairing for an Audiobook?

Just as matching actors to the right characters can make or break a movie, pairing narrators to books can make or break ...

The Year I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Audiobooks

This year is the year I fell head over heels for audiobooks. There’s no way I won’t always think of ...

Stephen Fry vs. Jim Dale: The Battle of the HARRY POTTER Audiobooks Narrators

Tupac had Biggie. Laertes had Hamlet. The Yankees have the Red Sox.  When it comes to Harry Potter audiobooks, the most epic rivalry is between audiobook narrators Stephen Fry vs. Jim Dale.

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in November

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

In Praise of Audiobooks

This past week I’ve been driving up and down the coast of California. I am not someone who can be ...

9 Tips to Conquer Your White Whale and Find the Perfect Audiobook Narrator

The Audiophiles is a regular column in which contributors Rachel S. and Cassandra chat about the latest and greatest audiobooks on their ...

Listen to Kate Winslet, Richard Ayoade, and Other Famous People Read Roald Dahl

Rioters, I’m so excited. I just can’t hide it. I’ve been holding my breath to share this with you for ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in August

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

The 36-Year-Old Audiobook Virgin

It’s confession time. I am an audiobook virgin. I’ve never done it — never “read” an audiobook. It’s not something ...