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June is Audio Book Month and our staff has compiled a list of great reads.

Family/Young Adult * Fiction * Mystery & Adventure Suspense * Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror * Non-Fiction

Titles are available as Book on CD (BCD) unless otherwise noted 

Family/Young AdultThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Y Anderson
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan, Y Brennan
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, Y Colfer
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher, Y Fisher
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, J Funke
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, J Gaiman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, FIC Haddon
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, J Lewis Nation by Terry Pratchett
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
47 by Walter Mosley, Y Mosley
Eragon by Christopher Paolini, Y Paolini
Nation by Terry Pratchett, Y Pratchett
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, Y Pullman
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, J Rowling
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood

Fiction

The Yokota Officers Club by Sarah Bird, FIC BirdStill Alice by Lisa Genova
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, HIS Blake
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, FIC Brooks
Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas, FIC Dallas
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg, FIC Flagg
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, FIC Ford
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova, FIC Genova
Still Alice by Lisa Genova, FIC Genova
I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass, FIC Glass
The False Friend by Myla Goldberg, FIC Goldberg
Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman, FIC Goodman
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer, FIC Greer
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, FIC Gruen
Never Let Me Go by Kazua Ishiguro, FIC Ishiguro
More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon, FIC Gutcheon
North River by Pete Hamill, FIC Hamill
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, FIC Kidd
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, FIC Kingsolver
Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts, FIC LettsMatterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, FIC Marlantes
Song Yet Sung by James McBride, HIS McBride
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, FIC Moore
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett, FIC Patchett
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, HIS Perkins-Valdez
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult, FIC Picoult
House Rules by Jodi Picoult, FIC Picoult
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrow, FIC Shaffer
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson, FIC Simonson
An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg, FIC Spragg
The Help by Kathryn Stockett, FIC Stockett
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese, FIC Verghese
One Good Dog by Susan Wilson, FIC Wilson

Mystery & Adventure Suspense Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr, MYS Barr
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black, MYS Black
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, MYS Evanovich
Skinny Dip by Cal Hiaasen, AS Hiaasen
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, MYS McCall
Darling Jim by Christian Moerk, AS Moerk
Dog on it by Spencer Quinn, MYS Quinn
Naked in Death by J. D. Robb, MYS Robb

Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman

Watership Down by Richard Adams, SF Adams
Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes, SF Barnes
The Promise by Donna Boyd, HOR Boyd
Storm Front by Jim Butcher, E-audio
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler, HOR Butler
Ladies of Grace, Adieu by Susanna Clarke, SF Clarke
The Gates by John Connolly, SF Connolly
Stolen Child by Keith Donahue, SF Donahue
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, SF Gaiman
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman, SF GrossmanHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Magicians by Lev Grossman, SF Grossman
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, HOR Harris
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, HOR Hill
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, FIC Howard
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, AS Koontz
The City & the City by China Miéville, SF Miéville
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, SF Rothfuss
Hyperion by Dan Simmons, SF Simmons

Non-Fiction

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, 302 Gladwell Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen
Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, 305.569 Ehrenreich
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, 362.196810092 Taylor
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, 613 Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, 641.0973 Kingsolver
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson, 917.404 Bryson
Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, 920 Hall Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
Marriage and Other Acts Of Charity by Kate Braestrup, 921 Braestrup
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper, 921 Cooper
Eat, Pray, Love: One woman's search everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert, 921 Gilbert
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 921 Hirsi
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen, 921 Janzen
Ice Bound by Dr. Jerri Nielsen, 921 Neilsen
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan, 921 Ryan
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg, 921 Wizenberg
Zeitoun by David Eggers, 976.335064 Eggers
 

List compiled by Deb, Kathy, and Jessica with special thanks to Jenni & Jeri.


 

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