In the car, in the air, you can listen anywhere! PFL staff love audiobooks and think you should too. Favorite titles below can be found in CD book form or on cloudLibrary.
Juvenile:
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (Read by Claire Danes and enhanced with sound effects)
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (Read exuberantly and hilariously by Scottish actor David Tennant of Doctor Who fame)
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne (Read by the author)
My 5 year old son loves listening to the author narrate each adventure while he builds with Legos. -Gia, Children’s Room
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Read by beloved actor Alfred Molina)
YA:
The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Read by Christie Moreau)
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Read by Isabella Star LeBlanc)
Graceling by Kristen Cashore (Read by a full cast)
Had my whole family sitting in the truck after we had arrived at our destination. –Andrea, Circulation
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Read by an incredible cast of six voice actors)
My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows (Read by Fiona Hardingham who seamlessly switches between French, Scottish and British accents)
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (Read by Pete Cross and enhanced with sound effects to amplify the eerie horror factor)
From Here by Luma Mufleh (Read by the author in a heart-breaking narration of her tumultuous journey from Jordan to America)
Sword of Summer and the rest of the Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan (Read by Christopher Guetig)
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (Read delightfully by Scottish actress Mhairi Morrison and actor Tim Campbell)
Adult:
The Mike Bowditch series by Paul Doiron (Ready by Henry Levya)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich
I’m not usually one for audiobooks, but in the past I’ve enjoyed Barbara Ehrenreich’s books on audio. Informative and thought-provoking but not so dense you feel as if you’re missing out because you’re driving and can’t take notes, and written with a wry tone that does my inner contrarian good, they make for ideal nonfiction listening. -Aurora, Reference
Neverwhere (read by the author) and American Gods (read by a full cast) by Neil Gaiman
Spare by Prince Harry (Read by the author)
I was really struck by the beauty of Prince Harry reading his book, Spare, on audiobook. It seems rare to see a man write such a vulnerable account of his struggles in the public eye and the death of his mother. Hearing his own voice tell his perspective was a really powerful listen! -Gia, Children’s Room
60 Songs That Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman (read by the author)
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch (read by the author)
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird edited by Jonathan Maberry
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Read by the author to both hilarious and sobering effect)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Read by Meryl Streep)
Patchett’s writing combined with Streep’s storytelling is such a treat! -Gia, Children’s Room
