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The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
Reader: Peter Riegert Extra features: The audiobook includes an interview with Michael Chabon about his inspiration for the book, his favorite books and genres, and his writing process. Short Review: Chabon's Hugo and Nebula award-winning alternate history of a world without Israel but with a temporary Jewish homeland in Sitka, Alaska. Hard-boiled detective Meyer Landsman investigates the murder of a junkie chess-player with his partner and cousin Berko Shemets, a half-Tlingit, half-Jewish cop who is a good father, a good Jew, and a good partner trying to save Landsman from himself. As the case progresses, more and more connections to organized crime, shady US government machinations, separatist Orthodox communities, and zealotry reveal themselves. Riegert is an ideal reader, comfortable with accents, Yiddish, noir, and sadness.
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The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Author: Annie Proulx
Reader: Paul Hecht
Short Review: Proulx’s amazing, National Book Award- and Pulitzer-winning novel about loss, reclamation, love, and Newfoundland read well but slightly too stiffly by Paul Hecht.
Long Review: I love this novel, …
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In the Woods by Tana French
Author: Tana French
Reader: Steven Crossley
Short Review: This Edgar Award winning novel traces a murder in Ireland, following the detectives investigating the case and flashing back to an earlier, similar unsolved case. It …
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Fragile Things: Stories Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
Read by: Neil Gaiman Short Review: A solid book of short stories read beautifully by the author.
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Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
Reader: Barbara Caruso Short Review: Atwood's Governor General's Award-winning bildungsroman about girls' cruelty to other girls, art, childhood, and memory; read crisply by Barbara Caruso. The book follows Elaine Risley, an artist, as she remembers her youth in Canada while preparing for a retrospective of her artwork. It is heartbreaking and beautiful, which makes it hard to listen to at times. Pain is perhaps more real when it's expressed out loud--this isn't a fun listen, but it's a very good one.
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The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
The Killer Angels
Available from Audible.comAuthor: Michael Shaara
Reader: Stephen Hoye
Short Review: Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterwork about the Battle of Gettysburg, well-read and voiced by Stephen Hoye. One of the best pieces of historical fiction … -
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel
Author: Susanna Clarke
Reader: Simon Prebble
Short Review: A gorgeously read version of a Hugo Award winning modern epic I absolutely love. Clarke’s novel is part Harry Potter, part Tolkein, part comedy of …
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Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Brokeback Mountain Author: Annie Proulx Reader: Campbell Scott Short Review: A ground-breaking story about the nature of love and sexuality, beautifully-read by one of my favorite audio book narrators.
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping: A Novel
Author: Marilynne Robinson
Read by: Becket Royce
