Audiobooks
November 2020
Recent Releases
Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi; narrated by Bahni Turpin

Starring: Ghanaian American Gifty, a neuroscience PhD candidate studying neural pathways in mice as a way to understand the loss and suffering in her family -- though she insists that's not what she's doing.

Narration: Award-winning narrator Bahni Turpin embodies Gifty's contemplative nature with a gentle cadence. 
Empire of Wild
by Cherie Dimaline; narrated by Michelle St. John

What happens: A year after her husband Victor disappears following an argument, Joan Beausoleil encounters him at a tent revival, calling himself Reverend Wolff (and denying any knowledge of Victor).

Narration: Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award, First Nations narrator Michelle St. John's intense and authentic performance complements the own voices storyline inspired by Métis legends. 
Universe of Two
by Stephen P. Kiernan; narrated by Cassandra Campbell

What it's about: the life, marriage, and wartime work of mathematician Charlie Fisk, a somewhat reluctant recruit to the Manhattan Project who navigates his ethical ambivalence and guilt with the help of his flawed but supportive wife Brenda.

Narration: Cassandra Campbell juggles the sweeping love story and scientific descriptions with an engrossing and distinctly voiced performance that earned her an AudioFile Earphones Award. 
Here We Are
by Graham Swift; narrated by Phil Davis

What it is: an engaging, character-driven story set in postwar Brighton, where a dying artform has one last great summer thanks to an equally doomed variety act.

Narration: British actor Phil Davis' leisurely paced reading conveys the novel's melancholy tone. 
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson; narrated by Robin Miles

What it is: a timely and thought-provoking exploration of the "shape-shifting, unspoken, race-based" caste system that has shaped four centuries of American history.

Narration: Robin Miles' AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording is suffused with a calm, well-paced performance that encourages listener empathy and reflection. 
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