Best Audiobooks of 2010
I like audio books--they’re great for making commutes, car trips, and chores fly by pleasantly. I’m a picky listener, though--if the reader is grating, or even just uninteresting, I’ll stop listening, even if it’s a book I’ve been looking forward to reading and have been hearing great things about. Even with a good reader, some books don’t translate all that well to audio, so I really depend on reviews to help me pick out good recordings. Luckily, the end of the year is always rife with “Top Ten” lists of everything imaginable, including audiobooks.
Discover New Titles
- Library Journal’s Best Audiobooks of 2010: Fiction, Nonfiction, and a few sample tracks to give you a taste of what they liked so much about the recording.
- AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2010: Includes lists of best fiction, children’s, mystery and suspense, history and historical fiction, and young adult. For the truly discerning, you’ll also find lists of the best multi-voice recordings and author-read audiobooks. I really appreciated their list of Best Voices of 2010.
- Get smart and peruse My 10 Best Audio Nonfiction Books of 2010 put together by Joshua Kim of Inside Higher Ed.
Multiple Ways to Listen
At your library, you can find books on CD, Playaways (pre-loaded MP3 players), and eAudiobooks. Go find something great to listen to!
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Author Bio:
Nicole Pasini has worked on library programs and collections for teens, children, and adults. She listens better than she talks.