June Staff Picks

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June is National Audiobook Month and we're celebrating by sharing some audio gems.  Our current recommendations focus on the narrators, the unsung heroes and heroines of the audio platform.  Quite a few of these narrators record numerous books, but these are standouts for our staff.

Sara S. & Evan E.: The Strain narrated by actor Ron Perlman; the legend of the vampire, modern and realistic.

Deanne H.:  Anything narrated by George Guidell - there are hundreds of records in our catalog!  He could read the phone book and I would probably listen.

Judy T.:  Davina Porter is pitch perfect and a joy to listen to as she narrates the Anne Perry mysteries.  The Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series is especially good.

 Susan C.:  Bag of Bones narrated by Stephen King.  When King narrates his own books, his voice hits the suspense and mystery perfectly!  No one else could have done it so effectively.

Alana T.:  The early Douglas Preston/Lincoln Childs Pendergast novels narrated by Scott Brick are great.  Brick captures Agent Pendergast's New Orleans aristocratic drawl perfectly and does a great job creating and maintaining the spookiness of each scene.

Susan C.:  Bag of Bones narrated by Stephen King.  When King narrates his own books, his voice hits the suspense and mystery perfectly!  No one else could have done it so effectively.

Amanda E.: Heather O'Neill narrates Denise Mina's Paddy Meehan books. A) Her accent is very pleasant to listen to & B) she makes the character male and female come to life in your mind's eye.

Cary H.: Any of Agatha Christie's stories narrated by Joan Hickson or Hugh Fraser!!  The both do accents and gender well and take you to the heart of the story -- for true Christie fans they are the best.

Jacob D.:  My favorites; Columbine narrated by Don Leslie,  Orson Scott Card's Ender series narrated by Stephan Rudnicki, and Assassination Vacation read by the author, Sara Vowell.

Lisa E.: Jim Dale narrated all 7 Harry Potter audiobooks and gave voices to all the wonderful characters J.K. Rowling created.  According to Jim Dale, there were over 250 speaking characters in the entire series.