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Find your next great audiobook on our podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need. Want more? Listen to our bonus episodes featuring conversations with the best voices in the audiobook industry.

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    • 4.7 • 121 Ratings

Find your next great audiobook on our podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine. Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need. Want more? Listen to our bonus episodes featuring conversations with the best voices in the audiobook industry.

    Celebrating 1500 Episodes of Behind the Mic with Robin Whitten

    Celebrating 1500 Episodes of Behind the Mic with Robin Whitten

    Happy 1500 episodes to AudioFile’s Behind the Mic Podcast! We’re celebrating this milestone all week long by highlighting each of our podcast contributors. Today host Jo is talking with AudioFile’s Editor and founder, Robin Whitten. They talk about all the fun and work that goes into recording 1500 episodes of Behind the Mic, their favorite episodes, and their shared love for mystery audiobooks.
    AudioFile’s podcast honors the work and dedication to the craft of making excellent audiobooks and features the best in audiobooks each week. Read more about AudioFile Magazine and discover thousands of audiobook reviews at AudioFile’s website.
    Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus, and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more!
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    • 9 min
    SERWA BOATENG'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAYHEM by Roseanne A. Brown, read by Soneela Nankani

    SERWA BOATENG'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAYHEM by Roseanne A. Brown, read by Soneela Nankani

    Soneela Nanknai’s talents are in full force in this monstrous and magical fantasy series. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss Roseanne A Brown’s thrilling sequel to SERWA BOATENG’S GUIDE TO VAMPIRE HUNTING. Serwa has discovered a shocking secret—she’s an obayifo, a vampire witch, just like those she’s spent her life training to fight. Nankani’s dynamic voice and boundless energy match the action and Serwa’s roiling emotions as she goes into hiding to train with her obayifo aunt. She conveys all the drama as Serwa fights the newfound urge to drink blood, plans a dangerous heist, realizes she has a huge crush, and travels to the underworld.
    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Disney Hyperion.
    Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website.
    Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more!
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    • 8 min
    THE FRIENDSHIP STUDY by Ruby Barrett, read by André Santana, Meg Sylvan

    THE FRIENDSHIP STUDY by Ruby Barrett, read by André Santana, Meg Sylvan

    André Santana and Meg Sylvan narrate this friends-to-lovers romance with compassion and full-hearted emotion. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss this story of two lonely people finding friendship and love where they least expect it. Santana’s thoughtful narration gives us insights into former firefighter Jesse’s anxiety and warm heart. Lulu’s a history professor living in her parents’ house, and Sylvan’s voice expresses both Lulu’s infectious enthusiasm and self doubt. When Lulu and Jesse enroll in a psychology study on making friends, their attraction happens fast—despite the study’s strict ban on dating. Santana and Sylvan’s narrations highlight the rich emotionality of the story as Lulu and Jesse find their way forward in this steamy romance.
    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Harlequin Audio.
    Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website.
    Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more!
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    • 8 min
    FAEBOUND by Saara El-Arifi, read by Bahni Turpin

    FAEBOUND by Saara El-Arifi, read by Bahni Turpin

    Bahni Turpin narrates Saara El-Arifi’s high fantasy tale that’s laced with romance and danger. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly dive into the story of Black elves, fae, and magic. After banishment by their chieftain, elven sisters Yeeran and Lettle wind up prisoners in fae lands and must adapt if they hope to survive. Turpin portrays Yeeran as a battle-hardened warrior, proud and energetic, while Lettle is a diviner, passionate and inquisitive. The sisters uncover surprising truths that upend their understanding of the world, and both discover threads of romance.
    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Random House Audio.
    Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website.
    Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more!
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    • 6 min
    WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. Kingfisher, read by Avi Roque

    WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. Kingfisher, read by Avi Roque

    Narrator Avi Roque conveys all the creeping horror of T. Kingfisher’s sequel to WHAT MOVES THE DEAD. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss Roque’s skilled narration of this fantastical horror story. Alex Easton, a retired soldier, travels to their family’s hunting lodge in their damp and unwelcoming home country, Gallacia. Alex discovers the lodge cold and empty and learns that the caretaker has died under mysterious circumstances. Roque lightly voices Alex’s humor and dry wit, ramping up the terror with a quickened pace and dramatic flair as Alex’s dreams become haunted by spectral creatures.
    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Macmillan Audio.
    Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website.
    Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more!
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    • 7 min
    WILD LIFE by Opal Wei, read by Natalie Naudus

    WILD LIFE by Opal Wei, read by Natalie Naudus

    Natalie Naudus narrates a spirited romance loosely inspired by the classic screwball comedy “Bringing Up Baby.” Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly talk about this fun romance by Opal Wei that’s centered around two chaotic characters. Zoey Fong’s always lived her life guided by The Plan . . . until she meets Davy Hsieh and he upends almost every aspect of it. Naudus’s portrayal of Zoey highlights her focus and goal-oriented mindset, while her portrayal of Davy accents his laid-back and easygoing nature. One mistake has Zoey rethinking her life while stuck on an island with Davy—and Baby, his semi-tame cougar. Naudus’s delightful performance highlights the inherent joy and lightness in Zoey and Davy’s budding relationship and makes for a truly enjoyable experience.
    Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Harlequin Audio.
    Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website.
    Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Zachary Levi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Willie Nelson, and so many more!
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    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
121 Ratings

121 Ratings

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Fantastic!

Great way to find new books I might not read otherwise.

z77r ,

Sound meter issues

Love the show, but the volume of the speakers is irratic. Not only do the different speakers seem to be set at different sound levels; the same speaker can fade from quiet to loud, as though the speaker is moving her head away from and toward the microphone. Given the title of the podcast, I find the sound production especially annoying.

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Listen to every episode!

Love hearing the reviews and snippets of the audiobook.

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