Audiobooks
July 2023

This list may include audiobooks in the following formats: audiobook CD, Playaway, and downloadable audiobooks available through Libby and Hoopla.
 
If you would like to learn more about any of these listening options, please contact the Adult Services Reference Desk at 309.590.6168 or reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org.
 
New Adult Fiction Audiobooks
The White Lady
by Jacqueline Winspear; narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

What it's about: Reclusive Elinor White lives in 1947 Kent, England, but she was once a spy, beginning as a child in World War I-era Belgium. After she makes friends with a neighbor girl, Elinor takes on a powerful crime family and reaches into her past for help, but surprises await. 

Narration: AudioFile Earphones Award winner Orlagh Cassidy expertly juggles multiple character accents in this standalone Jacqueline Winspear novel. 
 
Also available as a downloadable audiobook.
Yours Truly
by Abby Jimenez; narrated by Kyle Garcia and Zachary Webber 

What happens: After inadvertently offending his new colleague, Dr. Briana Ortiz, socially awkward emergency room physician Jacob Maddox writes her an apology letter, sparking a friendship that turns into more as these two wounded souls open up to each other.

Narration: Kyle Garcia (as Ortiz) and Zachary Webber (as Maddox) offer immersive characterizations of this workplace romcom's leads.  
Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 : a novel
by T. J. Newman

When Flight 1421 crashes into the ocean six minutes after take-off, the surviving passengers believe they are the lucky ones until the plane starts to sink to the ocean floor, trapping them inside, and they must wait to be rescued as both air and time run out.
 
Also available as a downloadable audiobook.
Rogue Justice
by Stacey Abrams

Asked by a fellow law clerk to look into his boss's death, Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene, after another shocking murder, is led to a list of names– all judges on the FISA Court, also known as America's“secret court”– and must race the clock to stop an unprecedented national crisis.
 
Also available as a downloadable audiobook.
New Adult Nonfiction Audiobooks
The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
by Ari Shapiro; narrated by Ari Shapiro

What it is: the debut memoir-in-essays from NPR All Things Considered co-host and former White House correspondent Ari Shapiro.

Narration: Shapiro offers his signature self-deprecating humor and confident voice in this engaging production.
 
Also avaiilable as a downloadable audiobook.
Honey, Baby, Mine
by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd; foreword by Reese Witherspoon; narrated by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd

What's inside: transcripts of conversations recorded during mother-and-daughter actresses Laura Dern and Diane Ladd's daily walks together.
 
Also available as a downloadable audiobook.
 
A Living Remedy
by Nicole Chung; narrated by Jennifer Kim

What it's about: author Nicole Chung's grief after losing her parents in quick succession prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Narration: Jennifer Kim captures Chung's raw emotions with a somber and sensitive reading.
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern...
by Simon Winchester; narrated by Simon Winchester

What it is: a sweeping history of the transmission of knowledge, from antiquity to the present.

Narration: In an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording, British author Simon Winchester narrates his own work with a sophisticated authority.  
 
Also available as a downloadable audiobook.
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