July 17, 2025

Episode 538 || From the Archives: Audiobooks with Jordan Jones

57 minutes

This week on From the Front Porch, it’s another episode From the Archives! In this series, we’re sharing some of our favorite past episodes of the show while Annie is on maternity leave. Enjoy today’s episode from 2022 all about audiobooks with beloved guest and Annie’s husband, Jordan Jones, just in time for road trip season.

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Annie's picks:

Anna K by Jenny Lee, narrated by Jenna Ushkowitz (Libro.fm link)

Falling by TJ Newman, narrated by Steven Weber (Libro.fm link)

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman, narrated by Kristen Sieh (Libro.fm link)

Going There by Katie Couric, narrated by Katie Couric (Libro.fm link)

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz, narrated by Kimberly Wetherell and Rossmery Almonte (Libro.fm link)

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett, narrated by Katie Schorr (Libro.fm link)

River of the Gods by Candice Millard, narrated by Paul Michael (Libro.fm link)

Taste by Stanley Tucci, narrated by Stanley Tucci (Libro.fm link)

Upgrade by Blake Crouch, narrated by Henry Leyva (Libro.fm link)

The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson, narrated by Casey Wilson (Libro.fm link)

You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar, narrated by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar (Libro.fm link)

Jordan's picks:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, narrated by a full cast (Libro.fm link)

The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Rob Inglis (Libro.fm link)

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, narrated by a full cast (Libro.fm link)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman (Libro.fm link)

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, narrated by a full cast (Libro.fm link)

Defending Jacob by William Landay, narrated by Grover Gardner (Libro.fm link)

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, with multiple narrators (Libro.fm link)

Furious Hours by Casey Cep, narrated by Hillary Huber (Libro.fm link)

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri, narrated by Daniel Nayeri (Libro.fm link)

Death Is But a Dream by Christopher Kerr, narrated by Fred Sanders (Libro.fm link)

The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe, narrated by Tom Parks (Libro.fm link)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is listening to The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner, narrated by Dakota Fanning (Libro.fm link).

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