Narrated

A great narrator can elevate a good story into a great audiobook, and can bring any story they read to life. The Narrated audiobook club explored a range of audiobooks narrated by four great narrators: Bahni Turpin, Caitlin Kelly, January LaVoy, and Emily Woo Zeller.

Discussion with Shachi, Mark, Lisa and Scott.

Bahni Turpin:

The Hate U Give [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 71]

Transcendent Kingdom [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Transcendent Kingdom [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Conductors [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 95]

The Help [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Caitlin Kelly:

Keeper of the Lost Cities (series) [Audible]

Eliza and Her Monsters [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Almost There and Almost Not [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

New York 2140 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Atlas Six [Libro.fm] / [Episode 143- March 15th]

January LaVoy

The 1619 Project [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

My Monticello (Novella) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 121]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Phasma (Star Wars) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 38]

I Am Harriet Tubman [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Never Tell [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Emily Woo Zeller

Episode 122

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying up [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 3]

Doctor Aphra (Star Wars) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 74]

Vagabounds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 81]

Strange Beasts of China [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 114]

The Poppy War (series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 114]

The Poppy War (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 115]

This is How You Lose the Time War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Ninefox Gambit [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Light From Uncommon Stars, written by Ryka Aoki and narrated by Cindy Kay; adeptly weaves together science fiction and fantastical story elements into an enjoyable and multifaceted story.

Discussion with Lisa and Scott

Light From Uncommon Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

2022 Audie Awards - March 22nd at 8:30pm ET [Finalists] / [Live Stream]

Project Hail Mary [Audible] / [Episode 101]

The Storyteller [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Rhythm of War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 87: Narrators Kate Reading & Michael Kramer]

[Hugos There Podcast]

Barrayar [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus]

The Apollo Murders, written by Chris Hadfield and narrated by Ray Porter; is a cold-war thriller in space based around an alternate history continuation of the Apollo program.

The Apollo Murders [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Project Hail Mary [Audible] / [Episode 101]

Bobiverse (series) [Audible]

The Lady Astronaut Universe (Series) [Audible]

The Narrated audiobook club convened to discuss our Nominations for the 2022 Hugo Awards.

Discussion with Lisa McCarty, Mark Siegal and Scott Ullery

Best Novel:

Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 110]

Leviathan Falls [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 128]

Light From Uncommon Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Black Water Sister [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Last Graduate [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 125]

Project Hail Mary [Audible] / [Episode 101]

She Who Became The Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Hidden Palace [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 104]

Perhaps the Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 134]

Noor [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 127]

Best Novella:

The Past is Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 117]

Remote Control [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Fugitive Telemetry [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 99]

My Monticello [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 121]

A Psalm for the Wild-Built [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 113]

Defkt [Libro.fm] / [Audible]

Elder Race [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250768728">IndieBound]

Best Series:

Terra Ignota [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Wayward Children [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Kingston Cycle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Best Related Work:

Never Say You Can't Survive [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 123]

"Mark as Read" by Molly Templeton [Tor.com]

Best Fancast

Hugo, Girl!

Hugos There Podcast [#22: The Mule]

Narrated

2021 Hugo Episodes:

2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel [Episode 107]

2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Novellas [Episode 111]

2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Series [Episode 115]

To Paradise, written by Hanya Yana-gihara and narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodor Chin & Kurt Kanazawa; tells three stories that echo characters and themes across the centuries that the stories are set.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing a review copy of To Paradise for today's episode

Review & discussion with Shachi, Lisa & Scott.

To Paradise [Libro.fm]

Cloud Cuckoo Land [Libro.fm] [https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/119">Episode 119]

A Marvelous Light [Libro.fm]

Miracle and Wonder, written by Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam, and read by Malcolm Gladwell is an examination of Paul Simon's music that also explores the audiobook as a format.

Review & discussion with Lisa & Scott.

Miracle and Wonder [Libro.fm] [Overdrive/Libby] [https://www.audible.com/pd/Miracle-and-Wonder-Audiobook/B09J1LS5C1">Audible]

The Bomber Mafia [Libro.fm] [Overdrive/Libby] [Audible]

In It for the Drama - Lisa Locke [Spotify]

How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question written and narrated by Michael Schur follows his journeys in moral philosophy leading up to creating The Good Place. Additional narration by Kristen Bell, D'Arcy Carden, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Marc Evan Jackson, Jameela Jamil & Professor Todd May.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Simon & Schuster Audio for providing a review copy of How To Be Perfect for today's episode

Review & discussion with Mark, Lisa & Scott.

How To Be Perfect [Libro.fm]

The Good Place

Terra Ignota (series) [Libro.fm] [Episode 134: Perhaps the Stars]

10% Happier (Revised Edition) [Libro.fm]

Where the Drowned Girls Go is the latest book in the Wayward Children series, written by Seanan McGuire and narrated by Whitney Johnson.

Review & discussion with Scott and Lisa.

Where the Drowned Girls Go [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

"2021 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella" [https://narratedpodcast.com/episodes/111">Episode 111]

Guest host Lisa McCarty reviews Perhaps the Stars, the fourth and final book in the Terra Ignota series, written by Ada Palmer and narrated by T. Ryder Smith.

Perhaps the Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Ada Palmer's essay: "Gender in Terra Ignota"

The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are, written by David M. Henkin and narrated by Pete Cross; takes a historical look at the evolution of the seven-day week, its rhythms, and impact on our lives.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Dreamscape Media for providing a review copy of The Week for today's episode

The Week [Libro.fm]