2019 Favorite Listens

As you can see, Audiobook Accomplice existing for the full year of 2019 (as opposed to but a few months in 2018) has left us with a plethora of Favorites for the year.  These weren’t New Releases this year, but they WERE audiobooks that knocked my socks off!

I hope you enjoy the offerings!

Do you have a favorite audiobook that you’ve listened to this year? Email me at Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com and I’ll get it on the reviews!


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Favorite Fiction:

Series: Oxford Time Travel, Book 1

By: Connie Willis / Narrated By: Jenny Sterlin

THE best book ever! AND it turns out, it’s an extraordinary audiobook also!

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By: Ben Fountain / Narrated By: Oliver Wyman

Painfully good, really

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Favorite Nonfiction:

By: Tom Wolfe / Narrated By: Dennis Quaid

Uhm, whooo has the right stuff? Try Wolfe, try Quaid!!!

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Written and Narrated By: Dale Maharidge

The other, more searing, side of The Good War

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Much Loved Animals:

By: Garth Stein / Narrated By: Christopher Evan Welch

Such brilliant writing and narration—a meditation of love, loss, and getting that last pee in

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Written and Narrated By: Christopher McDougall

What a great story! And what’s this? Did the song at the end leave a tear or two in my eye?

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Favorite Grief Support:

By: Patrick Ness / Narrated By: Jason Isaacs

Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd

It starts with tears, goes on to sobs, then ends with letting go

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By: Kate DiCamillo / Narrated By: Judith Ivey

Best. Book. EVER…!

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Favorite Fantasy:

Series: The Sixth World, Book 1

By: Rebecca Roanhorse / Narrated By: Tanis Parenteau

What a reFRESHing and fun jaunt, jam-packed with action, mythology, and characters to root for!

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Series: Hollow Kingdom, Book 1

By: Kira Jane Buxton / Narrated By: Robert Petkoff

The Zombie Apocalypse… With Bird and Bloodhound!

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Favorite Bio / Memoir:

By: Chris Rose / Narrated By: Bronson Pinchot

Brings back memories, maybe too many…

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By: Jessica Goodell, John Hearn / Narrated By: Emily Durante

In Memoriam for the fallen, but this woman is one Veteran to remember

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Favorite Kids / Teens:

By: Julie T. Lamana / Narrated By: Robin Miles

For middle-grade fiction, Armani’s story is pretty hard-hitting... Sooo good!

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By: Matt de la Peña / Narrated By: Henry Leyva

Passionate without being all “Fraught-with-Angst”

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Favorite Military:

By: Erich Maria Remarque / Narrated By: Frank Muller

Exquisitely written with heartfelt narration. Absolutely devastating…

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Favorite Romance:

Series: Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries, Book 4

By: Lynn Messina / Narrated By: Jill Smith

MagNIFicent!!! And, what? Is there room for ANOTHER book?!?

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Favorite Self Development:

Written and Narrated By: Jon Acuff

Fending Off Perfectionism… made fun!

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