Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Reviews
"Audiobook fans will welcome the thoughtful annotations in this first advisory guide tailored to listeners, contributed to the Read On series by readers'-advisory-expert Saricks. . . . The variety of enthusiastic suggestions, both classics and current best-sellers, will pique listener interest with new titles (and narrators) to try on the treadmill or the next long car trip. All libraries that circulate audiobooks should shelve this guide alongside." - Booklist, "Audiobook fans will welcome the thoughtful annotations in this first advisory guide tailored to listeners, contributed to the Read On series by readers'-advisory-expert Saricks. …The variety of enthusiastic suggestions, both classics and current best-sellers, will pique listener interest with new titles (and narrators) to try on the treadmill or the next long car trip. All libraries that circulate audiobooks should shelve this guide alongside." - Booklist, "Audiobook fans will welcome the thoughtful annotations in this first advisory guide tailored to listeners, contributed to the Read On series by readers'-advisory-expert Saricks. . . . The variety of enthusiastic suggestions, both classics and current best-sellers, will pique listener interest with new titles (and narrators) to try on the treadmill or the next long car trip. All libraries that circulate audiobooks should shelve this guide alongside." -- Booklist
Table of Content
Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction The Audiobook Phenomenon Working with Listeners and Audiobooks A Note about This Book Chapter One: Language/Voice All the World's an Audiobook: Full Cast Readings Twice the Talent: Authors as Narrators Gone but Not Forgotten: Great Narrators Who Have Died It's a Man's World: Compelling Male Narrators Let's Hear It from the Ladies: Engaging Female Narrators A Literary Gazetteer: Well Written and Well Spoken One Story, Many Voices: Multiple Narrators Unique Voices: Characters You Never Expected to Hear Phonetic Genius: Virtuoso Performances Chapter Two: Mood Sleepless Nights: Stories with Haunting Atmospheres Curl Up in Your Easy Chair: Comfortable Listening Don't Look Now: Dark and Disturbing More than Meets the Eye: Edgy, Thoughtful Tales Laugh Out Loud Listening: Humorous Stories Into the Heart of Darkness: Dangerous Confrontations On the Edge of Your Chair: Suspenseful Tales A Ghost for Every Listener: Modern Gothic Tales Love and Laughter: Romantic Comedy Chapter Three: Story Lasting Pleasures: Classics Come Alive Adrenaline Redux: Classic Thrillers Oh No! Disaster Stories Suspenseful Mixology: Genre Blends Golden Oldies: Classic Mysteries It's All in the Details--and It's All Details: Microhistories It's the Law: Legal Thrillers Layered Tales: Fact and Fiction Other Voices: Multicultural Experiences On the Front: Action-Packed War Stories Those Left Behind: On the Home Front Adventure with a Purpose: The Quest Reading the Bones: Forensic Evidence Of Mythic Proportions: Retelling Classic Tales The Real Story: Exceptional Nonfiction Recordings Timely Tales: Fiction Ripped from the Headlines Under Occupation: War Stories Chapter Four: Characters All in the Family: Family Stories The Good, the Bad, and the Nosey: Amateur Sleuths Learning Life's Lessons: Coming-of-Age Tales Women with Spunk: Feisty Females in Fiction Herstory: Historical Fiction from a Female Perspective Inside Their Heads: Psychological Suspense Just the Facts, Ma'am: Police Detective Stories From History to Myth: Legendary Heroes and Heroines A Man's Got to Make a Living: Assassin Heroes and Antiheroes When Life Imitates Art: Audio Memoirs Down These Mean Streets: Gregarious Gumshoes Real People: Biographies Worth Listening To Real People in Fictional Worlds Uneasy Lies the Crown: Stories about Royalty Second Bananas: Sidekicks Don't You Believe Them!: Unreliable Narrators Up Close and Personal: First-Person Accounts By Women, for Women: Women's Lives and Relationships Chapter Five: Setting We Are So Not Amused: The Dark Side of Amusement Parks Not in Kansas Anymore: Fabulous, Fantastic Worlds Like Being There: Audio for the Armchair Traveler Life's Rough Edges: Hard Times Past Transgressions: Historical Mysteries Other Times, Other Places: Historical Fiction Global Sleuthing: Mysteries around the World On the Road Again: Travel Narratives Then and Now: Dual Story Lines Starring Mother Nature: Weather-Based Stories Wide-Open Spaces: Stories Set in the Great Outdoors The Wild West, Then and Now Index
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Bibliographies & Indexes, Library & Information Science / General, Référence, Library & Information Science / Collection Development
Genre
Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
