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Starred Review Roundup: August 2012

Adam Boretz -- September 10th, 2012

It’s time once again for our Monthly Starred Review Roundup — a new feature we’ve been doing here at Listen Up to highlight those audiobooks that recently received Starred Reviews from PW.

For the month of August, we present you with the following:

Nonfiction

Thomas McNamee, read by Dick Hill. Tantor Media, unabridged, 11 CDs, 13 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-0812-9
Adam Carolla with Mike Lynch, read by Adam Carolla. Random House Audio, abridged, seven CDs, 8 hrs., $35 ISBN 978-0-307-93977-7
Joan Rivers, read by the author. Penguin Audio, unabridged, four CDs, 5 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-61176-065-1

YA Fiction

Gary Paulsen, read by Nick Podehl. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, two CDs, 1.5 hrs., $14.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-0823-6

Fiction

Anne Holt, read by Kate Reading. Blackstone Audio, unabridged, nine CDs, 11.5 hrs., $32.95 ISBN 978-1-4551-6030-3
William Shakespeare, read by Alan Cumming. Simon & Schuster Audio, unabridged, 2 CDs, 2 hrs., $14.99 ISBN 978-1-4423-5593-4
Gail Tsukiyama, read by Simon Vance. MacMillan Audio, unabridged, six CDs, 7 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4272-2249-7
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Monthly Starred Review Roundup: July 2012

Adam Boretz -- August 9th, 2012

Here at Listen Up, people are always asking us for audiobook recommendations. And while we love discussing the latest releases and upcoming titles, we decided to go straight to the source: PW’s Audiobook Reviews — and the latest titles to earn Starred Reviews.

And so, for your consideration, we bring you our new Monthly Starred Review Roundup. Just click the link for the corresponding review.

Nonfiction
 Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV
Warren Littlefield with T.R. Pearson, read by Bob Balaban. Random House Audio, unabridged, seven CDs, 9 hrs., $40 ISBN 978-0-449-00941-3

Me the People: One Man’s Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States
Kevin Bleyer, read by the author. Random House Audio, unabridged, 10 CDs, 12 hrs., $40 ISBN 978-0-449-00913-0

YA Fiction
 The Schernoff Discoveries
Gary Paulsen, read by MacLeod Andrews. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, two CDs, 2.25 hrs., $14.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-0814-4

Fiction
 Guilt by Degrees
Marcia Clark, read by January LaVoy. Hachette Audio, unabridged, 11 CDs, 12.5 hrs., $29.98 ISBN 978-1-61113-390-5

 They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?
Christopher Buckley, read by Robert Petkoff. Hachette Audio, unabridged, 10 CDs, 10.75 hrs., $29.98 ISBN 978-1-61113-426-1

Sparkling Cyanide
Agatha Christie, read by a full cast. AudioGO, library edition, unabridged, two CDs, 1.5 hrs., $24.95 ISBN 978-0-7927-8912-3

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