Ashley Holstrom Best Audiobooks of 2018: Nonfiction Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, Narrated by Robin Miles I was finding ways to sneak more of this book into my life-like taking the long way home or going for walks with my headphones. I am new to romance, and oh my gosh, this was the best on audio. They can’t stop thinking about each other and are doing the whole long-term relationship thing. They have a blast and then things get real steamy. Michelle Anne Schingler The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory, Narrated by Janina EdwardsĪlexa and Drew are trapped in an elevator together, they make some witty banter, and then Drew asks her to be his fake girlfriend at a wedding the next day. I’m taking it slowly, chapter by delicious chapter, and dipping back in whenever I need a little womanhood support. Its often poetic and always searing approaches to motherhood make it a rebellion-fueling listen-to title for me. This is not comfort reading (or listening) in these troubled times, but it is ferocious, feminist, bold about reproductive issues and insecurities, and captivating. Michelle Anne Schingler Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, Narrated by Karissa Vacker And Erin Bennett Bayo Gbadamosi’s narration is luxurious and impeccable-I’m not going to pretend that I wouldn’t be compelled to pick future audiobooks based solely on his participation. Shifts in perspective make this less easy to follow in the audiobook format, but every scene is still enrapturing (whether or not its connections are immediately apparent).
Jamie Canaves Rosewater by Tade Thompson, Narrated by Bayo GbadamosiĪ last minute road trip selection, this enthralling science fiction story follows a government agent with psychic powers as he tries to figure out why the seemingly apart but sometimes benevolent alien biodome in his new Nigerian posting is killing off people like him.