We’re celebrating AudioFile Magazine’s picks for the 2018 Best Biography and History Audiobooks. Join us as we discuss these intriguing true life stories and share clips from BARRACOON and RFK. And don’t miss tomorrow’s episode featuring an interview with narrator January LaVoy about her narration of Tilar J. Mazzeo’s ELIZA HAMILTON.
AudioFile Magazine’s Best Biography and History Audiobooks of 2018


BARRACOON by Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant [Ed.], read by Robin Miles, published by Harper Audio


ELIZA HAMILTON by Tilar J. Mazzeo, read by January LaVoy, published by Simon & Schuster Audio


RFK by Robert F. Kennedy, C. Richard Allen, Edwin O. Guthman, read by James Lurie, Jim Meskimen, published by Harper Audio


THE GOOD NEIGHBOR by Maxwell King, read by LeVar Burton, published by Oasis Audio


THE SOUL OF AMERICA by Jon Meacham, read by Fred Sanders, Jon Meacham [Fore.], published by Random House Audio


Explore ALL of the audiobooks in AudioFile’s Best of the Year Ezine with sound clips and narrator videos. https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/bestof/.
On today’s episode are Robin Whitten, Founder and Editor, and Michele Cobb, Publisher at AudioFile Magazine.
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