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This years best audiobook performances are almost all the work of narrators who make a serious living recording books.
When an audiobook works, its an inimitable collaboration between writer and narrator.
Here are a few of the best so far this year, listed in order of release.
A British courtroom thriller for the #MeToo era,Anatomylanded with perfect timing early this year.
But its Julie Teal as prosecuting barrister Kate Woodcraft whose thorny voice snags you and wont let go.
Teal is equal parts confiding and brisk as Kate wrestles with a few secrets of her own.
His character, Illinois-born Philip Brugglestein, decides as a youngster that his true self is British.
To the distress of his brutish alcoholic father, he adopts a posh accent.
She might have said the same of most signifiers of modern life shed never heard of the Holocaust.
Whelans sensitive reading brings life to this remarkable metamorphosis.
Hearne and Daniels are a singular pairing, like burgers and crack.
Mammoths haunt Cy Bellmans imagination after he reads of monstrous bones discovered in Kentucky early in the 19th century.
To his sister, hes a fool.
To daughter Bess, hes a hero.
If the hapless Bellman from Lewis Carrolls Hunting of the Snark comes to mind, thats no accident.
A cast of mostly Native American actors tells the story, a choice that feels both right and satisfying.
The characters they embody form a prism of modern Native American identity in all its complexity.
Keiko Furukura is an alien even in her family.
But in Smile Mart she finds her home planet.
Coached to greet customers with an enthusiastic Irasshaimase!
Nico Walker saysCherryis fiction.
Its a sweet departure from the old-time radio hour soundtrack thats all too common in this medium.
But you wont find any in her reading of Sofka Zinovieffs subtle second novel.
This story about a young teen and her adult lover was made for a perceptive performer.
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