Audiobooks featuring more than one narrator have caught our eye over the past few months. Many feature full ensemble casts!

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December 12th marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the iconic Frank Sinatra. Although best known for his timeless music and distinctive voice, Sinatra was much more than a popular vocal artist. In addition to his 11 Grammy Awards, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, with a film career spanning five decades. Aptly nicknamed “Chairman of the Board” and “The Entertainer of the Century” (not to mention “Ol’ Blue Eyes”), Sinatra is still at the forefront of popular culture to this day.

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As I have been exploring audiobooks, I found a favorite narrator in Edward Herrmann. Thus far, he has “read me” UNBROKEN, ENDURING COURAGE and THE BOYS ON THE BOAT. All were books that were on my “to listen to” list as I had not had time to read them in print form. His narration was so powerful that I decided to curate a bookshelf of other titles that he has narrated. I culled three shelves of history and biography books, as well as a shelf of fiction titles.

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Before March of this year, I had not listened to an audiobook. I started with SHOTGUN LOVESONGS, which I had read in manuscript the previous year; I wanted to refresh my memory about it as it was just being published, and I thoroughly enjoyed the multi-cast recording. As I was listening, I realized I could increase the productivity of my commute time expontentially by listening. I took this opportunity to explore a range of titles (including some backlist ones that I had missed) and narrators.

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The BBC’s period drama “Downton Abbey” has quickly become one of the most popular series on television, even outside of the UK. Can’t get enough of the Crawleys? Thirsty for more early 20th-century love, loss, blackmail and betrayal? We’ve put together a bookshelf consisting of everything “Downton,” including DVD sets of all three seasons, soundtracks of the show’s original music, and a number of books about the real life people and places that inspired one of Masterpiece Classic’s most critically acclaimed features.

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