AudioFile Editors Select
2020 BEST
AUDIOBOOKS
On
the
Cover:
Shayna
Small
by
Anthony
Chatmon,
Zeno
Robinson
by
Greg
Crowder;
this
page:
Imogen
Church
photo
by
Manon
Ouimet,
Zadie
Smith
photo
by
Dominique
Nabokov
Contents December 2020/January 2021
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2020 Best Audiobooks
23 The Best Audiobooks in Fiction; Memoir;
Biography & History; Nonfiction & Culture;
Mystery & Suspense; Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror;
Children; Young Adult; and Romance
Reviews & Features
33 Fiction
36 5 Questions with Narrator Soneela Nankani
38 Tease
40 Mystery & Suspense
42 Behind the Mic with Narrator Robert Bathurst
46 Contemporary Culture
Spotlight: Author Zadie Smith
50 History & Biography
52 Biography & Memoir
54 Learning By Ear Slowing Down and Listening
56 Science Fiction & Fantasy
58 Children & Family Listening
Spotlight: Narrator Adam Lazarre-White
63 Young Adult
Departments
5 Editor's Notes
6
Contributors & Reviewers
8
Editors' Picks The Most Intriguing Upcoming Audiobook
Releases in December 2020 and January 2021
20 On the Web
68 Audiobooks and Literacy Fiction and Nonfiction
Audiobooks for Science-Minded Kids
72 Listening With . . . Knitter Roberta Lavey
Resources
2 Mission
66
Index of Print Reviews
70 Advertiser Directory
70
Sources Who, What, When, Where . . . and How to Find It
December 2020/ January 2021 n 3
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