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Read On…Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste(Read On Series)


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With more than 300 original annotations in some 60 thematic lists, this one-of-a kind compilation opens the world of audiobooks to listeners and librarians alike. The demand for audiobooks is booming, yet materials that help listeners make choices of what to listen to have been in short supply. Read On…Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste fills that gap, helping match reader interests and mood to titles that might please them. Written by Joyce G. Saricks, a well-known writer and speaker on readers' advisory, the book offers original annotations for more than 300 audiobook titles, grouped according to some 60 themes, fiction and nonfiction. Lists are organized by character, story, setting, language, and mood/tone. Each entry provides a plot description and discusses the appeal of the narrator. In addition to helping patrons, the book will assist librarians with collection development and listener's advisory, creating displays that include audiobooks, promoting the collection, and especially, with understanding the special dynamic that exists among listeners, narrators, and audiobooks.

Table of Contents:
Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction The Audiobook Phenomenon Working with Listeners and Audiobooks A Note about This Book Chapter One: Language/Voice All the World's an Audiobook: Full Cast Readings Twice the Talent: Authors as Narrators Gone but Not Forgotten: Great Narrators Who Have Died It's a Man's World: Compelling Male Narrators Let's Hear It from the Ladies: Engaging Female Narrators A Literary Gazetteer: Well Written and Well Spoken One Story, Many Voices: Multiple Narrators Unique Voices: Characters You Never Expected to Hear Phonetic Genius: Virtuoso Performances Chapter Two: Mood Sleepless Nights: Stories with Haunting Atmospheres Curl Up in Your Easy Chair: Comfortable Listening Don't Look Now: Dark and Disturbing More than Meets the Eye: Edgy, Thoughtful Tales Laugh Out Loud Listening: Humorous Stories Into the Heart of Darkness: Dangerous Confrontations On the Edge of Your Chair: Suspenseful Tales A Ghost for Every Listener: Modern Gothic Tales Love and Laughter: Romantic Comedy Chapter Three: Story Lasting Pleasures: Classics Come Alive Adrenaline Redux: Classic Thrillers Oh No! Disaster Stories Suspenseful Mixology: Genre Blends Golden Oldies: Classic Mysteries It's All in the Details—and It's All Details: Microhistories It's the Law: Legal Thrillers Layered Tales: Fact and Fiction Other Voices: Multicultural Experiences On the Front: Action-Packed War Stories Those Left Behind: On the Home Front Adventure with a Purpose: The Quest Reading the Bones: Forensic Evidence Of Mythic Proportions: Retelling Classic Tales The Real Story: Exceptional Nonfiction Recordings Timely Tales: Fiction Ripped from the Headlines Under Occupation: War Stories Chapter Four: Characters All in the Family: Family Stories The Good, the Bad, and the Nosey: Amateur Sleuths Learning Life's Lessons: Coming-of-Age Tales Women with Spunk: Feisty Females in Fiction Herstory: Historical Fiction from a Female Perspective Inside Their Heads: Psychological Suspense Just the Facts, Ma'am: Police Detective Stories From History to Myth: Legendary Heroes and Heroines A Man's Got to Make a Living: Assassin Heroes and Antiheroes When Life Imitates Art: Audio Memoirs Down These Mean Streets: Gregarious Gumshoes Real People: Biographies Worth Listening To Real People in Fictional Worlds Uneasy Lies the Crown: Stories about Royalty Second Bananas: Sidekicks Don't You Believe Them!: Unreliable Narrators Up Close and Personal: First-Person Accounts By Women, for Women: Women's Lives and Relationships Chapter Five: Setting We Are So Not Amused: The Dark Side of Amusement Parks Not in Kansas Anymore: Fabulous, Fantastic Worlds Like Being There: Audio for the Armchair Traveler Life's Rough Edges: Hard Times Past Transgressions: Historical Mysteries Other Times, Other Places: Historical Fiction Global Sleuthing: Mysteries around the World On the Road Again: Travel Narratives Then and Now: Dual Story Lines Starring Mother Nature: Weather-Based Stories Wide-Open Spaces: Stories Set in the Great Outdoors The Wild West, Then and Now Index

About the Author :
Joyce G. Saricks, former readers' advisor at the Downers Grove Public library, speaks and writes about readers' advisory.

Review :
Audiobook fans will welcome the thoughtful annotations in this first advisory guide tailored to listeners, contributed to the Read On series by readers'-advisory-expert Saricks. . . . The variety of enthusiastic suggestions, both classics and current best-sellers, will pique listener interest with new titles (and narrators) to try on the treadmill or the next long car trip. All libraries that circulate audiobooks should shelve this guide alongside.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781591588047
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Sub Title: Reading Lists for Every Taste
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1591588049
  • Publisher Date: 21 Mar 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Read On Series
  • Weight: 255 gr


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