A library person was recently asking for suggestions for audiobooks; so we are passing on the responses for your own thoughts for your collections!
“What’s your favorite YA audiobook? I’m looking for suggestions of good books, but also great narration.
I am asking for both personal and professional reasons. I have started listening to YA audiobooks in the teen room when we’re not crazy busy. The patrons like it, and a good number of them drift to the CD section now. I am also planning a booklist and display called “Now Hear This” with books and their audio. Thanks in advance.”
- Hunger Games has excellent narration!
- Check out these resources: Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults, Sound Learning — scroll down to find lists for a variety of ages — and don’t forget to let your audiobook-loving teens know about Sync, offering two free audiobook downloads per week starting April 27.
- THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY was great… I’d recommend checking out anything that won the Odyssey Award
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Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series is fantastic (read by Tim Currie!)
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The Cinder series by Marissa Meyer is good
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Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
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Jackaby by William Ritter
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The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is fantastic too
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Also loved the Diviners by Libba Bray
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Green Emerald series by Kerstin Gier
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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
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Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series by Kenneth Oppel
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Curseworker series by Holly Black is read by Jesse Eisenberg and he does a great job
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Bloody Jack series by LA Meyer, narrated by the incomparable Katherine Kellgren. This is my favorite audiobook series ever. Amazing writing, amazing narration.
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Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy, narrated by Rupert Degas
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Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, narrated by Nathaniel Parker
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WARP series by Eoin Colfer, narrated by Maxwell Caulfield
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Nightmares series, written and ready by Jason Segel
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Land of Stories series, written and read by Chris Colfer
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Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas, read by Elizabeth Evans
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Spirit Animal series by various authors, read by Nicola Barber
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, ready by a full cast
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Goose Girl series by Shannon Hale, read by a full cast
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- I also liked the audio book of Feed by M.T. Anderson. It was my first introduction to audiobooks
- Scowler, Daniel Kraus
- When I Was the Greatest, Jason Reynolds
- Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon
- Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys
- Every Day, David Levithan
- If I Was Your Girl, Meredith Russo
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (although, if you got yours from Midwest Tape you’re missing disc 2 and you should contact them)
- Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama, read by Katherine Kellgren (she’s amazing!!!)
- Leviathan (trilogy) by Scott Westerfeld, read by Alan Cumming (he’s the best and need to narrate more audiobooks!!!)
- Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, read by Kim Mai Guest
- Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (my new favorite)
- Grisha triology by Leigh Bardugo, read by Lauren Fortgang