Read On…Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste

by Joyce Saricks

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… 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.

Genres: Reference

168 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 2011

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

My friend Joyce Saricks does it again with a fantastic book in the Read On series about audiobooks. This is the first RA title devoted to audiobooks that I know of, and the perfect choice of writers, as I'm not sure any listener has logged more reading hours than Joyce. Her first-hand knowledge of every title she covers rings through in the annotations, and I wrote down dozens of titles that I'll seek out for my own (much more patchy) audiobook listening. This is one of the best in my favorite (OK, I wrote one) of the readers advisory series.

[Megan Rosol · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a must-have resource for any librarian with an interest in audiobooks and a recommended book for anyone who wants access to over 300 beautifully-written audiobook recommendations divided by character, story, setting, language, mood/tone and other factors.
Joyce Saricks is a goddess of readers advisory.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful compendium of audiobooks for lots of different tastes. Some of the recommendations missed the mark with me (Florence of Arabia, for example) but others I agreed with. It's a useful resource for those of us who go through 1-2 audiobooks a week and know the importance of a good narrator.