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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 des matières
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Audiobook Phenomenon
Working with Listeners and Audiobooks
A Note about This Book
Chapter One: Language/VoiceAll 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: MoodSleepless 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: StoryLasting 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: CharactersAll 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: SettingWe 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
A propos de l'auteur
Barry Trott is Adult Services Director, Williamsburg Regional Library, Virginia. He is Chair of the RUSA CODES Readers' Advisory Committee, edits the RA column for RUSQ, and develops read-alike lists for NoveList.
