Whether you’re an audiobook newbie or an audiophile, if you’re looking for some sure bets, these are The Paste's best audiobooks of 2017 so far.
American Street
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In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a...
young adults
Magpie Murders
7.4
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When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has...
The Hate u Give
8.4
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A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old...
Race police shooting black lives matter prejudice witness murder
The Pearl Thief
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From the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story...
Young Adult
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
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Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold...
Young Adults anthology essays
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Take a deep dive into current events and the world’s most important political issues through the Financial Times' reading list.
White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
Book
Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile,...
Politics
Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia
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A powerful examination of the conflicts in Southeast Asia that risk destabilising its remarkable...
History politics
All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power
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A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what...
Politics
Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation: The Relentless Invention of Modern India
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Today, India stands on the threshold of global dominance. And as it faces the road ahead, attention...
Politics
After Europe
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In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the...
History Politics
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Parents magazine has consulted with children’s librarians plus parent and kid testers to create their highly anticipated annual list.
Beyond the Bright Sea
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Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful...
Children
Real Friends
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Following little Shannon's life from kindergarten through fifth grade, Real Friends captures the...
Children Graphic novel
Hilde Cracks the Case
Matthew Lysiak, Joanne Lew-Vriethoff and Hilde Lysiak
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Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches,...
Children
Charlie & Mouse
Emily Hughes and Laurel Snyder
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Four hilarious stories, two inventive brothers, one irresistible book! Join Charlie and Mouse as...
Children
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist
Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month! Named a Best Children's Book of 2017 by Parents Magazine! This...
Children
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For Black History Month, Black Feminisms has put together this list, picking their best academic literature from women this year.
Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy
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Brazil's leadership role in the fight against HIV has brought its public health system widespread...
Medicine gender studies social issues
Raising the Race: Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community
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Winner of the 2017 Race, Gender, and Class Section Book Award from the American Sociological...
Gender studies social issues finance
Shadow Bodies: Black Women, Ideology, Representation, and Politics
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What does it mean for Black women to organize in a political context that has generally ignored them...
Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability
Stephanie Y Evans, Kanika Bell and Nsenga K. Burton
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This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of...
Psychology social sciences gender studies
The Revelations of Asher: Toward Supreme Love in Self – (This Is an Endarkened, Feminist, New Literacies Event)
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The Revelations of Asher: Toward Supreme Love in Self is an endarkened, feminist, new literacies...
Performing arts education essays
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Visceral scares, intergalactic chillers, psychological warfare—gang’s all here!
It (2017)
7.9
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In the town of Derry, Maine, a group of kids confront their fears when they encounter an ancient...
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Life (2017)
6.6
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Life is an intense sci-fi thriller about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station...
Mother! (2017)
6.3
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A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their...
Raw (2017)
7.1
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Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously...
What are you hungry for??
Prevenge (2016)
8.0
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Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she...
Horror comedy
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If you're not diligent, music can pass you by. Hence Esquire has done the job of compiling the best tracks that may you have missed this year:
This is Stuff's favourite picks from Amazon’s homegrown crop of TV shows:
Just Add Magic - Season 1
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An Amazon Originals Series - (For children ages 6-11) - Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and...
Betas - Season 1
TV Season Watch
An Amazon Originals Series - In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And four...
Bosch - Season 1
8.8
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Amazon Original: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling book series, Bosch (Titus Welliver), an...
Red Oaks - Season 1
TV Season Watch
An Amazon Originals Series - A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s about a college student...
Ripper Street - Season 1
9.5
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All eight episodes of the TV drama series starring Matthew Macfadyen as a detective trying to...
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It wouldn’t be Halloween without any ghost stories. Below are six recent books to help you get in the holiday spirit.
Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith
David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi
Book
The publication of the fifteen-year correspondence of two of the titans of weird fiction, H. P....
Horror
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume Two
Michael McDowell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, James D. Jenkins, Ryan Cagle and Nevil Shute
8.0
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Valancourt Books has earned a reputation as one of the foremost publishers of lost and rediscovered...
Horror
The Travelling Grave and Other Stories
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Though best known for his classic novel of Edwardian childhood The Go-Between, L. P. Hartley was...
Horror
Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M.R. James
7.0
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Montague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all time--classics...
Horror
The Best of Richard Matheson
4.0
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The definitive collection of terrifying stories by “one of the greatest writers of the 20th...
Science fiction fantasy
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From the coolest member of the Rolling Stones to a punk icon trying on his Sinatra fedora to a former bartender who mixes sounds through her trumpet, jazz music is anything if not diverse.
Loneliness Road by Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, and Bobby Previte with Iggy Pop
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Over a career now spanning nearly thirty years, Jamie Saft has established himself as one of the...
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Fly Or Die by Jaimie Branch
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A mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene and an active recent addition to the New York scene, Jaimie...
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Music from Our Soul by Charnett Moffett
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For his 30th Anniversary as a recording artist, Charnett Moffett delivers a far-reaching set of his...
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Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band by Charlie Watts
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Charlie Watts is considered by just about everyone to be the coolest man in rock, but he would be...
jazz
Gratitude by Dayna Stephens
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Gratitude, saxophonist/composer/bandleader Dayna Stephens’ eighth album as a leader, is a gift...
jazz
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Here are the best World Music albums from 2016 and 2017 that you might have missed.
Marimba Del Pacifico by Rio Mira
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Co-produced by respective Grammy nominee and winner - Ivis Flies & Ivan Benavides – Rio Mira are a...
latin american world
Terra Sangue Mare by Terra Sangue Mare featuring Michela Musolino, Michael Delia, Fabio Turchetti
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Terra Sangue Mare’s eponymous first album is the result of the trio’s exploration of Sicilian...
world folk
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra by Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
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Spearheaded by the legendary Afrobeat/Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, the Afro-Haitian Experimental...
world