Staff Picks 2016

Introduction

The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2016 will be added here. More details of these selections may be found on the linked blog posts. For more information and a list of Staff Picks in previous years, have a look at the main Staff Picks page

If you prefer to download m4b files, all our staff picks have been converted to this format, which can be downloaded from the respective catalog pages.

Suggestions for future Staff Picks on the LibriVox home page are always welcome. Please post your suggestions in this thread.

LibriVox Staff Picks 2015

January 2016: American Graffiti

Fiction

That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green, read by Dawn Larsen

Angelina by Rafael Delgado, read by Karen Savage in Spanish

The Avalanche by Gertrude Atherton, read by Lynn Thompson

La Chasse-Galerie by Honoré Beaugrand, group recording n French

Contending Forces by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkinss, read by Margaret Espalliat

Non-Fiction

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Stephen Leacock, read by Sean Michael Hogan

From the Deep Woods to Civilization by Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman), read by Laura Victoria

The Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt, read by Bob Neufeld

Drama

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, dramatic reading

Poetry

Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, group recording

Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 23141 times in January 2016.

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February 2016: From Russia With Love

Fiction

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, group recording

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, read by Valery Yakovlev in Russian

A Sportsman's Sketches by Ivan Turgenev, read by tovarisch

Satan's Diary by Leonid Andreyev, read by Crln Yldz Ksr

Die Lady Makbeth des Mzensker Landkreises by Nikolai Leskov, read by Friedrich in German

Non-Fiction

All Things are Possible by Lev Shestov, read by Expatriate

Ice March by Roman Gul, read by Mark Chulsky in Russian

God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin, read by Carl Manchester

Drama

Der Baer by Anton Chekhov, dramatic reading in German

Poetry

Kamen, by Osip Mandelstam, read by Mark Chulsky in Russian

Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3411 times in February 2016.

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March 2016: French Kiss

Fiction

The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France, read by Roger Melin

The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre, group recording

La Fille aus Yeux D'or by Honore de Balzac, group recording in French

Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau, read by Ezwa in French

La Princesse de Cleves by Mme de La Fayette, read by Isabelle Brasme in French

Non-Fiction

Essays by Michel de Montaigne, group recording

L'Art de payer ses dettes by Emile Marco de Saint Hilaire, read by Ezwa in French

The Mason Bees by Jean Henri Fabre, read by Bellona Times

Drama

Le Cid by Pierre Corneille, dramatic reading in French

Poetry

Poemes Saturniens, by Paul Verlaine, read by JC Guan in French

Note: The books from this selection got downloaded at least 4773 times in March 2016.

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April 2016: Conquest of Paradise

Fiction

Contos para Velhos by Olavo Bilac, group recording in Portuguese

La Edad de Oro by Jose Marti, group recording in Spanish

Senhora by Jose de Alencar, read by Leni in Portuguese

Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma by Lima Barreto, read by Miramontes in Portuguese

South American Jungle Tales by Horacio Quiroga, read by James K. White

Esau e Jaco by Machado de Assis, read by Felipe Vale Da Silva in Portuguese

Non-Fiction

Sermões by Padre Antonio Vieira, read by Leni in Portuguese

Garcia Moreno by Augustine Berthe, read by Maria Therese

Poetry

El Gaucho martin Fierro, by Jose Hernandez, group recording in Spanish

Pan American Poems: An Anthology by various Authors from Latin America, group recording

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