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=== April 2019: [https://librivox.org/2019/05/01/the-quest-for-freedom/ The Quest for Freedom] === |
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[https://librivox.org/the-king-of-irelands-son-by-padraic-colum/ The King of Ireland's Son] by Padraic Colum, read by Don W. Jenkins |
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[https://librivox.org/eddie-of-jacksons-gang-by-brother-ernest-ryan/ Eddie of Jackson's Gang] by Brother Ernest Ryan, read by Maria Therese |
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[https://librivox.org/the-man-who-lost-himself-by-h-de-vere-stacpoole/ The Man Who Lost Himself] by H. De Vere Stacpoole, read by Roger Melin |
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[https://librivox.org/mr-harrisons-confessions-by-elizabeth-cleghorn-gaskell/ Mr. Harrison's Confessions] by Elizabeth Gaskell, read by Noel Badrian |
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[https://librivox.org/the-lesson-of-the-master-by-henry-james/ The Lesson of the Master] by Henry James, read by Nicholas Clifford |
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[https://librivox.org/father-and-son-by-edmund-gosse/ Father and Son] by Edmund Gosse, group recording |
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[https://librivox.org/forty-seasons-of-first-class-cricket-by-richard-gorton-barlow/ 40 Seasons of First-Class Cricket] by Richard Gorton Barlow, read by Phil Benson |
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[https://librivox.org/lives-of-the-engineers-george-and-robert-stephenson-by-samuel-smiles/ George and Robert Stepehnson] by Samuel Smiles, read by Andy Minter |
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[https://librivox.org/the-good-natured-man-by-oliver-goldsmith/ The Good-Natured Man] by Oliver Goldsmith, play |
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[https://librivox.org/cowboy-songs-and-other-frontier-ballads-by-john-lomax/ Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads] by John Lomax, group recording |
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Revision as of 04:45, 15 May 2019
Introduction
The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2019 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 2019
January 2019: Epic Resolutions
Fiction
War and Peace by Leo Tolstory, group recordings
Middlemarch (version 2) by George Eliot, read by Margaret Espaillat
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, group recording in French
The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray, read by Nick Bulka
Varney, the Vampyre Vols. 1-3 by Thomas Prest, group recordings
Non-Fiction
Gray's Anatomy by Henry Gray, group recordings
la Historia de Heródoto by Herodotus, translated by Bartolomé Pou, read in Spanish by Tux
The Life of Jesus Critically Examined by David Friedrich Strauss, translated by George Eliot, read by Leni
Drama
Faust I and Faust II, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Bayard Taylor, plays
Poetry
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, read by Thomas A. Copeland
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 37271 times in January 2019.
February 2019: What’s so Funny?
Fiction
Humour of the North by various, group recording
Bildergeschichten by Wilhelm Busch, group recording in German
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare
The Mirror Of Kong Ho by Ernest Bramah, read by David Wales
Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos, ejemplo de vagabundos y espejo de tacaños by Francisco de Quevedo, read in Spanish by Epachuko
Non-Fiction
My Mark Twain by William Dean Howells, read by Denny Sayers
The Enemies of Books by William Blades, read by Maria Kaspar
English as She is Wrote by Anonymous, read by TriciaG
Drama
Wappin' Wharf: A Frightful Comedy of Pirates by Charles S. Brooks, play
Poetry
Sonnets of a Budding Bard by Nixon Waterman, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 15612 times in February 2019.
March 2019: Women's March
Fiction
Die Reise nach Tilsit by Hermann Sudermann, read in German by Karlsson
Langs een omweg by A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint, read in Dutch by Anna Simon
Agatha Webb by Anna Katharine Green, group recording
La Comédie Humaine: La Femme de trente ans by Honoré de Balzac, read in French by Ezwa
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, group recording
Non-Fiction
War and Women by Mabel Annie Stobart, read by Celine Major
In Defense of Women by H. L Mencken, read by ML Cohen
Heroines of Fiction by William Dean Howells, read by Jim Locke
Drama
The Parson's Wedding by Thomas Killigrew, play
Poetry
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Bliss Carman, read by Peter Yearsley
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 6712 times in March 2019.
April 2019: A Man's World
Fiction
The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum, read by Don W. Jenkins
Eddie of Jackson's Gang by Brother Ernest Ryan, read by Maria Therese
The Man Who Lost Himself by H. De Vere Stacpoole, read by Roger Melin
Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell, read by Noel Badrian
The Lesson of the Master by Henry James, read by Nicholas Clifford
Non-Fiction
Father and Son by Edmund Gosse, group recording
40 Seasons of First-Class Cricket by Richard Gorton Barlow, read by Phil Benson
George and Robert Stepehnson by Samuel Smiles, read by Andy Minter
Drama
The Good-Natured Man by Oliver Goldsmith, play
Poetry
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Lomax, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 6528 times in April 2019.
April 2019: The Quest for Freedom
Fiction
The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum, read by Don W. Jenkins
Eddie of Jackson's Gang by Brother Ernest Ryan, read by Maria Therese
The Man Who Lost Himself by H. De Vere Stacpoole, read by Roger Melin
Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell, read by Noel Badrian
The Lesson of the Master by Henry James, read by Nicholas Clifford
Non-Fiction
Father and Son by Edmund Gosse, group recording
40 Seasons of First-Class Cricket by Richard Gorton Barlow, read by Phil Benson
George and Robert Stepehnson by Samuel Smiles, read by Andy Minter
Drama
The Good-Natured Man by Oliver Goldsmith, play
Poetry
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Lomax, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded x times in May 2019.
