Staff Picks 2018
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 2018
January 2018: Sounds Great!
Fiction
Aaron's Rod by D. H. Lawrence, read by Bill Boerst
Der arme Spielmann by Franz Grillparzer, read in German by Availle
The First Violin by Jessie Fothergill, read by Sandra G.
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy, read by Rachel Lintern
A Cathedral Singer by James Lane Allen, read by David Wales
Non-Fiction
How to Listen to Music by Henry E. Krehbiel, group recording
Chopin: the Man and Music by James Huneker, group recording
Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens, group recording
Drama
Confidences d'un joueur de Clarinette, by Erckmann-Chatrian, French drama
Poetry
Folk Ballad Collection 001, by Various, read and sung by LibriVoxers
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3895 times in January 2018.
February 2018: Cold, Cold Winter
Fiction
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge by Laura Lee Hope, group recording
The Land of the Frozen Suns by Bertrand W. Sinclair, read by Roger Melin
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Augusta Groner, read by Dawn Larsen
Snow Blind by Katharine Newlin Burt, read by Roger Melin
In Winter by Yosef Hayim Brenner, read in Hebrew by Omri Lernau
Non-Fiction
Auf Schneeschuhen übers Gebirge by Fridtjof Nansen, group recording in German
Adrift on an Ice Pan by Sir Wilfred Grenfell, read by Sean Michael Hogan
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew A. Henson, read by Lee Smalley
Drama
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Jessie Braham White, drama
Poetry
The Snowflake and Other Poems, by Arthur Weir, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4048 times in February 2018.
March 2018: Feed Me!
Fiction
Tea-table Talk by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Ruth Golding
Make Mine Homogenized by Rick Raphael, read by Gregg Margarite
John Dough and the Cherub by L. Frank Baum, group recording
The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter, read by Cindy Steib
Bei Tische - eine gastrosophische Novelle by Otto Roquette, read in German by Crln Yldz Ksr
Non-Fiction
Six Cups of Coffee by Various, group recording
The Lord's Table by Andrew Murray, read by Phil Snyder
No Animal Food & Diet With Vegetable Reipes by Rupert H. Wheldon, read by Ben Adams
Drama
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louise May Alcott, dramatic reading
Poetry
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion, by Imogen Clark, read by Betsie Bush
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 14437 times in March 2018.
April 2018: To Spring
Fiction
Easter Lily by Amanda M. Douglas, group recording
The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin, read by Maria Therese
Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev, read by tovarisch
April's Lady by Mrs. Hungerford, group recording
Ausgewaehlte Novellen by Guy de Maupassant, read in German by Hokuspokus
Non-Fiction
ABC of Vegetable Gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford, read by Bill Boerst
The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour by Sir Alfred Edward East, read by Sue Anderson
Across Asia on a Bicycle by T. G. Allen and W. L Sachtleben, group recording
Drama
Love is the Best Doctor, by Moliere, drama
Poetry
Easter Carols, by Louisa P.S. Hopkins, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 20347 times in April 2018.
May 2018: Revolutions
Fiction
Gadsby by Ernest V. Wright, group recording
Outlaws of Ravenhurst by Sister M. Imelda Wallace, read by Maria Therese
Gloriana, or The Revolution of 1900 by Florence Dixie, read by Mark Nelson
The Gadfly by Ethel L. Voynich, group recording
No Surrender by Constance E. Maud, read by Lisa Reichert
Non-Fiction
A German Deserter's War Experience by anonymous, read by Lee Smalley
The Story of Peterloo by Francis A. Bruton, read by Phil Benson
Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days by Annie L. Burton, read by Michele Fry
Drama
The Naturewoman, by Upton Sinclair, drama
Poetry
Rebel Verses, by Bernard Gilbert, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 15138 times in May 2018.
June 2018: Travel Plans
Fiction
Megane by Toson Shimazaki, read in Japanese by ekzemplaro
Meridiana by Jules Verne, group recording
The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella, read by Rapunzelina
Dave Dashaway Around the World by Roy Rockwood, read by Scott Danneker
The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells, group recording
Non-Fiction
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by James Edmund Vincent, read by TND
Southern Arabia by Mabel and Theodore Bent, group recording
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry Garrard, read by Kevin Green
Drama
The Admirable Crichton, by J. M. Barrie, play
Poetry
Poems on Travel, by various authors, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 14973 times in June 2018.
June 2018: Travel Plans
Fiction
Megane by Toson Shimazaki, read in Japanese by ekzemplaro
Meridiana by Jules Verne, group recording
The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella, read by Rapunzelina
Dave Dashaway Around the World by Roy Rockwood, read by Scott Danneker
The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells, group recording
Non-Fiction
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by James Edmund Vincent, read by TND
Southern Arabia by Mabel and Theodore Bent, group recording
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry Garrard, read by Kevin Green
Drama
The Admirable Crichton, by J. M. Barrie, play
Poetry
Poems on Travel, by various authors, group recording
