Staff Picks 2017
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 2017
January 2017: Time to Get Started!
Fiction
First on the Moon by Jeff Sutton, read by Richard Kilmer
Redburn's First Voyage by Herman Melville, read by James K. White
David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd, read by Greg Weeks
Love and Freindship by Jane Austen, read by Cori Samuel
Non-Fiction
The Divine Companion by James Allen, group recording
Prehistoric Men by Robert J. Braidwood, group recording
John Gutenberg, First Master Printer by Franz von Dingelstedt, group recording
South African Memories by Lady Sarah Wilson, read by SallyMC
Drama
Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, drama
Poetry
The Prelude, by William Wordsworth, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 7993 times in January 2017.
February 2017: Be my Valentine!
Fiction
French Medaeval Romandes from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France, group recording
Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué., read in German by Karlsson
Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost, read by Mary Bard
He Fell In Love With His Wife by Edward P. Roe, group recording
Salmelan Heinätelkoot by Olli Wuorinen, read in Finnish by Harri Tapani Ylilammi
Non-Fiction
Don't Marry! by James W. Donovan, group recording
Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi Written When She Was Eighty by Hester Lynch Piozzi, read by Crln Ylz Ksr
The Art of Kissing by Will Rossiter, group recording
Drama
The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia E. Barr, drama
Poetry
Rose and Roof Tree, by George Parsons Lathrop, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 15307 times in February 2017.
March 2017: Love that dare not...
Fiction
The Satyricon by Gaius Petronius Arbiter, group recording
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster, read by Julie Pandya
A L'ombre des Jeues Filles by Marcel Proust, read in French by Bernard
Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein, group recording
Ziska by Marie Corelli, read by ilianthe
Non-Fiction
3 Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud, group recording
Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey, read by Margaret Espaillat
I, Mary MacLane by MaryMacLane, read by Lynne T.
Drama
The Trial of Oscar Wilde, anonymous court records, dramatic reading
Poetry
Poemas, by Federico Garcia Lorca, read in Spanish by Victor Villaranza
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 11548 times in March 2017.
April 2017: Gather ’round, it’s storytime!
Fiction
Die verkaufte Grossmutter by Hanns Heinz Ewers, group recording in German
The Lion of Saint Mark by G. A. Henty, group recording
Young Readers Science Fiction Stories by Richard M. Elam, read by David Wales
Sunday Morning Storyland by Rev. Wilfrid J. Diamond, read by Maria Therese
Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov, read by Grant Hurlock
Non-Fiction
The Frozen North by Edith Horton, read by Laura Victoria
The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber, group recording
Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley, group recording
Drama
Robin Hood, by Amice MacDonell, drama
Poetry
The Littlest One - His Book, by Marion St. John Webb, read by Caro Davy
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 16336 times in April 2017.
May 2017: Laughter is Universal
Fiction
Love Insurance by Earl Derr Biggers, group recording
He by Andrew Lang and Walter H. Pollock, group recording
That House I Bought by Henry E. Warner, read by David Wales
Contes Humoristiques by Theophile Gautier, read by Zeckou in French
The Village That Voted the Earth was Flat by Rudyard Kipling, read by Tony Addison
Non-Fiction
Das Lob der Narrheit by Erasmus von Rotterdam, read by Julia Niedermaier in German
Comic History of the US by Bill Nye, read by Allyson Hester
English as She is Wrote by anonymous, read by Tricia G.
Drama
The Inspector General, by Nikolai Gogol, drama
Poetry
Misrepresenatative Men, by Harry Graham, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 9143 times in May 2017.
June 2017: A long, long time ago
Fiction
Faraon by Boleslaw Prus, read by Piotr Nater in Polish
The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty, group recording
Die Ahnen (Bd. 1: Ingo) by Gustav Freytag, group recording in German
The Gold Sickle by Eugene Sue, read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet and Mike Pelton
Hindoo Tales or the Adventures of 10 Princes by Dandin, read by sid
Non-Fiction
The Tree Dwellers by Katharine E. Dopp, read by knotyouraveragejo
The Manual of Egyptian Archeology by Gaston Maspero, read by Timothy Ferguson
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Edgar J. Banks, group recording
Drama
The Story of the Armada, by Amice MacDonell, drama
Poetry
The Kalevala, by Elias Lönnrot, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 9339 times in July 2017.
July 2017: Relax, Take It Easy...
Fiction
Greylorn by Keith Laumer, read by Mark F. Smith
The Valiant Runaways by Gertrude Atherton, read by Lynne T.
Who Did It? by Nat Gould, read by Phil Benson
Canne al vento by Grazia Deledda, read by enrica Gampieretti in Italian
October Vagabonds by Richard Le Gallienne, read by Roger Melin
Non-Fiction
St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World by Florence M. Capes, read by Eduardo
The Secret of Everyday Things by Jean-Henri Fabre, read by MaryAnn
https://librivox.org/196-tage-auf-treibender-eisscholle-by-emil-bessels/ 196 Tage auf treibender Eisscholle] by Emil Bessels, read by Availle in German
Drama
Predlozhenie, by Anton Chekhov, drama in Russian
Poetry
Brittain's Ida or Venus and Anchises, by Edmund Spenser, Phineas Fletcher, read by T. A. Copeland
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 12387 times in July 2017.
August 2017: In Memoriam
The Bible - Book of Genesis read in Hebrew by Israel Radvinski (1948 - 2007)
The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess, read by Dorothy Lieder (1915 - 2008)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Third Watchman read by bryfee (1949 - 2008)
The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Abelard and Heloise, read by icyjumbo (1964 - 2010)
Selected Early Poems by William Carlos Williams, read by Alan Davis Drake (1945 - 2010)
The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, 5 poems read by John E. Farell (1961 - 2014)
Bleak House , by Charles Dickens, read by Cynthia Lyons (1946 - 2011)
The Runaway Skyscraper, by Murray Leinster, read by Gregg Margarite (1957 - 2012)
The Tale of Grandfather Mole by Arthur Scott Bailey, read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of Captain Singleton, by Daniel Defoe, read by Denny Sayers (- 2015)
Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness by Selma Lagerloef, read by Lars Rolander (1942 - 2016)
The Wrong Box, by R.L. Stevenson & L.Osbourne, read by Andy Minter (1934 - 2017)
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 24776 times in August 2017.
September 2017: Stargazing
Fiction
In the Days of the Comet by H.G. Wells, group recording
Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac, read by Peter Tucker
Under the Witches Moon by Nathan Gallizier, read by Bill Boerst
Auf zwei Planeten by Kurd Lasswitz, group recording in German
Las Fuerzas Extranas by Leopoldo Lugones, read by Victor Villarraza in Spanish
Non-Fiction
Memoirs and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel by Margaret Herschel, read by Kevin Green
Masters of Space by Walter kellogg Towers, group recording
Practical Talks by an Astronomer by Harold Jacoby, group recording
Drama
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, drama
Poetry
Sonnets, by Constance Naden, read by Newgatenovelist
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 24674 times in September 2017.
October 2017: Going West
Fiction
Gold by Stewart Edward White, read by Richard Kilmer
Winnetou by Karl May, group recording in German
The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly, read by Bill Boerst
Wildfire by Zane Grey, read by Tony Oliva
Deadwood Dick's Doom by Edward L. Wheeler, group recording
Non-Fiction
The Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America, group recording
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton, group recording
Indian Heroes andGreat Chieftans by Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa), read by Laura Caldwell
Drama
Our American Cousin, by Tom Taylor, drama
Poetry
The Black Riders and Other Lines, by Stephen Crane, read by T. Tilbe
