Staff Picks 2015
Introduction
The audiobooks which feature as Staff Picks in 2015 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 and the Internet Archive LibriVox index page are always welcome. Please post your suggestions in this thread.
LibriVox Staff Picks 2015
January 2015: Bright Lights
Fiction
Janet of the Dunes by Harriet T. Comstock, read by Roger Melin
The Finding of Haldgred by Charles W. Diffin, read by Richard Kilmer
The Light that Failed by Rudyard Kipling, group recording
Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed, read by Bridget
Doctor Ox's Experiment by Jules Verne, read by Alan Winterrowd
Non-Fiction
Optics by Isaac Newton, group recording
Instructions to Light Keepers by US Lighthouse Board, read by Maria Kasper
Light on Life's Difficulties by James Allen, read by Andrea Fiore
Drama
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, drama
Poetry
Hymns to the Night, by Novalis, read by Pete Williams
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3774 times in January 2015.
February 2015: Mother Tongues
Fiction
Short Stories by Jin-geon Hyun, read by Jessie Yun in Korean
Guld og Ære by Otto Martin Møller, read by Kristoffer Hundsdahl in Danish
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyris by Unknown, read by zaaf in Latin
La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando by Lewis Carroll, read by Nicholas James Bridgewater in Esperanto
Trafalgar by Benito Pérez Galdós, read by Tux in Spanish
Non-Fiction
A Handbook of the Kavirondo Language by Fathers of St. Joseph's Society, read by Nicholas and Grace Bridgewater in English and Dholuo
The Lives of the Saints for February by St. Dimitri of Rostov, read by euthemius in Church Slavonic
The Apology of Socrates by Plato, read by zaaf in Ancient Greek
Drama
Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, drama in German
Poetry
Puisi Dari Indonesia, by various authors, read by Christianese in various Indonesian languages
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4959 times in February 2015.
March 2015: Good Times
Fiction
The Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair, read by Expatriate
The Blue Bird for Children by Maurice Maeterlinck and Georgette Leblanc, group recording
The Blue Flower by Henry van Dyke, group recording
Michael O'Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter, read by Mary Anderson
Happy Jack by Thornton W. Burgess, group recording
Non-Fiction
Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success by James Allen, read by Andrea Fiore
A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells, group recording
Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer, read by D. E. Wittkower
Drama
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter, dramatic reading
Poetry
An Essay on Man, by Alexander Pope, read by Martin Geeson
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5150 times in March 2015.
April 2015: Space Odyssey
Fiction
Off on a Comet by Jules Verne, group recording
Gulliver of Mars by Edwin L. Arnold, read by James Christopher
The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun, read by Richard Kilmer
Unwise Child by Randall Garrett, read by Mark Nelson
Planet of Dread by Murray Leinster, read by Phil Chenevert
Non-Fiction
Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett P. Serviss, group recording
Great Astronomers by Robert Stawell Ball, read by MaryAnn Spiegel
The Unreality of Time by John McTaggart, read by Carl Manchester
Drama
R.U.R. - Rossums Universal Robots by Karel Capek, drama
Poetry
The Star Treader and Other Poems, by Clark Ashton Smith, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 3236 times in April 2015.
May 2015: Work Force
Fiction
A Country Doctor by Sarah Orne Jewett, read by Jeannie
Collaboration by Henry James, read by David Wales
Calumet "K" by S. Merwin & H.K. Webster, read by Betsie Bush
The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs, read by Delmar H. Dolbier
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, read by Bob Tassinari
Non-Fiction
The Autobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris Jones, group recording
Just Me by Pearl White, read by Pamela Krantz
Essays on Work and Culture by Hamilton Wright Mabie, group recording
Drama
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare, drama
Poetry
The Complete Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens, Vol. 1, by Wallace Stevens, read by Alan Davis Drake
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4514 times in May 2015.
June 2015: Ship Ahoy!
Fiction
The Cruise of the Esmeralda by Harry Collingwood, group recording
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat, read by Adrian Praetzellis
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' by William Hope Hodgson, read by Jason Mills
The Trawler by James Brendan Connolly, read by Roger Melin
The Mystery of the Ocean Star: A Collection of Maritime Sketches by William Clark Russell, group recording
Non-Fiction
A Voyage to the South Sea by William Bligh, read by Tom Crawford
The Loss of the S.S. Titanic by Lawrence Beesley, read by Allison Hester
A Waterbiography by Robert C. Leslie, read by Peter Kelleher
Drama
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen, drama
Poetry
Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic Selection, by various authors, read by David Wales
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2455 times in June 2015.
July 2015: Dear Friends...
Fiction
A Dog of Flanders by Ouida, read by Roger Melin
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, group recording
Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott, read by Mary Anderson
The Passionate Friends by H. G. Wells, read by Peter Eastman
Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil G. Brinton, group recording
Non-Fiction
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin, read by enko
Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship by Robert Sherard, read by RobBoard
The Friendship of Christ by Robert Hugh Benson, read by dave7
Drama
The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, drama
Poetry
The Kitten's Garden of Verses, by Oliver Herford, read by SweetPea
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 11184 times in July 2015.
August 2015: 10th Anniversary - special edition
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, chosen by kayray
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, chosen by Miss Stav
Ulysses by James Joyce, chosen by kathrinee
Dubliners by James Joyce, chosen by carolb
Hero Tales from American History by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, chosen by 2peltons
The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram, chosen by Roger
The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers, chosen by aradlaw
Astounding Stories 11, Nov. 1930 by various authors, chosen by dread
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, chosen by craigdav1
His Big Opportunity, by Amy LeFeuvre, chosen by SweetPea
The Conjure Woman, by Charles Waddell Chesnutt, chosen by Eduard Rochester
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, chosen by gloriana
Colonel Thorndykes Secret, by G. A. Henty, chosen by Lynnet
The Taming of the Shrew (play) by William Shakespeare, chosen by BellonaTimes
The Mistress of the Inn (play) by Carlo Goldoni, chosen by HoosierMary
Around the World in 80 days (DR) by Jules Verne, chosen by jessieyun0404
Pride and Prejudice (DR) by Jane Austen, chosen by Elizabby
De boeken der kleine Zielen (Dutch) by Louis Couperus, chosen by coenders
Oku no Hosomichi (Japanese) by Basho, chosen by Expatriate
Der Froschmaeusekrieg (German) by Bluethgen and Weinzierl, chosen by Friedrich
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 44971 times in August 2015.
September 2015: Travel Stories
Fiction
Anything Once by Douglas Grant, read by Roger Melin
Five Little Peppers Abroad by Margaret Sidney, group recording
Free Air by Sinclair Lewis, read by Hollis Hanover
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Jules Verne, group recording
The Tragedy of the Korosko by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Lars Rolander
Non-Fiction
The Art of Travel by Sir Francis Galton, group recording
From Sunrise Land by Amy Wilson Carmichael, read by Expatriate
Wild Wales by George Borrow, read by Steve Gough
Drama
Alice in Wonderland by Alice Gerstenberg and Lewis Carroll, drama
Poetry
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Canto IV), by Lord Byron, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4577 times in July 2015.
October 2015: Poor Classes
Fiction
A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison, read by Algy Pug
Hunger by Knut Hamsun, read by Greg W.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, group recording
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again by Mark Twain, read by John Greenman
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tresselll, read by Tadgh
Non-Fiction
John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs by Jack London, read by Peter Kelleher
The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Annise
Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton, group recording
Drama
Widowers' Houses by George Bernard Shaw, drama
Poetry
Embankment at Night Before the War: Outcasts, by D. H. Lawrence, weekly poetry
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2663 times in October 2015.
November 2015: Trial and Error
Fiction
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, group recording
A Master of Mysteries by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustache, read by knotyouraveragejo
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children by Jane Andrews, group recording
The Uttermost Farthing by R. Austin Freeman, read by Mary Ann Spiegel
Second Variety by Philip K. Dick, read by Gregg Margarite
Non-Fiction
Kepler by Walter W. Bryant, read by dread
The Seven Follies of Science by John Phin, group recording
The Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, group recording
Drama
Electra by Benito Perez Galdos, drama
Poetry
A Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse, by various scientists, read by Ruth Golding
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5946 times in November 2015.
December 2015: Seeking Refuge
Fiction
The Flood by Emile Zola, read by R. S. Steinberg
Master Flea by E.T.A. Hoffmann, read by Bob Neufeld
My Antonia by Willa Cather, group recording
The Untilled Field by George Moore, read by Noel Badrian
Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill, read by Adrian Praetzellis
Non-Fiction
From Alien To Citizen by Edward A. Steiner, read by Michele Fry
The Gospel of Luke (King James Version), group recording
Tea Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves by A Highland Seer, group recording
Drama
Exiles by James Joyce, drama
Poetry
The Lord of the Isles, by Sir Walter Scott, read by Nathan
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4812 times in December 2015.
