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 2016
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 in 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.
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.
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.
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
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded at least 6921 times in April 2016.
May 2016: La Dolce Vita
Fiction
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni, group recording
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories by Giovanni Verga, read by Hoosier Mary
Cuore by Edmondo de Amicis, read by Davide Lequile in Italian
Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello, read by Ricardo Fasol in Italian
Le Meraviglie del Duemila by Emilio Salgari, read by Ricardo Fasol in Italian
Non-Fiction
Dialogo delle lingue by Sperone Speroni, read by Ricardo Fasol in Italian
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria, read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, by Giorgio Vasari, group recording
Drama
Don Juan by Lorenzo da Ponte, dramatic reading
Poetry
I Colloqui by Guido Gozzano, read by Sergio Baldelli in Italian
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 4101 times in May 2016.
June 2016: Tulip Fever
Fiction
The Inevitable by Louis Couperus, group recording
Goena-goena by Paul Adriaan Daum, read by Coenders in Dutch
Drei korte verhoale in 't Meestrechs by alphonse Olterdissen, read by Ans Wink in the Maastricht dialect
God's Fool by Maarten Maartens, read by Anna Simon
Gevleugelde Daden by Herman Heijermans, read by Bart de Leeuw
Non-Fiction
The Letters of a Post Impressionist by Vincent van Gogh, group recording
Twee redevoringen tegen de slavernij in de nederlandse kolonien by Nicolaas Beets and Julien Wolbers, read by Edith van der Have-Raats
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis, read by David Barnes
Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens, read by Availle
Poetry
Kleine Gedigten Voor Kinderen by Hieronymus van Alphen, read by a group of Dutch speakers
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 5202 times in June 2016.
July 2016: Tiger and Dragon
Fiction
Assembly of Animals by Guk-seon Ahn, read in Korean by Jessie Yun
Kari the Elephant by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, read by Adrian Praetzellis
The Dream of the Red Chamber by Xueqin Cao, group recording
Nang Bata Pa Kami by Pura L. Medrano, read in Tagalog by mclui
坊っちゃん (Botchan) by Soseki Natsume, read in Japanese by ekzemplaro
Non-Fiction
My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore, read by bala
Hind Swaraj or Indian Home rule by M. K. Gandhi, group recording
热风 (Hot Wind) by Xun Lu, read in Chinese by Jing Li
Drama
The Nō Plays of Japan translated by Arthur Waley, read by Expatriate
Poetry
The Poetry of Sadi - A Selection by Saadi, read by Algy Pug
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2196 times in July 2016.
August 2016: Milestones
LibriVox Milestones of 11 years
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, group recording - 1st completed LibriVox audiobook
The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum, read by Kara Shallenberg - 1st LibriVox solo
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, group recording - 1st weekly poem
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei by Marx & Engels, read in German by Rainer - 1st non-English recording
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, group recording - 100th book published
Märchen by Gebrüder Grimm, German group recording - 10th non-English completed book
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, group recording - 1st completed English full cast drama
Leonce und Lena by Georg Büchner, German group recording - 1st completed non-English full cast drama
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe, read by Reynard T. Fox - 1000th completed LibriVox book
Roderick Hudson by Henry James, read by Nicholas Clifford, 500th completed LibriVox recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 48937 times in July 2016.
September 2016: Under the Southern Cross
Fiction
The Stone Axe of Burkamukk by Mary Grant Bruce, group recording
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, group recording
Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood, group recording
A Bid For Fortune or: Dr. Nikola's Vendetta by Guy Boothby, read by Peter John Keeble
In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield, read by skoval
Non-Fiction
The Present Picture of New South Wales by David Dickinson Mann, read by Phil Benson
Station Life in New Zealand by Mary Anne Barker, read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Five Months at ANZAC by Joseph Beeston, read by annise
Drama
The Time is not yet Ripe by Louis Esson, drama
Poetry
Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon, group recording
October 2016: Man spricht deutsh
Fiction
Der grüne Heinrich (2. Fassung) by Gottfried Keller, read in German bz Hans Hafen
Caspar Hauser oder die Trägheit des Herzens by Jakob Wassermann, read in German by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel
Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen by Eugenie Marlitt, group recording in German
Die Judenbuche by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, read in German by Rolf Kaiser
Brennendes Geheimnis by Stefan Zweig, read in German by Julia Niedermaier
Non-Fiction
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1 by Alexander von Humboldt, read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Sämtliche Schriften by Carl von Ossietzky, group recording in German
Der kleine Katechismus by Martin Luther, read in German by Karlsson
Drama
Kasperl in der Türkei by Franz Graf von Pocci, drama
Poetry
Balladen by Carl Spitteler, group recording in German
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded at least 1247 times in October 2016.
November 2016: The Man From La Mancha
Fiction
Exemplary Novels by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, group recording
Cuentos, Adivinanzas y Refranes Populares by Fernan Cabellero, group recording in Spanish
Platero y Yo by Juan Ramón Jiménez, read in Spanish by Joyfull
The Four Horsemen of the Apolcalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibañez, read by Tony Oliva
Insolación by Emilia Pardo Bazán, read in Spanish by mongope
Non-Fiction
Historia de la célebre Reina de España Doña Juana, llamada vulgarmente La Loca by anonymous, group recording in Spanish
The Life of Sait Teresa by St. Teresa of Avila, read by Ann Boulais
Constitución Española de 1978 by Las Cortes y el Pueblo Espanol, read in Spanish by AVG
Drama
La Dama Duende by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, drama
Poetry
Las Cien Mejores Poesías de la Lengua Castellana by various Spanish authors, group recording in Spanish
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 18108 times in November 2016.
December 2016: Shakespeare in Love
Fiction
Sybil or the Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli, read by Nicholas Clifford
The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge, group recording
The Mystery of a Turkish Bath by Rita E.M. Gollan, read by Bev J. Stevens
The Secret Power by Marie Corelli, group recording
Doctor Wortle's School by Anthony Trollope, read by Angel5
Non-Fiction
Selectd House of Commons Speeches by Winston S. Churchill, group recording
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660 by Samuel Pepys, read by Nichole Lee
Faces and Places by Henry W. Lucy, read by Ruth Golding
Drama
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd, drama
Poetry
The Sad Years by Dora Sigerson Shorter, group recording
Note: The books from this selection got downloaded 2552 times in December 2016.
