Booklist Reader – March 2026 – Booklist Reader (1)

The American Revolution: An Intimate History. By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. 2025. Knopf. Audio read by a full cast. Random House Audio. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty. By Mandy Matney and Carolyn Murnick. 2023. Morrow. Audio read by Mandy Matney. HarperAudio. Born to Run. By Bruce Springsteen. 2016. Simon & Schuster. Audio read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio. The New Annotated Frankenstein. By Mary Shelley. Ed. by Leslie S. Klinger. 2017. Norton/Liveright. Art from Burma Sahib. Booklist Reader Adult Books Reading and Listening Together: Print and Audio Discussion Standouts by Booklist Adult and Audio Editors The Booklist-reviewed titles below, enticing for both readers and listeners, glow in both formats and are sure to jump-start conversations in book groups and among your family members and friends.

We’re spotlighting books that have been adapted for the screen, memoirs, biographical fiction, psychological thrillers, novels with cross-generational appeal, and novellas for quick reads. Frankenstein with the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. By Mary Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Read by Clive Hayward and Alison Larkin. 2017. Alison Larkin Presents. The Odyssey. By Homer. Tr. by Daniel Mendelsohn. 2025. Univ.

of Chicago. Audio read by Daniel Mendelsohn. 2025. Univ. of Chicago. The Testaments. By Margaret Atwood. 2019. Doubleday/ Nan A. Talese. Audio read by a full cast. Books on Tape. Extraordinary Lives Humble, sometimes hilarious, encouraging, heartbreaking, and fascinating, these memoirs offer many opportunities for rich discussion and meaningful reflection. Destroy This House. By Amanda Uhle. 2025. Summit. Audio read by Rebekkah Ross. Simon & Schuster Audio. A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children.

By Haley Cohen Gilliland. 2025. Simon & Schuster/Avid Reader. Audio read by Alejandra Reynoso. Simon & Schuster Audio. How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir. By Molly Jong-Fast. 2025. Viking. Audio read by the author. Books on Tape. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck. By Sophie Elmhirst. 2025. Riverhead. Audio read by Marisa Calin. Books on Tape. Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith.

By Phil Hanley. 2025. Holt. Audio read by the author. Macmillan Audio.

14 Reading and Listening Together Print and Audio Discussion Standouts by Booklist Adult and Audio Editors 16 Top 10 Book-Group Books Audiobooks & Video 17 Top 10 Book-Group Books on Audio 18 Listen-alikes Songs for Other People’s Weddings by Heather Booth 19 Listen Up New Narrators of Note by Heather Booth 20 PBS Books Conversations, Classics, and American Stories 22 Podcast Connection by Heather Booth Books for Youth 23 Manga Essentials Crafts & Hobbies by Sara Smith 24 Pop Culture Read-alikes KPop Demon Hunters by Kelly Ferreira 26 Reserve These Reads Children & Teens 28 High-Demand Read-alikes My Friend the Paintbrush by Sarah Hunter 30 A Conversation Brian Lies by Sarah Hunter 32 Top 10 Arts Books for Youth Booklist Reader March 2026 Volume 5, Issue 7 On the Cover Art from The Brightest Star: A Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Anna May Wong, by Gail Tsukiyama.

Cover design: Phil Pascuzzo. Photographs: © Donaldson Collection / Getty Images (Anna May Wong); © Getty Images. With the permission of the publisher, HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Copyrighted © 2024 by Gail Tsukiyama. From the Publisher A s usual, we present a bounty of recommen- dations in this issue, but I’m focused on the musical entries. See “Broadway Musicals” by Donna Seaman (p.4) and “KPop Demon Hunters” by Kelly Ferreira (p.24). Years ago, I was a professional French Horn player, and now, motivated by these reading recommendations and life in general, I have a desire to dust off my horn and get back to my roots.

Classical music has influenced me since I was about 13! And my interest in KPop Demon Hunters? Simple. My daughter is obsessed! I hope you enjoy this issue of Booklist Reader as well and even find inspiration here to get back to your roots. —George Kendall [email protected] About Booklist Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been pub- lished by the American Library Association for more than 100 years and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to.

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