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Listening to the audiobook versions of "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt and "Jeeves and the Wedding Bells" by Sebastian Faulks brings a new facet to the stories.

Audiobook roundup

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, read by Bryan Cranston, Audible Inc., 7:47, $19.99 Bryan Cranston's voice rumbles like wheels on gravel, like the quiet confession of a passenger...
The finalists for the 2013 Man Booker Prize at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London. The titles are "The Luminaries," "We Need New Names," "A Tales for the Time Being," "The Testament of Mary," "The Lowland" and "Harvest."

Countdown to the Man Booker Prize

This is the last year the Man Booker Prize, which announces a winner Tuesday, will limit its entries to authors born in England, Ireland and Commonwealth nations. The decision to...
"Transatlantic" by Colum McCann, "A Tale For The Time Being" by Ruth Ozeki and "Lookaway, Lookaway" by Wilton Barnhardt.

New audiobooks worth a listen

Jenni Laidman rounds up three fiction audiobook worth checking out. "Lookaway, Lookaway" By Wilton Barnhardt, read by Scott Shepherd A Macmillan Audiobook from St. Martin's Press 16 hours "Lookaway, Lookaway"...
Headphones and a book for a story on audiobooks worth la listen.

Audiobooks worth a listen

Click on the book titles to listen to a sample of the audiobook discussed. "The Son" By Philipp Meyer, narrated by Will Patton, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Shepherd, Clifton Collins Jr.,...