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EPL Picks: Hidden Gem Audiobooks

Audiobooks are gaining in popularity and for good reason – they are as diverse as the stories they tell! Hands-free reading via audiobook is great for your morning commute, listening while doing the dishes, encourages accessibility for readers with visual impairment, and so much more. Embrace the tradition of oral storytelling with these hidden gems.

Edmonton Public Library

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  • This no-holds-barred memoir from 90’s punk rock sensation Sleater-Kinney's guitarist featuring musical examples and interludes. Narrated by the author.
    eAudiobookBooks on Tape, 2015
  • Small Sade is an orphan in search of a job. Often overlooked due to her vitiligo and physical disability, she accidentally binds herself to a god before finally being hired. Great for fans of mythology. Narrated by Adetinpo Thomas.
    eAudiobookRecorded Books, Inc., 2024
  • Short stories from three of the most prolific authors in the Western genre. Narrated by Grover Gardner. This and other books in this series are also available as streaming audiobooks.
    Audiobook CD[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2014] — CD STO
  • A romance between anti-romantic voice actors with insights into the audiobook industry. Narrated by the author (an audiobook narrator and voice actor herself!).
    eAudiobookHarperAudio, 2022
  • A novel about a boy who is wrongfully incarceratied, written in verse and performed as spoken word poetry. Narrated by Ethan Herisse.
    eAudiobookVersify, 2020
  • An unexpected twist on the western genre featuring hippopotamus mounts in the wetlands of Louisiana. Narrated by Peter Berkrot.
    Streaming Audiobook[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2017. — Internet Access
  • Poetry written in English, French, and Michif with musical accompaniment. Narrated by David Bouchard and Norman Fleury.
    Audiobook CDCalgary : Red Deer Press, [2009] — CD + Book J Michif BOU
  • Told from the perspective of a 5-year-old girl as she flees a bear with her younger brother. Narrated by Cassandra Morris.
    Downloadable AudiobookDreamscape Media, 2014
  • A dual point-of-view romance between an archaeologist and a ghost hunter. Duet narration by Shane East and Saskia Maarleveld.
    eAudiobookBooks on Tape, 2023
  • An approachable introductory guide to car maintenance. Narrated by the author and Tanis Parenteau.
    Downloadable AudiobookHachette Audio, 2024
  • A dual POV romance between an autistic American and the Vietnamese mail-order bride chosen by his mother. Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.
    eAudiobookDreamscape Media, 2019
  • PressReader

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    Did you know that you can not only view newspapers on PressReader, you can also listen to them? You'll find newspapers and magazines from countries around the world, in many languages.
    DatabaseRichmond, B.C. : PressReader, [2010]- — Internet Access