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The best audiobooks of 2020 with Robin Whitten of AudioFile Magazine

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Robin Whitten of AudioFile Magazine joins the Nerds to discuss a few of their Best Audiobooks of the year. They also chat about the process for how the audiobooks are selected, and how the AudioFile staff manages to review more than 2,000 audiobooks per year. See the full "best of" list and subscribe to their daily podcast at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/

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Books mentioned in this episode:

All the Devils Are Here By Louise Penny

The Yosemite By John Muir

Vesper Flights By Helen Macdonald

Intimations By Zadie Smith

His Truth Is Marching On By Jon Meacham

Stamped By Jason Reynolds

Caste By Isabel Wilkerson

Fire in Paradise By Alastair Gee

A Most Beautiful Thing By Arshay Cooper

Kent State By Deborah Wiles

Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Deacon King Kong By James McBride

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