Attention audiobook fans! May 5th is the kick-off for SYNC Summer 2016! Read on to find out more about the program and to find the Sync 2016 Audiobook Listening Schedule!
For 15 weeks this summer, SYNC offers 2 FREE audiobook downloads to listeners age 13 and up. The audio selections include a current title paired with a related classic title that’s based on a weekly theme. This is a great way to try out audiobooks and I think this year’s selection may be the best yet!
Audiofile Magazine and the audiobook publishers sponsor this program to introduce the joys of listening to the YA audience. I look forward to this program all year and I know many of you have become hooked on audiobooks thanks to this program.
The audiobooks are in MP3 format so they work for both Mac and PC. Titles are available through the OverDrive App – and you can get the lowdown on the SYNC download prep here. Each download will be available for 7 days so don’t miss out on your free YA audiobooks from SYNC! After you download the audiobooks though you can listen to them at your leisure.
I recommend you text syncya to 25827 now so you are all set to receive alerts when the latest titles go live. Read more about the program at SYNC and follow their blog for updates. Some of the titles have international restrictions – go here to see availability by country.
New this year: The Audiobook Sync team is putting together discussion guides for a few of the titles. Plan an event and listen with your book club or library!
SYNC 2016 Audiobook Listening Schedule
May 5 – May 11:
VIVIAN APPLE AT THE END OF THE WORLD
by Kate Coyle (Dreamscape Audio)
Read by: Julia Whelan
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
THE GREAT TENNESSEE MONKEY TRIAL
by Peter Goodchild (L.A. Theatre Works)
Read by: Edward Asner, Bill Brochtrup, Matthew Patrick Davis, John de Lancie, James Gleason, Harry Groener, Jerry Hardin, Marnie Mosiman, Kenneth Alan Williams, Geoffrey Lower, Kyle Colerider-Krugh
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
May 12 – May 18
THE SIN EATER’S DAUGHTER
by Melinda Salisbury (Scholastic Audiobooks)
Read by: Amy Shiels
Read by: Brandon Batchelar
May 19 – May 25
100 SIDEWAYS MILES
by Andrew Smith (Tantor Media)
Read by: Kirby Heyborne
THIS BOY’S LIFE
by Tobias Wolff (HighBridge Audio)
Read by: Oliver Wyman
May 26 – June 1
EVERY LAST WORD
by Tamara Ireland Stone (Ideal Audiobooks)
Read by: Amy Rubinate
EGG & SPOON
by Gregory Maguire (Brilliance Audio)
Read by: Michael Page
Winner of Audies 2015 Teen Audiobook
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
June 2 – June 8
WORDS IN THE DUST
by Trent Reedy (Scholastic Audiobooks)
Read by: Ariana Delawari
Read by: Paul Michael
Finalist of 2016 Audies Award for Inspirational/Faith-Based Nonfiction
June 9 – June 15
ZAC AND MIA
by A. J. Betts (Dreamscape Audio)
Read by: Kristin Condon, Nicholas Mondelli
I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN
by Jandy Nelson (Brilliance Audio)
Read by: Julia Whelan, Jesse Bernstein
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2015 Printz Award
June 16 – June 22
HOW IT WENT DOWN
by Kekla Magoon (Recorded Books)
Read by: Cherise Boothe, Shari Peele, Kevin R. Free, Patricia R. Floyd, Avery Glymph, Korey Jackson, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Peter Jay Fernandez, Ezra Knight, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Brian Hutchinson
Finalist of 2016 Audies Award for Multi-Voiced Performance
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN
by James Weldon Johnson (Tantor Media)
Read by: Alan Bomar Jones
June 23 – June 29
BOY MEETS BOY
by David Leviathan (Full Cast Audio)
Read by: Nicholas Robideau and a full cast
DONNY’S BRAIN
by Rona Munro (L.A. Theatre Works)
Read by: Paul Fox, Jared Harris, Siobhán Hewlett, Moira Quirk, Sophie Winkleman
June 30 – July 6
Read by: MacLeod Andrews
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE
by Andrew Smith (Listening Library)
Read by: Philip Church
July 7 – July 13
THE YOUNG WORLD
by Chris Weitz (Hachette Audio)
Read by: Spencer Locke, Jose Julian
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
Read by: M.T. Anderson
July 14 – July 20
FAT ANGIE
by e.E. Charlton–Trujillo (Brilliance Audio)
Read by: Angela Dawe
ON THE JELLICOE ROAD
by Melina Marchetta and Rebecca Macauley (Bolinda Publishing)
Read by: Rebecca Macauley
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
July 21 – July 27
MANDELA: An Audio History
by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman (HighBridge Audio)
Read by: Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman
Winner of Audies 2015 Audiobook of the Year
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
THINGS FALL APART
by Chinua Achebe (Recorded Books)
Read by: Peter Francis James
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
July 28 – August 3
JUBA!
by Walter Dean Myers (HarperAudio)
Read by: Brandon Gill
PENNIES FOR HITLER
by Jackie French (Bolinda Publishing)
Read by: Humphrey Bower
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
August 4 – August 10
THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS
by Cristina Henríquez (Penguin Random House Audio)
Read by: Yareli Arizmendi, Christine Avila, Jesse Corti, Gustavo Res, Ozzie Rodriguez, Gabriel Romero
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
Discussion Guide to come
Read by: Ray Porter
August 11 – August 17
BONE GAP
by Laura Ruby (HarperAudio)
Read by: Dan Bittner
Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2016 Printz Award
Read by: William Roberts, Garrick Hagon, Liza Ross
Listen to audio clips of all the Sync titles:
Several of these audiobooks are on my To-be-listen list – which titles are you most excited to listen to?
Great selection this year, I agree! A lot of these are on my TBR list, too! I don’t know about waiting for the audio of Things Fall Apart, but I’ve waited this long already, I suppose! I own my own copy, but haven’t read it yet. Boy Meets Boy, On the Jellicoe Road, and This Boy’s Life, have definitely been on my radar for a while.