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Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore shares her favorite audiobooks
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It's time for the latest conversation in The Show's series, Page Turner.
Gayle Shanks is co-founder of Changing Hands Bookstore. She spoke with The Show about some of her latest favorite reads — though they’re not necessarily the kinds of books you read, but rather, listen to.
Shanks has a list of great audio books, and she told The Show what makes an audio book listenable.
Gayle Shanks’ audiobook picks
- “Burning Questions” by Margaret Atwood, read by Margaret Atwood and full cast
- “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders, read by George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong and Renée Elise Goldsberry
- “Circe” by Madeline Miller, read by Perdita Weeks
- “Love Marriage” by Monica Ali, read by Ayesha Dharker
- “Agatha of Little Neon” by Claire Luchette, read by Hillary Huber