This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. MARTIN: Linda Holmes, thanks so much for talking us through this. HOLMES: I really, really enjoyed listening to that book, in addition to the fact that it's just a very, very good book. And what do your friends at NBC have to say about that now?" "Oh, really? Like you're a reporter at NBC. "Depending on the timing, I accurately described the outlet." I started to say that this wouldn't help us hear him out on the allegations, but he jumped in again. RONAN FARROW: (Reading) "How did you identify yourself to all these women?" he demanded. (SOUNDBITE OF RONAN FARROW AUDIOBOOK, "CATCH AND KILL") He's got that kind of theatrical thing about him. He loves to do, like, a voice of a character. And he reads it with a lot of flair and, surprisingly, some little touches of humor that come out in the performance maybe a little bit more than on the page. That's his big book about Harvey Weinstein. I love the audiobook, for example, of "Catch And Kill" by Ronan Farrow, which he reads himself. I think particularly a great book of journalism can play a little bit like a really great narrative podcast. HOLMES: I love audiobooks for non-fiction. And that performance is also really wonderful. It is a queer story that allows these two guys the opportunity to be happy and in love. If we're going to keep this up, it's going to get annoying to keep going through handlers." The car is waiting to take him back to the royals' private airstrip. RAMON DE OCAMPO: (Reading) Outside Kensington Palace, Alex takes Henry's phone out of his hand and swiftly opens a blank contact page before he can protest or seek a PPO on him for violating royal property. (SOUNDBITE OF CASEY MCQUISTON AUDIOBOOK, "RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE") And it's a love story between the son of the first woman president of the United States and a British prince. The audiobook is read by Ramon de Ocampo. HOLMES: And my most recent favorite is a book called Red, White & Royal Blue. HOLMES: Well, if you know me, you know that I love a good romance novel. So other than that, what are your audiobook recommendations? I've loved that one since I first listened to it. There were three apartments to a floor, each with its own paint-slathered, century-old husk of a mezuzah, the front doors painted the same dull carmine as the embossed tin that lined the bottom half of the stairways. (SOUNDBITE OF RICHARD PRICE AUDIOBOOK, "LUSH LIFE")īOBBY CANNAVALE: (Reading) At the same hour, two night watch detectives crossed the chipped, octagonal tile of the front foyer of 27 Eldridge, then began trudging up the saddle-backed marble stairs to the top floor to begin their canvass. This is the actor Bobby Cannavale performing the Richard Price New York crime novel "Lush Life." HOLMES: I'm going to play you a clip of my favorite audiobook of all time. To demonstrate to you - you're going to understand what I'm saying. And a lot of the time, I will choose them over reading on the page. They're about the separate pleasures of a great narrator performing a great book. They're not about times when I can't read on the page. For me, audiobooks are not primarily about convenience. MARTIN: I want to understand, like, because people aren't commuting as much, which is when, I would imagine, people listen to audiobooks, I mean, when is it happening? When is it happening for you? And this is why we have NPR pop culture critic Linda Holmes with us for some audiobook recommendations. Some people devour them, and some people would if they knew where to start, which is where I'm at. I mean, come on, you can watch, read and listen to just about anything right now, including audio books. But it's not because there's a lack of personal entertainment options. You may be stir-crazy during the pandemic.
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