Where to Start with Kimberly Farr
- New to Kimberly Farr? Start here → The Correspondent
- What fans keep coming back to → Illuminae
- Short listen, big payoff → And the Birds Rained Down
- Highest rated by listeners → West
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various
★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)More about this pick
Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.
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Illuminae
The Illuminae Files • Book 1
by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Narrated by Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan McClain, Kimberly Farr, Donnabella Mortel, Matthew Frow, Ryan Gesell, Sile Bermingham, Beata Pozniak, Jolene Kim, Emma Bering, Full Cast
★ 4.34 ABR Score (166.9K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (162.1K) ★ 4.55 Audible (4.8K)More about this pick
This document-format space opera gets full audio treatment with multiple voices handling emails, transcripts, and AI conversations during an interstellar escape.
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West
East • Book 2
by Edith Pattou
Narrated by Renée Raudman, Kirby Heyborne, Taylor Meskimen, Robertson Dean, Kimberly Farr, Tonya Cornelisse
★ 3.93 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.66 Audible (108)More about this pick
Rose's happily-ever-after crumbles when her bear-prince husband disappears in a shipwreck, sending her on another magical quest. The six-narrator cast creates an immersive fairy tale atmosphere for this East sequel.
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And the Birds Rained Down
And the Birds Rained Down • Book 1
by Jocelyne Saucier, Rhonda Mullins
Narrated by Ann Noble, Kathleen Gati, Kimberly Farr, Bo Foxworth, Robertson Dean
★ 3.83 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (6.7K) ★ 4.12 Audible (91)More about this pick
Two hermits living off-grid in the Canadian wilderness get unexpected visitors in this haunting meditation on solitude. The ensemble cast captures each character's distinct voice perfectly.
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Vigil
by George Saunders
Narrated by Judy Greer, Stephen Root, MacLeod Andrews, Kimberly Farr, Mark Bramhall, Barrett Leddy, Eric Jason Martin, Karissa Vacker, Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Aaron Goodson, Maggi-Meg Reed, Full Cast
★ 3.65 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)★ 3.54 Goodreads (8.6K) ★ 4.04 Audible (194)More about this pick
Saunders' surreal novel unfolds at an oil CEO's deathbed as supernatural forces gather around his final hours. The stellar full cast, including Greer and Root, captures the story's blend of dark humor and otherworldly strangeness with impressive range.
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Collected Stories
by Lewis Shiner
Narrated by David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Kimberly Farr, Janis Ian, Rex Linn, Arthur Morey, Stefan Rudnicki
★ 3.61 ABR Score (41 ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (31) ★ 4.3 Audible (10)More about this pick
Eight different narrators tackle Lewis Shiner's 41-story collection spanning decades of speculative fiction, from cyberpunk classics to historical fantasies.
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Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey, Allan Corduner
★ 3.61 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)★ 3.66 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4 Audible (1)More about this pick
Atwood's meditation on long marriage and loss gets an all-star treatment, with voices including Dan Stevens and Linda Lavin. The ensemble approach mirrors the collection's range from grief to dark wit.
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Analytic review of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle By: Jon Meacham
by Andrew McKenzie
Narrated by Fred Sanders, Jon Meacham, Steve Hendrickson, Mike Chamberlain, Robert Petkoff, January LaVoy, Kimberly Farr, Robert Fass, Jim Seybert, Aaron Goodson, JD Jackson, Tavia Gilbert, Keith Szarabajka, Full Cast
★ 3.59 ABR Score (24 ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4 Audible (23) -
The Divorce Papers
by Susan Rieger
Narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Arthur Morey, Kathe Mazur, Emily Rankin, Susan Denaker, Mark Bramhall, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakins, Kim Mai Guest, Marc Cashman, Kimberly Farr
★ 3.38 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 3.26 Goodreads (7.4K) ★ 3.54 Audible (145)More about this pick
Criminal lawyer Sophie Diehl prefers clients behind bars until she's forced into messy divorce cases in this epistolary novel brought to life by an ensemble cast.
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