“The March,” by E.L. Doctorow. Read by Joe Morton. Unabridged, 11 hours, 10 minutes. Random House Audio. $39.95.
Doctorow’s award-winning Civil War tale of Gen. William T. Sherman’s march through Georgia and the Carolinas is a stunning depiction of a historical event and a reminder of today’s senselessness violence.
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“Judge & Jury,” by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. Read by Joe Mantegna. Unabridged, 8 hours. Hachette Audio. $39.98.
The Patterson publishing empire continues with his third best-seller of 2006. In it, a dogged FBI agent, Nick Pellisante, squares off against a vicious mob boss, Dominic Cavello, with the unexpected help from a struggling actress and single mom, Andie DeGrasse.
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“The Long Tail,” by Chris Anderson. Read by Christopher Nissley. Unabridged, 8 hours. Hyperion Audio Books. $39.98.
Anderson’s book-length expansion of the 2004 article he wrote for Wired, where he’s the editor in chief, offers a compelling argument for the vitality of his theory of the Long Tail, or what he calls the rise of “niche markets” in economy that has traditionally been based on “hits.”
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The Night Gardener,” by George Pelecanos. Read by the author. Abridged, 6 hours. Hachette Audio. $29.98.
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 “Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome,” by Robert Harris. Read by Simon Jones. Unabridged, 13.5 hours. Simon & Schuster Audio. $49.95.
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In an earlier post, I said I’d write about my favorite audiobook of the past year. That honor easily goes to Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle,” as read by Rupert Degas for the Naxos Audiobooks company.
For a review of the audiobook as well as “A Wild Sheep Chase,” click “more.”
“World War Z,” by Max Brooks. Read by a full cast. Abridged, 6 hours. Random House Audio. $29.95.
“Between, Georgia,” by Joshilyn Jackson. Read by the author. Unabridged, 9 hours. Hachette Audio. $31.98.
Kate Fleming voiced more than 250 audio books, including an award-winning performance for Ruth Ozeki’s “All Over Creation” in 2004. She was killed during the recent flooding in Seattle. You can read her obit here.
And you can learn more about her company, Cedar House Audio, here.
