Listen "Interview with Shaun Taylor-Corbett: Best Fiction Audiobooks 2025"
Episode Synopsis
Award-winning narrator Shaun Taylor-Corbett joins host Jo Reed to tell listeners about narrating Jon Hickey’s debut audiobook, BIG CHIEF, one of our picks for Best Fiction of 2025. It’s a story about a political fixer, Mitch Caddo, who must navigate both political and personal dramas, while confronting his identity as a mixed-race Anishinaabe man. Taylor-Corbett shares how he found Caddo’s voice in this audiobook, which is a unique look into tribal politics, identity, and how power is both given and taken.
Read AudioFile’s review of the audiobook: Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
AudioFile’s 2025 Best Fiction Audiobooks are:
AMITY by Nathan Harris, read by André Santana, Angel Pean
THE ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell, read by Elena Rey, Sophie Amoss, Mark Bramhall, Shayna Small, Jon Orsini, Natasha Soudek, Karen Russell, James Riding
BIG CHIEF by Jon Hickey, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
BUCKEYE by Patrick Ryan, read by Michael Crouch
JUNIE by Erin Crosby Eckstine, read by Angel Pean
WHAT WE CAN KNOW by Ian McEwan, read by David Rintoul, Rachel Bavidge
Explore the full list of 2025 Best Audiobooks on our website:
Support for our podcast comes from Dreamscape, an award-winning audiobook publisher with a catalog that includes authors L.J. Shen, Freida McFadden, and Katee Robert. Discover your next great listen at dreamscapepublishing.com.
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Read AudioFile’s review of the audiobook: Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
AudioFile’s 2025 Best Fiction Audiobooks are:
AMITY by Nathan Harris, read by André Santana, Angel Pean
THE ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell, read by Elena Rey, Sophie Amoss, Mark Bramhall, Shayna Small, Jon Orsini, Natasha Soudek, Karen Russell, James Riding
BIG CHIEF by Jon Hickey, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
BUCKEYE by Patrick Ryan, read by Michael Crouch
JUNIE by Erin Crosby Eckstine, read by Angel Pean
WHAT WE CAN KNOW by Ian McEwan, read by David Rintoul, Rachel Bavidge
Explore the full list of 2025 Best Audiobooks on our website:
Support for our podcast comes from Dreamscape, an award-winning audiobook publisher with a catalog that includes authors L.J. Shen, Freida McFadden, and Katee Robert. Discover your next great listen at dreamscapepublishing.com.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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