85: Our Favorite Audiobooks of 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, our panel (Gilbert Tang, Shachi Bhatt, Mark Siegal, and Scott Ullery) take a look back at our favorite audiobooks from 2020 and titles we are looking forward to in 2021. Round 1 (2020): Gilbert: Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All (Written by: Erno Rubik / Narrated by: Alistair Petrie) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Shachi: When No One Is Watching (Written by: Alyssa Cole / Narrated by: Susan Dalian & Jay Aaseng) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Mark: Ready Player Two (Written by: Ernest Cline/ Narrated by: Wil Wheaton) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Ep 84: Ready Player Two] Scott: Black Sun (Written by: Rebecca Roanhorse/ Narrated by: Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab & Shaun Taylor-Corbett) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Ep 84: Black Sun] Round 2 (2020): Gilbert: This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Beginning of the 21st Century (Written by: Steven Hyden / Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Shachi: Sh🍿t, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema (Written and Narrated by: Lindy West) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Mark: How to Write One Song (Written and Narrated by: Jeff Tweedy) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Scott: The Relentless Moon (Written and Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal) [Audible] / [73: The Relentless Moon with Mary Robinette Kowal] Round 3 (2021): Gilbert: Leviathan Falls (The Expanse #9) (Written by: James S.A Corey / Narrated by: Jefferson Mays): October 28, 2021 Shachi: Professional Troublemaker (Written and Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi Jones) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]: March 2, 2021 Mark: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Written by: Becky Chambers / Narrated By: TBD) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]: April 20, 2021 Scott: The Hidden Palace (Written by: Helene Wecker / Narrated By: George Guidall) [Audible]: June 8, 2021 **Additional Picks:** Gilbert: The Best of Me Shachi: These Ghosts Are Family,Wandering in Strange Lands,No Time Like the Future, and Get a Life Chloe Brown Mark: The Aleph Extraction, I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, and the Audible Plus catalog Scott: The City We Became, The Last Emperox, Rhythm of War, and A Desolation Called Peace Ep 57: Our Favorite Audiobooks of 2019