SYNC ~ Returning May 5
SYNC is a program that gives away TWO complete audiobook downloads each week throughout the summer program — a current Young Adult title paired thematically with a Classic or Required Summer Reading title.
This is an outreach from the Audio Publishers Association. It’s entirely free – all you have to do is enter your name and email address in order to download the two titles each week.
I took advantage of this opportunity for the previous two years, and I can vouch that they do not use your email address for anything other than an authentication. You do not receive a confirmation email, or any promotional emails either.
You can also get a text notification when the new week’s books are available to download. Text syncYA to 25827 for title updates and alerts when the new books are out.
Why Audiobooks?

SUMMER 2016 SYNC TITLES
The SYNC program returns May 5th and runs for 15 weeks through August 17th. Below are the 30 titles for this year.
May 5th
- The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial by Peter Goodchild
- Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle
May 12th
- The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
- Divine Collision: An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom by Jim Gash
May 19st
- 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
- This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
May 26th
- Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
- Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire
June 2th
- The Boy Born Dead: A Story of Friendship, Courage, and Triumph by David Ring & John Driver
- Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
June 9th
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts
June 16th
- How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
- The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
June 23th
- Donny’s Brain by Rona Munro
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
June 30th
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Reader’s Edition by Michael Pollan
- Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
July 7th
- Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
- The Young World by Chris Weitz
July 14th
- Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
- On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
July 21st
- Mandela: An Audio History by Nelson Mandela
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
July 28th
- Pennies for Hitler by Jackie Friench
- Juba! by Walter Dean Myers
August 4th
- Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
- The Book of the Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
August 11th
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
- Classic American Short Stories by O. Henry, Jack London,Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane,Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper
my main source for audiobooks is coming back 😀
I love the SYNC program, but to be honest, I’m kind of disappointed in this year’s choices. Very few are already on my reading wishlist, and of the ones I haven’t seen before, few are tempting me enough to spend the time on them. The exceptions might be On the Jellicoe Road, I’ll Give You the Sun, Egg and Spoon, and Words in the Dust. (I’ve already got more nonfiction and lecture series to listen to than I can get through in a couple of years.) Oh, well, I’ve still got a few from a year or two ago that I haven’t listened to yet!
Oh I’m so excited for this again! So awesome
There are so many books that I’ve wanted to read anyway – can’t wait!!
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Thanks for the heads-up! Can’t wait to check it out! Thanks so much for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday this week!
Tina
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