Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand are GRAMMY® Award nominees! Do you offer their audiobooks at your library?

By Jennifer Rubins | November 11 2024 | Audiobook News

Dolly Parton’s Behind the Seams and Barbra Streisand’s My Name Is Barbra, both read by the authors, have earned 2025 GRAMMY® Award nominations in the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category. Learn more about these outstanding audiobooks, listen to clips by clicking on the covers, and prepare for the winner to be announced on Sunday, February 2! And be sure to check your digital audio shelves and share these iconic listens with your patrons!

My Life in Rhinestones

This audio is narrated by the authors with contributions from many of Dolly’s lifelong fashion collaborators.

In Behind the SeamsMy Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her own distinctly Dolly style, which has defied convention and endeared her to fans around the world.

The audiobook is an immersive listening experience featuring over 30 of Dolly’s beloved songs as well as archival interviews and performance clips. Dolly Parton has 10 previous GRAMMYs® and 55 nominations.

Includes a Bonus PDF with exclusive images from Dolly’s private costume archive

 

“Part memoir, part fashion manifesto, part archive, this engaging audio bursts with humor, confidence, and candor. The production deserves all the rhinestone stars it will earn.”Library Journal starred review


Read by the Author

Ten years in the making, My Name Is Barbra encapsulates EGOT winner Barbra Streisand’s six-decade career as a singer, actor, and director, as well as her personal life. In My Name Is Barbra, she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl on stage and winning the Oscar for that performance on film. The audiobook is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming—the 48-hour recording includes many spontaneous reflections and anecdotes exclusive to the audiobook and incorporates over 40 pieces of her music.

Barbra Streisand has won eight GRAMMYs® and earned a further 48 nominations, including another 2025 nomination in Best Song Written for Visual Media for “Love Will Survive” from The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

 

“Impeccably read. . . what really elevates this to star status are the clips from such familiar songs as ‘Silent Night,’ ‘Happy Days Are Here Again,’ and ‘Stoney End,’ among others. The icon sings. . . and speaks.”—Booklist starred review