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Renee Young

Senior Metadata Librarian

Renee Young has been a Metadata Librarian at NoveList since 2009 although she now works remotely from rural Michigan. She is a lifelong audiobook listener, former Chair of RUSA’s Listen List committee, and audiobook reviewer. First introduced to mystery stories through the Sherlock Holmes canon, Renee reads the spectrum of mystery stories, from Golden Age to contemporary authors. Prior to joining NoveList, Renee served in the Army as a Russian and Serbo-Croatian linguist before completing her Master’s degree in Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Renee's recommended reads & listens:

 

  • Gaudy night [sound recording]
  • The black mountain [sound recording] : A Nero Wolfe Mystery
  • The Kind Worth Killing
  • All the old knives : a novel
  • The Grand Sophy
  • Heft [sound recording]
  • The Westing game
  • Anne of Green Gables
  • Garlic and sapphires [sound recording] : the secret life of a critic in disguise
  • Where the red fern grows [sound recording]
  • Gaudy night [sound recording]
  • The black mountain [sound recording] : A Nero Wolfe Mystery
  • The Kind Worth Killing
  • All the old knives : a novel
  • The Grand Sophy