audio books

[missesjellybean]

hello . I'm looking for some audio book suggestions for my very long and boring commute to work
I like funny chick lit like Janet Evanovich (not a 50 shades kinda girl)
not too hard core crime and thriller...don't like to be scared too much

I like autobiographies/ biographys of interesting people not Jordan / Jodie marsh type people...more like Audrey Hepburn

can anyone recommend any good audio books please

[babybythesea]

I love Bill Bryson's audiobooks - I've got his one on Shakespeare and "A short History of Nearly Everything" both read by the author. Can really recommend the short history - DH doesn't do audiobooks, scoffs at me for listening, and then I caught him listening to it while decorating....
The travel ones are good too. I have ones read by Kerry Shale, but these are heavily abridged, although he's a fantastic reader.

Do you do classics? There's some good versions of things like Jane Eyre around.

I also have this www.amazon.co.uk/Rebecca-Daphne-Maurier-Read-Fielding/dp/B005O78XS0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1374682444&sr=8-6&keywords=daphne%20du%20maurier%20rebecca%20cd&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21 - Rebecca, which I love.

[babybythesea]

Oh, and there is The Lord of the Rings, done as an audio 'play' by the BBC which is fantastic, if that's your sort of thing. www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-Return-King-Vol/dp/0563536594/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1374682601&sr=8-14&keywords=lord%20of%20the%20rings%20cd&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21
This is the third one - I have the box set of all 3 but don't have time to search - sorry.

And an Agatha Christie box set here www.amazon.co.uk/Agatha-Christie-Audio-Box-Set/dp/B0041UM8Z0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374682722&sr=1-1&keywords=agatha%20christie%20box%20set%20CD&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[Tommy]

I've been listening to a few autobiographies - Michael McIntyre had me crying with laughter and David Mitchell's one about his bad back was really good too.

[Takver]

I loved David Attenborough's autobiography (he reads it himself)

[Corriewatcher]

Just wanted to mention that in many parts of the country you can download audiobooks for free via your library's website. I've downloaded a few like this, and a particular favourite was "The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year".

[DuchessofMalfi]

I get loads of audio books free from my library's website, and e-books too. Also, I get the Librivox audio books for free from i-Tunes, some of which are better than others though. I enjoyed The Age of Innocence recently (Librivox - lovely narration), but The War of The Worlds was awful (badly read, so gave up on it and read the book instead).

[GW297]

That's so useful to know about the library - thanks! Op - I have lots of Jane Green, Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella audiobooks. Also Jojo Moyes' Me Before You. I look at the top charts on iTunes for ideas but will also be watching this thread with interest for further recommendations (insomniac!)

[Thewhingingdefective]

I borrow from the library too and have begun downloading with One Click Digital.

The Help is fab on audio - read by three actresses so beautifully.

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo is very well read also.

A great non-fiction listen is The Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval England. So good!

I listened to Midnight's Children too and loved that but it was rather long

I have recently listened to Submarine, Lolita, Wolf Hall, The Garden of Evening Mists and The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year.

[GW297]

Think I'm going to try the woman who went to bed for a year next!