Good books on Audible for elderly mum

On BBC sounds there are some serialised classics and modern books for free

I also recommend Project Hail Mary. The narration is superb.

Does she like cosy(ish) crime? I heartily recommend the Fethering series by Simon Brett.

The Dictionary of Lost words is one I read recently and loved - it’s sort of about the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary but writes it from the perspective of a fictional woman - as it was largely men doing it what words did they kiss and think unimportant because they were ‘women’s words.’ The language gets a bit fruity though - but it’s excellent. I haven’t heard it on audio though so no idea if it’s read well or not.

Not Audible, but I love the podcast series for the Aubrey Maturin books (as in the Master and Commander film if you're not familiar with the book series!). I listen to it in the car when on long journeys on my own, so I'm doing it slowly but they do go through the stories, talking about each chapter, the characters etc.

I think the books are also available on Audible, but this is a free option if she wants to try it! The books are brilliant - set in the Napoleonic wars, Royal Naval shenanigans but it's not full of sex and gore, it's a fantastic series.

Or the Hornblower books series as an alternative for much the same period.

Winter in Madrid by CJ Sansom is brilliant.
i also love Anna Massey reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
If she likes non- fiction loads of Bill Bryson books are on Audible. I really enjoyed At Home and A Short History of Nearly Everything (although that’s a bit dated now).

Kate Morton is good - I’ve got the Forgotten Garden read by Caroline Lee.

And another excellent non-fiction is This Sceptred Isle (which was on Radio 4 years ago so she may know it.)

Rosamunde Pilcher The Shell Seekers , Winter Solitice and Coming Home.

Not modern but Rebecca, And Then There Were None and Endless Night are all on Audible and all brilliantly read.

Stacey Halls is very good, start with The Familiars.

Others I've loved as audiobooks

Mr Loverman
Bridesmaid Revisited
A Dance to the Music of Time
Tin Man
The Lamplighters
Project Hail Mary
The Martian
The Corset
Engleby

So many more

I'm currently listening to the diary of a provincial lady, it was on offer and I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying it.
Others I recommend are anything by Barbara Kingsolver, Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer, CB Strike books by Robert Galbraith, Richard Osmans Thursday murder club,
I loved Remarkably bright creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, it's about an octopus. St Mary's books by Jodi Taylor about time travelling historians and Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir is my favourite audiobook. It's Sci fi but works so well.

The Salt Path (but not the follow up)

Fiction or non?

My Mum in law loves most things by Maeve Binchy. Beautifully read out in the softest of Irish accents. I liked them too - easy on the r brain and no unpleasant surprises

I love Natalie Haynes' retelling of Greek myths from a female perspective.

I also loved Things in Jars and Himself, both extremely well read.

For a little light relief The Stranger Times is bloody funny urban fantasy.

Use Borrowbox - it is free. All you need is a library card from any library.
That will give you a wider choice of books.

Would she like the Madeline Miller books? Retellings of greek myths

I find I like slightly different types of writing style between reading and listening. So she might have to try a few out and see what she gels with.

I’m about to start Barack Obama’s biography The Promised Land, which he reads himself

And I just finished the Rory Stewart latest Politics on the Edge. Again read by himself.

There are lots of classic fiction - Jane Austen, Charles Dickens. Stephen Fry has done all the Sherlock Holmes stuff

Spotify also do audiobooks now. For classics I get some through a podcast called The Sleepy Bookshelf - they are designed for calling asleep to but you can listen like a normal audiobook as well