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What shall I spend my audible credits on?

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SnuggleBuggleBoo · 02/06/2023 10:18

I'm off on holiday today - 3 hour drive. I need some entertainment! What do you recommend?

I hate anything too scary or upsetting - I prefer overall upbeat and light-hearted but enough depth of plot to be interesting
I'm not massively into love and sex. I don't mind it being a part of things but not the whole plot - Sophie Kinsella gets the balance right I think!
I love animals but absolutely none in books are allowed to die!
I work with children and find them entertaining
I like modern history. The Edwardian era especially, and 1940s Britain

I've recently enjoyed a book where the main character was an actor, all about auditions and filming etc. And another book I liked was about someone hiking trails and camping wild in America - again outside my realm of experiences so quite gripping. Maybe there are other books along these lines I should check out?

Anyway, please fire some suggestions at me!

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getafringenotbotox · 23/06/2023 10:03

mysonsmother82 · 02/06/2023 10:21

I'm currently reading Again Rachel by Marian Keyes. It's a follow on from Rachel's holiday that must be attest 10 years old but is brilliant and very funny in places.

I have that in paperback for holiday in three weeks I really looking forward to starting it on the plane

mauveiscurious · 23/06/2023 07:50

Pilgrim bbc series on the dark folk law of the British isles

Twillow · 22/06/2023 22:57

CantBeArsedOrAsked · 03/06/2023 10:51

The Signature of All Things read by Juliet Stevenson

I like to get my money's worth so try to chose audible books that are over 20 hrs. So I got it mostly because it was long.
Am 5 hours in and it's unexpectedly amazing! Juliet Stevenson is a perfect narrator.

A fellow chooser by length here! May I commend to you, in this vein, Brandon Sanderson - for example, the Stormlight Archive saga of which the first book, Way of Kings, is 45 h 29m! The Mistborn Saga is equally good.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 22/06/2023 22:51

The Sandman

MIBnightmare · 22/06/2023 22:50

Anything David Sedaris!! So funny and poignant.

Cinders15 · 22/06/2023 20:18

I'm listening to Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz - much better than the TV series, and just downloaded the part two!
And under the piano by Hugh Bonneville - saw him and Julian Fellowes at Bridport literary festival last November - really good

BerfyTigot · 22/06/2023 16:30

@SnuggleBuggleBoo If you're interested in WW2, I recommend The Kew Gardens Girls. Quite light and enjoyable.

CantBeArsedOrAsked · 04/06/2023 08:02

RenoDakota · 03/06/2023 23:51

I see this was yesterday but for future reference you could try these:
A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson. Any of his books, in fact.
The Shardlake series of books by C J Sansom.
I am currently listening to Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Very long but utterly gripping. Brilliantly read by Dan Stevens. And really atmospheric to listen to - better, to me, than reading the actual book.

So glad you posted this, reminded me it's time for a re-listen of Wolf Hall and the two sequels. That's the next month or so sorted!
I'd forgotten they were in my audible library. Agree that Dan Stevens is an amazing narrator.

ScrambledSmegs · 04/06/2023 00:15

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It's the original radio play, and it's still the best.

Also Neverwhere. And Good Omens.

I'm a nerd and I don't care.

1stWorldProblems · 04/06/2023 00:12

The Charles Paris Mysteries sound just what you're after - jobbing actor (played beautifully by Bill Nighy) ends up solving various murders in an amusing, wry manner. Lots of good jokes & "cosy" mysteries.

All of "Cabin Pressure". "In & Out of the Kitchen".

"Stardust", "Neverwhere" & "Good Omens" - the BBC dramatisations of the Neil Gaiman fantasy novels. Both clever & not dark. (The Audible dramatisations of his Sandman graphic novels are also great but you didn't want dark).

I also love the 22 hours of the Complete George Smiley spy novels but then I could listen to Simon Russell Beale read me the phone book.

RenoDakota · 03/06/2023 23:51

I see this was yesterday but for future reference you could try these:
A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson. Any of his books, in fact.
The Shardlake series of books by C J Sansom.
I am currently listening to Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Very long but utterly gripping. Brilliantly read by Dan Stevens. And really atmospheric to listen to - better, to me, than reading the actual book.

WinterWobbit · 03/06/2023 23:42

Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior
and
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Cakeandslippers · 03/06/2023 23:36

Richard Osman's the Thursday Murder club is a fab audiobook - the narrator is fantastic and just makes it. Its light hearted and I thought quite funny at times, definitelynot distressing. The characters are great! I've listened to quite a lot of audio books and I think she was the best narrator I've come across.

chimchimina · 03/06/2023 23:35

Anything by Gill Simms.

Chickenkorma64 · 03/06/2023 23:30

i love We Are All Made of Glue
and
when God Was a Rabbit.

however, like a previous poster I often go for long books to get value for money.
Just finished The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard set on the cusp of WW2

you might also like the Ruth Galloway books by Elly Griffith. She’s an archaeologist who gets involved with police work

FinallyHere · 03/06/2023 23:30

BreathesOutSlowly · 03/06/2023 11:23

Buy the first two series of Cabin Pressure.

This.

Theoldwoman · 03/06/2023 23:27

Books I’ve enjoyed recently are:

Last shot
Here’s the story
A life on our planet
The little house on the prairie
Wintering

Alsobeyondshit · 03/06/2023 23:25

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Sauvignonblanket · 03/06/2023 23:21

Lessons in Chemistry is excellent (even if it doesn't quite fit your brief)

MadEyeMoodysEye · 03/06/2023 23:16

The Salt Path.

Pallisers · 03/06/2023 23:15

The Louise Penney Inspector Gamache series is great and beautifully read. Usually there is a hook in each of them about some esoteric piece of history (like the history of musical notation for example)

SilverShadowNight · 03/06/2023 23:11

I'm really enjoying the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch too.

ThatFraggle · 03/06/2023 16:33

Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett

BarbaraofSeville · 03/06/2023 16:32

I've currently got a cheap trial and have used my first two credits on I've Never Seen Star Wars and Giles Wemmbley Hogg goes off.

Both Radio 4 comedies starring Marcus Brigstock

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/06/2023 16:15

BreathesOutSlowly · 03/06/2023 11:23

Buy the first two series of Cabin Pressure.

This.

Then the next 3.