Engrossing audiobook recommendations

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BB49 · 10/02/2025 22:10

I have had a few disappointing listens on audible recently so would love to hear any fantastic books you’ve listened to. I like most fiction, but specially horrors or thrillers.

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InALonelyWorld · 10/02/2025 23:48

Listen For The Lie is excellent on audio.

wildfellhall · 10/02/2025 23:46

I'm drawn to Rob Lowe's autobiography as it has had good reviews but I hesitate over sleb biographies as I was brought up by a literature snob.

wildfellhall · 10/02/2025 23:45

Jimmy Carr Before & Laughter I really valued. Funny and full of solid advice.

wildfellhall · 10/02/2025 23:44

Do you have any Favourite genres?

I like a very wide range of audiobooks from classics to contemporary. I loved the Wolf hall trilogy.

It depends on what I'm doing while listening. Some books take more close attention than others.
Unruly by David Mitchell made me laugh out loud.
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland was so good that I went to listen to it again.
Wifedom by Anna Funder is genius.
I love Jane Eyre
The Tenant If Wildfell hall is a great listen
Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream - brilliant

BiscuitTins · 10/02/2025 23:20

The Cormoran Strike books are fantastic and wonderfully read by Robert Glenister.

Also a total opposite of horror/ thrillers, but beautifully read: any Jane Austin read by Juliet Stephenson

Dappy777 · 10/02/2025 23:14

M. R. James is great on audiobook. For me he’s still the master of horror.

Also, if you haven’t done so already, you must listen to Stephen Fry read Sherlock Holmes.

QueenOfToast · 10/02/2025 22:20

I listen to loads of audiobooks. My main listens are romantasy but in the crime/thriller category; I recently enjoyed Red Queen by Juan Gomez Jurado.

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