Audible recommendations

Ah lovely, thank you!

If you like Scottish narrators, I quite enjoyed The Dead of Winter by Stuart Macbride, it's read very well by Greg McHugh and Catheleen McCarron.

Oh, and I thought Hamnet was absolutely bloody brilliant as an audiobook, so I'd recommend that

The narrator definitely matters - I always listen to samples before I commit, and probably average 5 "absolutely nots" before I find one I like. I have a preference for female, British (preferably Scottish) narrators (this is purely an auditory thing and not a political stance!), but have recently finished 2 back-to-back lengthy books narrated by American Men (Wellness, and Dream State). About to trawl the comments here for a palate cleanser!

I really enjoyed Project Hail Mary, and also The Switch which is read by Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Borrowbox is a great app for audio books, linked to your local library card. The only issue is there's often a wait for the more popular titles. I listen on my morning run.

I like audible books with multiple narrators.

Lucy foley is a good place to start. She does mrder mysteries with multiple narratives. The hunting party is good.

I generally prefer female narrators. I think because when men do female voices it sounds silly.

The Thursday murder club is a good series on audible. Warm female narrator.

I always listen to a sample first. To see if I can cope with the narrator.
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Also I tend to listen when doing boring jobs but if I'm listening on a journey I'll listen to a different kind of book.

One of the best books I've heard have been ones I've read a while ago and enjoyed that's read well.

Yeah the narrator makes all the difference. Also, the best ones are not necessarily the big names.

Also, I generally find a "big novel" is harder to get into.

It's annoyingly hit and miss. But you can 1) listen to a preview 2) return a book. Although you probably already know this.

The narrator makes a huge difference. I'm also listening to The Women, the narrator is Julia Whelan, who is excellent, and I seek out books read by her (she's done at least two of Emily Henry's books)
I don't use audible, but on the Libby app you can search by narrator, so maybe go back and see who narrated audiobooks you have enjoyed and see what else they have done?

I'm a big fan of anything by Lisa Jewell but I've also just finished "the book of the unnamed midwife" by Meg Elison. Really, really good!

The best narrator I have ever found is Michael Maloney. He recorded Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall and Aldous Huxley’s Chrome Yellow, and he reads them beautifully.

Stephen Fry does a great reading of P G Wodehouse and Sherlock Holmes.

A personal favourite is Brian Blessed reading his own books. He’s hilarious.

None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell was fantastic as audio. The actresses Nicola Walker and Louise Brearley did it. It’s about 2 women who meet by chance in a pub and how one pushes her way into the others life

Project Hail Mary was also riveting, about a man alone on a mission in space

1. You can speed it up
2. Agree the narrator makes a big difference. I have enjoyed, classics off the top of my head, Sherlock Homes read by Stephen Fry, Pride & Prejudice by Rosamund Pike, and the end of the Affair by Colin Firth.

The Women by Kristin Hannah. Currently listening on audible and enjoying it. Its being made into a film apparently