Any audiobook recommendations

[thenoisytimetravelstudent]

Hi, mentally preparing for the commute once I return to work in January. Any good audiobooks that would pass the time?

I have enjoyed The help (great voices), The book thief - never read the book - it had me in tears! Now loving To kill a mocking bird.

I really enjoyed The Martian but I hadn't seen the film.

Not QUITE the classics by Colin Mochrie - brilliant funny and clever short stories using the first and last sentence of well known tales as inspiration for made up tales.

Sun at midnight by Rosie Thomas - an 'easy listening' romance

SeeSaw and also Something to hide - both by Deborah Moggach - I love these and they are very well narrated. (Though I'm biased over the narrator!)

Also the Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit radio dramas are brilliant too.

Elephantmug the Martian was an excellent audiobook! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Planning on trying my first Stephen king next, I'm almost finished the muse by Jessie burton.

Has anyone tried audiobooks in the car for kids? We are facing a 4 he drive this summer hols & there is no way I'm listening to Dd's fave cd the whole way there

Work a treat. What age are your kids? We have listened to Mr. Gum, all Roald Dahl, David Walliams and more when the kids were younger. Now we listen to a mixture of J.K Rowling, Philip Pullman, Rick Riordan etc.

Zadie Smith's Swing time sounded good on a podcast the other day.

But I would have to go for the Alan Partridge books or Brian Blessed autobiography

DD is 3, so we'd probably have to break it up a lot- she might not have the best attention span for it!

Holding by graham norton. I read an excellent review of it by Irish novelist John boyne, so gave it a go and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was tender and funny and serious and I am sad he hasn't written any others yet.

Also, he reads the audible, and he does the voices of each of the characters really well,

For a 3 year old try Hairy Maclary Story Collection narrated by David Tennant

And I've just notice that the book people have the Julia Donaldson Collection on for £8 today

Oh great thanks

Second The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, then the three detective books by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling), Game of Thrones is good on audiobook and will last you a while!

I also liked the other JK Rowling book A Casual Vacancy on audible. Such a great book.

My comfort listening is also all the Maeve Binchys, especially The Glass Lake, Scarlet Feather and Tara Road.

I'd recommmend anything read by Juliet Stevenson who is IMO the best narrator on audible. In particular middlemarch. It's about 32 hours so you get a lot for your credit! By the end I was taking longer routes to get to places so I could keep listening!

For children David Tennant reading how to train your dragon is good as are the Harry Potter books.

The Wonder by Emma Donahue

Beautifully read and a great story

I just ordered the Julia Donaldson cd's! Thanks it's great value on the book people website and will hopefully go down a treat

Noteven, thanks for that tip! I like Emma Donoghue.

I'm a massive audible fan and always have one on the go. Top recommendations are:

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. Harry Potter for grown ups. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Is an EXCELLENT narrator.

Joe Lycett Parsnips Buttered had me laughing out loud on the bus....

William Boyd's Any Human Heart, Restless, Ordiary Thunderstorms are all gripping.

Ken Fillets Pillars of the Earth was a brilliant read. Very compelling

Laura Wilson Inspector Stratton series on a wartime policeman and his life post war is engaging.

John Lanchester's Capital is great.

Ready Player One

The Teacher - a bit dark I guess but I like that sort of thing!

Also already mentioned The book of Dave by Will Self - yes he uses big words. It may be pretentious but I loved it. About a taxi driver called Dave (no! never!) how a book starts off a religious cut - I thought it was a bit 'Malice in Wonderland twinned with A clockwork orange'. It parodies the 'Fathers for Justice' amongst other. Very dark in places.