Audiobook suggestions please.

[BlackIsTheNewBlack]

I'm on the 50 book threads and I've noticed that quite a lot of people listen to audiobooks as well as reading actual books.
I like the idea of being able wash up/do the ironing/walk to the shops while still reading/listening.

So...where do you all get your audiobooks from? I know that audible is a thing, but I'm hoping to not spend too much more on books than I already do, and audible looks expensive.
I'm going to check out my library but I'm not sure how great it is for e/audio stuff.

Listening to our endless numbered days and loving it. Fabulous story and narration. Love it when I find a book I look forward to listening to

I'm currently working my way through Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie novels on audible and really looking forward to listening to them!

My big surprise of last year was the Count of Monte Cristo. Not a book I would have chosen but my DD told me I would love it. Perfect narration and a story to really get your teeth into.

Librivox are a group of volunteers who read out-of-copyright books and make them available for free. If you have favourite classics that's a lovely place to start.

I'm also an audible subscriber. If you fancy something extra to your one book a month, then it's good to know that it's often cheaper to buy extra credits than purchase a book directly. I've just listened to The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson-Burnett, which is an interesting example of her work for adult readers (though I have The Secret Garden, too!)

Just marking my place here, have just finished a Murakami-loved the goldfinch & probably want to try a Stephen King next. Bought the 24 book subscription & would like to make the most of it-particularly to hear big books that Id be too lazy to read. Someone mentioned about getting 2 for 1 deals on subscription so Id be interested on ideas for that and also any other recs!

IQ84 is a great one for value for money & a great listen!

Sign up for the daily deal. You get a book for lower than the price of the credit. Also create a wish list. Occasionally if you buy 3 books using credits or cash, in a certain period you get a £10"credit. It is very good, you can still return the book and they will recredit the value. It also seems to last a long while.

Great thanks-need to up my wishlist!

I love audible too. I love lots of the comedy autobiography's which are read by the author. Really enjoyed Miranda hart and David Mitchell. Plus the Harry Potter books. Plus girl with a dragon tattoo trilogy. Also pride and prejudice. So many good ones!

I love audible too. I love lots of the comedy autobiography's which are read by the author. Really enjoyed Miranda hart and David Mitchell. Plus the Harry Potter books. Plus girl with a dragon tattoo trilogy. Also pride and prejudice. So many good ones!

I really loved this mobile.audible.co.uk/pd/Fiction/Les-Liaisons-Dangereuses-Audiobook/B01B3DUKGG . It was free. Recently I've enjoyed the new Zadie Smith (fab narrator) and the Conclave by Robert Harris. This month I'm listening to Andrew Marr's History of the World. I would get bored reading it I think but it's very good to listen to.

Another Audible fan here. I recently got a £10 reward which I used on 99p and £1.99 daily deals. I have 18 unlistened to books and 4 unused credits so I might pause my account so I can catch up with myself.

Listening to The Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre currently. First Brookmyre for me but I want to read/listen to more.

The only thing I find frustrating is when I'm listening in the car when I go to pick the children up from school and have to turn off!

I am a new addict to audible! I have listened to The book thief, The Help and now To kill a mocking bird. I was a bit sneaky and used a few different email addresses etc to get free trials! Also if you go to cancel it they offer you another book and then three months at a reduced price. I need more than 1 credit a month! But can't afford up to £35 for a further book! May have to look into a different subscription or how you can better deals for your "credits"!

There's a bogof on audible until Sunday so I got 2 for the price of 1.

However, I've just realised that the one I've started, I've already read 😳

Can anyone recommend anything off the list to swap it for & is 'I forgot I'd already read it' a good enough return response?!

I can't see the BOGOF on the app, maybe it's only been offered to some members?

Just listened to Dark Matter by Michelle Paver - short but atmospheric, would certainly reccomend, the narration is wonderful....and starting the Poisoneood Bible now.

Burial Rites is the daily deal today

@buckeejit . You can return books for any reason. There is a drop down list choose already own it, if that's not there choose other. The great thing about Audible is the no quibble returns policy

I've read dark matter & liked it.

The daily deal & some offers only on the desktop site for some reason-think the bogof on selected items ends/ended today. I've started another lianne moriarty-little lies & like it.

I've returned the book but they've refunded me a credit & it was the bogof so should've had half a credit. Don't know how that would work though!

I've seen that you can log on to 4 different devices on the same account so have given my trusted friend my details in the hope that she'll try & like it & then maybe we can split an annual membership!

The best thing about Audible is Whispersync. You can listen to the audio while you're changing nappies/doing the school run etc, and then your Kindle will sync to wherever you've got to in the book. Magic.

I recommend everything read by Bernadette Dunne, especially We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House - both Shirley Jackson novels. Also Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests, read by Juliet Stevenson.

Also if you like 'gentle' murders with a bit of humour try Simon Brett - He did the Charles paris books (ham actor). Read by Bill Nighy - wonderful. Paris has an on-off relationship with his ex wife Frances. I just love listening to Bill Nighy! Also there is another series with two women sleuths. One is a hippy type and the other a buttoned up type. Somehow they are friends...and the bodies keep turning up!!

My library (well the entire county) allows members to downloaded selected audio and e-books from its website for free.