Best audio books you can recommend?

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I couldn't find a current audio books thread so I'm hoping this isn't a duplicate of an existing one.

I'm bed bound for the coming month and a friend has kindly given me 12 Audible credits to use while I'm recuperating I love her

Normally I'm a prolific Audible listener while I'm driving.
As an example I listened to 117 books last year in addition to good old fashioned reading.
I've read most of the classics, I enjoy original thrillers, good real life books ie A Life Of Crime and Unnatural Causes,Marian Keyes or Taylor Jenkins Reid and the latest Dawn O'Porter type books.

I'm listening to The July Girls now.

Any suggestions for good listens or books you've enjoyed recently? And why?
Anything at all, it doesn't matter if it's not something I'd usually like as long as you think it's good and you really liked it.

I've just listened to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Novel by Gail Honeyman

I absolutely loved it !!

Jane Fallon books on Audible are also really good and easy to listen to.

I recently listened to Michelle Obama's autobiography, I was a bit hesitant but found it fantastic to listen too.

I've resisted reading or listening to Eleanor Oliphant, I'm not sure what puts me off, I'll take another look at it snowystar . So many people have raved about it that I think I should give it a chance, thank you

Similarly, I've stayed away from Becoming, in general I avoid political autobiographies. Although Michelle Obama isn't a politician I assumed that her book too would be about her husband and the White House. Again, so many people enjoyed it that I'm guessing that it isn't a political biography. In fact it sounds inspirational.

Stephen King's books are amazing. So are Jodi Taylor's. The narrator makes or breaks a good book I believe.

Restless - William Boyd
Our friends in Berlin.
Mapp and Lucia E F Benson make me laugh out loud but not for everyone.
All time fave - rogue male geoffrey household. The robin Browne reading marginally better even than Michael Jayson. Beautiful amazing book. Gripping. Thought provoking. Unbelievable was written in 1939.

Jayston.

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. I've read it years ago and loved it but had mostly forgotten so decided to do an audible listen. It's written in the first person and the actress who reads it is perfect. Also The Five - the untold stories of the victims of Jack The Ripper by Hallie Listened to it while working the dog and would have to avoid other walkers as was crying listening to it. Just so sad but so interesting and thought provoking.

That's should be Hallie Rubenhold.

C.J. Sansom's Shardlake novels (Henry VIII period), narrator is excellent.

Norah Lofts, especially the Sussex trilogy, Knight's Acre etc. Really well done.

Terry Pratchett read by Nigel Planer or Stephen Briggs.

Flight of the concords original BBC radio broadcast for fun

Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall (the third book is available for preorder)

Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ (5th book is available for preorder)

1Q84 by Murakami (Japanese surrealist)

The luminaries by Eleanor Catton (took a while to sink in to the story but glad I persisted)

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Totally lived this book)

Lived = loved ❤️

I very much enjoyed the audiobook of "The Hate U Give" and her second book "The Come Up." Also Celeste Ng: "LIttle Fires Everywhere" and "Everything I Never Told You." And Jonas Jonasson: "Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window" and "The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden" and his other books. And all the Fredrik Backman's especially "Britt-Marie Was Here"

Check out Dervla Kirwan's books, first one is The Ruin, can't remember the title of the other off the top of my head but both are really good.

I really enjoyed Sue Perkins’ book East of Croydon. She reads it herself. It’s both funny and touching. It covers her travels in Asia as well as some autobiographical elements.

Chris Packham’s autobiography Fingers In The Sparkle Jar was also really good - again he reads it himself.

I really liked "alias grace" by Margaret Attwood.

Thank you everyone, please keep them coming

I've read quite a few of these already (sorry), reading has always been my hobby as well as closely related to my profession. I don't want to be that person by listing the ones I've read.

I've finished The July Girls and really liked it. I'm reading The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup now.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated, I'll look at anything.

The Seven Sisters books by Lucinda Reily are worth a listen.

I assume you've listened to Harry Potter already?

The sisters brothers - absolutely brilliant- have recommended to several and all have thoroughly enjoyed it

The new Malcolm Gladwell “talking to strangers” is excellent.

When it came out I read The Sisters Brothers and then I listened to it recently, I agree it's a brilliant read and listen.

I've read all of the Harry Potters but I haven't listened to them, does listening to them add to the experience?

Sometimes I prefer the print (or Kindle) copy of a book and sometimes the audio version.
The Time Travellers Wife was one that I read and loved so I bought the audiobook and hated it by comparison!

At other times I find that the audio version brings a book alive. I couldn't get into the print version of A Brief History Of Seven Killings but loved the audio version, I recommend it to everyone.

I quite liked the Malcolm Gladwell but didn't love it.

I'm a tough crowd when it comes to recommendations, I know that. That's why I asked people to recommend what they like

I found the HP audiobooks read by Stephen Fry added greatly to the written text.

Most of the Marian Keyes I've listened too on audiobook was good.

I found listening to the HPs a new experience! And it’s great value to get them using credits too.

Lianne Moriarty books are read by a brilliant Australian who really brings the characters to life IMO.

I have been slowly plotting through the Matthew Bartholomew series - terribly formulaic medieval whodunnits but I enjoy the characters and the narration. They’re my easy listening.

Also the Chronicles of St Mary’s series.

All of these are enjoyable but not challenging.

I particularly enjoyed the audio versions of Naomi Novik's two fantasy novels Spinning Silver & Uprooted.

Looking through my book lists, ones I've listened to & thought good from the last couple of years include:

Damien le Bas - The Stopping Places (kind of autobiography, read by the author)
Matthew Despond - Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City (sociological investigation, long but really excellent & very well read)
Serhil Plokhy - Chernobyl: history of a tragedy
Oliver Burkeman - The Antidote: Happiness for people who hate positive thinking (kind of an anti-self-help book, I've listened to this several times)
Marcus du Sautoy - What We Cannot Know (read by the author, does what it says on the tin, not only fascinating but I wanted to kidnap him & make him talk to me about science forever, he has a wonderful voice)
Neal Stephenson - Snowcrash (obviously a classic, but I enjoyed it on audio)
William Gibson / Bruce Sterling - The Difference Engine (I've always found this unreadable despite being a classic, but it worked brilliantly for me as an audiobook)

As you can see I mostly like non-fiction / SFF, so maybe a bit different from your usual tastes.

Sweetpea and In Bloom by CJ Skuse. It has its own thread on MN that was start recently. Dark, funny and inappropriate.

I second Lianne Moriarty

I like Fiona Barton books, they are a good listen.