Audible Credit - What should I get?

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I have an audible credit and am just thinking about what I should get.

Thoughts so far

The Institute- Stephen King

Grown Ups - Marian Keyes

Book of Dust - Philip Pullman

The Testaments - Margaret Atwood

Any others that are particularly well read. I love Charles Dance and Tom Burke voices.

Thanks in advance

I'm in the same position, I have an audible credit but can't make up my mind what to spend it on! I think I might go for Case Histories by Kate Atkinson as I enjoyed other books of hers on audible.

I have recently loved Fingersmith narrated by Juanita McMahon, The Five narrated by Louise Brealey (has a little music at the start of chapters which added to the atmosphere), The Woman in White narrated by Ian Holm and Life After Life narrated by Fennella Woolgar. I am quite fussy about audiobooks and don't hesitate to return those that have a bad narrator so be assured those all passed my exacting standards!

I've recently used credits for Grown Ups by Marian Keyes, and. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow.

My criteria for an audiobook, as opposed to buying the book itself, is something which is just too hard to read on the page and probably needs a bit of editing. So exciting, punchy books are pointless by audiobook because reading the book would be just as good. Instead I use the credits for big books which I find hard to get into where a good audiobook with an excellent narrator keeps me going.

I'm currently listening to Barchester Towers read by Timothy West. He is such a wonderful actor and has turned a book which I found a lot of turgid Victorian hard going prose on the page into one of the funniest books I've ever read. I found myself actually laughing out loud while making dinner the other night listening to it, it's such deadpan dry humour and I never would have realised it if I hadn't downloaded the audiobook.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Looking at woman in white and barchester towers