Recommend me audible books please

[Weedsorwishes]

Hi all I have an audible membership but I'm not really using it as I can't listen while I'm doing something else as I have a hearing loss so need to concentrate.

I want to cancel but have built up quite a few credits so want to get the used up otherwise I will lose them

I really like historical fiction have recently enjoyed Stacey halls books. I also really like nature writing eg Kate humble.

The problem is that alot of the recommendation on audible I already have in actual book form!

Any advice appreciated thanks!

Why not use your credits to buy a series of something? I have duplicate books in audio and book form, eg Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy, Nicci French's Frieda Klein novels, Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler series etc.

I like a really immersive long listen too. Middlemarch worked well as an audiobook, read by Juliet Stevenson. In fact any classic works well in audio form - Jane Eyre (Thandie Newton's narration is very good), Wuthering Heights (hated it, but couldn't fault the narration), Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility - all really good as audio books.

Piranesi by Susanna Peters. I'd already read the book, but this really added to my enjoyment.
Time after Time by Molly Keane, as above.
The Ramble Book by Adam Buxton.

I know these don't fit into your interests, but, you never know, you might like them!

How about Chris Packham’s autobiography Fingers In The Sparkle Jar? He reads it himself which adds an extra dimension to the words.

Ken follets the pillars of the earth series?

You might know this already but you can pause your membership for 3 months so you don't lose your credits.

I love the georgette heyer audio books - very sharp and funny regency “romance” but more than that really.

I like to listen to the classics - brontes, Austen, Orwell, Wilkie Collins, I think I listened to the more modern to kill a mockingbird and Lolita at one point too. I prefer to listen to the language rather than read it with the older ones as they can be a drag at times!

@Ulysses

You might know this already but you can pause your membership for 3 months so you don't lose your credits.

Thanks but I've already done that, don't think you can do it twice can you?

@ChessieFL

How about Chris Packham’s autobiography Fingers In The Sparkle Jar? He reads it himself which adds an extra dimension to the words.

Thanks for this is sounds good (no pun intended!) So I've ordered it, and dara Mcanulty (sp?) Aswell

Don’t have any specific recommendations, just something to look out for.
I downloaded a Jane Austen collection audiobook but it wasn’t what I expected. I wanted it read word for word (like a lot of audiobooks are), but this was more like a radio play with lots of different voices and I found it much more difficult to follow.

I personally enjoy anything read by Stephen Fry.

Absolutely loved the Century Triligy books by Ken Follet. They're v long too so I feel like it's a value for money worth of one credit!!

Think the first book is Fall of Giants.

I agree with pp that anything read by Juliet Stevenson is a good shout - her North and South is wonderful.

I'm a detective fan so have loved the Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway series starting with The Crossing Places and also enjoyed the Nicci French novels - I'd read them already but enjoyed the audiobooks. The actress reading Beneath The Skin did a particularly good job.

Michael Sheen is a wonderful reader - his reading of the Philip Pullman Book of Dust books is brilliant and lifts them right out of the ordinary.

It sounds as if you might like Raynor Winn's The Salt Path, which is autobiographical and read by the author. Get a sample, though - she has quite an odd voice and you'd need to see whether you can sit with it. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through, but it was a great story and I'm glad I stuck with it.

@ElizabethinherGermanGarden

I agree with pp that anything read by Juliet Stevenson is a good shout - her North and South is wonderful.

I'm a detective fan so have loved the Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway series starting with The Crossing Places and also enjoyed the Nicci French novels - I'd read them already but enjoyed the audiobooks. The actress reading Beneath The Skin did a particularly good job.

Michael Sheen is a wonderful reader - his reading of the Philip Pullman Book of Dust books is brilliant and lifts them right out of the ordinary.

It sounds as if you might like Raynor Winn's The Salt Path, which is autobiographical and read by the author. Get a sample, though - she has quite an odd voice and you'd need to see whether you can sit with it. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through, but it was a great story and I'm glad I stuck with it.

Thank you I've listened to the salt path and absolutely loved it. Know what you mean about her voice, not sure if it's a speech disorder? I couldn't get into her second book though?

The kingmaker series by Toby Clements is fantastic. It's war of the roses based and quite brutal in places but really well written. So much historical fiction is Tudor times.

I personally am not a fan of Juliet Stevenson. She narrates so many of the classics that it feels a bit like, oh you again , iykwim.

Have you tried Shardlake series by C J Sansome? I have not listened to it, only read it, but they are fantastic.

Too many fantastics in my last post

I love the Shardlake books. I often will read both the book and listen to them on Audible too. They are very immersive and the narrator is excellent.

(I like Stacey Halls too if that's any measure, Mrs England is my next book to read)