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Recommend me an audiobook please

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FormerlySpeckledyHen · 07/03/2023 23:21

Looking for inspiration.
What have been your recent favourites?

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Xiaoxiong · 07/03/2023 23:23

Non-Fiction: Time to Think by Hannah Barnes - listening to it now and it really keeps it moving along at a good pace, good narrator.

Fiction: any Dickens read by Miriam Margolyes, I struggle with Victorian literature as it can be so wordy but she makes it so engaging and funny and does all the voices!

Socrateswasrightaboutvoting · 07/03/2023 23:44

Wolf Hall

GeorgeAndTimmyTheDog · 08/03/2023 02:24

David Sedaris, I find his voice really comforting if I'm stressed.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 08/03/2023 05:36

Thank you so far - any more please?

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Frenchfancy · 08/03/2023 05:38

Kate Atkinson Shrines of Gaiety. My favourite of the year so far.

Last year's favourite was Lessons in Chemistry.

Soozikinzii · 08/03/2023 05:46

Any jodi picoult or Bill Bryson

Yawningalldaylong · 08/03/2023 06:28

Faking friends Jane Fallon

SadCelticBunny · 08/03/2023 07:09

Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
Read by Kobna Holbrook Smith
Honestly, his narration is superb.

Robin and Strike series by Robert Galbraith
Read by Robert Glenister
Again brilliant narration

Jackson Brodie series by Kate Atkinson
Read by Jason Isaacs
As above 😉

Nora Roberts/JD Robb

Madd Adam
Margaret Atwood

Ttwinkletoes · 08/03/2023 07:10

The word is murder by Anthony Horowitz read by Rory Kinnear.
I dint normally read detective novels but this was good, amusing.

dancinjo · 08/03/2023 07:12

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves is great , also lessons in chemistry is god too.

Ttwinkletoes · 08/03/2023 07:13

The Miss Read at Thrush Green - the early books of her life as teacher at a country school in the 50s/60s.
Gentle humour.

MargaritMargo · 08/03/2023 07:32

Lessons in chemistry

really enjoyed the story and the narrator was great

RainyReadingDay · 08/03/2023 07:42

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters, and also Fingersmith. Both very good. Fingersmith has the best twist ever. * *

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 08/03/2023 07:45

The Wilkie Collins BBC radio collection.

The invisible library by Genevieve Cogman.

And I second Rivers of London - brilliant narration!

DisforDarkChocolate · 08/03/2023 08:02

Another one who loves Rivers of London, Kobna is an amazing narrator.

The Vinyl Detective series by Andrew Carmel.

Things in Jars and Himself by Jess Kidd.

Project Hail Mary and The Martian by Andy Weir.

The Time Police by Jodi Taylor.

I also enjoyed Anita Rani's autobiography, and Robert Webb's.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 08/03/2023 14:03

Thank you all . Lots of new ideas along with the ones I’ve already listened to.
Off to sample a few now …

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morekidsthanhands · 08/03/2023 14:09

Some of my recommendations are super popular but just in case you haven't listened or read yet -

  • the Thursday murder club series (particularly nice as audiobooks I think)
  • anything taylor Jenkins Reid but particularly the 7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo and daisy Jones and the six
  • detective Dan Riley series by Anna-lou weatherly are free on kindle unlimited at the moment and I've been enjoying those.
ScottBakula · 08/03/2023 14:27

The Dresden Files wrote by Jim Butcher and narrated by James Marsters.
There is 17 books in the series so loads to go at but they need to be listened to in the correct order. Each book is between 12 and 16 hrs so you really get your monies worth too.

I agree with pp , Bill bryson is great.

Iamblossom · 08/03/2023 14:34

The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch are amazing on audio book narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith He's brilliant, the accents he does are amazing, from super posh English toff to Gkaswegian, to Sierra Leone, cockney....

Such a talent.

And the books are brilliant.

dogrilla · 08/03/2023 14:35

I'm Glad my Mom Died has been my favourite of the year so far. Mermaid of Black Conch is great on audiobook too.

As a pointer, what books do you enjoy?

anunlikelyseahorse · 08/03/2023 15:30

What sort of books do you like OP?
If you like light hearted, bit daft, and a fun narrator the Agatha Raisin series are good, with Penelope Kieth narrating.
If you like Gothic horror or sci-fi the BBC radio dramas are good.
If you like the supernatural and suspense the secrets of Cricklley Hall by James Herbert read by David Rintoul is good, and the woman in black by Susan Hill, can't remember the narrator.
If supernatural detective stories is more your thing the Detective McLean series by James Oswald are okay...not realistic, but if you don't mind that they are enjoyable.

I really like David Jackson, 'the resident' was my favourite the bad guy has an incredibly likeable streak (I think that's why I like Jackson's books because his characters are often complex, and you kinda feel sympathy for some of the 'baddies'! Some of his books have quite an interesting moral dilemma which if you like that sort of thing the 'the rule' is brilliantly read, and really quite thought provoking.

I love Joanna Lumley's voice, find her very soothing, really enjoyed her reading of Pride and Prejudice.

If I want light relief and a giggle the "The One Hundred Year Old Man who climbed out the window and disappeared" read by Peter Kenny is brilliantly entertaining, and I enjoyed the 'why mummy..." book series can't remember the narrator but she's brilliant!

VeggieSalsa · 08/03/2023 15:32

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (non-fiction / biography)

Ttwinkletoes · 08/03/2023 15:57

My sister the serial killer is good. No Oyenkan Braithwaite.

anonymousehoumus · 08/03/2023 16:53

The Peter Grant novels by Ben Aaronovitch (Starts with Rivers of London)

Twazique · 08/03/2023 18:37

The Familiars
The Foundling
Stacey Halls