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Please can I have your audiobook recommendations?

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EmailsaysOOO · 23/06/2026 12:32

Please can you suggest an audiobook? I'm after fiction, something with a good plot and interesting characters and not written too long ago. None of the classics. Otherwise, open to all ideas.

As some background, my employer last month sent me a 6 month audible subscription. I've found my way round the website but not sure what to choose. Not sure if I'm going to come across as grumpy, hope not.
The first book I downloaded- Theo Of Golden - I'm going to give up. So boring. I'm having chemo treatment for cancer so maybe that's affecting my patience. If it's not gripped me by the end of chapter two then it won't be worth it. I'm meeting up with the lady from HR who arranged it next week so hoping to get something really enjpyable. No pressure !

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ThreeFeetTall · 23/06/2026 17:10

The Bee Sting. Narrator is great. Not a happy story, mind you

EmpressaurusKitty · 23/06/2026 17:14

Andtheworldwentwhite · 23/06/2026 14:33

Jodi Taylor’s chronicles of st Mary is totally my fav series ever. But then there is the time police. And that may be my favourite series ever. Hmmmmm. Don’t think i can choose.

I prefer St Mary’s. And you forgot Smallhope & Pennyroyal!

OP, The Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor are fabulous - start with those, then the Time Police books, then The Ballad of Smallhope & Pennyroyal.

MontyDonsBlueScarf · 23/06/2026 17:20

The Wolf Hall trilogy narrated by Ben Miles. I don't normally do historical fiction but this was utterly compelling.

The Adventure of English, The Biography of a Language by Melvyn Bragg narrated by Robert Powell. Fascinating if you're interested in language.

This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan narrated by Fiona Button

I've listened to lots of novels but none of them (apart from Wolf Hall) have stayed with me the way these have.

flatsevenup · Today 08:11

Nearlyadoctor · 23/06/2026 14:06

Kristin Hannah The Women and NightRoad are both brilliant on Audible

Came on to say The Women by Kristin Hannah was fabulous

beasmithwentworth · Today 10:20

Yes I third The Women. Also another one where I loved the story and the narrator was ‘The Giver of Stars’ by Jojo Moyes

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · Today 10:58

WinterFrogs · 23/06/2026 14:20

It's really important that you like the narrator, so I definitely recommend that you make use of the preview option on Audible. You get the first five minutes or so.

Recent favourites:

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes, read by Jenna Coleman

How To Disappear by Gillian McAllister, read by Nicola Walker.

The Museum Of Ordinary People by Michael Gayle.

In Memoriam by Alice Wynne

Totally agree, I love the Slow Horses books, hate the narrator. Not overly fond of the Nigel Planer Discworld ones(cmot Dibbler does not need a Yiddish accent and the witches are all wrong)
If you like crime, don't mind gore and like a bit of black humour-Stuart MacBride is your man.

3luckystars · Today 10:59

The Correspondent is good, lovely narrator x

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · Today 11:00

Oh and sadly, Bob Mortimer, whilst being generally hysterical, adds nothing to his own books. Sorry Bob.

Thawtfulpanda · Today 16:46

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · Today 11:00

Oh and sadly, Bob Mortimer, whilst being generally hysterical, adds nothing to his own books. Sorry Bob.

It's weird I find Bob very funny but I found the books so dull. It was all about being quirky for the sake of being quirky.

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