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⌈ Secret Post #6500 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've never tried audiobooks and am curious.

What are some books you preferred in audio format? What made the audio format better than text other than the physical stuff like being able to listen while driving?

[(Anonymous)]

I preferred The Martian audiobook. Sure, you don't to see get the boobies joke, but RC Bray does amazing voice work.

[(Anonymous)]

The only one that worked for me - and I absolutely loved it - was Project Hail Mary. I am so glad I experienced that book audiobook first.

[kaijinscendre]

World War Z is way better as an audiobook. It has a full cast (F. Murray Abraham, Alan Alda, René Auberjonois, Becky Ann Baker, Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Boxleitner, Max Brooks, Nicki Clyne, Common, Denise Crosby, Frank Darabont, Dean Edwards, Mark Hamill, Nathan Fillion, Maz Jobrani, Frank Kamai, Michelle Kholos, John McElroy, Ade M’Cormack, Alfred Molina, Parminder Nagra, Ajay Naidu, Masi Oka, Steve Park, Kal Penn, Simon Pegg, Jürgen Prochnow, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Henry Rollins, Jeri Ryan, Jay O. Sanders, Martin Scorsese, Paul Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Tee, John Turturro, Eamonn Walker, Ric Young, and Waleed Zuaiter). It is just amazing.

[iff_and_xor]

I like the Rivers of London audiobooks. I think Kobna Holdbrook-Smith really brings the characters to life, with all of their distinct voices and personalities.

Also, Haroun and the Sea of stories read by Salman Rushdie. It feels like the kind of story that should be read aloud and he does a great job of it.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. They really are wonderful and Kobna is fab.

[(Anonymous)]

The first 4-6 Skulduggery Pleasant books are amazing! At first I was weirded out because it has these little jazz intros but it works really, really well. Rupert Degas does the most amazing voices and if he’s done the whole series, I’d have never read a single one of the books. Sadly he only did a handful of books and then the worst narrator in history took over for one book before they found a new terrible narrator that they’ve kept ever since.

Anything narrated by Simon Vance is worth a listen.

And Bernard Cornwell’s 1356 narrated by Jack Ryan is a much better listen than read.

[thewakokid]

The Poirot series read by Hugh Fraser (the one's by David Suchet have better Poirot voice, but are a bit to pantomime-ish for the other characters. A character actor, so it's par for the course)

Dresden Files read by James Marsters

The Discworld series read by Nigel Planer

[(Anonymous)]

I really love the Lord of the Rings series narrated by Rob Inglis. Andy Serkis narrated them as well but I prefer Rob's voice.

[(Anonymous)]

I really love the Rivers of London books as audiobooks and also some of the Discworld books, especially those narrated by Stephen Briggs. I'm not a fan of the Nigel Planer or Toby Robinson versions. The new ones are rather good, though the narrator varies by subseries.

They just bring such life to the characters and Stephrn Briggs especially worked closely with Pratchett.

I rather like the Sandman Audible audiodramas (brilliantly narrated), the full-cast Graphic Audio versions of the Eric Carter books (great if you're into Aztec mythology) and if you have a good opinion of Yahtzee Croshaw of Zero Punctuation fame I can highly recommend his Dashford Pierce series (starting with Will Save the Galaxy for Food) and especially the DEDA Files (starting with Differently Morphous) entirely because he narrates them himself. Given his start in game reviews, the voice just adds something.

[(Anonymous)]

The only one I’ve liked is the Good Omens audiobook with the cast from the show.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't say I prefer them, but Juliet Stephenson's audiobooks of Jane Austen's works are really excellent. She brings out all the snark. Her rendition of Edward walking in on his two girlfriends in London is a hoot.

[(Anonymous)]

If you want to listen to a classic the audible production of Dracula is amazing. Having different narrators really brings to life the epistolary format.

The audiobook for Gideon the Ninth is also amazing, though I didn’t like the book itself. Just not my thing. I’m glad I tried it though. I finished the audiobook, but the book itself is not my cup of tea.

There’s also a Richard Armitage version of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.

For me, a good reader becomes more than just someone narrating the book aloud. It’s like sitting around a fire and actually listening to someone become the story.

[(Anonymous)]

I know you said other than physical stuff. But it's really the main reason for me, it's almost the only way to read a book for me now.
But! Ironically enough I prefer Rivers of London as a written book - I liked narration enough but wasn't into it.

[(Anonymous)]

I've only listened to one audiobook on cassette in my life so far and I kept getting distracted and having to rewind several times. I suppose it's easier for me to absorb information with my eyes than with my ears?...

[(Anonymous)]

Silmarilion/LotR is great in audiobook form because you can just hear the names. You don't trip up on how to pronounce everything.

Another great series for audio books is the Ciaphas Cain books by Sandy Mitchel. They're formatted like Cain's memoirs edited by Inquisitor Vail. Reading footnotes is fun, but having her cut in with an opinion is great. Also, Vail uses different sources to provide context to Cain's self focused musings and the other readers are usually pretty fun.