Best Audiobooks

erinclark: Classic coming of age.

missylc: I can't imagine anyone besides Sissy Spacek narrating this novel after listening to her reading of the book. For anyone who hasn't listened to it yet -- try and find it. It is well worth a listen, even if you've already read the novel.

bjappleg8: This book wouldn't have had nearly the impact on me that it did without Noah's narration - listening to him read it made it one of my all-time top 10 books.

vwinsloe: Read by author

klandring: Noah's narration - including the dialects and accents of his characters - makes the audio book so much more impactful than reading off the page (where these characters would naturally all sound like the person reading). One of Noah's major points is that it isn't what someone looks like but how they sound that creates our impressions others; and it is so much more clearly demonstrated by the audio version of this book.

norabelle414: English edition narrated by the author

erinclark: This story is super sweet and it made me happy.

kristilabrie: Narrated by: Daniel Henning

tardis: Read by Kevin R. Free. This can be a placemarker for all the Murderbot series. Free does a brilliant job of catching Murderbot's sardonic tone.

MajorRakal: The R.C. Bray version

GwenH: The reader, R.C. Bray does one of the best jobs ever of voicing the characters which includes several nationalities. For the science and adventure minded and space exploration enthusiast.

bookcookie1920: Narrated by Jayne Entwistle

gypsysmom: As fun as these books are to read, Jayne Entwistle does such a great job that I listened to many in the series.

awwolfe1: Meryl Streep is wonderful.

msjudy: Audio performance by Meryl Streep

msjudy: Audio Performance by: Paul Boehmer, Susan Duerden, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, Juliet Mills

msjudy: One hundred and sixty-six individual narrators

Charon07: 166 narrators sounds like it could be cacophony, but this is truly an amazing production.

tardis: Stephen Fry saved my kids' lives on a cross-Canada road trip. They were quiet as mice whenever the HP audiobooks were playing. The rest of the time it was all "MOM, HE'S LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW!" which drove us nuts.

amanda4242: Read by Stephen Fry

MaskedMumbler: Read by Stephen Fry

kristilabrie: Narrated by: Jim Dale

cpg: John Cleese as narrator. He was born for this role.

MaskedMumbler: Read by John Cleese

OktoFalke: Read by John Cleese. Very funny!

gilroy: James Marsters does a brilliant Harry Dresden. Better than Paul Blackthorne did for the TV series

tardis: James Marsters does Harry perfectly, and slips between other accents and voices so well.

amanda4242: Read by James Marsters

2wonderY: Marsters wasn’t available for one of the later books; so someone else stepped in. The publisher had to re-record it, on demand of the series fans.

hipdeep: Read by Lenny Henry. (2005)

klandring: I heard Neil Gaiman tell an interviewer that Lenny Henry did such a good job of realizing what was in his head when he wrote the book, he regularly recommends that readers listen to it rather than read it off the page. So I did. And I loved it.

Charon07: Lenny Henry does a terrific job with a variety accents.

Charon07: Read by the author. Not every author is a great reader, but Neil Gaiman is excellent.

Charon07: And Tom Hanks does a fantastic job!

Lauren-at-LT: Narrated by Tom Hanks

erinclark: Delightful story and great narration.

noveltea: Read by Juliet Stevenson

tardis: There are several good versions but my favourite is the full cast recording with David Tennant and Martin Sheen.

ReshiBec: Especially love the Martin Jarvis version.

vwinsloe: Read by Robin Miles

tardis: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith does a brilliant job of narrating this, catching the humour and Peter's tone just right.

erinclark: Really fun to read.

tardis: New version read by Andy Serkis (text), Bill Nighy (footnotes), Peter Serafinowicz (Death). This was the audiobook that hooked my hubby on Discworld.

amanda4242: Read by Zara Ramm

Porua: Narrated by Stephen Fry, Audible Studios (2017). Only a narrator such as the inimitable Stephen Fry can make stories I have read dozens of times feel as though they were brand new.

erinclark: Kept me guessing till the very end.

knerd.knitter: read by Bianca Amato and Jill Tanner

janoorani24: Narrator: Peter Altschuler

bookcookie1920: Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

slimikin: Read by various people, including Mark Hamill, Alan Alda, and Rob Reiner; perhaps partly because it's abridged from the original, I loved listening to this even after I'd read the book

norabelle414: English edition narrated by Frazer Douglas

missylc: Davina Porter rivals Jim Dale as one of the best narrators out there. Even if you've already read this series, I highly recommend seeking out the audiobooks too.

Bookmarque: OMG Euan Morton is the bomb with this series.

amanda4242: Read by Euan Morton

GrimFiend1977: Read by author, includes clips of his songs and really immerses you in the story of his life.

GrimFiend1977: Listening as you read really helps to make sense of this gigantic space opera. The unabridged McMillan edition is superb.

GrimFiend1977: Read by the author, this collection of very personal essays about the human condition is truly enhanced by Green's sweet and sincere tone.

Charon07: Read by the author, John Green, whose YouTube channels I also like

slimikin: Read by Simon Prebble; I don't think I would've enjoyed this half as much if I hadn't listened to it

norabelle414: English edition narrated by Katherine Kellgren

Bookmarque: I think the narrator needs to be noted - Kathleen Wilhoite - she is brilliant with this material.

missylc: The number of times I laughed out loud listening to this earns it a spot on my list. It's also a very challenging read for a narrator, I imagine, given the formats that make up the narrative -- emails, etc.

2wonderY: This is an ensemble cast. It is genius! Go listen.

Lauren-at-LT: Narrated by Donna Tartt

janoorani24: Narrator: Pearl Mackie

erinclark: Excellent Literary Fiction. Beautifully written.

msjudy: Audio performance by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter, Simon Vance

dara85: Through NLS: June Carter

knerd.knitter: read by Ron Rifkin

amanda4242: Read by David Tennant

Charon07: Read by the author, Sy Montgomery. I don’t know if I’d have found this as moving as I did if someone else had read it.

hipdeep: Is the one-man show by Patrick Stewart (1991) an audiobook? Since it includes a great deal of the narration and was released on cassette and CD I choose to say it is.

HeathMochaFrost: Read by Allan Corduner. The first time I listened to this book, I had one of those book hangovers, and didn't want to move on to anything else. After several days, I started listening to it again. The story's narrator is Death, and Zusak's version of Death is of a guy who is just doing his job, collecting souls as gently as he can, even as he has way too much work during WWII. Corduner inhabits the character perfectly.

dudes22: narrated by Dominic Hoffman

olgakm: Narrated by Richard Armitage

birder4106: Dirk Bach als Vorleser war einfach Klasse. Mit seiner Stimme vermochte er der Geschichte eine ähnliche "Dimension" hinzuzufügen, wie es ein Film gekonnt hätte. => "Kino im Kopf" eben.

MajorRakal: ...and the sequel, All Clear. Great time travel story. Narrator Katherine Kellgren.

Stbalbach: Adrian Praetzellis of LibriVox

knerd.knitter: read by Jim Dale

dudes22: narrated by Ruby Dee

dudes22: narrated by Katie Schorr

merrystar: Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

MaskedMumbler: Read by Jeremy Irons

janoorani24: Narrator: Leonard Nimoy

hipdeep: A really remarkable exploration of the form. Each chapter is read by a different member of the global educational technology community. The audiobook (or podcast) also introduces interstitial chapters for discussion by different practitioners and scholars.

dudes22: narrated by Katie Schorr

souloftherose: Lesley Manville narrating

lizzy50usa: Narrated by Stephanie Daniel. She has narrated the whole series until the recent books and does a great job.

merrystar: narrated by Rosamund Pike

Aquila: Narrated by Joel Richards. Kingfisher's books are excellent in any form, but I really enjoy listening to them and giggling uncontrollably in public.

gypsysmom: narrated by author

Charon07: Read by Patricia Rodriguez and Eric Meyers

knerd.knitter: read by Zachary Quinto

knerd.knitter: read by January LaVoy

gypsysmom: Atwood's retelling of the Tempest is read by R. H. Thomson, one of my favourite Canadian actors.

MajorRakal: The best of Terry Pratchett's Discworld City Watch books. Narrated by Stephen Briggs.

lizzy50usa: New version narrated by Andy Serkis

OktoFalke: George Guidall could read the phone book and I'd listen closely, but he does an especially good job capturing the surreal narrative with his pacing and vocal choices.

knerd.knitter: read by Robertson Dean

SF_fan_mae: Read by the author, love how he has voices for every character.

Bookmarque: One of the last books Frank Muller did before he died. Absolutely great. Nails the Tourettes and I almost didn't recognize him.

janoorani24: Narrator: Nadia May

Kiri: Excellent Narration, great pacing, engaging narrative.

hipdeep: Stunning full-cast production.

aimee: Narrated by Jeff Woodman. There are five books in the series. This is a great fantasy series and Jeff is amazing! He does accents from all around the world, plus hags, ogres, giants, goblins, demons, etc. His range is incredible!

kristilabrie: Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Catherine Taber, MacLeod Andrews, Kirby Heyborne

Laura.a: Good book. And I like it when audiobooks include original interviews, so I can hear both the author and the interviewee in their own voices.

vwinsloe: Read by multiple authors, including Ian Holm and Bill Nighy.

EMS_24: Read by the author. The 'Goldberg Variations' of J.S.Bach are beautifully played on piano between the chapters which are based on the structure of the music. The pieces connect, follow the content of the mood of the succesive chapters.

yoyogod: Narrated by YouTuber MrCreepyPasta

Aquila: Narrated By Lori Prince. This was the book that got me into audiobooks, I'd already read it in another form and I have a deep love for it, it's left me fairly imprinted on Lori's narration.

dara85: Through NLS: Madelyn Buzzard