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Audible is doing a store-wide sale through the end of the month. If you have a Premium Plus membership (I do), every single title is deeply discounted, many to $2 or $3. If you don't, there are still a whole lot of good discounts. If you often listen to audiobooks, it's worth signing up for Premium Plus just to access the full sale.
If you listen to audiobooks at all, check it out. I've already bought enough to last me for the next year, and I'm still browsing.
Here's a few audiobooks I highly recommend for the synergy of book and performance. Every one of them is a delight in itself, even if you've read the book before. I have reviews of most of them if you'd like to know more about the books themselves.
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser. Hilarious.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, read by Chiwetel Ejiofor. If I could recommend just one audiobook, this would be it. A great book with an absolutely perfect performance. $6.99 without membership.
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand. Multiple narrators.
The Cass Neary series by Elizabeth Hand, narrated by Carol Monda. Absolutely perfect match of book to narrator.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman, read by the author. This is my favorite of his audiobooks but I love him narrating his own books. I'll listen to him reading anything but my second favorite is his reading of Neverwhere.
Revelator by Daryl Gregory, read by Reagan Boggs.
We Sold Our Souls! by Grady Hendrix, narrated by Carol Monda. No one does tough, world-weary , middle-aged women like Carol Monda.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Shaun Taylor Corbett.
The first four Dark Tower books by Stephen King, read by Frank Muller. (The narrators switch at book five as Muller was in a motorcycle crash that he never recovered from.)
Pet Sematary by Stephen King, read by Michael C. Hall. Brilliant performance.
Stephen King books in general are excellent read aloud - his storyteller voice translates beautifully to audio. I also love Duma Key read by John Slattery, Lisey's Story read by Mare Winningham, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon read by Anne Heche, Salem's Lot read by Rod McLarty, Holly read by Justine Lupe, anything read by Frank Muller, King's own reading of Bag of Bones, and many more.
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon, read by George Newbern. Beautifully captures the book's sunlit nostalgia, beauty, and terror.
Hell House by Robert Matheson, read by Roy Porter. Porter's thunderous narration goes marvelously with the book's melodrama.
True Grit by Charles Portis, read by Donna Tartt. If you've only seen the movies, you have GOT to listen to the book. It's brilliant and Tartt reads it brilliantly.
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, read by Andy Serkis. The whole thing is great fun but "Riddles in the Dark" is an absolute masterpiece.
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, read by Rob Inglis. A traditional reading rather than a performance, completely immersive.
Memoirs are generally best read by their authors; in this vein, I especially enjoyed Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr., Sarah Polley reading Run Toward the Danger, Jenette McCurdy reading I'm Glad My Mom Died, and Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi.
And a bonus, not exactly an audiobook but it's in the audio catalogue: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song: Words + Music, by Tom Morello. You don't need to be a fan or even familiar with his work to love this.
What are some of your favorite audiobooks? And if you too are browsing the catalogue, please comment with any good finds you spot!
If you listen to audiobooks at all, check it out. I've already bought enough to last me for the next year, and I'm still browsing.
Here's a few audiobooks I highly recommend for the synergy of book and performance. Every one of them is a delight in itself, even if you've read the book before. I have reviews of most of them if you'd like to know more about the books themselves.
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser. Hilarious.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, read by Chiwetel Ejiofor. If I could recommend just one audiobook, this would be it. A great book with an absolutely perfect performance. $6.99 without membership.
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand. Multiple narrators.
The Cass Neary series by Elizabeth Hand, narrated by Carol Monda. Absolutely perfect match of book to narrator.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman, read by the author. This is my favorite of his audiobooks but I love him narrating his own books. I'll listen to him reading anything but my second favorite is his reading of Neverwhere.
Revelator by Daryl Gregory, read by Reagan Boggs.
We Sold Our Souls! by Grady Hendrix, narrated by Carol Monda. No one does tough, world-weary , middle-aged women like Carol Monda.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Shaun Taylor Corbett.
The first four Dark Tower books by Stephen King, read by Frank Muller. (The narrators switch at book five as Muller was in a motorcycle crash that he never recovered from.)
Pet Sematary by Stephen King, read by Michael C. Hall. Brilliant performance.
Stephen King books in general are excellent read aloud - his storyteller voice translates beautifully to audio. I also love Duma Key read by John Slattery, Lisey's Story read by Mare Winningham, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon read by Anne Heche, Salem's Lot read by Rod McLarty, Holly read by Justine Lupe, anything read by Frank Muller, King's own reading of Bag of Bones, and many more.
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon, read by George Newbern. Beautifully captures the book's sunlit nostalgia, beauty, and terror.
Hell House by Robert Matheson, read by Roy Porter. Porter's thunderous narration goes marvelously with the book's melodrama.
True Grit by Charles Portis, read by Donna Tartt. If you've only seen the movies, you have GOT to listen to the book. It's brilliant and Tartt reads it brilliantly.
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, read by Andy Serkis. The whole thing is great fun but "Riddles in the Dark" is an absolute masterpiece.
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, read by Rob Inglis. A traditional reading rather than a performance, completely immersive.
Memoirs are generally best read by their authors; in this vein, I especially enjoyed Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr., Sarah Polley reading Run Toward the Danger, Jenette McCurdy reading I'm Glad My Mom Died, and Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi.
And a bonus, not exactly an audiobook but it's in the audio catalogue: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song: Words + Music, by Tom Morello. You don't need to be a fan or even familiar with his work to love this.
What are some of your favorite audiobooks? And if you too are browsing the catalogue, please comment with any good finds you spot!
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