05-28-2011, 10:46 AM | #1 |
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Audiobook Recommendations
If there's already a thread about this I apologize, I couldn't find it.
I recently got interested in audiobooks and have learned every quickly that the narrator can make or break the listening experience. I was wondering if everyone can recommend me some of their favorite audiobooks. Currently I'm listening to Choke that is written and narrated by Chuck Palahniuk. I think he did a great job narrating his own book and I'm saddened that it's the only book he narrated. |
05-28-2011, 10:55 AM | #2 |
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The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie is a fantastic audio book. The narrator does a great job on the voices.
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Stefan Rudnicki does a very good job of narrating books, so if he's listed as the narrator you'll be able to get into the story and not be distracted by the reading. I enjoyed his reading of David Weber & John Ringo's "March Upcountry" series. I've also listened to other audiobooks where he was the reader and enjoyed those too.
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05-28-2011, 01:45 PM | #4 |
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Audiobooks I've heard lately where the reader really nailed the book:
1. Tim Curry in A Series of Unfortunate Events 2. ??? in the unabridged Millennium Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo + sequels) 3. ??? in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies + Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters 4. Suzanne McCormick in The Hunger Games trilogy 5. ??? in Meyer's "The Host" Audiobooks I've heard lately where the speaker phoned it in: 1. ??? in The Forest of Hands and Teeth. That last one was AWFUL. As you say, a bad narrator is a terrible experience. |
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Currently listening to Country Driving by Peter Hessler, narrated by Peter Berkrot. An extremely interesting look at China by a longtime resident.
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For those who like thriller/horror/suspense, try Sharp Objects. Myself, I'm not a fan of that genre but loved the book anyway!
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I really like the way Jim Dale reads the Harry Potter books
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I'd recommend the audiobook "Infinite Crisis" by Greg Cox. It features a full-cast recording and it really gets you into the action. Each performer nails his/her character perfectly and the narrator ties everything together.
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Bossypants by Tina Fey, read by Tina Fey, available on overdrive from your local library.
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Stephen King reading his own Full Dark, No Stars. Works really well.
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05-29-2011, 06:05 AM | #12 |
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I actually haven't listened to an audiobook yet, but I've been following several podcast series in the style of old time radio shows at Decoder Ring Theatre: http://decoderringtheatre.com/ They have a superhero pulp-adventure set in the 1930s and a detective noir set in the 1940s. The voice actors are all professionals from the Toronto theatre scene, so that's kind of hard to beat. I enjoy them so much I actually pay them money every month even though the podcasts are free, just so I can access the scripts and special features and stuff.
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Thanks for that link to Decoder Ring.
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