I LOVE audiobooks (see why on my last post about audiobooks here!), but not all are created equal. If you get a good one, it can be the best thing EVER, but if you happen upon a bad one, there’s no way in hell you’re going to like that book, no matter how good it actually is. Here are some of my favorite audiobooks.
Some Good Sci-Fi Listens:
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Sleeping Giants had an AWESOME audiobook. It was like a movie! See my review here.Ā
See my rave review ofĀ The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet here.
I LOVEDĀ Jurassic Park on audio! See my review here!
Dark Matter translated well to audio, and I enjoyed the narrator quite a bit! See my review here.
Something for the Romantic:Ā
I absolutely adored the narrator forĀ The Bronze Horseman. His voice was PERFECT and his voice for Alexander was drool-worthy. I listened to that 30+ hour audiobook in less than a week I was so obsessed! See my review here.Ā
For the Historical Fiction Fans:
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Salt to the Sea was an EXCELLENT young adult historical fiction novel, and I loved that different voices were cast for each of the characters. See my review here.Ā
Wolf by Wolf barely classifies as historical fiction (since it’s alternate reality history…), but I’m still throwing it in here. This was quite a good audiobook! The narrator did an awesome job with the German accents, and it made it all the more fun to listen to. See my review here!
Some people didn’t like the narrator’s southern accent on Vengeance Road, but IĀ loved it, and thought it fit really well with the story. See my review for VR here.Ā
The Contemporary Reader:Ā
I’m really a big fan of when audiobooks cast multiple actors for the various narrators of the story. It made this book so much more powerful. See my review here!
For the Fantasy/Paranormal Folk:Ā
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The narrator forĀ The Raven Boys did all of the books in the series (four of ’em)! He was fantastic! See my review for the first on here.Ā
The audiobook forĀ Nevernight was SO GOOD!! I absolutely ate it up. See my glowing review of this book here.Ā
What are some of your favorite audiobooks you’ve listened to?
A.S. Thornton has evolved from book blogger to author with a particular fondness for writing forbidden love in ancient deserts. When not writing, she’s caring for dogs and cats as a veterinarian. You’ll never find animals at the center of her writing, though, because those fictional worlds don’t have veterinarians and her literal brain can’t accept that the poor critters would be without parasite prevention. Thornton’s debut, DAUGHTER OF THE SALT KING is available wherever books are sold.
Anna
Oh goodness, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet’s audiobook was SO GOOD. I wished it would never end!
This post is timely because my Audible credit for the month should be here soon! š
Ali
Hahaha yay!! The same narrator did the second one, The Closed and Common Orbit, so if you haven’t checked that one out – you should!
Maggie
I prefer non-fiction for my audiobook “reads”, and if it is an autobiography read by the author that is my favourite! Currently listneing to Anna Kendrick’s “Scrappy Little Nobody” and is it hilarious and I love it š
Ali
I’ve heard really good things about that book!!
Lashaan Balasingam
Definitely a nice list of books to listen to. Honestly, I have a hard time convincing myself to try audiobooks, and based on the samples I’ve listened to in the past, the idea of not reading words just changes the whole game and makes it weird for me hahah I think I’ll end up enjoying them more later in life when I see the convenience of them though. š
Ali
It’s true – it’s a much different “reading” experience! There are times when I wonder if I would have liked the book more if I had read it. But luckily some audiobooks are so good i don’t worry about that!
Amber @ The Literary Phoenix
The Jurassic Park audio was really good! Iām going to throw in anything-read-by-Jim-Dale as well!
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