Audiobooks

Del Lardo · 12-01-2012, 03:01

I've ended up rather addicted to Audiobooks and would welcome any recommendations. Strangely it started when I got my Megane in August 2010 as it has bluetooth connection for phones that also does audio meaning I could stream audiobooks from my phone to my car stereo. Since then when I am on my own in the car (95% of the time) I listen to audiobooks rather than radio or music and I've now started listening to them when I go to bed as it normally takes me a while to get to sleep.

I've run through the entire range of Pratchett's Discworld, Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy and have just started 1Q84 (also reading it as well).

Any recommendations for books to look out for or any Narrators that are particularly good?

Joe 90 · 12-01-2012, 11:58

My favourites;

The Fry Chronicles
Fry's English Delight
Operation Mincemeat
Seven Troop
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

Kitten · 12-01-2012, 14:02

The Hobbit is ace on audiobook

The Harry Potter books as read by Stephen Fry also make an excellent driving companion!

Del Lardo · 12-01-2012, 14:45

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Originally Posted by Joe 90

My favourites;

The Fry Chronicles
Fry's English Delight
Operation Mincemeat
Seven Troop
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

Think I've got The Fly Chronicles somewhere, will have to dig it out. Liking the look of the WWII stuff as well.

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Originally Posted by Kitten

The Hobbit is ace on audiobook

The Harry Potter books as read by Stephen Fry also make an excellent driving companion!

Will give The Hobbit a go. I'm all Pottered out after 10 years of non-stop Potterism but it does kind of highlight something about audiobooks that I didn't initially appreciate and that is the narrator, obviously Fry is brilliant but I downloaded Short History of Nearly Everything from Audible and the narrator has such a grating voice that I only lasted 5 minutes.

volospian · 12-01-2012, 21:58

This was the only way I could get through war and peace!

Flibster · 13-01-2012, 01:56

Aaaah.. Someone else has come round to my way of thinking.

I adore audiobooks. According to the audible app on my phone, I've averaged 16 hours a day over the last week.

Anyway, on my large mp3 player:

Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking
Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy *in 5 parts*
Tom Clancy - The Ryanverse
Bill Bryson's travel books
BBC adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula
George Carlin
Gregory Maguire
Michael Palin
Seth Grahame-Smith - Really out of copyright books re-written slightly. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for example
Mark Kermode
Tim Moore
Tony Hawks - not the skareboarder, the standup
Max Brooks
The Full cast version of The Godfather
Ben Elton's novels
Toby Young
Ian Fleming's Bond books
Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series
Rob Grant & Doug Naylor
Stephen Clarke - The Merde series.
NPR Radio Drama version of Star Wars
Shakespeare plays - extremely expensive set this was too. Made by a company called Arkangel

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Originally Posted by Del Lardo

I downloaded Short History of Nearly Everything from Audible and the narrator has such a grating voice that I only lasted 5 minutes.

It is an issue with some of them. Interestingly I found William Roberts to be significantly better than Bill Bryson when reading his own books. Audible is a good source though, been with them for years now and have around 200 books.

Kitten · 13-01-2012, 09:10

^^ been listening to audiobooks since I was a nipper - there's a lot of us out there!

Sent from my Galaxy S2

Del Lardo · 25-01-2012, 22:03

Thanks guys, any suggestions on where to buy them? I'm finding Audible really expensive outside of the 1 monthly credit.

Kitten · 25-01-2012, 23:08

what is this 'buy' of which you speak?

Sent from my Galaxy S2

Del Lardo · 25-01-2012, 23:49

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Originally Posted by Kitten

what is this 'buy' of which you speak?

Sent from my Galaxy S2

I feel it best not to discuss less legal options on a forum that is indexed on google

12-01-2012, 03:01	#1
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Audiobooks I've ended up rather addicted to Audiobooks and would welcome any recommendations. Strangely it started when I got my Megane in August 2010 as it has bluetooth connection for phones that also does audio meaning I could stream audiobooks from my phone to my car stereo. Since then when I am on my own in the car (95% of the time) I listen to audiobooks rather than radio or music and I've now started listening to them when I go to bed as it normally takes me a while to get to sleep. I've run through the entire range of Pratchett's Discworld, Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy and have just started 1Q84 (also reading it as well). Any recommendations for books to look out for or any Narrators that are particularly good?

12-01-2012, 11:58	#2
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	My favourites; The Fry Chronicles Fry's English Delight Operation Mincemeat Seven Troop The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

12-01-2012, 14:02	#3
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	The Hobbit is ace on audiobook The Harry Potter books as read by Stephen Fry also make an excellent driving companion! __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

13-01-2012, 09:10	#7
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	^^ been listening to audiobooks since I was a nipper - there's a lot of us out there! Sent from my Galaxy S2 __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

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Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	what is this 'buy' of which you speak? Sent from my Galaxy S2 __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

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Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Thanks guys, any suggestions on where to buy them? I'm finding Audible really expensive outside of the 1 monthly credit.