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Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our favorite audiobook narrators this week. I’m almost always listening to an audiobook while I’m cleaning, driving, or even exercising and I’m trying (with some success) to win my husband over. It was hard to limit my list to only ten. I tried to write a bit about why I like each person but that started feeling repetitive; I decided to keep it simple by creating a chart of the narrator and the audiobooks I enjoyed. Here’s a link to my narrators-i-like shelf on GoodReads if you’d like to see more.
| Narrator | Book(s) or Series I’ve Listened To |
| Katherine Kellgren | Bloody Jack series by L. A. Meyer The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood Austenland series by Shannon Hale |
| Neil Gaiman | M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman |
| Kate Reading | Pink Carnation series by Lauren Willig The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series by Theodora Goss The Clockwork Century series by Cherie Priest Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth |
| Fiona Hardingham | Kingdom on Fire series by Jessica Cluess The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox |
| Sneha Mathan | The Taj Mahal Trilogy by Indu Sundaresan |
| Rebecca Soler | The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer Renegades series by Marissa Meyer Gilded series by Marissa Meyer Caraval series by Stephanie Garber Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan |
| Khristine Hvam | Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor Sky and Sea series by Adrienne Young Astray by Emma Donoghue |
| Frankie Corzo | Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera |
| Susan Denaker | The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian |
| Dan Bittner | Renegades series by Marissa Meyer Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor The Gathering by Dan Poblocki |
That’s my list! Have you listened to any of these? Which narrators did/would you choose? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
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Yes, Fiona Hardingham is excellent!
I love how you listed not only the narrator but the books you’ve read (and enjoyed) by them. From your list the only one I’ve read is A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, which I also enjoyed!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
A Cuban Girl’s Guide was definitely a good one!
So far I have not found cross over on these lists, so fascinating!! There seems to be so many good ones out there!
I’m surprised you haven’t noticed any duplicates! I’m just starting my visits but I would have expected Kate Reading, Fiona Hardingham, and Katherine Kellgren to be popular choices.
I’ve listened to Neil Gaiman, I read Coraline a few years back on audio and he has a very soothing and pleasing voice to listen to, I definitely want to seek out more of his stuff as I know he does the narration for a lot of his own books.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-417/
I didn’t mention it here, but I saw Neil Gaiman speak live as part of a storytelling tour he participated in. I could have listened to him for hours.
Ah that must have been so cool!
I’ve never listened to an audio book! I did enjoy the Lunar Chronicles though. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
I didn’t start listening to audiobooks until I was in my early 30s. I changed jobs and that cut my reading time down drastically. I started listening to them on my commute in a desperate effort to make more time for reading and I haven’t looked back!
Kellgren was the best, wasn’t she? I love her narrations of the Bloody Jack series. So brilliant and fun! I hope she and L.A. Meyer are writing books together in heaven 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I hope they are too!
Neil Gaiman has such a fabulous voice. I loved the short story of his that he narrated.
He really does have a great voice.
I listened to No Filter, and Other Lies narrated by Frankie Corzo. I enjoyed it, and enjoyed reading some of the audio books you listed by the same narrator. Here is my post-https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-musicals-at-the-moment/.
Thanks for the recommendation!
I love how well-organised this is! I bet Austenland is great to listen to.
My alternate to this week’s TTT:
FangirlFlax @ FangirlFlax
https://fangirlflax.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-the-first-5-books-i-randomly-grabbed-from-my-tbr/
Thanks for noticing! I do love a good table 🙂 Austenland was awesome. I loved Kellgren’s voice for Miss Elizabeth Charming, the part Jennifer Coolidge played in the movie. It cracked me up!
It’s hard to imagine anyone but Jennifer Coolidge afterwards, haha! The narrator must’ve been excellent to live up.
Great list! Fiona Hardingham made my list this week too, and Neil Gaiman and Kate Reading would have if I hadn’t run out of room… 😉
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-audiobook-narrators/
I agree with you about Neil Gaiman. He did an outstanding job with The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Some other favorites include:
Marin Ireland (Nothing to See Here; Leave the World Behind)
Simon Vance (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series)
Barbara Rosenblat (The Elegance of the Hedgehog)
Cassandra Campbell (Where the Crawdads Sing; Dear Edward; The School of Essential Ingredients)
Wil Wheaton (Ready Player One)
Scott Brick (The Passage series)
Julia Whelan (The Four Winds; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
Jim Dale (The Night Circus; the Harry Potter series)
Fun topic!
I haven’t listened to many audiobooks but it’s always nice to see who some great narrators are. I bet Night Vale would be sooo interesting, I’ve only listened to the first couple. And Neil Gaiman I bet is a fabulous narrator.
Frankie Corzo is a great narrator.
I am just learning about audiobook narrators, so I thank you for sharing your favorites.
Neil Gaiman would be an awesome narrator for sure!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-audiobook-narrators-id-love-to-listen-to/
Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time. Great list! Here’s mine: https://bonniereadsandwrites.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-audiobook-narrators-princeharry-zararamm-jamesearljones/
Neal Gaiman. I forgot how much I like listening to him.
A topic like this always makes me wish I enjoyed or liked audio books. Those I did listen to here and there were good, but for some reason I always go back to real books. 🙂 But I appreciate that audio books exist!