After listening to a few clips of The Silmarillion narrated by Andy Serkis, I am interested in seeing if I could actually get used to listening to audiobooks. I usually can’t focus enough on audio alone to keep up with a book but now I’m thinking it might be more of a narration quality thing than anything else.
What are your suggestions for other audiobooks with great or at least similar narration as this new version of The Silmarillion?
I love the Joe Abercrombie books narrated by Steven Pacey. Recommend them to anyone who likes dark fantasy.
Andy Serkins also narrated Lord of the rings and the hobbit. So that’s a place to start too. Personally I think Marc Thompson is great. He narrates tons of Star Wars audiobooks, if that’s interesting for you.
I have a hard time recommending a specific narrator, as it (for me) totally depends on the book.
The discworld series narrated by Nigel Planer and Stephen Briggs are EXCELLENT
Project Hail Mary read by Ray Porter is amazing!
Others have given great suggestions for good narrators but I just want to add that audiobooks work best for me when I’m doing something else to keep busy. I have a job that doesn’t require much brain power or interacting with people so I can use earbuds at work and that’s my favorite time to listen to audiobooks, I got through the three body problem in 2 days and over the last 2 days I’ve gotten 3/4 of the way through the second book. I’ve also gone through the whole series of The Expanse on audiobook as well.
Give em a shot when you’re doing tedious chores or out for a walk, or at work if you have a job that allows it. I’ve heard of others that like listening to audiobooks while driving but I’ve never done that. I’ve tried listening to audiobooks without doing anything else and my mind wanders to much, and if I try to read along with a book in my hands then I tend to read to fast to keep up with the narration and it just ends up being a distraction.
