Reviews
Scored on narration, production and how the whole thing holds up over many hours.
Gone Girl · read by Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne play husband and wife so well you will not trust either of them.
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The Silent Patient · read by Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
Short, tense, and built around a final twist you will want to rewind.
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The Martian · read by R.C. Bray
The rare audiobook where the narrator becomes the character so completely you forget anyone is reading.
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Atomic Habits · read by James Clear
James Clear reads his own playbook clearly and quickly, and that is the point.
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The Girl on the Train · read by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey
Clare Corbett makes an unreliable narrator heartbreakingly real.
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Project Hail Mary · read by Ray Porter
Weir's problem solving novel finds its ideal reader in a narrator who never rushes a punchline.
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Educated · read by Julia Whelan
A hard memoir made bearable, and unforgettable, by a narrator who refuses to perform the pain.
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Sapiens · read by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins brings calm authority to a big book of big ideas.
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The Hobbit · read by Andy Serkis
A warm, unhurried performance that knows exactly when to let Gollum off the leash.
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The Midnight Library · read by Carey Mulligan
A gentle story about regret, read with tenderness and quiet humour.
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Where the Crawdads Sing · read by Cassandra Campbell
Natural dialect, patient pacing and a murder mystery tucked inside a coming of age story.
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Born a Crime · read by Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah's timing, accents and languages turn chapters into small live performances.
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Dune · read by Scott Brick
Scott Brick and a supporting cast make a famously dense novel surprisingly easy to follow.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone · read by Jim Dale
Dozens of distinct voices and a storyteller's warmth that suits every age.
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Circe · read by Perdita Weeks
A restrained reading that lets Miller's sentences carry the weight.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo · read by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan
Alma Cuervo's star turn makes a juicy novel even more addictive.
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Greenlights · read by Matthew McConaughey
A memoir that is half stories and half sermons, rescued by pure delivery.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow · read by Patrick Egan
Essential ideas, but this one needs your full attention.
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Anxious People · read by Marin Ireland
A cast of oddballs, a botched hostage situation and a narrator with perfect timing.
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Daisy Jones & The Six · read by Jennifer Beals
An oral history novel performed like a music documentary.
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The Name of the Wind · read by Nick Podehl
Nick Podehl brings youthful energy to nearly twenty eight hours of Kvothe.
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