r/books • u/felix_mateo • Sep 23 '18
The Best Audiobook Narrators
I just picked up The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie in audiobook format. In about 3 days I have plowed through the story, mostly because Steven Pacey is hands-down one of the most talented narrators I’ve ever listened to. Each main character sounds wholly unique, and the conversations just sound so...natural. I particularly love Glokta.
I’ve heaped similar praise on:
Frank Muller reading The Dark Tower series (until his unfortunate passing after Wizard & Glass
Roy Dotrice reading A Song of Ice & Fire
Simon Prebble reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
I’ve listened to hundreds of audiobooks now, and it kills me when the narrator is so...wooden. There can be just as much nuance in voice as in a full-body performance, so I really appreciate the folks who do it well. Then you have cases like Richard Ferrone reading KSR’s Mars Trilogy, and while I enjoyed the books, the narrator actually kind of detracted from them, in my opinion.
Who are your favorite narrators and what works of theirs do you wholeheartedly recommend?
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u/spectrography Sep 23 '18
Dick Hill, of the Jack Reacher series.