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?
Jim Butchers Dresden Files - James Marsters; being a professional actor makes his narrating game top notch.
Brandon Sandersons Stormlight Archive Series and Mistborn series - It’s a full cast recording from GraphicAudio; they normally do these weird western stories but did work for Sanderson and it’s amazing. Something like 10 narrators with sound effects and music. I can’t recommend it enough. I try my hardest to get first time listeners to pick up a copy to listen.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - narrated by Lloyd James; honestly don’t know what it is about his voice in this but it does it for me. He works in English, Australian and Russian accents and mushes them together for certain dialects. It just works really well in my opinion.
Snow Crash - I think Johnathan Davis; it’s nothing over the top special but everything is perfectly legible and spoken with level volume. It’s an easy listen. He’s also pretty good at imitating “tongues” and his YT voice is spot on for a futuristic surfer girl. Great book. My top sci-fi.