Hello Top 5 Tuesday! How the heck are you? It’s been a minute or two hasn’t it? First I was unavailable, then the I couldn’t think of books for the next week’s topic, then the Bionic Bookworm herself is off on a well-deserved vacay, and now here we are, together, looking at audiobooks. Which, honestly, without audiobooks I couldn’t read half of what I do in the average month. Probably more than half. That being said, narrowing it down to 5 is a special circle of hell for me. Thanks Shanah…
ANYTHING WRITTEN BY STEPHEN KING AND NARRATED BY WILL PATTON!
I can’t tell if Will Patton makes Stephen King books that much better, or if Will Patton seems so good because he gets to read Stephen King books. I like to believe it’s a combination. King’s books are some of the best out there, but Will Patton’s performance elevates them to a whole other level!
WORLD WAR Z
by Max Brooks
With a full cast and written in the style of recorded interviews, this book was destined to be an audiobook. It’s one of those rare books that might actually be better as an audiobook.
SLEEPING GIANTS
by Sylvain Neuvel
See above reasons.
ILLUMINAE
by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
This one is a treat for the ears! It’s what I imagine radio plays must have been like. Full cast, sound effects, and of course the killer story that I originally took in with my eyes is just as good with ears.
SCRAPPY LITTLE NOBODY
by Anna Kendrick
Anyone who has seen Anna Kendrick on a talkshow knows that she’s funny. Not just when she’s in a movie with funny lines written for her. No. She’s funny all by herself. And with this book being narrated by the author, that humour is in full swing and on display for all to enjoy. I’m usually not that big a fan of bios. They usually have some interesting stuff, but usually don’t impress me as a book. This one was an outlier and I highly recommend it!
Scrappy Little Nobody was such a good audiobook! I don’t think I would have enjoyed this if it wasn’t for her voice. Her voice gives it all the humour it deserves!
Great choices! I had Illuminae on my list, too.
I’m definitely listening to more audio books than I used too as well. The narrator can make or break a book; it must be quite a pressure for an author to let someone else read their story…
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Flora x
Sleeping giants on audio was great! I would like to reread illuminae on audio, I’ve heard great things about it!
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I loved it!
Good to know about sleeping giants- really want to check that one out! One day I’d like to listen to the audiobook version of illuminae as well, cos I really like the book and think that it would really work in that format- the way you describe it makes it sound amazing! Awesome list!
The performances in Sleeping Giant are surprising in how great they are!
I loved Anna Kendrick’s book on audio too!
Have you listened to Ready Player One on audiobook? Wil Wheaton is an awesome narrator 😀
I have! Very meta since he’s mentioned as President of the Internet. lol