Top “First” Audiobooks
Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter.
I thought it would be a good idea to have a separate page listing these, as I use it as a reference guide often.
This list is of the Top “First” Audiobooks which was first posted in the December 2020 Newsletter.
The making of this list was inspired by my own experience. I wanted to give listening to audiobooks a try and asked for recommendations on what the best audiobook to start with would be. I got some great replies and have been enjoying listening to them ever since!
Do you have any recommendations for people in the same boat? Let us know in the comments.
Top “First” Audiobooks:
- #1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Lisette Lecat)
- Agatha Christie – Miss Marple (Stephanie Cole, Joan Hickson)
- Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot (David Suchet)
- Agatha Christie – plays with a cast of characters
- All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (Timothy Christopher)
- Anything by Barbara Rosenblatt
- Alex Hawke by Ted Bell
- Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Rosenblat)
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Andy Carpenter Series by David Rosenfelt (Grover Garner)
- Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
- Bitter Brew by William Knoedelseder (Kelsey Grammar)
- Camel Club by David Baldacci
- The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett (John Lee)
- Charlie Wilson’s War by George Crile
- Chet and Bernie by Spencer Quinn
- Clive Cussler – Anything by him and narrated by Scott Brick
- Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake (George Guidall)
- Dark Tower series by Stephen King
- Dave Robicheaux by James Lee Burke (Will Patton)
- Dark Tide by Stephen Puleo
- Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (James Marsters)
- Dune by Frank Herbert (Scott Brick)
- Father Tim Series by Jan Karon (John McDonough)
- Fifty Fifty by James Patterson
- First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Nicole Poole)
- Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley (Jayne Entistle)
- Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
- Harry Bosch by Michael Connelly (Titus Welliver)
- Harry Hole by Jo Nesbo
- Harry Potter by JK Rowling (Jim Dale)
- Ian Rutledge by Charles Todd
- Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole (Robert Petkoff)
- James Lee Burke Books (Will Patton)
- Joe Pickett by CJ Box (David Chandler)
- John Corey by Nelson DeMille (Scott Brick)
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Lady Justice Takes a C.R.A.P. by Robert Thornhill
- Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig (David Aaron Baker)
- Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
- Lords of the Rings Trilogy
- Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronvitch
- Miss Fortune Series by Jana DeLeon
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Michael Kramer)
- Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gillman (Barbara Rosenblat)
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Davina Porter)
- Pendergast by Preston/Child (Initially Renee Auberjenois)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Will Wheaton)
- Scott Stilleto by Brian Drake
- Sh*t my Dad Says by Justin Halpern
- Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris (Johanna Parker)
- Stephen King: 11/22/63, The Goldfinch, It
- Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich (Lorelei King)
- Stone Barrington Series by Stuart Woods (Tony Roberts)
- Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Michael Beck)
- The Cat Who by Lillian Jackson Braun (George Guidall)
- The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Tom Hanks)
- The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch (Fisher Stevens)
- The Killer Angels by Michael Sahara
- The Last Stand of the Tim Can Sailors by James Hornsfischer
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Parsons and Gold series by Thomas W. Young (Scott Brick)
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The River by Peter Heller
- The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
- The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
- Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde (Emily Gray)
- Tom Clancy – Anything by him and Narrated by Scott Brick
- Walt Longmire by Craig Johnson (Geore Guidall)
- What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George (Charles Keating)
- Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owens
- Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille (Scott Brick)
The Father Tim series by Jan Karon. About Father Tim and the people of the small town of Mitford. You will laugh and you will cry. John McDonough’s narration is outstanding. These books are a great way to take a break from the craziness of life these days. (Just in case you update your list)
Thanks Ann – added 🙂
Great audio books:
The Sentinel by Lee Child
read by Scott Brick
Greetings from Michigan,
Re: Audiobooks
What a great revelation I had when I downloaded a few audiobooks to have while I recovered from eye surgery. After my recovery I can now read and knit and needlepoint at the same time!
Love your newsletter,
Kathy
That’s great to hear Kathy and I’m glad you have kept the audiobooks going. I am similar so happy to have discovered them and get some additional reading in. Thanks for the feedback – much appreciated 🙂