Best selling fantasy audio-books – October 2008 – Audible.co.uk
Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman are, once again, the most popular fantasy authors that have been recorded onto audio-books. It is Christopher Paolini, however, with the third instalment of his Inheritance Cycle that appears from nowhere to take top spot. The book was released amongst (almost) JK Rowling-style fanfare and his, along with Stephenie Meyer, very much the author of the moment.
- Brisingr by Christopher Paolini – read by Kerry Shale
- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (unabridged) – read by Stephen Briggs
- Nation by Terry Pratchett – read by Tony Robinson
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (unabridged) – read by Simon Prebble
- The Hobbit (unabridged) - read by Rob Inglis
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (unabridged) – read by Philip Pullman
- Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (unabridged) – read by Philip Pullman
- The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (unabridged) – read by Philip Pullman
- Making Money by Terry Pratchett (unabridged) – read by Stephen Briggs
- The Fellowship of the Ring, Volume One: The Ring Sets Out (unabridged) – read by Rob Inglis
Audiobook downloads – Visit audible.co.uk
Posted: October 26th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Audio-books, JRR Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Susanna Clarke, Terry Pratchett
Do you have something to add to this post? Please leave a comment
Book of the Month
Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill
Some doors are better left closed . . . In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it’s been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever.
Latest interviews
Interviews plus question and answer sessions with authors, narrators and publishers.
Must-reads
The following reviews are of books that begin the very best fantasy series available.
Special Feature: Fantasy Book Review talks to the Book View Cafe
Book View Cafe is a cooperative site created by a group of writers - including internationally renowned authors Katharine Kerr, Ursula Le Guin and Vonda N. McIntyre - who want to take advantage of the internet's possibilities for reaching a wider audience and to distribute their work directly to their readers. The Book View Cafe is a place where you can find free, original fiction plus the authors' best and out-of-print work for a fee. Fantasy Book Review spoke to Book View Cafe member, science fiction author and memoirist Chris Dolley in February 2010.
Special Feature: Understanding the author of Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, the elusive author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, has been the subject of enduring fascination for the past hundred years. The destruction of many major documents about his personal life by his descendants has only magnified the mystery. Jenny Woolf's biography, published to coincide with the release of the new Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland film, lays waste to the myths and suspicions that have obscured Carroll's reputation by placing him firmly in the context of his own time.
