Best selling Sci-Fi & Fantasy audio-books – May 2009 – Audible.co.uk
Stephenie Meyer pretty much sweeps the board in May 2009 with two most downloaded Sci Fi/Fantasy audio-books on Audible.co.uk. The Phoenix-based author also has another two entries inside the top 10.
It is great to see that Simon Prebble’s reading of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is still a firm favourite with the UK’s listeners – Fantasy Book review was fortunate enough to interview the wonderful Mr Prebble in March of this year.
- Twilight (Unabridged) by Stephenie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn (Unabridged) by Stephenie Meyer
- Jonathan Strange & Me Norrell (Unabridged) by Susanna Clarke
- New Moon (Unabridged) by Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse (Unabridged) by Stephenie Meyer
- The Time Travellers Wife (Unabridged) by Audrey Niffenegger
- Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Unabridged) by Grant Naylor
- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Unabridged) by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
- Dune (Unabridged) by Frank Herbert
- Dark Universe (Unabridged) by Daniel F. Galouye
To download these titles – Visit audible.co.uk
Posted: May 17th, 2009
Author: Floresiensis
Categories: Audio-books, Neil Gaiman, Stephenie Meyer, Susanna Clarke, Terry Pratchett
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