Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
I’ve only discovered a love for audiobooks in the last few years. I listen to them while driving, when cooking, while folding laundry (aka the chore from hell), and when doing other mindless activities that don’t engage my brain. In this time, I’ve discovered that I have so many audiobook narrators that I love, and here’s some of them:
- Julia Whelan — if you’ve ever listened to a Julia Whelan audiobook, I don’t even have to explain anything about this.
- Bahni Turpin — she’s incredible, and I was so impressed when she rapped in On the Come Up.
- Lauren Fortgang — she’s got a great voice for narration, and I love listening to her narrate.
- Tom Hanks — he did a fantastic job on The Dutch House and I could listen to him narrate forever.
- Simon Vance — I’m currently listening to the audiobooks of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles and his narration is consistently impressive.
- Soneela Nankani — I love starting an audiobook and discovering that she’s the narrator! She does great work in rom-coms.
- Aiden Snow — he has one of the sexiest voices I’ve ever heard, and it made me finish a book I wanted to DNF at 20% just so I could keep listening to his voice.
- Natalie Naudus — she’s narrated a lot of books, and I always enjoy her fantastic narration.
- Marisol Ramirez — I keep finding books narrated by her and they’re amazing. She does a fantastic job narrating in both English and Spanish, and I love how she works with stories.
- Gemma Whelan — if you haven’t read the Nevermoor series, I highly suggest doing so on audiobook strictly for the narration. Whelan creates so many voices throughout her narration that it brings me back to my childhood when my mom would do different voices while reading me books.
Who are some of your favorite audiobook narrators? I’m positive that I’ve missed plenty.
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I really liked listening to Tom Hanks narrate The Dutch House. This was a fun assignment.
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He did such a great job! I really hope he narrates more books.
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Julia Whelan is on my list as well, absolutely love her! Great list, and loads of new names for me to check out. My list: https://pickwickthedodo.wordpress.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-5/
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I get the impression that she’s going to be on a lot of lists this week!
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Great list. As I look at everybody’s list, I see lots of different names. I’ll have to check some of your favorites out. Here’s my list: https://bonniereadsandwrites.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-audiobook-narrators-princeharry-zararamm-jamesearljones/
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Thank you! I’m getting a lot of new names to check out as well this week.
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I’ll have to look up Marisol Ramirez!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-audiobook-narrators-id-love-to-listen-to/
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She’s fantastic!
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We completely agree on Julia Whelan and Lauren Fortgang. It is a great list. I like Turpin as well. I just had a hard time whittling my list down!
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Same! I don’t always keep track of the narrators, but some just stand out to me and I find myself listening to their books often.
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Yes! I always smile when one I love pops up
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I love Julia Whelan’s narration.
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Me too – she’s incredible.
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Good to know that Tom Hanks is a good narrator! He has such a calming voice. 🙂
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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He does! It was probably the most soothing audiobook I’ve ever listened to.
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I didn’t realize that Tom Hanks narrated audiobooks! I imagine he’d be great to listen to.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-audiobook-narrators/
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I’ve only found the one, but it was so soothing.
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I bet!
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I need to listen to a Julia Whelan book. I need to listen to more from Natalie Nadus , I enjoyed I Kissed Shara Wheeler. I listened to You’ve Reach Sam narrated by Soneela Nankani, and I enjoyed that as well. Here is my post- https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/04/25/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-musicals-at-the-moment/.
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Julia Whelan narrates so much – it shouldn’t be hard to find one with her narrating, and I hope you love them as much as I do!
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Whelan is on my list today, too, and so was Turpin until I decided to trade her out for another favorite. Tom Hanks would be a great narrator. I love him!
I listen to audiobooks while doing the same chores you do EXCEPT cooking. I’ve discovered that I can’t listen and follow a recipe at the same time. It always leads me to disaster. LOL.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Fortunately, I can listen to audiobooks while reading off a recipe, but a lot of the time I cook without a recipe. Yeah, I’m one of *those* people. But I highly recommend The Dutch House on audiobook with Tom Hanks narrating!
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Great list, thank you for introducing me to them. A few of those names are on books on my TBR now to just get cracking on that forever long list.
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
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It’s always cool to discover big actors narrate books! Like I didn’t know Tom Hanks had!! But then I don’t listen to audio books as a rule. I wish I liked the concept more or wanted to invest in them because I do try to go on walks and that would be a great time to get in some “reading.” 🙂
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It took me a long time to get into audiobooks. It helps me a lot when I’m working on mindless or boring or unenjoyable tasks like folding laundry. But they aren’t for everyone, and I have to have the physical or ebook for some books.
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