{"id":18965,"date":"2024-12-30T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=18965"},"modified":"2024-12-29T22:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T03:47:44","slug":"the-books-of-2024-audiobooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/18965","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2024: Audiobooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I listened to a LOT of audiobooks this year: 33% of this year’s books, in fact. That’s more audiobooks in number and percent of books read than any year previously. Half of this year’s fantasies and 30% of this year’s mysteries were audiobooks.\u00a0 (But no romance audiobooks. It’s hard to skip the boinking bits on audio.)<\/p>\n

Mostly it was because I have been struggling to focus, and audiobooks allow me to do something else while listening (walking, cleaning, baking). So I still get to enjoy stories even when I can’t focus to read.<\/p>\n

Winter\u2019s Gifts, Audio Book<\/em><\/a> by Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> narrated by Penelope Rawlins<\/h5>\n

\"Winter's<\/a>Fantasy, Mystery<\/em><\/p>\n

The audio version, although good, got dinged because the narrator kinda failed the midwest accents. Aside from that, I always pick up things when listening to a Rivers of London book that missed when reading.<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n

Published by Tantor Audio<\/p>\n

Rivers of London: Midnight Riot<\/a><\/em> (2011), Moon Over Soho <\/a><\/em>(2011), Whispers Under Ground<\/a><\/em> (2012), Broken Homes<\/a><\/em> (2014), Foxglove Summer<\/a><\/em> (2014), The Hanging Tree<\/a><\/em> (2017), The Furthest Station<\/a><\/em> (2017), Lies Sleeping<\/a><\/em> (2018), The October Man<\/a><\/em> (2019), \u00a0False Value<\/a><\/em> (2020), Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection<\/a><\/em> (2020), What Abigail Did That Summer<\/a><\/em> (2021), Amongst Our Weapons<\/a><\/em> (2022), Winter\u2019s Gifts<\/em><\/a> (2023), The Masquerades of Spring<\/em><\/a> (2024)<\/p>\n


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A Wizard\u2019s Guide To Defensive Baking<\/em><\/a>, Audiobook (2021) T. Kingfisher<\/a> narrated by Patricia Santomasso<\/h5>\n

\"A<\/a>Fantasy, YA<\/em><\/p>\n

This story is just delightful, and the narration–especially for a self-published book.<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/p>\n

Published by Tantor Audio<\/p>\n


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The Saint of Steel by T. Kingfisher<\/a> narrated by Joel Richards<\/h5>\n

\"Paladin's<\/a>Fantasy, Romance<\/em><\/p>\n

Paladin\u2019s Grace, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2021) 9\/10,\u00a0 Paladin\u2019s Strength, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2021) 8.5\/10, Paladin\u2019s Hope, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2022) 8\/10, Paladin\u2019s Faith, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2024) 8\/10<\/p>\n

This series was slightly problematic to listen to, since the stories are romances with boinking. But I mostly managed to skip forward so I didn’t have to listen.<\/p>\n

Published by Tantor Audio<\/p>\n


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Lily Adler Mysteries by Katharine Schellman<\/a> narrated by Henrietta Meire<\/h5>\n

\"MurderMystery, Historical <\/em><\/p>\n

The Body in the Garden, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2020) 8\/10, Silence in the Library, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2020) 8.5\/10, Death at the Manor, Audiobook<\/em><\/a> (2022) 8.5\/10, Murder at Midnight<\/em>, Audiobook<\/a> (2023) 8.5\/10, A Scandal in Mayfair<\/em><\/a>, Audiobook<\/em> (2024) 9\/10<\/p>\n

Although I initially found the narrators voice a bit to soft and weak at the start of the first book, I soon came to enjoy the narration.<\/p>\n

Published by Dreamscape Media<\/p>\n


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The Books of 2024<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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