He was starting to lose it by the 5th book though.

Joe Barrett’s performance in A Prayer for Owen Meaney is really astonishing all the way through, but there’s a 2 minute clip that I have bookmarked, where he performs the narrator John, the main character Owen Meaney, a male voice teacher, and a female voice student, all in succession. I am mostly blind, so rely on voice tone a lot, it’s really hard for male narrators to perform convincing female voices and for female narrators to perform convincing male voices, but almost impossible while singing. Somehow, even though it’s all clearly Joe Barrett, he is able to imitate a female voice type so accurately. Because the book is written as the narrator’s memories, it gives the scene the feeling that we are hearing the memory through the lens of the narrator’s brain, incredibly clear, but still biased by his perspective.

my favorite audiobook moments are when i'm running and the moment in the story is bound to the location and atmosphere of the place I'm running past.

The late Roy Dotrice reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Nothing like listening to an 85-90 year old Tony Award winner and BAFTA winner making enthusiastic moaning and orgasm sounds along with every single graphic sex scene that GRRM's filthy mind could cram into the story.

The poop story in Born a Crime cracked me up, it wouldn't have been the same without Trevor Noah narrating

I really enjoyed The Picture of Dorian Gray read by Ben Barns. One of my favourite moments with this book was when I later found out that he actually played Dorian Gray in the motion picture.

Another one of my favourite audiobook moments was hearing Morrie’s voice at the end of Tuesdays with Morrie.

Michael Kramer and Kate reading for the Wheel of Time.

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A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James

All of it.

The narrator is so fabulous with the melodic Jamaican accents.

I love the reading of the oath for the city watch in the Dsicworld series. The reader (Briggs), usually as Vimes, always explicitly says the punctuation aloud.

>I comma square bracket recruit’s name square bracket comma do solemnly swear by square bracket recruit’s deity of choice square bracket to uphold the Laws and Ordinances of the city of Ankh-Morpork comma serve the public trust comma and defend the subjects of His stroke Her bracket delete whichever is inappropriate bracket Majesty bracket name of reigning monarch bracket without fear comma favor comma or thought of personal safety semicolon to pursue evildoers and protect the innocent comma laying down my life if necessary in the cause of said duty comma so help me bracket aforesaid deity bracket full stop Gods Save the King stroke Queen bracket delete whichever is inappropriate bracket full stop

In Caitlín R. Kiernan's The Red Tree when the narrator (aka the character writing the 1st person diary) begins having a seizure, which she and the reader is only going to be able to comprehend in the aftermath.

In any stormlight archive book when Michael Kramer voices>! Kaladin's Ideals. !< Absolutely badass.

I love Jeremy Irons reading Lolita, his voice is perfect for the sort of very proper, yet very creepy and sometimes rather whiny, Humbert Humbert.

My favorite moment is his recitation of the poem towards the end of the book

“Dying, dying, Dolores Haze

Of hate and remorse, I’m dying.

And again my hairy fist I raise,

And again I hear you crying.”

Chills every time

Ray Bradford. In just about anything, but in particular his reading of Craig Allison's Expeditionary Force was fantastic. I think this is one of the audio adaptations that really elevates the print. The books are frankly pretty formulaic overall, but the character humor really drives some great comedic moments. Hearing someone narrate a drunk AI waking a starship's Captain in the middle of the night to talk about how Sam I Am was actually just an asshole who wouldn't leave his friend alone, and the stupidly impossible physics of Horton from Horton Hears a Who being about to hear the residents of Whoville is a truly wonderful experience.

Any time Tom Felton switches to an American accent in Beyond the Wand, especially when he starts morphing into it in the middle of a sentence.

Some good ones:

Modern Romance read by author Aziz Ansari. I know the controversy surrounding him - this was before the revelations. It's funny and insightful and pokes fun at the listener.

The Expanse series - the narrator, Jefferson Mays, does an excellent job with the whole series.

Star Wars books read by Saskia Maarleveld. I am a big Star Wars fan, BUT the novels are often boring compared to the wide range of scifi you could be reading. So now I only listen to the audiobooks of the new releases, and not only do they have musical cues and sound effects, but Saskia has a great range for all characters, human and alien.

Moira Quirk reading Tasman Muir’s Gideon the Ninth. Any line that’s snarky!

Nick Podehl really brought the pegs scene in Name of the Wind to life for me in a way that reading didn't

Andy Serkis LOTR. Worth waiting till the second book to hear Sméagol, yes it was, precious

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"I was fired, and he, was fired up."~ Grant Cardone (Reading his own book titled 10X)

I could relate in a my own way.

These would be the ones for me:

Potential Spoiler for the Dark Tower book 4 >!the Charyou tree scene by Frank Muller near the climax of Wizard and Glass stands clear of anything else!<

Spoiler for First law book 2 >!before they are hanged (Close second would be the “words” at the end Before they are Hanged narrated by Pacey just because it evokes emotions that I did not see coming.)!<

I just finished Crime and Punishment, and I wondered! Thanks!!

I don't like ordering books from Amazon. I ordered a paperback and both the original book and replacement for the original book were damaged. I contacted them about the damaged replacement and they said I could exchange it again and I told them it would probably just arrive more damaged than the one I had so I think they ended up giving me a discount and I kept it. Packages go through sorting machines where they go off conveyor belts and drop and Amazon does not package books well enough to withstand this without bending, creasing, tearing and corners getting smashed. If you aren't happy get a refund or chat with Amazon to find some sort of resolution because chances are the replacement will end up coming damaged as bad or worse. I'm not as freaky about my books as I once was regarding condition but if I'm paying for a new book (and books are not as cheap as they once were) I like to receive it in new condition so I understand your frustration.

Hah yes