Getting into audiobooks--suggestions, please!

[tzikeh]

I'm thinking of diving into the deep end of audiobooks. I'd love some recommendations, but I'm not just interested in the quality of the book (of course, I think it goes without saying that I'd like to hear some great books, fiction or non-). Flist -- would you give me the names of your favorite audiobook performers? Whose voice soothes you, or revs you up? Which readers infuse their readings with life and excitement? Who makes you laugh like crazy? Who does a wonderful job of differentiating characters?

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[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

I'm far from an expert, but Sir Derek Jacobi and Alan Cumming have both recorded audiobooks, and-- unsurprisingly-- neither sucked. ;)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

unsurprisingly-- neither sucked.

Imagine that.

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

Cumming read Anil's Ghost, and did just a wonderful job with the hypnotic tone of the book. I almost ran off the road, actually.

Now, I drive to nonfiction. Safer. ;)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I almost ran off the road, actually.

Dear me.

(I will admit to er, reading a zine while driving down I-55, many years ago. When I was young. And stupid. And, er, had just gotten into slash and it was my first slash zine and I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MY ACTIONS.)