Putney, by Sofka Zinovieff, narrated by Michelle Ford (HarperAudio) 11 hrs, 49 min.įord’s narration skips effortlessly among voices in Zinovieff’s wise and alluring second novel, the story of an affair between composer Ralph Boyle and a young girl, Daphne Greenslay. Those ingredients came together over and over again in 2018. Some books are so meaty and complex, they need to be savored in print (David Quammen’s The Tangled Tree, narrated by Jacques Roy).īut when an audiobook is good - when a rich story and cast of characters join up with inventive writing and an insightful, subtle narrator - there is nothing else like it. Or you fall in love with the narrator’s voice but find the story thin ( Little, by Edward Carey, narrated by Jayne Entwistle). Sometimes you love the material but can’t easily tell who’s speaking (a new translation of The Odyssey, narrated by Claire Danes). It might be a great book, but a bad reading condemns it. Long before I have a clear thought about a story, I have to decide if I can tolerate the reader’s voice for 6, 8, 16 hours. But making that list requires creating new criteria. The continuing double-digit growth of audiobooks has lately elevated the format from stepchild of print to a sibling medium worthy of respect - and its own robust top-ten list. Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture
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