Britain’s Best Audiobooks 2009
Posted by: Mary Burkey
Twenty top new titles for children & adults were named by the UK’s Audio Publishing Association, as well as 20 notable backlist titles. US favorites, such as Tea Time for the Traditionally Built and The Graveyard Book appear on the list, as well as distinctly UK titles such as The Last Fighting Tommy by Harry Patch, who at age 110 wrote his life story including his time in the trenches in WWI, and who reads a portion of the audiobook. Always great to have another “best” list to have on hand! Click “Read the rest…” to see the complete list:
British Publisher / Title / Author / Narrator
2009 Top 20 Titles
CSA Word A Room With a View E. M Forster Juliet Stevenson
Naxos The Road Cormac McCarthy Rupert Degas
Macmillan Revelation C. J. Sansom Anton Lesser
Hachette Digital Tea Time for the Traditionally Built Alexander McCall Smith Adjoa Andoh
Orion The White Tiger Aravind Adiga Kerry Shale
Orion Past Imperfect Julian Fellowes Julian Fellowes
Orion The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly Michael Brandon
Penguin Devil May Care Sebastian Faulks (writing as Ian Fleming) Jeremy Northam
BBC Paul Temple and the Front Page Men Durbridge, Francis Head, Anthony
Harper Collins Slumdog Millionaire Vikas Swarup Kerry Shale
BBC Doctor Who: Pest Control (audio exclusive story) Anghelides, Peter Tennant, David
Random House Dear Fatty Dawn French Liza Tarbuck
Hachette Digital The Last Fighting Tommy Harry Patch with Richard Van Emden Alan Howard
Orion Wake Up and Change Your Life Duncan Bannatyne David Rintoul
Bloomsbury The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale Harriet Walter
Canongate Dreams From My Father Barack Obama Barack Obama
BBC I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue Live: Vol 2 Radio Soundtrack Clue team
Bloomsbury The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman
Harper Collins The Boy In The Dress David Walliams David Walliams and Matt Lucas
Harper Collins Paddington Here and Now Michael Bond Stephen Fry
Back catalogue top 20
Harper Collins Murder of Roger Ackroyd/on Orient Express Agatha Christie Hugh Fraser
Orion Exit Music Ian Rankin
Naxos Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen Juliet Stevenson
Naxos Great Expectations Charles Dickens Anton Lesser
BBC The Fellowship of the Ring J.R Tolkein
Random House Birdsong Sebastian Faulks Samuel West
Random House Curious Incident Of The Dog In the Night-Time Mark Haddon Ben Tibber
BBC The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Primary Phase Douglas Adams
CSA Word Uncle Fred in The Springtime P. G. Wodehouse Martin Jarvis
Harper Collins The Life of Pi Yann Martel Kerry Shale
Naxos The Essential Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas Philip Madoc et al
Naxos A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion Simon Barnes Simon Barnes
Macmillan History of Modern Britain Andrew Marr Andrew Marr
BBC America, Empire of Liberty: Vol 1, Liberty and Slavery Reynolds, David Reynolds, David
BBC Talking Heads No.1 Alan Bennett
Naxos Othello William Shakespeare Full Cast
CSA Word Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh Jeremy Northam
Orion Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb Francesca Simon
Macmillan The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson Imelda Staunton
Naxos The Sword in the Stone T. H. White Neville Jason
