On this week’s show, we lend an ear to our favourite audiobooks. From Philip Pullman to Lincoln in the Bardo, Claire and Sian review the most creative and compelling listening experiences and debate whether audiobooks are “cheating” (spoiler: they are not).
Reading (and listening) list
The Long Song by Andrea Levy (Headline)
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, read by Guy Garvey, Cerys Matthews and more (Penguin Random House)
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, read by Benedict Cumberbatch (PRH)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, read by Nick Offerman, Julianne Moore, Susan Sarandon and more (Audible)
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman, read by Michael Sheen (PRH and David Fickling Books)
Heroes by Stephen Fry, read by the author (PRH)
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen, read by the author (Simon and Schuster)
Set the Boy Free by Johnny Marr, read by the author (PRH)
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, read by Charlie Sanderson (Jonathan Cape, Audible)
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson, read by the author (Audible)
Becoming by Michelle Obama, read by the author (PRH)
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain, read by the author (Bloomsbury)
Life by Keith Richards, read by the author, Johnny Depp and Joe Hurley (Orion)
Photograph: Penguin Random House
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