However, I cannot tell a lie, I do have favorite readers who I keep listed. I will go to see what these folks have read in order to select LibriVox books.
What? You also want to know these hidden classics? Well, that's my game, right? Sharing the good info. Here you go, in no particular order.
- Ruth Golding
- Tadhg Hynes
- Andy Minter
- Chip (that's right, no last name)
- Mark Nelson
- Karen Savage
- Alex Foster
- Lee Elliott
- Simon Evers
- Sibella Denton
- Maire Rhode
- Rowdy Delaney
- Clive Catterall
- Adrian Wheal
- J. M. Smallheer
- David Barnes
- Phil Chenevert
- Peter Yearsley
- Elizabeth Klett
- Elliott Miller
- David Clarke
- Mil Nicholson
- Mark F. Smith
- Cori Samuel
I don't usually remember all the names, but
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Ruth Golding doing Cleek the master detective and of course Mark Nelson.
Ray Clare has done a good job with a lot of Belloc and Chesterton titles.
Mark F. Smith also popped up a lot in what I was reading. Jules Verne, Kippling, and tons of others.
http://techsmiths-librivox.blogspot.com/
Now do you have a list of readers to avoid. I wish I had written down the name of a couple of them with accents so thick and talking so low it was about impossible to make them out.
I wanted to listen to the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin until I listened to the preview. GARY GILBERD has a voice like a possessed robot merged with a loud-buzzing fly. OMG, it's beyond annoying. It scary, creepy. There's something wrong. He should not be aloud to ruin any more books. Karen Savage is wonderful.
DeleteOh, good point! I wish, oh I wish, I had been keeping track of those. There are a few whose undulcet tones I hear and immediately toss the book. I am going to begin making notes ...
ReplyDeleteI agree with many on your list, but I would also have Cori Samuel way up near the top, myself!
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I will have to look for her. She must not have read anything that I've listened to yet. Recommendations?
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the incredible John Greenman - Mark twain was never read so well.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I don't know how I missed this list earlier. Thanks for the great suggestions. Several of these names are new to me.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Adrian Praetzellis! He's excellent with Treasure Island and Kim by Rudyard Kipling. He has a real fun accent and does a great job with varying the voices.
ReplyDeleteGlen Hallstrom (smokestackjones), does an amazing job in A Christmas Carol.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteMark Nelson is my favorite. His best work is Space Viking by H. Beam Piper.
ReplyDeleteDavid Barnes is my all-time favorite.
ReplyDeleteMy other all-time favorite is Andrew Julow.
For Plato - Bob Neufeld
ReplyDeleteAn english reader His name is something like "Josh Volander" Terrific!
ReplyDeleteMichael Scott is an annoying LibriVox reader. His voice is affected and most unsoothing. I guess I'm in the minority in this thinking because he's everywhere. I suppose he's a very nice man, and my apologies to him. I just cannot relax to that voice! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI am also a great fan of Cori Samuel. I find her one of the most compelling readers of them all.
ReplyDeleteYes...Her reading of Frankensten was the best.
DeleteRuth here. Thanks for all the kind comments :). Andrew Julow and Michael Scott mentioned in comments above are not LibriVox readers (as far as I can tell). The "Josh Volander" might be Lars Rolander, but he is Swedish, not English.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the updates Ruth! And thank you for the readings you have done for LibriVox. You have enriched many an hour for me with your fine narration. :-)
DeletePeter John Keeble reading of Great Expectations - perfection.
ReplyDeleteTadhg Hynes reading of Charles Dickens is really wonderful. David Copperfield, version 2, is not to be missed. I also really like Mil Nicholson on Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, and Nicholas Nickleby.
ReplyDeleteJust listened and he is indeed wonderful!
DeleteThanks for this list. I am fairly new to these. I will listen to absolutely anything Andy Minter reads. (Perhaps even the phone book.) I will now look forward to your other suggestions as well. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteIt's Adrian Praetzellis, hands down! He is absolutely brilliant narrating Siddhartha.
ReplyDeleteKristen Hughes and Gord Mckensie are both brilliant; her reading of Raffles is sublime and his Scaramouche a professional perfection.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that Tadig Hines isn't included! Try his:
ReplyDeleteDavid Copperfield
Ragged Trouser-ed Philanthropists
Poet as a Young Man
Several renderings of Thomas Hardy classics
The best (IMHO) British/Irish reader on Librivox..
I recently discovered him with his fantastic David Copperfield recording and I completely agree. I will definitely try his other recordings. Thank you for the recommendations!
DeleteWina Hathaway is also a hidden gem. Great voice to relax and fall asleep too.
ReplyDeletePeter Yearsley is a wonderful LibriVox reader. I ncredible in fact. His reading of Ambrose Bierce's 'Present at a Hanging & Other Ghost Stories' is Outstanding. I would recommend his readings to everyone. 😀👍🏾
ReplyDeleteMost of these comments are old, but to add to the list for posterity,
ReplyDeleteMy favourite reader, so far, has been Thomas A. Copeland, or Chymocles.
THANK YOU! You have all of my favourites on your list, but now I have more to try! And thanks for all of the others mentioned in comments. You're brilliant! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this list. I had run out of my standby's and did a "Librivox best readers" search. Your site came up. Thanks so much. This list is missing Kara Shallenberg-- A Room with a View E.M. Forester. On my list she's right at the top with Karen Savage and Elizabeth Klett. I am just starting to listen to Cori Samuel per your list, she's sounds awesome, I'm excited to have a list of pre-vetted readers to try out. Whoo hoo!
ReplyDeleteWow!! I just found another great reader not yet on the list NoelBadrian (all one word). Quite good!!
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