Favorite LibriVox Readers

I recently realized that an old post listing my favorite LibriVox readers has mysteriously disappeared. Meaning, of course, that I must have inadvertently deleted it.

However, I can rebuild!

My Favorite Readers

With my particular favorites of the books they've read — though this may tell you more about the sorts of books I read than about their talent.

I do want to mention also that I've seen people complain about collaborative readings. It is true that you get varying quality throughout a book that way, but I don't mind generally. Hey, it is a free audiobook! And I've found some very good readers that way.

• David Barnes - The Canterville Ghost, The Club of Queer Trades, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.


• David Clarke - Count of Monte Cristo


• Rowdy Delany - The White Moll


• Lee Elliott - The Angel of Terror, Greener Than You Think


• Ruth Golding - Cleek of Scotland Yard series, A House to Let by Dickens et al.,  The Magic City, and The Magic World. 


• Tadhg Hynes - His David Copperfield and Oliver Twist readings helped me keep my sanity during a very difficult couple of weeks.


• Elizabeth Klett - Carmilla, The Machine Stops


• Dawn Larsen - Parnassus on Wheels


• Gregg Margarite - he read lots of stories that went into SF story collections so no one thing stands out to me over the others.


• Andy Minter - The Prisoner of Zenda, The Princess and the Goblin


• Mark Nelson - oh so many, especially The Green Odyssey, Lone Star Planet, Crime and Punishment, Talents Incorporated


• Mil Nicholson - she only does Dickens and they are all good.


• Maire Rhode - The Adventures of Jimmie Dale


• Karen Savage - The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Secret Garden, The Story of the Treasure Seekers


• J.M. Smallheer - The Green Jacket, The Fortieth Door, The House of a Thousand Candles


• Mark Smith - Ben Hur, Treasure Island


• Peter Yearsley - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Grim Tales

A couple of other resources for favorite readers may be found here:

• Other British Readers on LibriVox. Written by Ruth Golding, herself one of my favorite readers, it is chock-full of good recommendations.


• Recommended LibriVox Recordings Part I and Part II - from Worthwhile Books.