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Marc Thompson has an advantage in the books he narrates: they are all Star Wars books, including the latest addition to the universe, The Force Awakens.В Thompson is a skilled narrator, able to handle a cast full of characters, even when they appear all within the same scene as they do in Star Wars: Scoundrels,В an OceanвЂ™s Eleven-like space caper where I had to do a check my ear phones when I Lando Calrissian appeared. Patton captures LynchвЂ™s razer sharp personality perfectly with a gravely, dangerous inflection. But as I continued on and the Raven Boys of the prestigious Aglionby private school introduced themselves, I slowly came to appreciate PattonвЂ™s interpretation of all the characters, especially Ronan Lynch. Not that I have any issue with men narrating female characters, or vice versa, but it seemed odd to me that a book that had so many female characters would feature a male narrator. The main character was a young girl named Blue, who was surrounded by a family of talented women. When I first heard Will PattonвЂ™s voice narrating the first book in Maggie StiefvaterвЂ™s The Raven Cycle, I did not like it. Her audiobook repertoire is not quite as vast as her video game and live action acting resume, but she managed to literally have me on the edge of my seat while listening to Lian TannerвЂ™s Museum of Thieves.В The depth of emotion that made me laugh and cry in Farscape is just as strong in her narration and it sweeps me away every time I hear her.

IвЂ™ve since seen her in many other acting roles, and regularly listen to her in many of my favourite video games as amazing characters like Morrigan, the Witch of the Wilds in Dragon Age orВ Admiral Xen, Matriarch Aethyta in Mass Effect.

I have loved Claudia Black since I first met her as Aeryn Sun in Farscape. Learning that he is narrating a particular book almost makes it an automatic purchase for me, and I have even purchased audiobooks of books IвЂ™ve already read just to hear his interpretation of the characters (he makes them sound much better than they do in my head). His voice is crisp and clean and his rhythm and cadence is soothing when it needs to be, harsh when it needs to be, and alwaysвЂ¦ classy. He has narrated more than 700 different books, and I had the honour of interviewing him last year to learn a bit about how his daily life as a narrator works. Neil Gaiman calls him вЂњthe gold standard of narratorsвЂќ and he has won numerous awards for his voice work. Here are a few to keep an ear out for: Simon Vance Now that IвЂ™ve discovered the joy of audiobooks, I am always recommending them, and will recommend books based on the narrator alone because they are just that good. Personally speaking, I can barely make it through a chapter before my jaw starts complaining when reading to my daughters at bedtime, so I have the utmost praise for what audiobook narrators do. They can addВ just the right amount of depth and emotion to get me through huge books that, given my other commitments, I may never have considered reading at all, like Brandon SandersonвЂ™s new fantasy epic, The Way of Kings, which boasts a whopping 400,000 or so words.

A good narrator can make a not so great book so much better.

One obvious element that makes audiobooks so good is the narrator.

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Some people might consider it вЂњcheatingвЂќ to listen to someone read a book rather than read it myself, but isnвЂ™t that howВ many of learned how to read in the first place? I want to read all the things (my to-read pile is at 638 on Goodreads, and I probably actually have about half of those books on my physical book shelf, in piles in my room, loaded onto my tablet or phoneвЂ¦), but sometimes itвЂ™s just not feasible. My love for audiobooks continues to increase, especially as my life gets busier with work and expanding interests.