I don’t listen to audiobooks as often as I should, as I’m normally distracted and entertained by other things. But I do listen to them now and again. Mum and I will sometimes listen to a book together while we’re having dinner for instance, hearing a bit each day. And I do enjoy listening to them when I go travelling, as they help to pass the time on long journeys and in hotel rooms.
So this is a complete list of audiobooks that I own, including downloads from Audible and CDs I’ve copied on to my computer, and a few other things acquired online. I’ve also included links to posts where I’ve mentioned or reviewed them.
- Autobiographies
- Comedy Series
- Comedy Compilation
- Drama
- Factual
- Language Lessons
- Music
- Stories & Novels
- Museum Tours
- Walking Tours
Autobiographies
- Adam Hills:
- Best Foot Forward – See mention
- Michael McIntyre:
Comedy Series
- Fawlty Towers:
- Just A Minute:
- 4oth Anniversary Collection – See mention
- Another Classic Collection
- A Further Classic Collection
- Remembering Nicholas Parsons & Series 85 – See mention
- I also listen to this show regularly on the radio.
- I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue:
- Treasury Box Set 1, 2 & 3 – See mention
- I also listen to this show regularly on the radio.
- Locked Together:
- Monty Python:
- Red Dwarf:
- Bodysnatcher & Identity Within – Lost episode scripts read by Chris Barrie, included on the Blu-ray box set.
- Ricky Gervais:
- Tony Hancock:
Comedy Compilation
This is a self-compiled album of audio comedy tracks taken from a compilation album and a few other things I found online.
- Billy Connolly – The Casual Vomit
- Bob Newhart – Driving Instructor / Introducing Tobacco To Civilization
- Emma Clarke – London Underground Spoof Announcements
- Eugene Mirman – Hidden Track
- Joyce Grenfell – Nursery School (George, Don’t Do That)
- Max Miller – I Like The Girls Who Do
- Michael Bentine – Football Results
- Morecambe & Wise – Grieg’s Piano Concerto
- Peter Cook – Lord Cobbold / One Leg Too Few
- Smith & Jones – Bob Geldof / Richard Branson
- Stephen Fry – Harry Potterotica (Unofficial parody edit, very much NSFW!)
Factual
- No Such Thing As A Fish:
- Audiobook Of The Year 2017, 2018 & 2019 – See mentions for 2017, 2018 & 2019
- I’ve listened to some of their podcasts too, including the 20-hour Comic Relief special I mentioned in April 2021.
- Stephen Fry:
- Fry’s English Delight – Series 1 & 2 – I’ll hear the rest one day.
- Victorian Secrets
Language Lessons
- Michel Thomas:
Music
- Def Leppard:
- Classic Albums: Hysteria – BBC Radio 2 Documentary
- Freddie Mercury:
- Queen:
- Absolute Greatest – Track Commentaries (Absolute Narrative)
- A Night At The Opera: 30th Anniversary – Track Commentaries
- On Air – BBC Interviews
- The Beatles:
Stories & Novels
- Christian O’Connell:
- Doctor Who:
- Harriet Lane:
- J.K. Rowling:
- Jonathan Stroud:
- Lockwood & Co:
- The Screaming Staircase – See mention
- The Whispering Skull – See mention
- I intend to listen to the rest of the series at some point.
- Lockwood & Co:
- J.R.R. Tolkien:
- The Hobbit – Unabridged
- The Hobbit – Dramatised
- I will download the Lord Of The Rings books at some point, but haven’t done so yet as I know I won’t find the time to listen to them. I had the cassettes box set when I was young though.
- Richard Osman:
- Richmal Crompton:
See also my mention of the BBC Big Read Poll 2003.
Museum Tours
These are audio introductions or audio description tours for exhibitions I’ve visited, or intend to visit:
- British Museum:
- American Dream Audio Tour
- Hokusai Exhibition Introduction
- Natural History Museum:
- Hintze Hall – Ground Floor & First Floor
- Human Evolution
- Images Of Nature
- Treasures In The Cadogan Gallery
- Volcanoes & Earthquakes
- Open House Weekend 2017 (VocalEyes Introductions):
- Salter’s Hall
- Lloyd’s Register
- Freemasons’ Hall
- Canada House
- Victoria & Albert Museum:
Walking Tours
Some audio walking tours can be downloaded and taken with you as MP3s. So I’ve downloaded a few of them in case I want to do them, and they work as books in their own right to be honest. I haven’t done these tours yet, but they are on my to-do list.
- Footnotes London Audio Walks: This website’s gone now, but I downloaded and kept their tours so I have them available.
- Blackfriars to Holborn
- Borough
- Chelsea
- Clapham
- Clerkenwell & Lower Islington
- Dickens & The Law – Bleak House
- Euston to Kings Cross
- Fitzrovia
- Highgate
- Mayfair North
- Mayfair South
- Old Street
- Richmond Upon Thames
- Science In Bloomsbury
- Shadwell & Wapping
- Soho
- St James’s
- Strand & Embankment
- Theatreland
- Vauxhall
- Victoria
- Whitechapel to Spitalfields
- Illuminated River – VocalEyes Audio Descriptions
- LSE City Tours:
- LSE South Bank Tour
- LSE Theatreland Tour
- Victoria Park (Tower Hamlets):
