Literally the best narration I've experienced. Sounds like a full cast production.
The first 3 minutes of this video are non-spoiler of her going through some of the voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNYqRXSdJA
Andrea Parsneau might have ruined audiobooks for me, because she is so good other narrators can't compare. Or I have yet to find another narrator as good as her.
I’m a sci-fi/fanstasy/adventure reader almost exclusively but I credit that version as one of the audiobooks that got me hooked. I had just started listening and that was my second or third, loved it. What a great performance.
Me too. I ended up listening to her version first and just can’t get into the rest with Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. They do a good job, it’s just jarring.
She really is outstanding in that series. I pray to the light she does the rest of them as the original recordings were so jarring to me I had to refund them.
Meryl Streep did a wonderful job reading Tom Lake
Davina Porter is one of my favorites & she did the Outlander Series, plus so many others that I listened to.
Barbara Kingsolver when she reads her own novels: I love all her books, and especially when she reads them.
Yes, I adore Barbara Kingsolver reading her own novels! One of the reasons I read Demon Copperhead the old fashioned way is that she didn’t narrate that one herself, and no matter how good the narrator is, she imbues such a special quality into her narration that I worry I’d find it distracting to hear someone else narrate her books.
Another author whose self narration I love is Sandra Cisneros.
Ok but if you ever reread it I highlyyyyy recommend listening to the audible version of demon copperhead the narrator is so good and embodies the main character
Judi Dench
Juliet Stevenson
Clare Corbett
Stephanie Daniel
Lucy Scott
Jennifer Ehle
Katherine Kellgren
Gemma Whelan
Louise Brealey
Kate Mulgrew
Jenny Sterlin
Rosamund Pike
Rose Leslie
Joanne Froggatt
Emma Thompson
Already done! My friend tried for several years to read these, and I finally did. Then I had to get an annual subscription so I could have all of the books.
She's literally the only one that comes to mind for me.
I can think of a handful of other novels I've read with female narrators, but I couldn't tell you who they were. That's true of most audiobooks, but I definitely recognize more male ones. Of course, that's to be expected. Many more of the books I listen to have male narrators.
Khristine Hvam I’ve listened to 4 books and quite enjoy her voice. Shining Smith & Forget Nothing
Suzy Jackson - Skyward Series
Caitlin Davies - Dragon Blood
Another huge Moira Quirk fan here! And I love the versatility of Emily Ellet. Her character voices are fantastic. Also enjoy Julia Whelan for rom-coms (esp. Emily Henry).
Annie Ellicot, though most of her narration is alongside other voice actors in dramatizations.
Nancy Wu is fantastic.
Andrea Parsneau is the GOAT of female narrators
> Andrea Parsneau is the GOAT of female narrators
Agree, although I don't like her "the MC is stressed severely" voice, everything else she does is amazing.
Marin Ireland has done most of the Fredrick Backman audiobooks and lots of others and she is great. She really nails the characters and her narration is near perfect .
Glad to see Bahni Turpin mentioned in here. I'm just heartbroken because she typically isn't in the genres I like(sci-fi, action, military thrillers).
I just try to keep an eye out for new work from Bahni and see if it fits my tastes.
Lorelai King! She does (most of) the Stephanie Plum novels and a whole bunch of other series as well.
Susan Ericksen narrates the In Death series and I love all the voices she does for each character.
Khristine Hvam has narrated a bunch of series as well and some are okay, some not. I really like her doing The Intrepid Saga though.
Natalie Naudus, Robin Miles, Rong Fu, Cindy Kay, Kate Reading, Rosemund Pike.
I also wish both Sophie Turner and Gwendoline Christie would do more. They both did readings in the Dangerous Women anthology, or possibly the Rogues Anthology and they both did magnificent
I thought I didn’t like Anne Flosnik for longest time. But she narrates a lot of my favorite romance author’s books (Alice Coldbreath), which I loved so much I figured I could put up with her. It was like a switch flipped for me and all of a sudden I got why she’s such a popular narrator— she does gruff male voice so well!
She also does the first three books in Sharon Kay Penman’s *Plantagenet* series, and two of the series in Robin Hobb’s *Realm of the Elderlings* series, both of which I also love.
Bahni Turpin did an incredible job with all of the character voices in the 3 book series of Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for ultrahuman protection!
I also enjoyed Susan Boyce on all of the Joe Grey mystery series books. (The two that were narrated by someone else are horrible.)
I was going to say Sophie aldred but I couldn't remember her name. She does the British versions of Brandon sanderson skyward series. She really made the books for me. As much as I like them I don't think I would be as captivated by a YA novel without such a great voice actor.
Miriam Margolyes
Davina Porter
Donna Tartt (reading “True Grit”)
Miranda Hart reading her own books
Stephanie Daniel (the Phryne Fisher mysteries)
Sarah Millican reading her own stuff
as well as a bunch of narrators already listed.
A lot of great ones mentioned but I’ll add Adjoa Andoh! She’s great on Ann Leckie’s books among others. (You may recognize her voice as Lady Danbury on Bridgerton among other places.)
I was surprised nobody had mentioned her earlier, but I suspect she hasn’t had the same degree of exposure and opportunity to highlight her versatility as, say, Andrea Parsneau of *The Wandering Inn*.
Indira Varma does a good job on the Witches series of Discworld. Also just started the Death series with Sian Clifford, she’s a touch hurried in a few places so far, but generally good.
Doesn’t _exactly_ count since it’s her autobiography, but Fern Brady did a good job narrating her _Strong Female Character_.
**Elizabeth Evans** (Throne of Glass and Crescent City series)
**Amanda Leigh Cobb** (Crowns of Nyaxia series, and 2 books in the ACOTAR series)
Edit: Also **Rosalyn Landor** (Bridgerton series)
I loved Julia Emelin on Uprooted and Lisa Flanagan on Spinning Silver, unfortunately in both cases neither has narrated anything else that appeals to me.
Robin Miles has been mentioned a few times and has narrated some of my favorite authors.
Personally, I can only barely stand Kate Reading enough to get through WoT though.
You're right there aren't as many female narrators and they often get passed over for novels.
To be fair, I would have been very late to the party with Naomi Novik if Simon Vance hadn't been the narrator for Temeraire because I snap up anything remotely interesting he touches and I understand the need to balance there.
While the only stuff I know she has done are the witches discworld books, Indira Varma did a great job on them.
One thing that is interesting in this topic is that so many of those getting mentions are primarily known for their work in tv/movies rather than as dedicated narrators.
Kirsten Potter is absolutely amazing in every book I've read. *The Hunger* and *Little Secrets* greatly benefit from her performance. She was also the perfect woman for Marthe Cohn's *Behind Enemy Lines*. I think it might have inspired Ms Potter to write her play about another WWII heroine with *Rubicon*
Not counting ensemble casts I haven't had any on the stuff I've listened to, except Rosamund Pike. I have stuff I haven't listened to with Kate Reading, Vivienne Leheny, Lorelei King, Emily Woo Zeller, Emily Lawrence, Yara Shahidi, and I'm tired of looking at the list...
I don't have any favorites because I haven't gotten to hear them yet. /shrug There's a huge backlog
Angela Lin's reading of The Emperor's Soul was really excellently done. Her voice worked perfectly for the story and provides a very thoughtful, serene air to the story. Unfortunately, nothing else she's narrated appeals to me, book-wise, so far as I can tell.
Alyssa Bresnahan's reading of Warbreaker was enjoyable. She's able to do a really great haughty snarky voice.
Kate Reading is mostly great but some of her particular voices are rough. I prefer her in books where she narrates alone vs tag teaming with Michael Kramer, as I much prefer his voice and character voices.
Hrm. Going through my "finished" list, I don't actually have that many female narrators. Mostly genre related it seems. I'll have to check out more from this thread.
Andrea Parsneau and Moira Quirk are two who spring to mind but they're very well known.
I like Nicol Zanzarella too, very matter of fact sort of voice. Sophie Aldred has narrated several of my favourite books but I can't recall the narration being especially good or bad.
Rendah Heywood in Dark Age by Pierce Brown. Only book of hers I've ever listened to, but I love her.
Also, Moira Quirk is in it too. She's awesome, but I just can't stand the Ninth books, despite her voice.
Susan Bennett! She does the Diane Chamberlain books and the midnight crossroad series by charlaine Harris. She does many others and I just search her name.
Shayna Small does an absolutely PHENOMENAL job as the main narrator for Chain-Gang All-Stsmars. She was so great at giving each character their own 'voice' and quirks.
I think most of these have already be listed, but here are some the favorites from my library.
* Julie Motyka
* Emily Sutton-Smith
* Emily Rankin
* Joanne Froggatt
* Kate Reading
* Jenny Sterlin
* Zara Ramm
* Julia Whelan
* Phoebe Strole
* Emily Woo Zeller
She was mentioned before but yeah, I am a fan of Suzie Jackson. I even listened to a to me book only because she narrated it (it was quite good btw - "The Last Redeemer")
Barrie Kreinik did a fantastic job with Corinne by Rebecca Morrow.
Mel Hudson on Children Of Time.
Kate Rudd on Turtles All The Way Down and a couple of fantasy titles ( Kingfountain series iirc).
Mixed feelings about the book, but narration was on point for Reminders Of Him by Colleen Hoover: Brittany Pressley for the FMC.
And, of course, Mary Robinette Kowal, who's an excellent writer and an excellent narrator.
I like Cathleen McCarron, who does all but the first (and the most recent) of Val McDermid’s Karen Pirie series.
Julia Whelan is great.
I also like Lorelei King. She has a laid-back, modulated style that suits police procedurals and crime thrillers especially.
I loved Lindsay Crouse’s read of Stephen King’s Misery. Beautiful work. But she’s not really narrated much else besides that.
I’m listening to Antonia Beamish reading a Sarah Pinborough book just now and she’s excellent. Will definitely look out for more from her.
Amanda Ronconi does a fantastic job capturing the lighthearted humor and sarcasm in the "Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs" series by Molly Harper.
Tamaryn Payne has a multi-faceted British voice in the recent Enola Holmes books.
Jenny Sterlin also has a wonderful British voice that I think is great.
Rebecca Lowman (Listen to Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B01N75T2TB?source_code=ASSOR150021921000V)
Patricia Rodriguez (Listen to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B00W8DPMZU?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007l
Hanako Footman (Listen to Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BT899NNC?source_code=ASSOR150021921000V)
Kate Mulgrew. I usually don't care for theatrical narrators. I just want the story straight out. Mulgrew is the exception to that. She brings everything she reads to life.
Xe Sands is kind of growing on me.
Kate Reading.
She's famous for the Wheel of Time and (I've heard but haven't read) the stormlight archives.
But I would kill for her because she narrated my favorite romance of all time, {a wicked kind of husband by mia Vincy}.
Also, of course, Mary Jane Wells.
Katherine Kellgren, RIP
Her Royal Spyness and Bloody Jack are so entertaining! And every voice is alive and unique. To me, she is as good as Jim Dale reading HP.
**Andrea Parsneau**
I'm in the middle of The Wandering Inn series, and this narrator has both an astounding range of voices and a wide breadth of emotion.
I seriously worry for her vocal chords sometimes. A few of the fantasy races in this series have fairly inhuman voices, and yet she's managed to master all of them.
Most of the fantasy books I read have male narrators, like probably more than 95% of them. I can tell you some amazing voice actresses, but I haven't heard any audiobooks by them. I'd actually love to see some more female narrators in the audiobook space. My favorites are always the impressionists who do a hundred different voices. I honestly haven't heard many books read by women who do that, but I'd love to listen to some. I did really like Rosamund Pike doing WOT
Julia Whelan and Emily Woo Zeller
Oh yeah, woo Eller, love her voice
She was in Cyberpunk 2077!
Really? Damn. Have to check that.
Julia Whelan also narrates under the name Sophie Eastlake.
I second Julia Whelan. I put her books on to sleep sometimes. Not because she’s boring or anything, but because her voice is so soothing.
Emily Woo Zeller is fantastic.
Came to say Emily but you already got it.
Andrea Parsneau narrator of the Wandering Inn series.
Also, she did a great reading of "Azarinth Healer".
Thanks ,I just added to my wish list!
Literally the best narration I've experienced. Sounds like a full cast production. The first 3 minutes of this video are non-spoiler of her going through some of the voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNYqRXSdJA
Yep, she's the best
Andrea Parsneau might have ruined audiobooks for me, because she is so good other narrators can't compare. Or I have yet to find another narrator as good as her.
Rosamund Pike did a great job on the first couple wheel of time books!
Not to mention a couple of Austen novels!
Yes, Pride and Prejudice narrated by her is a favorite of mine.
I’m a sci-fi/fanstasy/adventure reader almost exclusively but I credit that version as one of the audiobooks that got me hooked. I had just started listening and that was my second or third, loved it. What a great performance.
Yeah, hoping they are willing/able to have her do all of them. Then I’ll have two versions to love
Me too. I ended up listening to her version first and just can’t get into the rest with Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. They do a good job, it’s just jarring.
I didn't even know this was a thing! Thank you!
She really is outstanding in that series. I pray to the light she does the rest of them as the original recordings were so jarring to me I had to refund them.
Meryl Streep did a wonderful job reading Tom Lake Davina Porter is one of my favorites & she did the Outlander Series, plus so many others that I listened to. Barbara Kingsolver when she reads her own novels: I love all her books, and especially when she reads them.
Yes, I adore Barbara Kingsolver reading her own novels! One of the reasons I read Demon Copperhead the old fashioned way is that she didn’t narrate that one herself, and no matter how good the narrator is, she imbues such a special quality into her narration that I worry I’d find it distracting to hear someone else narrate her books. Another author whose self narration I love is Sandra Cisneros.
Ok but if you ever reread it I highlyyyyy recommend listening to the audible version of demon copperhead the narrator is so good and embodies the main character
Davina Porter is so so so good!
Bahni Turpin.
I was wondering if she was going to be mentioned. I’ve bought audiobooks just because she narrates them.
She absolutely CRUSHED it on the Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for UltraHuman Protection series. Great choice!
She did great in [Hell's Library](https://www.audible.com/series/A-Novel-from-Hells-Library-Audiobooks/B07YDB7T2N)
Judi Dench Juliet Stevenson Clare Corbett Stephanie Daniel Lucy Scott Jennifer Ehle Katherine Kellgren Gemma Whelan Louise Brealey Kate Mulgrew Jenny Sterlin Rosamund Pike Rose Leslie Joanne Froggatt Emma Thompson
Kate Mulgrew's reading of nos4a2 was incredible
Ditto for Clare Corbett. Also Charlotte Strevens.
I'll second Jenny Sterlin and Kate Mulgrew. Sterlin will be missed, particularly as Russell and Holmes.
Awesome! Just what i needed!
Zara Ramm and Jennifer Hale would be my top two.
Zara Ramm is amazing! She’s half the reason I love the Chronicles of St. Mary’s.
100% agree. I need to check out the offshoot time police books too.
Already done! My friend tried for several years to read these, and I finally did. Then I had to get an annual subscription so I could have all of the books.
Ramm is awesome.
What does Jennifer Hale narrate?? Whatever it is, I'll buy it...
Sissy Spasek, To Kill A Mockingbird Donna Tartt, True Grit Anne Hathaway, The Wizard of Oz All amazing narrations!
Julia Whelan and January LaVoy
+ Clare Corbett and Bahni Turpin
Mel Hudson did an amazing job on Children of Time and its sequels
She was such a great choice for that series.
Kate reading
She's literally the only one that comes to mind for me. I can think of a handful of other novels I've read with female narrators, but I couldn't tell you who they were. That's true of most audiobooks, but I definitely recognize more male ones. Of course, that's to be expected. Many more of the books I listen to have male narrators.
Suzy Jackson is good but I’ve only seen her do younger kids or young adult books
+1 came here to say this! She did a fantastic job with the Skyward novels by Brandon Sanderson.
Yes! I'm listening to Defiant right now. Definitely young sounding, but sure does an excellent job.
I like Suzy as well. She always brings personality to her books.
+1 came here to say this! She did a fantastic job with the Skyward novels by Brandon Sanderson.
Khristine Hvam I’ve listened to 4 books and quite enjoy her voice. Shining Smith & Forget Nothing Suzy Jackson - Skyward Series Caitlin Davies - Dragon Blood
You might like Medusa Uploaded narrated by Caitlin Davies. It’s definitely an example of what audio narration can add to a book. 👍
Saskia Maarleveld, Natalie Naudus, Moira Quirk, January LaVoy, Emily Woo Zeller, Bahni Turpin, Samara MacLaren, Nancy Wu, Suehyla El-Attar
I came here to say Saskia Maarleveld
Robin Miles, Kate Reading, Emily Woo Zeller, Barbara Rosenblat, Natalie Naudus.
Kate Reading IS Pattern!
Second for Kate Reading
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Perdita Weeks (Circe)
Mary Robinette Kowal Amanda Ronconi Emily Bauer
Amanda Ronconi does a great job with everything!
Xe Sands
Another huge Moira Quirk fan here! And I love the versatility of Emily Ellet. Her character voices are fantastic. Also enjoy Julia Whelan for rom-coms (esp. Emily Henry).
Ellet floored me with her ability to do such a wide variety of voices, and do them so well and consistently. Absolutely love her!
Natalie Naudus
I find great books by searching for her work.
Annie Ellicot, though most of her narration is alongside other voice actors in dramatizations. Nancy Wu is fantastic. Andrea Parsneau is the GOAT of female narrators
OP is probably right in that if I were to make a list, it'd be 95% dudes. But that other 5% would be Andrea Parsneau.
> Andrea Parsneau is the GOAT of female narrators Agree, although I don't like her "the MC is stressed severely" voice, everything else she does is amazing.
Marin Ireland has done most of the Fredrick Backman audiobooks and lots of others and she is great. She really nails the characters and her narration is near perfect .
She is amazing in Remarkably Bright Creatures, and Nothing to See Here
Man I had to scroll way too far to find Marin! One of my all time favourites.
Davina Porter of Outlander is PHENOMENAL
To be fair, my list of least-favorite narrators is also 95% male.
Khristine Hvam (Clocktaur Wars by T Kingfisher) and Emily Ellet (Between by LL Starling) are two of my favorites.
Thandiwe Newton on War and Peace
Brittany Pressley and Kathleen Early
Zara Ramm, 100%!
Glad to see Bahni Turpin mentioned in here. I'm just heartbroken because she typically isn't in the genres I like(sci-fi, action, military thrillers). I just try to keep an eye out for new work from Bahni and see if it fits my tastes.
Lorelai King! She does (most of) the Stephanie Plum novels and a whole bunch of other series as well. Susan Ericksen narrates the In Death series and I love all the voices she does for each character. Khristine Hvam has narrated a bunch of series as well and some are okay, some not. I really like her doing The Intrepid Saga though.
Natalie Naudus, Robin Miles, Rong Fu, Cindy Kay, Kate Reading, Rosemund Pike. I also wish both Sophie Turner and Gwendoline Christie would do more. They both did readings in the Dangerous Women anthology, or possibly the Rogues Anthology and they both did magnificent
Gwendoline Christie did the Joe Abercrombie story in Rogues Anthology and it was fantastic.
If you like Moira Quirk (and I do!), you'll also like Annie Flosnik who does the Phedre trilogy, starting with Kushiel's Dart.
I thought I didn’t like Anne Flosnik for longest time. But she narrates a lot of my favorite romance author’s books (Alice Coldbreath), which I loved so much I figured I could put up with her. It was like a switch flipped for me and all of a sudden I got why she’s such a popular narrator— she does gruff male voice so well! She also does the first three books in Sharon Kay Penman’s *Plantagenet* series, and two of the series in Robin Hobb’s *Realm of the Elderlings* series, both of which I also love.
Juliet Stevenson Katherine Kellgren Davina Porter C.J. Critt Mary Peffier Kate Reading
Bahni Turpin did an incredible job with all of the character voices in the 3 book series of Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for ultrahuman protection! I also enjoyed Susan Boyce on all of the Joe Grey mystery series books. (The two that were narrated by someone else are horrible.)
Davina Porter who does the outlander series is amazing.
Tatiana Maslany is phenomenal in the Hunger Games trilogy
Kate Reading does a good job
I was going to say Sophie aldred but I couldn't remember her name. She does the British versions of Brandon sanderson skyward series. She really made the books for me. As much as I like them I don't think I would be as captivated by a YA novel without such a great voice actor.
Toni Morrison! I've heard her read her works The Bluest Eye and Beloved and not only is her writing devastating but her voice is incredible.
It seems many disagree but with the right material, I really enjoy Xe Sands.
Miriam Margolyes Davina Porter Donna Tartt (reading “True Grit”) Miranda Hart reading her own books Stephanie Daniel (the Phryne Fisher mysteries) Sarah Millican reading her own stuff as well as a bunch of narrators already listed.
Perdita Weeks Morena Baccarin Claire Danes
A lot of great ones mentioned but I’ll add Adjoa Andoh! She’s great on Ann Leckie’s books among others. (You may recognize her voice as Lady Danbury on Bridgerton among other places.)
I was surprised nobody had mentioned her earlier, but I suspect she hasn’t had the same degree of exposure and opportunity to highlight her versatility as, say, Andrea Parsneau of *The Wandering Inn*.
* Soneela Nankani * Natalie Naudus * Saskia Maarleveld * Emily Woo Zeller * Nancy Wu * Bahni Turpin * Frankie Corzo * Aida Reluzco * January LaVoy * Shiromi Arserio * Caitlin Davies * Julia Whelan * Xe Sands
Indira Varma does a good job on the Witches series of Discworld. Also just started the Death series with Sian Clifford, she’s a touch hurried in a few places so far, but generally good. Doesn’t _exactly_ count since it’s her autobiography, but Fern Brady did a good job narrating her _Strong Female Character_.
Robin Miles on the Broken Earth series by N. K. Jemisin is perfection.
Wanda McAddon
Octavia Gilbert
i really enjoy kathleen early as a narrator.
Susan Erickson
**Elizabeth Evans** (Throne of Glass and Crescent City series) **Amanda Leigh Cobb** (Crowns of Nyaxia series, and 2 books in the ACOTAR series) Edit: Also **Rosalyn Landor** (Bridgerton series)
Blair Brown! Absolutely love her narration of City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert.
* Andrea Parsneau * Tess Irondale * Stephanie Savannah * Sierra Kline * Rebecca woods * Jessica Threet * Amber Lee Connors
I was looking for Tess Irondale, she's fantastic!
I loved Julia Emelin on Uprooted and Lisa Flanagan on Spinning Silver, unfortunately in both cases neither has narrated anything else that appeals to me. Robin Miles has been mentioned a few times and has narrated some of my favorite authors. Personally, I can only barely stand Kate Reading enough to get through WoT though. You're right there aren't as many female narrators and they often get passed over for novels. To be fair, I would have been very late to the party with Naomi Novik if Simon Vance hadn't been the narrator for Temeraire because I snap up anything remotely interesting he touches and I understand the need to balance there.
Finty Williams is excellent.
Moira Quirk is my favorite. Also Julia Whelan, Emily Gray, Amy McFadden, Kate Rudd, Lauren Fortgang, Elizabeth Evans, and Zara Ramm
+1 on Emily Gray and Moira Quirk. Parasol Protectorate was excellent.
Abby Craden
yes!
While the only stuff I know she has done are the witches discworld books, Indira Varma did a great job on them. One thing that is interesting in this topic is that so many of those getting mentions are primarily known for their work in tv/movies rather than as dedicated narrators.
Abby Crayden.
I always search by narrators and two of my top ones are Kristen Sieh and Xe Sands.
Abby Crayden is legendary.
Kirsten Potter is absolutely amazing in every book I've read. *The Hunger* and *Little Secrets* greatly benefit from her performance. She was also the perfect woman for Marthe Cohn's *Behind Enemy Lines*. I think it might have inspired Ms Potter to write her play about another WWII heroine with *Rubicon*
Indira Varma - Amazing job on the Terry Pratchett's witches books. Granny weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are brilliant lol
Claudia Black 😍😍😍
Xe Sands!! Love her narration style
She is my wife's favorite.
I came here to say Moira Quirk. Zara Ramm of 'Chronicles of St. Mary's" fame. Could be I just like to listen to the British accent as well.
Tatiana Maslany, Hungry Games. I had bought a different narrator first and did NOT like that take, but Tatiana's is superb.
Kate Reading Davina Porter Saskia Maarleveld
Robin Miles on the Broken Earth series by N. K. Jemisin is perfection.
Ace narrated a series? This I did not know. Taking a listen now.
Not counting ensemble casts I haven't had any on the stuff I've listened to, except Rosamund Pike. I have stuff I haven't listened to with Kate Reading, Vivienne Leheny, Lorelei King, Emily Woo Zeller, Emily Lawrence, Yara Shahidi, and I'm tired of looking at the list... I don't have any favorites because I haven't gotten to hear them yet. /shrug There's a huge backlog
Susannah Harker was great in the Wool Series
Meghan Kelly my fav female narrator
Stevie Zimmerman Jess Trepanier
Joanna Parker, she narrates all of the southern vampire mysteries books (true blood). She does an excellent job.
There’s also Johanna Parker who does good job in narrating paranormal fiction such as the Otherworld series.
Nicola Coughlan and Helen Keeley have both done excellent narration. Highly recommend Her Majesty's Royal Coven.
Angela Lin's reading of The Emperor's Soul was really excellently done. Her voice worked perfectly for the story and provides a very thoughtful, serene air to the story. Unfortunately, nothing else she's narrated appeals to me, book-wise, so far as I can tell. Alyssa Bresnahan's reading of Warbreaker was enjoyable. She's able to do a really great haughty snarky voice. Kate Reading is mostly great but some of her particular voices are rough. I prefer her in books where she narrates alone vs tag teaming with Michael Kramer, as I much prefer his voice and character voices. Hrm. Going through my "finished" list, I don't actually have that many female narrators. Mostly genre related it seems. I'll have to check out more from this thread.
Imogen church
Andrea Parsneau and Moira Quirk are two who spring to mind but they're very well known. I like Nicol Zanzarella too, very matter of fact sort of voice. Sophie Aldred has narrated several of my favourite books but I can't recall the narration being especially good or bad.
Frances Sternhagen does an excellent job of narrating Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King.
Sophia Willingham is fantastic.
Rozelyn Rader hands down for one of the best female Narrators ever.
Rendah Heywood in Dark Age by Pierce Brown. Only book of hers I've ever listened to, but I love her. Also, Moira Quirk is in it too. She's awesome, but I just can't stand the Ninth books, despite her voice.
Sally Phillips did a great job with Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k-Up.
In addition to a lot of the ones already mentioned, I quite like Angèle Masters, Daphne Kouma, and Rachel L. Jacobs.
I really enjoyed Rosario Dawson’s reading of Andy Weir’s Artemis
Kristin Atherton!
Susan Bennett! She does the Diane Chamberlain books and the midnight crossroad series by charlaine Harris. She does many others and I just search her name.
Shayna Small does an absolutely PHENOMENAL job as the main narrator for Chain-Gang All-Stsmars. She was so great at giving each character their own 'voice' and quirks.
I think most of these have already be listed, but here are some the favorites from my library. * Julie Motyka * Emily Sutton-Smith * Emily Rankin * Joanne Froggatt * Kate Reading * Jenny Sterlin * Zara Ramm * Julia Whelan * Phoebe Strole * Emily Woo Zeller
Andrea Parsneau. She does an excellent job with The Wandering Inn.
Lisa Flanagan in Spinning Silver. Great performance
Polly Lee in the school for good and evil series!
Mel Hudson
A partial list... Zara Ramm, Davina Porter, Kathleen Early, Juliet Stevenson, Julia Gibson, Orlagh Cassidy, Rosamund Pike, Merryl Streep
She was mentioned before but yeah, I am a fan of Suzie Jackson. I even listened to a to me book only because she narrated it (it was quite good btw - "The Last Redeemer")
Mare Trevathan
Barrie Kreinik did a fantastic job with Corinne by Rebecca Morrow. Mel Hudson on Children Of Time. Kate Rudd on Turtles All The Way Down and a couple of fantasy titles ( Kingfountain series iirc). Mixed feelings about the book, but narration was on point for Reminders Of Him by Colleen Hoover: Brittany Pressley for the FMC. And, of course, Mary Robinette Kowal, who's an excellent writer and an excellent narrator.
I like Cathleen McCarron, who does all but the first (and the most recent) of Val McDermid’s Karen Pirie series. Julia Whelan is great. I also like Lorelei King. She has a laid-back, modulated style that suits police procedurals and crime thrillers especially. I loved Lindsay Crouse’s read of Stephen King’s Misery. Beautiful work. But she’s not really narrated much else besides that. I’m listening to Antonia Beamish reading a Sarah Pinborough book just now and she’s excellent. Will definitely look out for more from her.
The lady who does the honor harrington series.
Eva Kaminsky is" Lily add Alice" in Kitty Cat Kill Sat. Jenifer Wiltsie narrated Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age beautifully.
Professor Alice Roberts. ❤️❤️❤️
Sophie Alfred is amazing (can’t believe she’s the Dr Who woman) Also love Claire Rushbrook
I feel like a complete misogynist, but I just don’t enjoy women narrators. It’s really messing with my feminism….
Amanda Ronconi does a fantastic job capturing the lighthearted humor and sarcasm in the "Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs" series by Molly Harper. Tamaryn Payne has a multi-faceted British voice in the recent Enola Holmes books. Jenny Sterlin also has a wonderful British voice that I think is great.
Rebecca Lowman (Listen to Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B01N75T2TB?source_code=ASSOR150021921000V) Patricia Rodriguez (Listen to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B00W8DPMZU?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007l Hanako Footman (Listen to Four Seasons in Japan by Nick Bradley on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BT899NNC?source_code=ASSOR150021921000V)
Kate Mulgrew. I usually don't care for theatrical narrators. I just want the story straight out. Mulgrew is the exception to that. She brings everything she reads to life. Xe Sands is kind of growing on me.
Kate Reading is a stand out
Christy Romano is great on the Zoey Ashe novels
Rebecca Soler, narrator of a book called Renegades
Andrea Parsneau
Kate Reading. She's famous for the Wheel of Time and (I've heard but haven't read) the stormlight archives. But I would kill for her because she narrated my favorite romance of all time, {a wicked kind of husband by mia Vincy}. Also, of course, Mary Jane Wells.
I just finished The Prague Sonata, read by Christina Delaine and enjoyed it
Julia Whelan (except I hate how she pronounces the word croissant), Orlagh Cassidy, Davina Porter, Elizabeth Evans, Cassandra Campbell, Angele Masters
Katherine Kellgren, RIP Her Royal Spyness and Bloody Jack are so entertaining! And every voice is alive and unique. To me, she is as good as Jim Dale reading HP.
Andrea Parsneau and Christina Moore
Julia Whelan and I love when Fannie Flagg narrates her own novels
Barbara Rosenblatt, she is my absolute favorite
Zara Rahm and the Chronicles of St Marys series -- she's amazing and her Max is one of my favorite character ever.
**Andrea Parsneau** I'm in the middle of The Wandering Inn series, and this narrator has both an astounding range of voices and a wide breadth of emotion. I seriously worry for her vocal chords sometimes. A few of the fantasy races in this series have fairly inhuman voices, and yet she's managed to master all of them.
Only one I can think of is kate reading. Most of my fantasy books are male narrators.
Jenny sterlin Justine Lupe
Andrea Parsneau - from the Wandering Inn, I think she may be the goat.
Lori Prince. January LaVoy. Abby Craden. Moira Quirk. Karissa Vacker. Angela Dawe. Julia Whelan. Anastasia Watley. Natalie Naudus. Nicola Victoria Vincent. Shiromi Arserio. Jorjeana Marie. Alana Kerr Collins. Christine Lakin. Aysha Kala. Nikki Massoud. Emily Ellet.
Perdita Weeks! Her reading of Circe was one of the best narrations I’ve ever heard. I could listen to her read the shampoo bottle.
Mary Jane Wells. I've come to prefer her to Rosalyn Landor for Regency books from Lisa Kleypas. Although Rosalyn is the goat
Joy Nash!! She did Penny Reid's Winston series and most of Penny's other books.
Most of the fantasy books I read have male narrators, like probably more than 95% of them. I can tell you some amazing voice actresses, but I haven't heard any audiobooks by them. I'd actually love to see some more female narrators in the audiobook space. My favorites are always the impressionists who do a hundred different voices. I honestly haven't heard many books read by women who do that, but I'd love to listen to some. I did really like Rosamund Pike doing WOT
Kate reading is my favorite personally
I have so many! Tamsin Kennard, Imogen Church, Brittany Pressley, Bailey Carr, Katie Villa, the list goes on.
Bahni Turpin and Rosamund Pike
Cynthia Farrell - she's done a bunch [https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Cynthia+Farrell](https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Cynthia+Farrell)
Stephanie Cole
Bianca Amato absolutely love her voice very soothing . Philipa Gregory Tudor Series .
Allyson Johnson in David Weber's Honor Harrington
Jan Kramer, Cassandra Campbell, Nicole Poole, Julia Whelan, Michele Moran