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Audiophiles

David Sedaris is a master of the audio format, so it’s no wonder that he is also a fan.

On the New Yorker Book Bench blog last week, he writes about his favorite audios, a slim selection of four from all time, that achieve the perfect match of both material and narrator. Among his choices are the entire Harry Potter series, but the British version, featuring Stephen Fry a narrator, rather than the American favorite, Jim Dale. The idea of Elaine Stritch reading Dorothy Parker had us salivating, but, sadly, it is no longer available.

Fortunately, there’s plenty of tasty titles on these best audios of 2009 lists:

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 5:50 pm and is filed under Audiobooks, Best Books 2009. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “Audiophiles”

  1. Krystina Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    I vote for “The Graveyard Book” read by the author, Neil Gaiman. Made it all the more enjoyable.

  2. Jackie Says:
    December 16th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Here’s a great bit from NPR done by Neil Gaiman who is also a huge audiophile. He interviews Sedaris, Martin Jarvis, and an audiobook publishing exec.

  3. Jackie Says:
    December 16th, 2009 at 11:00 am

    Oops, I should have put the link in here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120769925