Reviews of Funny Audio Books

Half Magic By Edward Eager

Half Magic
Author: Edward Eager
Reader: Full Cast
Available on Audible.com

Short Review: Fun listen for the whole family. A fantasy classic brought to life by a full cast. Four siblings find a magic token and wacky adventures ensue.

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Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Good Omens Author: Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Reader: Martin Jarvis Available on Audible.com Short review: One of my favorite humorous novels, expertly read by Martin Jarvis. I’m sure I’ll listen to this book over and over again. Long review: I have a deep and abiding love for this novel. I’ve read it on paper [...]

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex: A Novel Available from Audible.com Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Reader: Kristoffer Tabori Short Review: A novel I absolutely love, full of gorgeous language, beautifully-rendered characters, and entrancing history and myth. Tabori’s reading is downright fantastic, and Eugenides remains one of the most talented writers of his generation. This is one of the best books I’ve [...]

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Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

Skinny Dip Author: Carl Hiaasen Reader: Stephen Hoye Short Review: An engaging, funny, environmental crime novel set in the Florida Everglades. Hiaasen is a gem, and Hoye is good but doesn’t shine quite as brightly. Long Review: As the book opens, Hiaasen has us witness an attempted murder at sea. The beautiful young Joey Perrone [...]

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Making Money by Terry Pratchett

Making Money Author: Terry Pratchett Reader: Stephen Briggs Short Review: This follow-up to Going Postal follows Moist Von Lipwig as he embarks on a new venture: running the Mint at the all-too-pointed behest of Lord Vetinari. Briggs, as usual, reads well and beautifully. Pratchett, as usual, is funny and satirical. What’s not to love? Long [...]

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Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett

Johnny and the Dead Author: Terry Pratchett Reader: Richard Mitchley Short Review: A standout story from Pratchett’s Johnny Maxwell trilogy, read with great personality and skill by Richard Mitchley. Our hero Johnny learns that he can see and speak to the Dead in his local cemetery, and winds up facing down corrupt, frightening enemies. Long [...]

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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach

Author: Roald Dahl

Reader: Jeremy Irons

Short Review: One of my favorite Dahl books, read enchantingly by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Author: David Sedaris

Reader: David Sedaris

Short review: One of Sedaris’ best books of essays and stories, read tenderly and hilariously and scathingly by the author. Several pieces are live performances, and many of them are downright great.

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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

 Me Talk Pretty One Day  Author: David Sedaris  Reader: David Sedaris  Short Review: Sedaris’ funny, self-deprecating, heart-breaking stories about moving to France with his partner Hugh, learning French, his family, and his own flaws and experiences. The author reads his own work in his distinctive voice, never flinching as he excoriates himself either in front [...]

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Author: Roald Dahl

Reader: Eric Idle

Short Review: Dahl’s award-winning children’s book read wonderfully by Eric Idle.

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