Why AI audiobook narrators could win over some authors and readers, despite the vocal bumps
Apple and Google’s AI turn in a booming market may sound less than human and raise the ire of voiceover actors, but it has cost benefits
Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks
Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlash
Ignore the purists – listening to a book instead of reading it isn’t skiving or cheating
From audiobooks to podcasts and voice notes, there’s a steady generational shift in the way we understand the world, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill audiobook review – immersive gothic horror
Narrator Paapa Essiedu delivers the chills in this atmospheric telling of Hill’s classic ghost story
Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles audiobook review – a cosy mystery with charm
Reverend Richard Coles captures the rhythms of English village life in his reading of his debut novel
You Don’t Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska audiobook review – a child’s-eye view from Ukraine
Keira Knightley narrates the diary of a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl that vividly chronicles the early weeks of the Russian invasion
Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi audiobook review – a vivid coming-of-age tale
The author narrates her powerful debut novel about a British-Indian girl who suddenly loses the ability to speak
The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s chilling warning for US democracy
The Washington Post Watergate veteran’s 20 interviews with the now former president prove to be must-listen material
Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker audiobook review – rummaging in the attic
Adrian Mole-ish snapshots of young, pre-fame Jarvis and his pop-stardom masterplan
The Glass Pearls by Emeric Pressburger audiobook review – inside the world of a Nazi war criminal
Mark Gatiss narrates as the softly spoken piano tuner who is plagued by nightmares about his past being found out
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner audiobook review – a mystical time-twisting tale
Peppered with dialect and shortlisted for the Booker prize, this story by Alan Garner is brought vividly to life by narrator Robert Powell
On my radar: Beth Orton’s cultural highlights
The singer-songwriter on the trials of a Macedonian beekeeper, yoga to fall asleep to and a favourite Suffolk walk
I Couldn’t Love You More by Esther Freud audiobook review – a tender story of three generations
This powerful, multigenerational tale of three women’s lives shaped by a secret is given a tender reading by actor Niamh Cusack
New audiobook platforms are launched to rival Amazon’s Audible
Spiracle will feature titles from independent presses, while last month, Spotify also began offering audiobooks to US customers
Taste by Stanley Tucci audiobook review – a mouth-watering memoir
The suave Hollywood actor shares delicious stories of his love of food, from the family kitchen to the world’s finest restaurants