Sophie Roberts 

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Five for Summer ’25!

June was actually Audiobook Month but ironically I was so busy recording, I didn’t have a chance to celebrate all of these wonderful books at the time!  Anyhow, I’ve chosen five of my favourites for those of you wanting to stock up for summer, and here they are (in no particular order):

 

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (translated by Sophie Hughes and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025) – a novella set in Berlin about the hollowness of contemporary life. (Fitzcarraldo editions/Tantor Media)

 
Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf – a new audiobook of the classic work for SNR Audio – a haunting and affecting short novel that I loved narrating.
 
 
The Art of a Lie –  a Georgian thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Laura Shepherd-Robinson. It’s a fabulous book (whose launch I attended recently!) with thrilling and beautifully detailed writing (Pan MacMillan)
 
 
The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge – Rachel Hore (another Sunday Times bestselling author) –  historical fiction (Simon & Schuster UK)
 
 
 and, for those who like a good mystery…

 

The Vita Carew Mysteries, a 5-book series by Fran Smith) – a stylish Edwardian mystery series with a feisty female sleuth (Dreamscape Media)

 

Some of these are not published yet; others are available now from the usual places. Happy listening everyone!

 

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Audible Review – Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, the Tainted Queen by Alison Weir

“I learnt so much. This was fantastically researched and beautifully performed. Reminds you why books are so important.”

Audible Review – Papyrus by Irene Vallejo

“Narrator Sophie Roberts’s strong, polished, highly sophisticated voice effectively conveys the aura of fashionable society but maintains a firm narrative objectivity. Droll, fascinating, full of memorable characters and anecdotes, here is a perspective on a world and time that moved from drawing-room comedy to the private dramas of war and occupation.”

AudioFile Magazine, 2020 – Chanel’s Riviera, Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award

“This was brilliantly brought to life by the narrator, Sophie Roberts who tackled the French & Russian names with ease. A great way to entwine two biographies in such an entertaining way.”

Audible Review – Catherine the Great & Potemkin by Simon Sebag Montefiore

“I have had the pleasure of working with Sophie for many years, and that is a testament in itself to her standing in the audiobook world. Well prepared, reliable, accurate, exceptional characterisations. The only problem with her success, is trying to hire someone who has become so indispensable…”

David Roper, Managing Director, Heavy Entertainment