Ideal for listening to while you cook, on a run or as you laze on the sofa, audiobooks are a great source of entertainment. From a star-studded retelling of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” to a leading war correspondent’s sweeping history of modern Afghanistan, here are our top picks.

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

Lyse Doucet, the BBC’s chief international correspondent, “knows how to make a show with heart”, said Patricia Nicol in The Sunday Times . In last week’s Book of the Week slot on Radio 4, the veteran reporter narrated an abridged version of her book “The Finest Hotel in Kabul”. Over five episodes it tells the story of the Afghan capital’s Inter-Continental Hotel, which opened in 1969 and still endures today, under Taliban control. Doucet places at the centre of this tale th

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