I have such a hard time focusing on audiobooks. I can only listen to memoirs for some reason. I really liked Felicia Day’s you’re never weird on the internet though!
I totally understand.. but as a working mom to two kids… it’s not always possible for me to find time to read…so I’ll listen while I cook dinner , drive and shop ?
I always have an audio book going in the car. My favorite thus becomes problematic. One of them was probably Bill Bryson’s “In a Sunburned Country”; another The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary. 4 stars with over 78,000 ratings. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25019.The_Professor_and_the_Madman?from_search=true
I’m not a fan of audiobooks generally but I used Audible in the car when I was having daily hospital appointments in my pregnancy. I enjoyed What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel; Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson
Absolutely True Diary… I second that! Alexie’s unique voice really added even more warmth, humor, and poignancy to a story already full of those qualities.
Following, because I haven’t had luck choosing from reviews. About 90 min left of “Manhattan Beach,” and think I finally found a winner. Great listen, from plot to performances. I hope the ending doesn’t change my mind!
It’s been years since I listened to audio books, but I’ll never forget the memoir “Angela’s Ashes,” written and read by Frank McCourt. I laughed and I wept.
I think the HP series, primarily due to the reader and the over 100 voices he was able to portray and we knew the difference. The timing was right, too, not too slow, as some can be.
For the last year or so I have been frequently getting both the book and the audiobook for many items I am reading. It’s a different experience…sometimes like a total immersion into the character’s world. I did this with A Little Life which was very long…at the end I missed the characters so much because they had become part of my daily life. Especially with the longer books I enjoy the audiobook…if it is a good narrator.
Do you prefer to read first, or listen first? Or do you “read along” with the audiobook? I prefer to listen to a few chapters, and then go back and read them to see the words on the page and really let them sink in, and continue through the book in that manner.
I can’t pick just one! Born a Crime, The Sellout, The Hate U Give, We are Legion (We are Bob), The Graveyard Book full-cast production, Believe Me by Eddie Izzard, Richard Armitage reading David Copperfield, any Jeeves book read by Jonathan Cecil, and although it’s kinda silly, I love the narrator’s performance of Emperor Mollusk versus the Sinister Brain.
We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson. It is my first time reading the novel and also the first time I am listening to a audiobook. It is strangely funny (?!!) and I am not sure if it is meant to be.
11/22/63
No Ordinary Time (Eleanor & Franlin WWII time).
“All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Audio does not get any better.
Just reserved that on OverDrive..
You will not be disappointed. Have you read Gaiman before?
@Mark I have not. What can you tell me?
The Graveyard Book is a great place to start but all of his books are good. I started with Neverwhere, which is also really good.
Haven’t looked them up yet. What genre are they?
His books are mostly fantasy based but don’t let that spook you. ?
The author-read version is good but I loved the full-cast version!
I second 11/22/63…but also Middlesex.
Lonesome Dove, also World War Z…
Fox and O’Hara Series by Janet Evanovich, Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich, Rosie’s Project by Graeme Simsion 😉
A Gentleman in Moscow. Hearing it read to me revealed lots of humor I probably would have missed had I read it myself.
I agree!
I enjoyed the first 3rd and then had to stop…don’t know exactly why but I just had no interest to continue.
I have such a hard time focusing on audiobooks. I can only listen to memoirs for some reason. I really liked Felicia Day’s you’re never weird on the internet though!
Following this one. I’m a huge audio book fan bc of my 90 min commute each day.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, narrated by the author.
Just finished reading that, borrowed the audio for my hubby half way through. He giggled a fee times. Loved it
“Life of Pi” and “Beatrice and Virgil”, both by Yann Martel.
I second Life of Pi…thought the audio book was great!
@Elizabeth Especially when he saved Richard Parker!
Extreme ownership
Philip Pullman’s Sally Lockheart series narrated by the incomparable Anton Lesser.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Princess Diaries by Carrie Fisher
Don’t like audio books. I am more of a visual person I guess. I never liked anyone reading to me. I always wanted to read it myself.
I totally understand.. but as a working mom to two kids… it’s not always possible for me to find time to read…so I’ll listen while I cook dinner , drive and shop ?
I can understand why people like them, they are just not for me. I think I have to SEE the words in order for them to penetrate my brain. Lol
A Christmas Memory, by Truman
The Martian
I always have an audio book going in the car. My favorite thus becomes problematic. One of them was probably Bill Bryson’s “In a Sunburned Country”; another The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary. 4 stars with over 78,000 ratings.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25019.The_Professor_and_the_Madman?from_search=true
The Nightingale was a great audio. Also all of the Longmire series read by George Guidall is outstanding. ?
I really enjoyed The Handmaids Tale narrated by Claire Danes
The Help.
the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Shadow of the Wind, The Book Thief
I really loved horrorstör!! Bronson Pinchot did the most amazing reading!!
The reading absolutely makes it!
I’m not a fan of audiobooks generally but I used Audible in the car when I was having daily hospital appointments in my pregnancy.
I enjoyed What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.
A Little Life
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie;
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel;
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson
Absolutely True Diary… I second that! Alexie’s unique voice really added even more warmth, humor, and poignancy to a story already full of those qualities.
How to stop time by Matt Haig
A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold
A view from the cheap seats by Neil Gaiman
i’m listening to Artemis it’s not bad
Memoirs of a Geisha.
Following, because I haven’t had luck choosing from reviews. About 90 min left of “Manhattan Beach,” and think I finally found a winner. Great listen, from plot to performances. I hope the ending doesn’t change my mind!
Ted Turners autobiography
Cutting for Stone. Amazing but there are so many. More recently, A Gentleman in Moscow.
4 3 2 1
The Good Earth. I forget the reader’s name but she was sterling.
I never listened to any audio book
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson is really good and the narrator is great
Harry Potter series, love love love Jim Dale!
I enjoyed him reading The Night Circus
@Posh me too!
It’s been years since I listened to audio books, but I’ll never forget the memoir “Angela’s Ashes,” written and read by Frank McCourt. I laughed and I wept.
Extremely close and incredibly loud
Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
Yes, I loved this one on audio.
the entire clan of the cave bear series.
and lincoln in the bardo
and the nix
I think the HP series, primarily due to the reader and the over 100 voices he was able to portray and we knew the difference. The timing was right, too, not too slow, as some can be.
Ready player one
Spike Milligan’s war memoirs read by himself.
Loved the whole Outlander series and currently my husband and I are enjoying Lonesome Dove
I really enjoyed Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver – Narrated by Jim Dale. I listened with my son and it was the first I’d heard him narrate anything.
I also really like Neil Gaiman’s books when they’re narrated by him.
Don Quixote
Currently loving “A Gentleman in Moscow”
Me too!!
From long ago, “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them”, by Al Franken.
Martian Chronicles
Purple Hibiscus by Chiamanda Adichie
For the last year or so I have been frequently getting both the book and the audiobook for many items I am reading. It’s a different experience…sometimes like a total immersion into the character’s world. I did this with A Little Life which was very long…at the end I missed the characters so much because they had become part of my daily life. Especially with the longer books I enjoy the audiobook…if it is a good narrator.
Do you prefer to read first, or listen first? Or do you “read along” with the audiobook? I prefer to listen to a few chapters, and then go back and read them to see the words on the page and really let them sink in, and continue through the book in that manner.
Dear Mr. You
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and narrated by author.
I can’t pick just one! Born a Crime, The Sellout, The Hate U Give, We are Legion (We are Bob), The Graveyard Book full-cast production, Believe Me by Eddie Izzard, Richard Armitage reading David Copperfield, any Jeeves book read by Jonathan Cecil, and although it’s kinda silly, I love the narrator’s performance of Emperor Mollusk versus the Sinister Brain.
The Dresden Files narrated by James Marsters is awesome. Also Furiously Happy written and narrated by Jenny Lawson.
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
Listening to Manhattan Beach right now – amazing!!
We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson. It is my first time reading the novel and also the first time I am listening to a audiobook. It is strangely funny (?!!) and I am not sure if it is meant to be.
I found it quite humorous
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You by Peter Troy