Audiobook recommendations

[fiddles]

Hi!
Anyone have any good audiobook recommendations? I've started listening to audiobooks on my commute and have been loving.  I've already listened to Michelle Obama's "Becoming" and "The Other Woman."

Thanks!

[mrspez07]

I just realized the same narrator does The Great Alone and Educated. I like them both (only a little way into Educated). They are both good as audio books.
I also really liked My grandMother Told Me To Tell You She’s Sorry on audio.
I like the audio of Louise Penny’s Armand Grenache series, the accents make it awesome.
I find that many memoirs and non-fiction work well in audio.

[wesleycrusher]

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (memoir)
Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt (memoir)
The Feather Theif by Kirk Wallace Johnson (non-fiction)

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes (memoir/non-fiction)

If you like science fiction, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (narrated by Wil Wheaton- he's also narrated some other sci-fi audiobooks, and does a great job).

For historical fiction, Snowflower and the Scret Fan by Lisa See.

[aurora]

What kinds of regular books do you like?

I tend to find audiobooks harder to focus on than paper or Kindle books so I often listen to lighter books. Or then sometimes I'll pick something really deep, like I Am Malala or Between the World and Me.

I've really enjoyed JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike mysteries in audio form.

[rainbowchip]

The Outlander series is phenomenal on audio.

[msmerymac]

I like non-fiction for audio and I do a lot of politically oriented books - currently reading The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes. Previously I've done Who Thought This Was a Good Idea by Alyssa Mastramonaco, Yes We (Still) Can by Dan Pfeiffer, Becoming by Michelle Obama, and War on Peace by Ronan Farrow. Educated was really great on audio (I'm sure it would have been good in any format), and Born a Crime by Trevor Noah was also great.

[litskispeciality]

I enjoyed Cuckoo's Calling on audio. I had to listen to The Night Circus on audio to understand it. Ready Player One read by Will Wheaton is awesome, I completely devoured. I'd like to listen/immersion read a Jodi Picolt because I like the different character perspectives, and feel it would keep it easier to follow.

[fiddles]

Mar 19, 2019 23:20:52 GMT -5 aurora said:

What kinds of regular books do you like?

I tend to find audiobooks harder to focus on than paper or Kindle books so I often listen to lighter books. Or then sometimes I'll pick something really deep, like I Am Malala or Between the World and Me.

I've really enjoyed JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike mysteries in audio form.

I pretty much like all books except Sci Fi really.  

[fiddles]

Thank you all for your suggestions!!

[susiebw]

The Bill Hodges series by Stephen King was great on audiobook. I think Mr. Mercedes was the first one.

I also loved the Century trilogy by Ken Follett, but they're all crazy long, so be warned. Fall of Giants is maybe the first one. Someone correct me if I'm wrong about that.

[pinotgrig]

I love books read by the author so I tend toward memoirs. I also think psychological thrillers/mysteries work well on audio since they’re usually pretty straightforward. Some recent faves -
The tea girl of hummingbird lane
Behind Closed Doors
Far from the tree
Scrappy little nobody
CONFessions of a sociopath
Most anything by David sedaris

[litskispeciality]

Ok I take back what I said about The Husband's Secret. Without spoiling anything, it got pretty dark the other night and I had a hard time falling asleep. Didn't want to pick it up again yesterday. She writes well, but so well it pulls at your emotions. Think Colleen Hooverish, like if you might have triggers do a quick search. Sometimes when it doesn't have to be light though it's a good read.

[aurora]

Other recommendations:

Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series
the Harry Potter books
Stephen King's Christine
The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi

I tend to gravitate towards series because it's a bit harder for me to connect to characters on audio, but once I've started a series that becomes easier.

[secretlyevil]

This thread has an ongoing recommendation list.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/591349/audiobook-recs