I have tried getting into audiobooks several times and I often find myself feeling irritated just a few minutes in. I guess I have a specific idea of how a book is supposed to “sound” in my mind, and I feel like most audiobooks I have tried sound inauthentic and forced which distracts me. The only audiobook I have ever successfully finished and enjoyed was Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything—it was interesting, engaging, and felt like listening to a friend tell me a story. I also enjoy long-form podcasts so I know it’s not the audio format that’s the problem!
I read DOZENS of books every year of nearly all genres, but tomorrow I have a long car ride and I can’t read in the car. Help me find an audiobook of any genre that you think I will actually enjoy listening to!
by theladypirate
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I’m really enjoying the audiobook form of The Guncle—on the lighter side, funny, and the author reads it really well.
I absolutely loved the narration of The Boston Girl.
I thought the narrator for Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver did a fantastic job. He lays on a dry humor, adding humours ignorance to mix, but can make you connect to him and the other characters so well.
Do you like Sci Fi? Dungeon Crawler Carl is the best audiobook series I’ve ever listened to. Jeff Hays does all the voices and it is magic.
What other genres do you enjoy reading?