Hi. I've been having a dry spell when looking for audiobooks to enjoy on days off.

Details: I'm 40, male, North American (New England)

Scifi interests: Rick n Morty, SCPs, Bradbury, PKD.

Audiobook Preferences: Audio Dramas and Podcasts.

Other interests involve mythology, ethics, adventure, pretty girls, and psychology.

Help?

I feel like everything I’ve read lately has been stuck in the 4 star range (or lower), and I’m really craving something amazing.

What’s a book you’ve read recently—any genre—that you’d give a solid 5 star rating, or even a 5 star plus?

it just has to be light hearted and long(best for my one audible credit) and i am a guy so a male oriented one please, also the intimate things should come later in the story and not early

thank thank thank

I've been listening to State of Wonder, written by Ann Pratchett and narrated by Hope Davis. I'm thinking Davis may be one of my favorite female narrators. I typically prefer male narrators, with a British (BBC, Oxford) accent, or that sort of 50's mid-Atlantic accent.

Anyway, just thought I would share. The book is pretty darn good too. I checked, and it looks like Davis hasn't narrated too many books I think I'd be interested in, but there are a few. Hopefully she has a long career as a narrator!

Hey, me we are Inked Signals, and we have reecently been releasing what we thought was our debut audiodrama, but after some feedback from some of the users over on r/audiodrama we've come to realise that we actually have something more like an audiobook on our hands. So we were wondering if anyone here was intersted in listening and giving us some feedback.

thanks Inked Signals

-I listen on regular speed

-I have never listened to a Kristin Hannah or Stephen King book

-I will sit in my own driveway for 20 minutes listening to book because I know when I walk in the house I will be interrupted.

I know I’m late to the game on this one but I just finished Remarkably Bright

Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. What an amazing book!! The was definitely a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ listen for me but the WHOLE time I was listening I could not get it out of my head that while the plots are completely different, SOMETHING about this book reminds me of the BEARTOWN series by Frederick Backman. I’m pretty sure they have the same narrator so that could be part of it but there is also something remarkably similar about the cadence of the stories, if that makes sense? Did anyone else lock this or am I just conflating them bc the narrator is the same (although I’ve never done this with other books/narrators, I suppose it is possible)?

Looking for something along the lines of the Count of Monte Cristo or Don Quixote, that is nice and long so I get a good use out of my audible credit, but also isn't to literary or requiring of deep reading so that I can still listen to it when i can only give 70% attention. I'd also be happy for less classic but still moderately intellectually engaging good audiobooks (Just finished 11/22/63, which I mostly liked except the middle dragged a bit). For reference, my all time favorites include East of Eden, Demons, War and Peace, Steppenwolf, and The Old man and the sea.

Early adolescence in interests. Loves dogs, video games, music, modern design, friendship and laughing. Because of encephalopathy he can follow only simple plot and has very low threshold to be frightened.

Prior to this illness his favorite books included The Martian, Sphere, Jurassic Park.

Sci Fi probably a good bet. Stay away from sports because he used to be very athletic and it might make him too sad. Any romance should be real light because his mom will likely be listening along with him.

We want to see if he is recovered enough to listen to a book.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Downpour is one of the best audiobook providers as they often provide DRM free files. For those of us that run our own servers, it's amazing! But some books are app exclusive and are not DRM free. Does anyone know if there's a way to tell which books are or aren't DRM free before purchase. And if anyone at Downpour happens to see this, is there any way you could let us know before hand if a book is app exclusive or not.

I just finished another book narrated by Marin Ireland and feel like she needs a shout out. "When We Were Bright and Beautiful" by Jillian Medoff was so well done.

I've listened to a few other of her books; mostly Fredrik Backman. Her dictation seems very different to me and her voice can convey emotion unlike anything I have ever heard.

I love her narration. She makes me feel so many things, and her accents and imitations are not intrusive to the story. Anyone listen to Marin Ireland that loves or hates her??

I'm looking for a good replacement for Bezos owned companies. I use Libby as my primary source of audiobooks but they don't carry all the books in looking for.

Anybody happy with any subscription model or online store?

Maybe even a player? As in if I buy directly from an author, what app do I keep them in?

I'm a librarian who is currently living abroad. I would listen to audiobooks almost everyday on my commute. I listened to 70 audiobooks last year. But now that I am working from home and I don't have a 45 min commute anymore, I have listened to less than 2 hours of an audiobook in the last 3 weeks. What are some ways I can incorporate audiobooks into my daily life? I want to reunite my motivation and regain my momentum. Any advice is welcome. Thanks! (Also, any suggestions for audiobooks you couldn't put down would be great.)

Ive got The Lonesome Dove lined up as my next listen…. However it’s 30+ hours long and as someone who can only take it a book at a time instead of having multiple ones on the go at the same time, Im wondering if it is worth the commitment!

I should also say ive just finished an audiobook that was 32 hours long and I very much enjoyed the content even though it was a long slog.

I’ve heard amazing things about this book…. But Is it overhyped? Or is it too good to put off?!

I don’t know if I have the stamina for another long haul and I have considered going for a couple 8-10 hour long thrillers before starting this saga.

For anybody that has read/listened to it… what do you think? Dive straight in?

hi!!

Next month is one of my friends birthday and I want to gift him something audiobook related. He usually listens them on Spotify (and he complained that he ran out of hours the other day) but I cannot get him more hours or a membership in Spotify just for the audiobook so…

do you have any ideas of sites I can get a gift card from? I will higj appreciate your feedback! I want this to be a thoughtful gif for him bc it’s a special occasion

thank you in advance

Hey everyone!

When I was about 13 years old I read the entire series in book form and was completely enthralled but, sadly, when I moved I gave all of the books to a charity shop.

Massive regret now.

I vaguely remember some passages and really feel like going through them again but through audio.

If anyone has a source, do share!

Thank you for taking the time :)

Edit- just to flesh it out; this is a series of seven books taking place in a fantasy realm related to samurai, ninjas, magic, death, deceit, politics, love and betrayal.

Each book is centered around each clan in the universe. Crab, Lion, Phoenix, Crane, Dragon, Unicorn & Scorpion.

This may sound cheesy but it is well written and very dark at times. Definitely can be appreciated by adults.

Ai keeps recommending stuff like The Alchemist, The Stranger, Sapien, some Steinbeck, Orwell, Hemingway.

I’m not much of a reader as I’ve been addicted to YouTube since a little lad. I did enjoy The old man and the sea audiobook and had my days reading/listening to self help titles.

Thinking maybe branching off to something different maybe something to itch my love for mystery or maybe history. Not sure maybe something a little higher $ to take advantage of the free credit. Any suggestions welcome thanks.