What audiobooks (of any genre) are worth listening to?

(Meaning, I didn't zone out for twenty minutes and then realize with a start I'd been thinking about what snack to eat instead of following along). The first category was really light fiction – think Sophie Kinsella or the Georgia Nicholson series. The second was non-fiction. read more

Any topic you find interesting in The Teaching Company catalog. Much of William Gibson; The Blue Ant trilogy and the Peripheral are just recent goodies. Anything by Bill Bryson Be aware that your library probably lends digital audiobooks to your device instantly. read more

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If no, then no. Audiobooks take far more time to read, but for people who can't concentrate and prefer to multitask - e.g. iPods on the treadmill kind of folks, audiobooks work really well. If what you love about reading is the way the rest of the world drops away and you are by-and-large in the story, audiobooks don't do the trick. read more