Audiobook recommendations

HONKEY TONK · 09-06-2018 09:22PM #1

Hi all

I’m looking for audiobook recommendations.

I’m currently listening to the “A higher Loyalty “ which is also narrated by James Comey.

Any other audiobooks with quality narration?

Stigura · 09-06-2018 10:15PM

Bomber.

TomOnBoard · 09-06-2018 10:16PM

Anything narrated by Ron Mc Larty is usually well narrated. Whether the book itself is any good will be a matter of opinion.

savemejebus · 09-06-2018 10:20PM

Anything by and read by David sedaris

Conservatory · 09-06-2018 10:21PM

I’d love a good audio book but can’t figure out how to pirate them.

TomOnBoard · 09-06-2018 10:24PM

Conservatory wrote: »

I’d love a good audio book but can’t figure out how to pirate them.

No need to pirate anything. There's 000's of books available free of charge from sites like Librivox

Permabear · 09-06-2018 10:26PM

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recyclops · 09-06-2018 10:28PM

Dark tower series. The narrator changes due to one passing away but its still brilliant.

oneilla · 09-06-2018 10:35PM

The audio book to The Disaster Artist is quite good.

Not that one · 09-06-2018 10:51PM

Some of the Jack Reacher series is on YouTube as audio book.

09-06-2018 11:23PM

Listening to an impressively comprehensive - for its size!- economic history of the world since 1400 on Audible.

An Economic History of the World since 1400

So much fascinating stuff, be it the Dutch guy who sailed with the Portuguese to the Indian Ocean and came back and gave his plans to his compatriots who began to challenge the Portuguese - one of the secrets was that the Portuguese has found the trade winds. The economic history of the Dutch, in fact their whole history, is incredibly impressive. Other stuff, such as while the industrial revolution in western Europe everybody started using steam engines, the Swiss stood alone by using hydroelectric power which was more appropriate for the mountainous terrain. The number of inventors in the industrial revolution who had their inventions robbed is shocking...

Also, The Marshmallow Test was a great, great listen. So much insight there.

09-06-2018 11:29PM

Conservatory wrote: »

I’d love a good audio book but can’t figure out how to pirate them.

Audible is quite cheap anyway if you follow the regular giveaways. You can also just replace books you didn't like so that's handy. Unless you're doing long distance truck journeys across America, you're never going to listen to them all. So I cancelled my membership after 5 months and will probably spend the next 5 years listening to the books I collected in those months (naturally they allow you to keep your Audible account books but also use their Audible program when you close your account)

sacamano · 09-06-2018 11:30PM

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan - Narrated by him, Partridge.

verycool · 09-06-2018 11:35PM

oneilla wrote: »

The audio book to The Disaster Artist is quite good.

Gret Sestero, ("oh hi Mark!) reads the audiobook and he does the best impression of Wiseau I've ever heard. It's a great read / listen.

OP it all depends on what you're in to. I'm currently getting through The Expanse, but I'm in to that scifi stuff.

_Whimsical_ · 09-06-2018 11:48PM

It very much depends on your tastes really.

I listened to The Choice by Edith Eger this year and out of the hundreds I've listened to it was the best, both in terms of content and narration. It's 1/3rd Holocaust memoir and the author's story of going on afterward to become a psychologist working in the field of trauma along side Victor Frankl who wrote the very famous book Man's Search for Meaning. It was written when the author was 90 but the story is recalled with such vivid clarity and relayed with such emotion by the narrator that it feels as if you've traveled through this woman's life with her by the end. I'm still amazed that the author didn't narrate it. It's a real labour of love.

JohnnyFlash · 09-06-2018 11:56PM

sacamano wrote: »

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan - Narrated by him, Partridge.

This was one of the funniest things I’ve ever listened to.

The Martian was a cracking audiobook. They made it into a movie with that Matt Damon dude.

Birneybau · 10-06-2018 12:10AM

'Lincoln in The Bardo' has a top quality cast, more like a play than an audiobook:

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.wired.com/2017/02/george-saunders-bardo-white-house-audiobook/amp

greencap · 10-06-2018 01:57AM

Conservatory wrote: »

I’d love a good audio book but can’t figure out how to pirate them.

Mod-redacted
No illegal sh!t.

dr.fuzzenstein · 10-06-2018 06:14AM

I hear the Mr Bean audio books are extremely hilarious.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 10-06-2018 06:17AM

Permabear wrote: »

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Don't use headphones if you're going to do this. You need to make sure it's played loud enough for everyone around you to know to know how cultured you are by listening to a drunk's demented gibberish.

Zero Point · 10-06-2018 06:32AM

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Anything narrated by Ron Mc Larty is usually well narrated. Whether the book itself is any good will be a matter of opinion.

As is anything by Richard Burton. While he mostly recorded poetry and Shakespeare he also did a recording of Arabian nights. Might be worth listening to that alone just for the voice. Nothing sexier than the deep velvety tones of a man who knows how to speak properly and clearly.

Del.Monte · 10-06-2018 08:54AM

TomOnBoard wrote: »

No need to pirate anything. There's 000's of books available free of charge from sites like Librivox

Ah no, every book that I've tried on Librivox sounds likes it's being ready by a bot - maybe it's just my choice of books but I doubt it.

My recommendation for a summer listen would be "The Story of Lucy Gault" by William Trevor read by Connor Mullen - if you're into that sort of thing.

sinnie8 · 10-06-2018 08:57AM

sacamano wrote: »

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan - Narrated by him, Partridge.

Possibly the best audiobook i have listened to

_Brian · 10-06-2018 08:59AM

I listen to Allot of alien sci-fi.
Expeditionary force.
The fear saga
Undying mercenaries
These are all great multi book series.

The Martian (obviously no aliens)

I listen through Audible and it’s starting to get a bit expensive. I’d have to be careful or I’d have a 20hour read done in a week.

LibriVox stuff is all older classical stuff and the narration is brutal by times. It doesn’t work for me.

Mark Boyett is a wonderful narrator.

suicide_circus · 10-06-2018 09:04AM

TomOnBoard wrote: »

No need to pirate anything. There's 000's of books available free of charge from sites like Librivox

Yeah but the american narration is appalling particularly on books not written by americans

Tom Mann Centuria · 10-06-2018 09:05AM

Good way to use up three phone credit is buying overpriced audio books on Google play store.

Mickeroo · 10-06-2018 09:08AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

This was one of the funniest things I’ve ever listened to.

The Martian was a cracking audiobook. They made it into a movie with that Matt Damon dude.

The kindle book of The Martian is only 99p today, you can add the audio book for £3.99 if you buy the e book.

Listening to the second Alan partridge book, Nomad at the moment . It's hilarious.

Mrcaramelchoc · 10-06-2018 09:16AM

If you join audible you get a free book.
If its your cup of tea id recommend this.its a brilliant listen.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0781B6MZZ/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_E2nhBbPBZ0EF9