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Fiction audiobooks you've enjoyed? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking for easy-to-listen-to fiction audiobooks. Something I can tune in while doing other stuff without getting distracted.

I find some authors have styles that are a bit more sophisticated than others. The more thought-provoking, the more difficult I find to enjoy an audiobook while doing something else. I catch myself stopping whatever I'm doing to pay attention to the book, which is not what I want.

So for example I've found The Witcher books very easy to listen to, it wouldn't matter if I missed a few seconds and I never found myself stopping to ponder about the text itself. The narrator was great too. Also bonus points as it was a long saga of books.

In contrast I would never want to listen to a Terry Pratchett book while doing something else. He's probably my favourite English author but I find he's too much of a genius, and my poor brain wouldn't be able to digest it all if I'm not giving it my attention 100%.

I hope this makes sense?

How's your experience with audiobooks?

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[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This one is more niche but it's among my favourite audiobooks for both great writing and a stellar vocal performance.

I highly recommend the Eisenhorn trilogy by Dan Abnett and performed by Toby Longsworth. Or if you want to dip your toes then try the first one Xenos.

It's set in the Warhammer 40K universe but you don't need to know much lore to get into it. The trilogy is a pretty good primer into 40K.

[–] xfc@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished the third book last week and really enjoyed them. The narration was superb also.