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Fiction audiobooks you've enjoyed? (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I listened to the extended version of the stand.

It was 48 hours long and has a diatribe about people complaining about him being verbose.

Excellent storyteller, but he is long winded.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it really didn't make the ending any better.. I didn't feel rewarded after that slog. Personal victory maybe?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah... Me neither.

I like audio books because they are slower than I read, which is more peaceful. I read words all day. I'm just done with that in my personal time, aside from the fact that I can listen to books when doing other things.