Suggestions for good audiobooks

[Leros]

I tried the Audible free trial a few years. I got the Hobbit and it just sucked. I think it was just a bad reader.

I'm making a 2400 mile drive next week and need something to entertain me. Any suggestions?

 

[pcgeek11]

I tried the Audible free trial a few years. I got the Hobbit and it just sucked. I think it was just a bad reader.

I'm making a 2400 mile drive next week and need something to entertain me. Any suggestions?

I recently enjoyed Lucifers Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and The Dome by Stephen King.

 

[rockyct]

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

 

[Yeem]

I enjoyed listening to Stephen King shorts in audio book format. Although for a 2400 mile drive you probably want something longer.

 

[totalnoob]

The last 2 Harry Potter books are excellent..seriously. Make sure you get the Jim Dale version. He does the voices perfectly.

 

[caddlad]

Stacy Keach reading Winner Takes Nothing.

A Farewell to Arms or Campbell Scott's reading of For Whom the Bell Tolls are both excellent.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, you'll love it.

 

[guyver01]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

 

[McCarthy]

Atlas Shrugged

And for the last 400 miles

Devil in the White City

 

[totalnoob]

Atlas Shrugged

seconded

 

[KeithTalent]

World War Z is good, it has various famous people doing the different parts. It's kind of like listening to a movie.

I have The Road, but have yet to listen to it.

KT

 

[Yeem]

World War Z is good

Yes!

 

[robphelan]

i listened to several star wars audio books - it's hard to keep all the alien names associated with the characters... but they were pretty good

 

[Possessed Freak]

I tried the Audible free trial a few years. I got the Hobbit and it just sucked. I think it was just a bad reader.

I'm making a 2400 mile drive next week and need something to entertain me. Any suggestions?

The Mind's Eye version of The Hobbit and LotR was excellent.

 

[Gibsons]

Robert McCammon's boy's life, narrated by Richard Thomas. Needs to be heard in the dark.

 

[rockyct]

Robert McCammon's boy's life, narrated by Richard Thomas. Needs to be heard in the dark.

I don't see that on Audible.

 

[cthulhu]

In addition to some of the other audio books already mentioned:
barry sadler: casca the eternal mercenary (the 22 books by the original author)
david weber and john ringo: empire of man - 4 books
jim butcher: dresden files - several books
neil gaiman: neverwhere
ben moor: undone - 3 series
william hodgson: house on the borderland
richard poe: brief history of the dead
james axler: deathlands - graphic audio production versions - 80+ books
pride and prejudice and zombies
mike resnick: starship series - 5 books
robert rankin: brightonomicon, knees up mother earth, the antipope, web site story
z.a. recht: morningstar strain(or plague of the dead) & thunder and ashes
jack mcdevitt: time travelers never die, the alex benedict series (not sure which ones are on audio book format)
elizabeth moon: the vatta war series

 

[dr150]

Star Wars as read by Chewbacca is particularly good. :thumbsup:

 

[nageov3t]

it's not an audio book, but no joke, The History of Rome podcast is the most interesting and engrossing thing I've ever listened to.

I'd recommend it for a roadtrip in a heartbeat... episodes 1-90 are all available for free off of itunes I think and they're each 20-40 minutes long.

MP3's are also available for download off its website: http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2008/11/index.html

 

[eits]

The last 2 Harry Potter books are excellent..seriously. Make sure you get the Jim Dale version. He does the voices perfectly.

ugh, no way. jim dale = horrible.

make sure you get the stephen fry version. WAY better.

 

[misle]

I recently enjoyed Lucifers Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and The Dome by Stephen King.

Who reads your Lucifer's Hammer audio book? The version I have has the absolutely worst audio book reader I've ever heard.

I'd recommend Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Great book, very funny, and the guy who reads it does an awesome job.

 

[misle]

Atlas Shrugged

And for the last 400 miles

Devil in the White City

The Atlas Shrugged audio book I have is 56 hours. Took me over a month to listen to it, but it is a good book. It should have you covered for the trip out and back.

 

[Jeff7]

2400 miles? Oy geez.

I'd probably want to bring along a therapist to ensure that I wouldn't go utterly insane after the first day or two.

 

[Leros]

2400 miles? Oy geez.

I'd probably want to bring along a therapist to ensure that I wouldn't go utterly insane after the first day or two.

I'm thinking 600 miles a day for 4 days should be nice and relaxing.

I'm pretty comfortable driving long distances. I've been driving 400 miles each way to visit my girlfriend every 3-4 weeks for the past few years. After finishing up the 400 miles, I still feel like I could easily do another 200.

I usually listen to podcasts to keep my mind busy, but I don't think I have enough podcasts to keep me going for 2400 miles, hence the need for audiobooks.

 

[nageov3t]

I'm thinking 600 miles a day for 4 days should be nice and relaxing.

I'm pretty comfortable driving long distances. I've been driving 400 miles each way to visit my girlfriend every 3-4 weeks for the past few years. After finishing up the 400 miles, I still feel like I could easily do another 200.

I usually listen to podcasts to keep my mind busy, but I don't think I have enough podcasts to keep me going for 2400 miles, hence the need for audiobooks.

History of Rome has like 50 hours up for downloading