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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[-] ianovic69@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

The only Roger Zelazny book I've ever read was Lord of Light.

It's the only book I've ever read that I could not get into at first, or second attempt, but still had a third go and was not only able to go on, but ended up deciding it was one of the most enjoyable books I've read. Not one of the best, but just great fun to read.

Anyone interested can glean some insight from this short Guardian piece.

But I do recommend just diving in, it's well worth it. Eventually.

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