I have an 8 hour-drive tomorrow and need a captivating audiobook! I love memoirs and GOOD fiction that’s not “chick lit.” Send me your favs!
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I don’t know your political affiliations, but I loved listening to Michelle Obama’s book. Hearing her talk about her childhood and experiences was really fascinating. It’s quite long so it might just cover your drive - I didnt want it to end!
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I loved bryon Cranston’s autobiography. He reads it myself and it is really good. I listened to it for free on the hoopla library app.
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I just finished Longbourn (Pride & Prejudice from the servant's point of view). I also loved "A Man Called Ove." "I capture the castle" is simply delightful. I listened to it twice.
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Amy Poehler’s book, or The Martian - even if you’ve read it the audiobook is great.
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I highly recommend “Daisy Jones and the Six”. It’s a fictional account of a 70s Rock band that breaks up when they are at the height of the popularity. The premise is a writer is interviewing the band members and other people close to the band 40 years later.
What makes this audiobook stand out is the narration. The narration is done by a full cast (15 people) which helps separate the perspectives of each person.
Reese Witherspoon has optioned the rights and is turning this into a series (like Big Little Lies)!
I read a lot (mainly via audiobooks) and this is a standout!
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The Century Trilogy by Ken Follet, read by John Lee. Book 1 is Fall of Giants.
This is the best book, I've recomeneded it to everyone and everyone from my brother to my grandmother read and loved it. On Audible, make sure you get it read by John Lee. He is by far the best narrator EVER.
Please Please Please read this series!!
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I love audiobooks! I second Michelle Obama's memoir. I also really liked the narrator for The Nix by Nathan Hill. It is long (21+ hours), but I really enjoyed it. There are multiple characters and he does a voice for each one. Usually, I hate when a narrator overdoes this, but I thought he was excellent. Sometimes it gets annoying, but that's actually good because it fits the character.
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I thought the crazy rich Asians trilogy was hilarious. There’s a little bit of a romance story in the first one but I wouldn’t call it chick lit. And the narrators are so good.
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Educated by Tara Westover if you haven’t listened yet!
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“Lincoln in the Bardo” is great as an audiobook!
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Where the Crawdads Sing was awesome.
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@kce56: ok! I just downloaded it! @oldschooolmama: oh! I had idea he even had one. I will definitely add it to my audible list
@erinbaderin: I’ve already listened to The Martian and loved it!
@poppygirl15: ohhh! Those sound interesting!
@jennlin821: ok! I will!
@TemperanceBrennan: great! I love all of these ideas! I’ve downloaded Michelle Obama for tomorrow and will also check out The Nix.@ShootingStar: ok! I recently watched the movie- so cute
@Jennibenni: I have it but haven’t listened yet! I started it and found it a little slow, but have heard so many great things about it, so I think I’ll give it another shot.
@mamabolt: ok! Hadn’t heard of it! @Grace: I’ll look that up right now!Thanks everyone!
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Letters from Skye was my first audiobook and got me hooked!
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I just finished Hello Lovelies, which is an Audible original and it’s all about motherhood and Mommy blogs and it’s very breezy but also unapologetically feminist and the narration is delightful.
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@jennlin821: I just started this on kindle and I’m totally sucked in! Now I just have to keep myself from reading too late at night ...
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@bhbee: Seriously!! The trilogy is awesome. Its written to so well and so entertaining.
I learned so much living though these character and it has political lessons that seriously resonate in today's politics.Share with everyone you know. I literally listen to my audiobooks 1-2x per year (the narration is the best I've ever heard) and they never get old!
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