[Audio book General]

[Galeigh 308]

I subbed to Audible a while ago and it's sold me on audio books in general, especially at work.

 

my recommendations:

 

Dreadnought

Sovereign (part 2 of the dreadnought series)

Breaking character

Chasing Stars

 

any other recommendations from y'all?

[h2ojunkie 96]

I have pretty much listened to all of these on audio books, maybe a couple like The Wheel Of Time that I read the books though. The whole list is in the spoiler, but here are a couple links to a couple on goodreads. I may or may not still have a copy of all the audio books still.

 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/119164.Andrew_Rowe (Weapons and Wielders Series, The War of Broken Mirrors Series, Arcane Ascension Series)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/38550.Brandon_Sanderson?utf8=?&sort=popularity (Mistborn Series, The Stormlight Archive Series, The Reckoners Series)

https://www.goodreads.com/series/185650-expeditionary-force

https://www.goodreads.com/series/291662-lightbringer

https://www.goodreads.com/series/45765-night-angel

https://www.goodreads.com/series/43644-the-first-law

https://www.goodreads.com/series/117100-red-rising-saga

https://www.goodreads.com/series/131379-magic-2-0

https://www.goodreads.com/series/192821-cradle

 

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Title	Author
Weight of the Crown (Benjamin Ashwood #6)	A.C. Cobble
Burning Tower (Benjamin Ashwood #5)	A.C. Cobble
Empty Horizon (Benjamin Ashwood #4)	A.C. Cobble
Dark Territory (Benjamin Ashwood #3)	A.C. Cobble
Endless Flight (Benjamin Ashwood #2)	A.C. Cobble
Benjamin Ashwood (Benjamin Ashwood #1)	A.C. Cobble
Defying Destiny (The War Of Broken Mirrors #3)	Andrew Rowe
Six Sacred Swords (Weapons and Wielders, #1)	Andrew Rowe
On the Shoulders of Titans (Arcane Ascension, #2)	Andrew Rowe
Stealing Sorcery (The War of Broken Mirrors, #2)	Andrew Rowe
Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors, #1)	Andrew Rowe
Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)	Andrew Rowe
Defying Destiny (The War of Broken Mirrors, #3)	Andrew Rowe
The Dao of Magic #1	Andries Louws
The Dao of Magic #2	Andries Louws
Starsight (Skyward, #2)	Brandon Sanderson
Skyward (Skyward, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
Elantris (Elantris, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
The Rithmatist (The Rithmatist, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
Calamity (Reckoners, #3)	Brandon Sanderson
Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)	Brandon Sanderson
Steelheart (Reckoners, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)	Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)	Brandon Sanderson
The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)	Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)	Brandon Sanderson
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4)	Brandon Sanderson
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)	Brandon Sanderson
Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)	Brandon Sanderson
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)	Brandon Sanderson
Mitosis (The Reckoners, #1.5)	Brandon Sanderson
The Burning White (Lightbringer, #5)	Brent Weeks
Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel, #3)	Brent Weeks
Shadow's Edge (Night Angel, #2)	Brent Weeks
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)	Brent Weeks
The Blood Mirror (Lightbringer, #4)	Brent Weeks
The Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3)	Brent Weeks
The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2)	Brent Weeks
The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)	Brent Weeks
Gunner's Apprentice (Lightbringer, #2.5)	Brent Weeks
Critical Mass (Expeditionary Force, #10)	Craig Alanson
Valkyrie (Expeditionary Force Book 9)	Craig Alanson
Armageddon (Expeditionary Force)	Craig Alanson
Homefront (Expeditionary Force, #7.5)	Craig Alanson
Renegades (Expeditionary Force, #7)	Craig Alanson
Mavericks (Expeditionary Force, #6)	Craig Alanson
Zero Hour (Expeditionary Force, #5)	Craig Alanson
Black Ops (Expeditionary Force, #4)	Craig Alanson
Trouble on Paradise (Expeditionary Force, #3.5)	Craig Alanson
Paradise (Expeditionary Force, #3)	Craig Alanson
SpecOps (Expeditionary Force, #2)	Craig Alanson
Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)	Craig Alanson
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)	Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)	Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)	Douglas Adams
The Spear of Stars (The Cycle of Galand #5)	Edward W. Robertson
The Light of Life (The Cycle of Galand #4)	Edward W. Robertson
The Silver Thief (The Cycle of Galand #2)	Edward W. Robertson
The White Tree (The Cycle of Arawn #1)	Edward W. Robertson
The Black Star (The Cycle of Arawn #3)	Edward W. Robertson
The Red Sea (The Cycle of Galand #1)	Edward W. Robertson
The Great Rift (The Cycle of Arawn #2)	Edward W. Robertson
The Wound of the World (The Cycle of Galand #3)	Edward W. Robertson
Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles #3)	Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)	Frank Herbert
Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)	Frank Herbert
Goldenhand (Abhorsen, #5)	Garth Nix
Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)	Garth Nix
Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)	Garth Nix
Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)	Garth Nix
Sabriel (Abhorsen,  #1)	Garth Nix
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)	George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)	George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)	George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)	George R.R. Martin
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)	George R.R. Martin
The Wrath of the Great Guilds (The Pillars of Reality, #6)	Jack Campbell
The Servants Of The Storm (The Pillars of Reality, #5)	Jack Campbell
The Pirates of Pacta Servanda (The Pillars of Reality, #4)	Jack Campbell
The Assassins of Altis (The Pillars of Reality, #3)	Jack Campbell
The Hidden Masters of Marandur (The Pillars of Reality, #2)	Jack Campbell
The Dragons of Dorcastle (The Pillars of Reality, #1)	Jack Campbell
The Lore of the Evermen (Evermen Saga, #4)	James   Maxwell
The Path of the Storm (Evermen Saga, #3)	James   Maxwell
The Hidden Relic (Evermen Saga, #2)	James   Maxwell
Enchantress (Evermen Saga, #1)	James   Maxwell
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)	James Dashner
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)	James Dashner
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)	James Dashner
The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)	James Islington
The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)	James Islington
An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)	James Islington
Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)	Joe Abercrombie
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)	Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself (The First Law Trilogy Book 1)	Joe Abercrombie
Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)	Larry Niven
The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld, #2)	Larry Niven
The Ringworld Throne (Ringworld, #3)	Larry Niven
Sorcery of Thorns	Margaret  Rogerson
Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3)	Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)	Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)	Orson Scott Card
Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)	Orson Scott Card
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)	Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)	Patrick Rothfuss
The Core (The Demon Cycle, #5)	Peter V. Brett
The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle, #4)	Peter V. Brett
Messenger’s Legacy (The Demon Cycle, #3.5)	Peter V. Brett
The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3)	Peter V. Brett
The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle, #2)	Peter V. Brett
Brayan's Gold (Demon Cycle, #1.5)	Peter V. Brett
The Great Bazaar and Other Stories (Demon Cycle, #1.6)	Peter V. Brett
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1)	Peter V. Brett
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)	Pierce Brown
Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)	Pierce Brown
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)	Pierce Brown
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)	Pierce Brown
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)	Pierce Brown
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)	R.F. Kuang
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)	R.F. Kuang
Smoke and Iron (The Great Library, #4)	Rachel Caine
Ash and Quill (The Great Library #3)	Rachel Caine
Paper and Fire (The Great Library, #2)	Rachel Caine
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)	Rachel Caine
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)	Rick Riordan
Shorefall (Founders, #2)	Robert Jackson Bennett
Shorefall (Founders, #2)	Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Miracles (The Divine Cities, #3)	Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)	Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)	Robert Jackson Bennett
Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy #1)	Robert Jackson Bennett
Warrior of the Altaii	Robert Jordan
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)	Robert Jordan
The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)	Robert Jordan
Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13)	Robert Jordan
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)	Robert Jordan
A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time, #14)	Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)	Robert Jordan
Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)	Robert Jordan
A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)	Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)	Robert Jordan
The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)	Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)	Robert Jordan
Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)	Robert Jordan
Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)	Robert Jordan
The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)	Robert Jordan
New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)	Robert Jordan
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)	Robert L. Forward
Magic for Liars	Sarah Gailey
Magic for Liars	Sarah Gailey
Out of Spite, Out of Mind (Magic 2.0 #5)	Scott  Meyer
Fight and Flight (Magic 2.0, #4)	Scott  Meyer
An Unwelcome Quest (Magic 2.0, #3)	Scott  Meyer
Spell or High Water (Magic 2.0, #2)	Scott  Meyer
Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0, #1)	Scott  Meyer
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)	Scott Lynch
The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)	Tad Williams
River of Blue Fire (Otherland, #2)	Tad Williams
Mountain of Black Glass (Otherland, #3)	Tad Williams
City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)	Tad Williams
Sea of Silver Light (Otherland, #4)	Tad Williams
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)	Terry Pratchett
Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)	Terry Pratchett
Small Gods (Discworld, #13)	Terry Pratchett
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)	Terry Pratchett
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)	Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1)	Terry Pratchett
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch	Terry Pratchett
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1)	Ursula K. Le Guin
Uncrowned (Cradle, #7)	Will Wight
City of Light (Traveler's Gate, #3)	Will Wight
The Crimson Vault (Traveler's Gate, #2)	Will Wight
House of Blades (Traveler's Gate, #1)	Will Wight
Underlord (Cradle, #6)	Will Wight
Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)	Will Wight
Skysworn (Cradle, #4)	Will Wight
Blackflame (Cradle, #3)	Will Wight
Soulsmith (Cradle, #2)	Will Wight
Unsouled (Cradle, #1)	Will Wight

 

[Anelle 794]

• World War Z. Read with a full cast and it's so well done! (for anyone who just knows the movie and not the book, the book is done in the style of several interviews with people around the world sharing their experiences during a global zombie outbreak.)
• The Kingkiller Chronicle books were great to listen to, now if we could only get the third one completed and published so it can be complete....
• Both the US and UK versions of the Harry Potter series are fun listens in their own regard. Jim Dale puts a lot of effort into the US version and UK version is Stephen Fry and is just magical. buuuuuuuuuuut fuck JK Rowling so maybe pirate those if you wanna listen.

[h2ojunkie 96]

  On 10/14/2020 at 6:12 PM, Anelle said:

• World War Z. Read with a full cast and it's so well done! (for anyone who just knows the movie and not the book, the book is done in the style of several interviews with people around the world sharing their experiences during a global zombie outbreak.)
• The Kingkiller Chronicle books were great to listen to, now if we could only get the third one completed and published so it can be complete....
• Both the US and UK versions of the Harry Potter series are fun listens in their own regard. Jim Dale puts a lot of effort into the US version and UK version is Stephen Fry and is just magical. buuuuuuuuuuut fuck JK Rowling so maybe pirate those if you wanna listen.

King killer is great except for the distinct lack of third book. The second one was published almost 10 years ago...

[Mera'din 308]

I finally bit the bullet on Audible a couple years ago. Have been doing audio books for a while longer than that but the convenience of audible and their selection of free stuff (especially now) was too good to pass up on

 

Red Rising (and the rest of the series) by Pierce Brown. Probably my favorite books of all time at this point, and the narrator is ridiculously good. I never tire of listening to them and each time a new book comes out I usually end up listening to the entire series again.

The narrator is so good that I've actually sought out other books specifically because he reads them, which led me to the Riyria books by Michael J. Sullivan, also fantastic so far. For the latter, there are two short stories that are free on Audible if you want to get a taste of the writing/narration style therein. They are titled "The Jester" and "Professional Integrity" and are pretty good standalone stories that don't require you to know the characters.

 

I also second h2o's recommendation of Brandon Sanderson. He's one of my favorite authors and almost all of his books are a shared universe with an interesting backdrop. Especially if you go for a "more bang for your buck" approach like I do and try to get the most time out of your credits, his Stormlight Archive series books tend to time in at 45+ hours each and the next one comes out next month I believe.

 

If you enjoy the "full cast" approach, they just recently did an audio drama version of 'The Sandman' by Neil Gaiman that I really enjoyed. Dream is played by James McAvoy and did an amazing job of it. The 'Locke & Key' audio drama is also very good.

 

Other's that I found really enjoyable:

'The Rook' by Daniel O'Malley, 'A City Dreaming' by Daniel Polansky and 'Differently Morphous' by Yahtzee Croshaw (of Zero Punctuation fame, it's also read by him which was part of the draw for me). All of these are "Urban Fantasy" style books (magic/supernatural/fantasy elements in modern setting) and are relatively humorous/sardonic and are wonderful reads. If you've had the misfortune of seeing the TV show they did based on 'The Rook', please don't let it put you off of the book. That thing was a travesty and not a day goes by that I'm not still mad about how bad they ruined that story.  

 

'The Traitor Baru Cormorant' by Seth Dickinson

This one is more of a period fantasy (or "hard fantasy" as I've seen it described) dealing with colonialism and imperialism, but gets super interesting and has a lot of (for lack of a better descriptor) Death Note-like mind games played out on a national scale. There are two sequels (the 2nd of which just came out last month) that are also good, but are not nearly as stand out as the first and change the tone up a bit and bring magic into it.

 

Audible is currently doing a sale too for Prime Day (so only goes through the rest of today) with a bunch of titles going for $6. I mention this, because Red Rising is on there and it is WELL worth that price if you don't want to use/don't have any credits available at the moment. Differently Morphous is also on there I believe if you're looking for something a little lighter.

[h2ojunkie 96]

I crushed all 10 of these audiobooks in just over a month. They are great. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57189884-he-who-fights-with-monsters

 

[Revolver 27]

I think anything that has solid reviews or you get recommendations on would be good on audio as is in print.

 

As for recommendations Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy is really good and feels a bit different from other high fantasy. There are a bunch of books past that trilogy too. N.K. Jemesin’s Broken Earth is good and unique too.

 

The Princess and the Goblin is a fun short one. One of the books that inspired Tolkien. It’s pretty cheap to buy outright from what I remember.