Hello all, I need any and all audiobook suggestions.

 

I am going on a 36 hr drive and I need something to listen to. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to list them.

 

Genre and length don't matter!

 

Last time, I listened to Game of Thrones. It wasn't so bad, but I think I want to take a new direction.

 

If I can't find anything interesting, I'll just buy a Wheel of Time book. I was leaning toward KoD, SR, TDR, TGE, and tEotW in that order.

 

I saw the following:

 

The Measure of the Magic: Legends of Shannara

The Name of the Wind

Wizards first rule

 

My main interests are: Fantasy(duh), religion (evidence and arguments for and against), and politics

 

any thoughts?

Edited September 4, 201114 yr by MauricXe

gaiman, start with the graveyard book, then anything else he has done. pratchett also. but the graveyard book is in my opinion the best audiobook ever made.

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan looks good. The Last Werewolf

 

I've been wanting to get it but i haven't yet. Let me know if you do!

The Dark Worlds of HP Lovecraft, read by Wayne June.

 

 

Cosmic horror - read by a the perfect voice for horror stories.

 

 

Pure gold.

It may not be your cup of tea thematically, but the Black Library (warhammer/warhammer 40k) audio books and audio dramas are really good quality.

For whom the bells tolls, or any Hemingway really, does well as audio books.

 

Stephen King is good for audio books too, It or Salem's Lot perhaps.

 

The Cuckoo´s Nest.

 

Blood Meridian or No Country For Old Men by McCarthy.

 

I would personally recommend against Pratchett, as I don't really enjoy satirical books as audio books. Books like The Master and Margarita and Catch 22 works much better in paper imo.

thanks all i will take a look

I took a look at the suggestions. I am leaning toward "It" despite it being super long haha

Well 'It' led me to another Stephen King novel "The Shining"

 

Looks like im getting:

 

Blood Meridian + The Shining

Edited September 6, 201114 yr by MauricXe

for Stephen King, i'd perosnally go for either Geralds Game or Nightmares & Dreamscapes. their short stories, but great reads!

 

 

for WoT, personally i can't do the audio books. the people reading them ... i just can't do it.

 

 

now if you can do Young Adult literature, i'd highly recomend Harry Potter. Jim Dale does wonderful in his reading of this story and dispite the amount of characters and only one reader, i've listened to the series more than i've read it (which is alot given my love for this particular series)

 

another is Narnia, it's produced by radio Classic Theater, so theres a full cast of characters and background music even. this makes it very enjoyable and very easy to picture it. again, i've listened to this series multiple times because it's so enjoyable.

 

these two series, while written for kids are enjoyable to read and listen too as adults because of the adult themes running in them.

 

 

for a change from Fantasy genre, i'd suggest "Empire" and "Hidden Empire" by Orson Scott Card. the audio book version of this is great and the reader is wonderful as well; the story is epic imo, and the characters are very enjoyable. now with these, you might want to read the snopsis first, because depending on your political preferance (liberal or conserviative) you might not find the book enjoyable, it has major conservative leanings.

thanks for the advice I will take a look

so im back from my trip.

 

The Shinning was good.

 

Blood Meridian was okay.

 

 

thanks all!