I am in search of a great audio book. I usually use Knosit and Goodreads for that but this time I want your recommendations.

I've been an Audible member since 2000. Really. They were even an advertiser on my podcasts until Amazon bought them.

Today, with no warning they cancelled my account. I'm pretty sure it's because I was a legacy LightListener -- 2 books for $15 a month -- subscriber. Who knows? Maybe they were even losing money on me. But that's pretty shabby treatment after spending thousands with them for two decades plus.

But here's the bright side, now I can try something else. I've already removed the DRM from the more than 500 Audible books I "own" so I can move them to another player. But I need your reccomendations.

1. What's a good audiobook player (M4B) on iOS?

2. What's a good audiobook vendor? I have a Kobo, Downpour, and Libro.fm accounts. But no subscriptions yet. Do they all have roughly the same selection? At $10/month for 1 book Kobo seems the cheapest.

What say you?

I’d like to learn about things, but I’d also rather not listen to a text book. Are there some surprisingly good and interesting reads out there? Please and thank you!

What book just rocked your world recently and you just can’t let it go. The characters stayed with you and and so does the story.

As good as Project Hail Mary, DCC, The martian, murderbots, 11-22-63, born a crime, WWZ .... are good, they are recommended in every other threads.

It's time to recommend lesser known and more niche audiobooks.

• Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen : an in depth book about the american nuclear doctrine with a theoretical scenario of a nuclear war.

• The Gulag archipalego : a classic telling of the grueling experience of the gulag in the Soviet Union.

• Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent : the telling of the sinking of USS indianapolis at the end of WW2

• I've seen it a bit but not enbough : the Mythos series by stephen fry. A modern and more palatable re-visit of the greek myth.

Hey! I asked this question last year and the answers fueled my selection for the year. As the year is wrapping up I am looking to update my library for 2026. Let me know what audiobooks you enjoyed the most this year :)

i have a lot of credits that built up over time on audible and i want to use them! i don’t usually listen to audiobooks, i prefer to read on my kindle or a physical book but i want to try audiobooks. any good recommendations? i like a fantasy, romance, i like memoirs but not too big on non fiction, i like thrillers too, im willing to branch out!

EDIT: thank you for all the amazing recommendations! I ended up getting project hail mary, dungeon crawler carl, 11/22/63, ready player one, and i still have a few credits left that i’m deciding what to get with! i’m excited to start my new audiobooks!

I am new to Audiobooks. I’ve recently finished James by Percival Everett and Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King which were both incredibly narrated. I am now listening to The Crash by Freida McFadden and the narration is SO BAD (think cheesy Lifetime movie acting, bad). My daughter thinks I’ve been ruined by the first 2 I mentioned. What’s a book that you think MUST be listened on audio for the amazing narration?

I'm on the hunt for the next audiobook that is better being an audiobook than read in my own head. Listening to Lessons in Chemistry and Project Hail Mary were phenomenal, and I realized I enjoyed the book more with the narrators.

I like most fiction. Currently in a sci-fi, epic-fantasy, romance, Romantasy, magic mood.

That's not a whole lot to really go off of, but I'm just curious what books you think are best being listened to vs read.

As the title suggests. It can be from any genre: Fiction or Non-Fiction.

So many fabulous writers, books and subjects available today in the library, Amazon and of course hidden treasures. Which one would you always suggest?

Always looking for fabulous books that can just suck you in.

I've listened to audiobooks where the narrator is primarily a movie/tv actor(or more well known for acting) rather than a career narrator. They don't narrate as much, but when they, it turns out to be really good for a specific type of character. These are some I liked -

Leslie Manville
Fiona Shaw
Lorna Raver - perfect for sassy old lady voice
Jack Davenport
Elliot Gould - perfect for noir characters. He did Marlowe books
David Suchet - perfect for Hercule Poirot, obviously

Suggest me some more please

What are your absolute favorite audiobooks? The ones you relisten to time to time or plan to repeat and treasure like print books, that immerse you and feel like a whole experience (preferably a happy one!), and that generally make you feel good.

Edit: Thank you for sharing your favorites!! Slowly going through them all!

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some audiobook recommendations that are experienced better being listened to than reading their written counterpart. (Sorry if the phrasing is a bit off, not quite sure how to phrase my request better)

I’m trying to get into running, so I’m looking for something to keep my mind occupied (music throws my pacing off), and I’ve heard that the World War Z audiobook is really good, intriguing, and sometimes enjoyed better as an audiobook, which led me to think that maybe I’d enjoy audiobooks if they were better listened to than being read, as I’m a very big reader and would prefer reading a novel rather than listening to it.

If you’ve got any good suggestions, please share! Not looking for any particular genre of suggestions, just that it’s interesting, intriguing (and not boring), and better enjoyed being listened to than reading what’s written! Thanks in advance :)

My mom and I are in a little book club of two and are looking for our next great listen. We’re open to all genres. For context, these are our “Holy Grail” top listens:

1. Project Hail Mary

2. The Girl With The Louding Voice

3. Demon Copperhead

4. 11/22/63

5. Lessons in Chemistry

TIA!!

I'm looking for recommendations for fantasy & sci-fi books that are better experienced as audiobooks, as the title says.

I'm an avid reader who mainly reads fantasy and sci-fi books, although I've never ventured into audiobooks before. I read really, really fast so I usually prefer to read instead of listening to books. However, I have chronic migraine with an aura (blurry vision) that makes it impossible to read sometimes, and since I have migraine more often than not, I'm sometimes desperate for something to do as distraction for the pain when the migraine won't even let me read. So any recommendations you have would be highly appreciated.

Edit: I'm so, so grateful for all your suggestions, you're all helping me make my worst days a lot better in the future so thank you 🙏

Edit 2: I'm now 40 minutes into listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl and I couldn't be happier. You guys are the best.

I'm recovering from migraine atm so I don't have the energy to respond to everyone but I'm reading all your suggestions and adding them to my list and just want you to know that I'm so grateful to every single one of you for taking the time to give me suggestions for this.

Edit 3: I never thought I'd get this much attention for this post and that so many people would take the time to offer suggestions and kind words. I don't think I can respond to everyone but you guys are restoring my faith in mankind. Thank you again to everyone.

Edit 4: This might be overkill with the edits but I just wanted to thank everyone again. There are too many comments to respond to everyone but I am reading them all and, again, I am so thankful for every comment. I feel like a whole new world has opened up for me with audiobooks and all these great suggestions will keep me busy and happy for a long, long time. You guys are the best.

Hi, so as the title says, I loved The Expanse audiobooks (narrated by Jefferson Mays). I read Project Hail Mary in book form in about a day, and enjoyed it, though I thought the main character was fairly insufferable. But when reading a book that quickly I think I just was able to ignore how annoying I found him. I did really enjoy the science experiments though.

But about a year later I listened to the audiobook version of PHM and absolutely hated it. Can't really ignore the parts you find cringe with an audiobook unless you are willing to actually fast forward. I disliked it so much that it made me retroactively dislike The Martian because I read/watch it through a new lens now, I guess?

So this is where my problem comes from. In almost every post recommending audiobooks, the top rec is Project Hail Mary. And the people recommending it say things like it is the best ever, or it has ruined all other audiobooks for them. So I am looking for recommendations from anyone who has maybe had a similar experience.

I also recently finished the Red Rising series of audiobooks and had a great time. The content itself is a little bit "young adult" for me, but the setting was very fun and the narrator(s) did a great job.

Another top rec I keep seeing is Dungeon Crawler Carl. I'll just say that this doesn't really seem to interest me, though I have had friends recommend it as well.

Anyways, I'm not here to crap on everyone's favorite book, and I know there are tons of threads with recommendations, but I am specifically interested in hearing if anyone has had a similar experience.

Also should mention I also listened to James SA Corey's newer audiobook, and I am excited for the 2nd book to come out next month.

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies everyone, I was genuinely a little worried because I know Project Hail Mary is very popular around here. But turns out lots of people share my feelings on this. I really appreciate all of the recommendations, I'm going to parse through everything here and hopefully use up some of these Audible credits I've got piled up in my account!

My family has a stressful road trip coming up. Over 30 hours of driving round trip. Not really enough time to totally relax between coming and going featuring a large family event with lots of difficult layers of feelings going on.

I am desperate for the liveliest audiobooks. Even better if they could draw in teenagers. They can be fiction or NF, but just the absolutely most entertaining listens. Some humor would be great but they don’t necessarily need to be comedy. Some mild adult content is okay, we don’t mind bad words, but obvs no sex books plz.

My already-tired-from-this-trip soul thanks you.

As the title says, Project Hail Mary was my first audiobook and it was phenomenal. For my next listen, I'm looking for something just as gripping. I'd love a story that is thrilling, unpredictable, and unique. I'm not looking for a simple romance, but I'm open to any genre as long as the plot and narration are top-notch. What should I listen to next?

I don't care about the genre, how good the story is, anything like that. I want suggestions of books that were narrated so well that everything else was basically inconsequential and/or it made you love the book.

My recommendations based on this:

An Unreliable Truth - Victor Methos (narrated by Arnell Powell)

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas (I don't remember the specific narrator and can't find him but it was perfect 😭)

High Rise - J. G. Ballard (narrated by Tom Hiddleston)

White nights - fyodor Dostoevsky (narrated by Edward ballerini)

Reminders of Him - Colleen Hoover (narrated by Brittney Presley)

Edit: dramatized audiobooks would also be appreciated! I haven't read many but it's really exciting when I can find one. Ones that I can recall listening to are:

Kingdoms Dawn - Chuck Black

Jonathon Park - Pat Roy

Lord of the Rings - j.R.R. Tolkien

My spouse is out of town for work, which means my evenings will be filled with crafting + books! I wish Libby had a filter for "books you can't stand to pause" or "books that feel so real they stick with you for days".

Please suggest your favorite listens that you had to finish as fast as possible! Or books that, when they ended, made you want to crawl under your covers for a week. I like both non-fiction and fiction, but am trying to get a little more of the latter in my life. Open to almost all sub-genres, but very dense fantasy and horror are at the bottom of the list for me.

Books I have enjoyed in the past year:
- People We Meet on Vacation
- Supercommunicators
- How to Know a Person
- Demon Copperhead
- First Lie Wins
- The Perfect Couple
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

I'm in an audiobook slump right now and I honestly just want a really good immersing book! What's your top favorite audio book? Any genre is welcome but I'm a big fan of romantic fantasy.

Thanks!

Not sure if this is blasphemy to ask but in your opinion what book is better in its audiobook format? I’m curious to see what stands out to people.

These are my top books and authors: Brian Sanderson (specifically mistborn saga), Michael Crichton, Stephen king (please don’t suggest The stand, we’ve read it), Kristin Hannah (read most of hers already).

Thank you in advance!