I've somewhat recently become addicted to audiobooks. Every time I'm in my car or doing something mindless I put on an audiobook. I had a good stretch of one book I liked after another but now am looking to dig a little deeper. The books I've listened to so far were all books that I kept seeing being recommended over and over again.

Dungeon Crawler Carl Expeditionary Force Bobiverse Project Hail Mary The Martian The Expanse The Children of Time The Silo series Murderbot

Am I missing anything that gets consistently recommended?

What would you recommend that would fit with that list?

Other books I've tried but didn't love

Three body problem The Witcher books Wheel of Time

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Narrators make the difference. Some authors try to narrate their own books and while good authors, are often bad narrators. Find a narrator you like, and see what else they’ve worked on.

That said, comedians usually do a good job of narrating their own books, and often ad lib or throw in extra side stories that aren’t in the print edition.

If you like classic sci fi, I recommend “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Heinlein, narrated by Lloyd James. It’s a classic, and the narrator does a fine job.

Artemis by the guy that wrote The Martian was fun and well narrated. I can visualize it as a streaming tv show.

The Murderbot books are also narrated well, and an interesting listen. I enjoyed them more than the tv series.