Audiobook Suggestions?

[tuckervet]

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I'll be driving from CA to KS in August, and not taking a very direct route, so I'm looking for a few recommendations for books on tape.
Just looking for things that you've enjoyed, can be about vet med, or historical fiction,drama, mystery, whatever.
Thanks!

 

[MarxistPreVet]

I just finished A Plague of Doves on audio CD by Louise Erdrich, one of my favorite authors. She writes fiction about modern Native American families, with historical elements. Plague is a murder whodunit wrapped up in many interlinked stories about the Native families of a Canadian reservation.

I can't make it sound very interesting, but I was enthralled the entire time. The characters are each SO well written. I actually missed my exit off the highway more than once, and sat through a green light, because I was so into the story.

 

[abbercadaver]

The audiobooks of Harry Potter are so super awesome. Jim Dale and Stephen Fry are both good narrators. 🙂 I listen to these as I do housework. Of course, I could never get tired of these books...so if you're looking for new ones (as I'm sure everyone has read HP)...I don't really have a suggestion, other than find a narrator you like and then find books read by them!

Listen to snippets of each to find your preference. 🙂

Here's the final scene in book 7 as read by each.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJobfh62WAo

 

[wildcatj]

The His Dark Materials series (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman are all really really awesome on tape. They actually have voice actors so it makes them SUPER cool. I'd highly recommend them.

 

[nichocj]

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon is a great book to read and listen too! It's historical fiction (set in Scotland in 1740). There is a whole series, but this is the first book. It's long, so it's great for a big trip!

 

[cs5910]

The audiobooks of Harry Potter are so super awesome. Jim Dale and Stephen Fry are both good narrators. 🙂 I listen to these as I do housework. Of course, I could never get tired of these books...so if you're looking for new ones (as I'm sure everyone has read HP)...I don't really have a suggestion, other than find a narrator you like and then find books read by them!

Listen to snippets of each to find your preference. 🙂

Here's the final scene in book 7 as read by each.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJobfh62WAo

Do the narrators have british accents for the Harry Potter audiotapes??

 

[abbercadaver]

Do the narrators have british accents for the Harry Potter audiotapes??

Yep. They are both British. 🙂 Just click on that youtube link I posted, and you'll hear.

 

[BlackDog17]

I listened to Angels and Demons by Dan Brown on a car trip once and time just flew because I was so engrossed in it. I also really like listening to the Spencer Quinn novels - Dog on It, The Dog Who Knew Too Much, A Fistful of Collars, etc - which are a series of mysteries about a private investigator, narrated by his dog. 😀

 

[MarxistPreVet]

The His Dark Materials series (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman are all really really awesome on tape. They actually have voice actors so it makes them SUPER cool. I'd highly recommend them.

Ooh, I've also listened to these and found the voice acting SUPERB. It was seriously SO NICE that each character got his/her own voice actor (all with authentic British accents, too)!

 

[tuckervet]

Thank you so much guys!! These all sound great!
I am definitly going to get the His Dark Materials series...I love the idea of voice actors because I generally get distracted by how silly the narrator sounds trying to do female, male, adult and child voices.
I'll get some of the others too, and safe this list for future reference.

 

[CalliopeDVM]

I adore audiobooks and listen to several a month......I have an Audible.com account and listen to them from my smartphone through the speakers in the car.

The Longmire series is one of my favourites so far - mysteries centered around a small town Wyoming sheriff. The narrator is very, very good. Also great have been The Orphan Master's Son (also excellent narration to go with the excellent writing) and 14 (never read a book by Peter Clines before, but it was great). If you like sci-fi, I highly recommend The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, read by Lloyd James - his narration added something to the book I know I would not have gotten had I read it. Also good was Ann Leary's The Good House and Bram Stoker's Dracula. I'm a big Oscar Wilde fan and also loved The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is not a horror story like you might think.

 

[dalmatiandoc17]

My favorite audiobook is The Fault in Our Stars. There is a version that has a professional narrator (which I'm sure is still good), but the author, John Green, actually has a version out where he is narrating (http://dftba.com/product/164/The-Fault-in-Our-Stars-Audibook-Box-Set-2nd-Edition).