Question trigger- twitter thread #MyAudible2018<p>Edit:
In case of multiple versions, please mention the narrator's name. For example, I like Peter Yearsley's reading of Alice In Wonderland (https://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-3/) more than others. Or Karen Savage's reading of Pride And Prejudice. Or Stephen Fry's Harry Potter (although I did not really listen enough to Jim Dale's versions).<p>Strangely, when it comes to non-fiction books, I have been more of a reader than listener (so far).
I exclusively listen to The Great Courses courses on Audible. They're usually 20+ hours long, expensive but can be redeemed with a credit, and high quality.<p>They have everything - music (Greenberg's How to Listen to and Understand Music is a classic), history, literature, and even self help or improvement.<p>The Great Courses has its own subscription service which includes their video courses (many good ones on art history!), but it's a very amateur execution. The website and app are very poorly written, presented, and optimized.
Did NOT like: ‘Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People.’ I could not finish this audiobook. Super boring with obvious ideas and some ideas that I believe are not true. For example claiming to talk about somebody’s accent. I am an immigrant in US, this was always very offensive for me somebody points out my accent. I am not bothered by that anymore but it always makes me feel like I don’t belong when somebody points out my foreign accent. I would never recommend it as a conversation starter.<p>I recommend a book published this year: High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People, by Elad B. Gil
Oh man. So many.
Anything by Brandon Sanderson. Most of his stuff takes place in the same fantasy universe, and some of the series are starting to cross over. Stormlight Archives is the crown jewel. Edit: each series takes place on a different planet in the universe with a separate (well thought out) magic system. Different books in different series start to reveal the why's and how's and how it is all linked.<p>Enjoying the Expanse series right now by James Corey, sci-fi with us living on Mars and in the belt, when a dangerous alien self-replicating molecule shows up.<p>If science fiction is your thing, I can't recommend higher the Hyperion series.<p>Freedom and Deamon by Daniel Suarez were really fun, a muder mystery where the murderer is dead and uses an advanced AI to do his dealings.<p>The Martian was fun, if a little shorter than I typically like. Better than the movie, as nearly always.<p>I could go on. Gaah! So fun!<p>Edit: usually not a history person, but also really enjoyed The Right Stuff read by Dennis Quaid. The start of the space program.
Harry Potter. Stephen Fry reads it magnificently.<p>I'm listening in half-hour increments when driving, currently at the beginning of Half-Blood Prince, and there are still many, many hours to come.
I really loved the Pale blue dot by Carl Sagan. His voice is soo smooth and relaxing that sometimes I just hear it for his voice even though the content is nothing less than amazing.<p>P.S. Unfortunately Sagan died before the book recording could be completed so some chapters are in a different voice. Still, listening to it is real zen like. Here is a sample[1]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g</a>
I spent a lot more time this year listening to audiobooks than music. Most of it was Will Durant's history audiobooks from Audible[1]. Highly recommended.<p>[1] - <a href="https://www.audible.com/series?asin=B00G2H1JW8&ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_4_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=E63C9TDDKBNR976RG680&" rel="nofollow">https://www.audible.com/series?asin=B00G2H1JW8&ref=a_search_...</a>
“Design Is a Job” by Mike Monteiro.<p>“Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover.<p>The audiobook version of “The Martian” by Andy Weir is also great.<p>I also listen to a number of audiobooks about self-compassion and positive parenting.