Just saw that Spotify premium now includes free 15 hours a month of audio books. Please help me try to like audio books

[Anonymous]

Their catalogue looks full, open to any suggestions. I've never really tried audio books. Really like the visual look and feel of books and reading that way but like the idea of something besides music when I'm out walking. Will mostly be sticking with physical copy books though.

Please recommend audio books you love! I tried the sample of Rebel Wilson's and Jeanette McCurdy's memoir but it just sounds odd to me, like it's supposed to be conversation but it's not, it's like the authors dull their own stories down in this format 🤷‍♀️

Tried The Lord of the Rings book one next. Liked it better but notice that I space it out a little. Maybe I'm just not the best at auditory processing (always tried/try to write everything someone says to me that matters at school work etc). But if you have audio books that you loved and that really turned you on to audio books, please recommend!

[Anonymous]

- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
- Tom Lake- read by Meryl Streep
- Daisy Jones and the Six

These are all book with excellent and interesting narration that I likely would not have liked just reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
- Tom Lake- read by Meryl Streep
- Daisy Jones and the Six

These are all book with excellent and interesting narration that I likely would not have liked just reading.

Excellent, thanks! I've really wanted to read Daisy Jones but when I flip through it in stores, it just doesn't appeal as a good read, so I'll try that one first.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 books going simultaneously. One in book form and another on audio for when I am walking and when in the car alone.

[Anonymous]

15 hours is not a lot of time. If you wind up enjoying audiobooks, you'll want to use Libby + a library card to access way more.

[Anonymous]

I can't do audio books. I fall asleep within minutes.

[Anonymous]

Try something you know you like. For example, if you watch Bosch on Prime, listen to the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if audiobooks that are a collection of short stories might be a better fit for you. If you are used to listening to music while you walk, well songs have a beginning, middle and end in less that five minutes. So maybe your mind while walking is more attuned to listening to something quicker.

I sometimes listen to kids books, even though I haven't been a kid in many years. They have a simpler plot and are shorter than adult books. A couple months ago I listened to "Holes" which was a book geared for kids about 10-12 years old and was four hours long. I have plans to listen to all the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books, which are each about two hours long.

So my suggestion for you is to look for a collection of short stories, or try listening to kids books.

[Anonymous]

I have Premium and I only see that I can pay for audio books. Is it limited to certain books?

[Anonymous]

I've started listening when I run. YMMV, but for me it has to be something that doesn't require much concentration and where it doesn't matter if I miss a sentence or two, such as a thriller. For anything that is even slightly demanding, I still need to see words, so that I can adjust my pace, take a break, or go back and reread a few sentences.

I also listen to lectures (e.g., Yale Open Courses). Even when they are more complex, I find them easier to follow, maybe because they are delivered to be listened to rather than written to be read.

[Anonymous]

Do you like podcasts? If so, which ones? That can help with what audio books you might enjoy.

In the last couple years I’ve discovered a love of audio books but not at all the same books I want to read in physical form. I love to read fiction, especially romance, murder mysteries, fantasy, sci fi, YA, etc. Can’t listen to them to save my life. I love to listen to nonfiction — pop science, memoirs, history — which is awfully slow going when I try to sit down and read those types of books.

[Anonymous]

I started listening while driving in place of podcasts. Some readers are really annoying when they try to shift voices too much for different characters, like using a lower voice for a man. Sounds like someone reading a kids book. A recent good one is Maury Tierney reading Hello Beautiful. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was also good with good readers.