Books that are great to listen to?

[Anonymous]

I’m currently listening to Nine Perfect Strangers by Lianne Moriarity. The Australian narrator is fantastic - she has different inflections and dialects for all the characters. Story is keeping my interest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Three books I have loved on audiobook are:

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines

Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

I loved reading Crossing to Safety. The writing is sublime.

Wallace Stegner is my favorite author of all time. He came to DC and did a reading at Politics & Prose a long time back when he released his Collected Stories. The reading was his short story about a boy and his family who lived outside of town on a farm or ranch and how they were going to town for a 4th of July party or something but, true to Stegner form, the car wouldn't start so they never got to town. I so wish there was a recording of him reading that story. It is a fabulous story but his reading, with his cadence and voice, made the story just mesmerizing that night.

But how is the audio version? Seems like it would be better to read than hear.

[Anonymous]

Pillars of the Earth. Oldie but goodie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pillars of the Earth. Oldie but goodie.

Yes, Ken Follett books are great on audio. The Century trilogy is another good one.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this — I’ve been listening to 438 Days. The story of fishermen lost at sea for 438 days. It is really good— a great true story of survival.