Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 21:28     Subject: Re:Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Anonymous wrote:11/22/1963 was fabulous! Also Conviction by Denise Mina.


OP here. Thank you for this and for the other poster who suggested 11/22/63. I would never have picked it otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 19:32     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Any that are by the comedienne/comedian and read by the author. Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Chelsea Handler, etc!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 18:40     Subject: Re:Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Becoming. You feel like Michelle Obama is talking to you directly.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 18:37     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Talking to strangers
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 18:34     Subject: Re:Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Anonymous wrote:

The Harry Potter books


Agreed. I hated reading them to/with my kids. The audiobooks are fantastic, though.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 18:31     Subject: Re:Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
11/22/1963 was fabulous! Also Conviction by Denise Mina.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 18:20     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Heatburn by Nora Ephron is SO good on audio because Meryl Streep narrates.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 17:31     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

I think Chelsea Handler does a good job reading her books.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 17:25     Subject: Re:Audiobooks where the audio makes it better


The Harry Potter books
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 17:25     Subject: Re:Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Daisy Jones and the Six

Lincoln in the Bardo

I think both of those were far better audiobooks than print.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 17:22     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
11/22/63 - I started reading, but it’s a monster of a book. The audio is just wonderful.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 15:52     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Ready Player One - Wil Wheaton does a great job
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 15:46     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Anonymous wrote:Born a Crime - hearing the accents and languages in Trevor Noah's own voice


OP here. Yes! This is exactly what I mean, and I agree. Born a Crime is an amazing audiobook.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 15:39     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
Born a Crime - hearing the accents and languages in Trevor Noah's own voice
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2020 15:35     Subject: Audiobooks where the audio makes it better
I know there have been multiple audiobook threads, but I haven't seen one with this focus. I am looking for audiobooks where you felt the audiobook performance made the book better than it might have been otherwise. As a few examples:

The Help - the audiobook is much better than the written book, IMO. The characters seem to have more depth thanks to amazing narrators.

Circe - Already a great book, but the audio was one of the best narrators I have encountered

House of Broken Angels - Has an author-narrator who is amazing.

Any others?