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Good Audiobooks?

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Ali_Dibden
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Any suggestions for some good one? I enjoy listening to them to relax sometimes and would like to get some other options.
May 19 2014 6:49PM
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J.D.
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I would also be interested in this thread for car listening purposes. The only suggestion I can give you, though, is the World War Z audiobook; each chapter is separately voice acted.
May 19 2014 7:10PM
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miroz
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This might be a lame start, but I loved "To Kill a Mockingbird" on tape. If you haven't read the book, go get it on tape. It's a classic, rightfully so, and hearing it read was just awesome. I don't know whether there are multiple versions (as in, multiple readers).

Another one I really liked was Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods." He's hilarious, and having it read made it even funnier.
May 19 2014 7:31PM
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Peter.
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game of thrones books (a song of fire and ice) would be good to listen to, and they will last a while as the books are long as shit


but what genres are you interested in? if you pick a genre and go to the NYTimes best sellers lists, you'll find something you'll like, i promise
May 19 2014 8:05PM
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Calb3rt
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i love audiobooks. these are ones that you can find that i recommend...

harry potter series
chronicle of narnia series
his majesties dark materials( golden compass series)
game of thrones series/ tales of dunk and egg
jurassic park series
starship troopers
percy jackson series
the andromeda strain
life of pi
sherlock holmes
the enderverse (enders game, enders shadow, speaker for the dead, etc.)
20,000 leagues under the sea
journey to the center of the earth
around the world in 80 days
hunger games series
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
dune
foundation
contact
the jungle book
the odyssey/iliad

i cant think of anymore right now
May 19 2014 10:56PM
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Calb3rt
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lord of the rings
the hobbit
peter pan
redwall
moby dick
alice in wonderland
clan of the cave bear series
war of the worlds

that is most of the good ones on my hd's but i just picked up a bunch of other sci-fi books that i havnt listened to yet so i cant say if they are good.
May 19 2014 11:45PM
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Ali_Dibden
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Yeah i gotta say Harry Potter by Stephen Fry (im english) as opposed to Jim dale still blows my shit, listened to them each twice now pretty much.

Ill be sure to check out some of those other ones too, possibly game of thrones.
May 20 2014 9:07PM
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Calb3rt
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oh man, i've had jim dale read me harry potter almost every night for years. I havnt heard the english version though, is it really that different? I'll have to find it.
May 20 2014 9:27PM
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Ali_Dibden
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I personally prefer it but i see stephen fry on tv all the time so i guess that makes me a little bias. I think he just gets more involved with the characters.
May 20 2014 9:28PM
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avgvstynovich
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,,on the road '' by Jack Kerouac WORTH !!!
May 29 2014 3:32PM
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Calb3rt
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so i have made it through most of the harry potter read by stephen fry and i cant say i really feel any different about him or jim dale. jim dale does voices and such but i have really liked fry's reading too. and the fact that they are not the americanized versions, its interesting to pick out the differences. i dont know why people complain about his accent, maybe i have just watched too much doctor who and sherlock.
May 29 2014 4:29PM
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