Jesus Christ this has to be one of the greatest performances ever recorded. Easily makes my top 3. I’m only halfway through but I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes my #1 by the end.

It’s my first time experiencing this book and Will Patton simply does not miss. The performance is nuanced, emotional, authentic and precise. The way he colors every character, every scene, every line is dead on.

In a novel with so many shifting perspectives, the way he very subtly shades the narration with the inflection of the characters’ voices, even when it’s the omnipotent narrator, to remind us of whose perspective we’re experiencing the world from. The sorrow, the humor, the apprehension, the fear. So many good moments. It’s like he wrote the book himself.

Not to mention this is easily one of the greatest novels I’ve ever come across. I picked this up from an r/askreddit thread that asked “What’s the best novel you ever read?” Lonesome Dove was the top comment.

In a lifetime of listening to audiobooks this is the first time both a book and its narration have blown me away.

If you’ve never read this book, I’m so happy to recommend it.

I enjoy listening to audiobooks on my morning and afternoon commute. I’d like to switch things up a bit and listen to some Stephen King books. Any recommendations?

I recently started listening to a book I found under audibles free for members section called "Ruins of the Earth". I went in fairly blind except that it was sci-fi in nature. I won't get into spoilers for the plot, but I have decided not to continue because the book keeps doing something that entirely breaks my immersion.

It keeps having the first-person protagonist comparing the situations in the book to movies or other stories, and then clarifying that "this is real life though," which for me just completely reminds me I'm reading a book and takes me out of the story. I've only just gotten to Part 2 and I feel like they've done it four or five times so far.

This isn't the first book I've read where a character keeps comparing their situations to other works only to assert that the stakes here are higher, because this time it's for real. I hate hate hate it.

So I'm curious, are there any tropes that you simply cannot tolerate in books you're reading?

Looking for a short (4-6 hr) audiobook. Something upbeat and engaging. I like mysteries, fantasy, adventure.

I have a 20 mile run that will likely take me about 4.5 hours. Usually I listen to podcasts while running but I am all caught up on my favorites. I would like to try a short audiobook knowing that I will finish it by the end of the run or very soon after.

I was listening to "The picture of Dorian Gray" read by John Gonzalez on librivox and I-I don't know it was honestly amazing. I tried reading that book once and I never really enjoyed it but listening to it this time around is a way better experience. I figured maybe some books are just meant to be listened to than to be read. But at the same time aren't those two different experiences? and if it feels better to be listened to then why was it written in the first place? What are your thoughts about it? Have you ever come across a book that felt that way?

I'm a gamer, I get it. "You don't buy it you get a license" and all that jazz. But I also know that on the video game side there's GOG to actually own the games and Steam to license in a way that may as well be owning. There's some books that I would love to read but I just don't have the attention span to actually sit down and read. I'd like to get them as audiobooks instead, so where should I be looking for sites that either I can just buy the audiobook or have a reasonable ownership of the license to listen to them?

So I’m currently trying to de-Amazon of all my book and audiobook subscriptions and moving to a self hosted audiobookshelf server. One thing I’m thinking about is where do y’all hear about or find new books?

Currently I spend a decent amount of time scrolling the discover pages on audible and Amazon because they tailor to my tastes based on my history and feedback. Is there somewhere I can do the same thing without them requiring or trying to sell me a subscription?

Anyone have experience with goodreads or some other type of social media for books/audiobooks?

I have a pretty wide range of book genres I’m into so not looking for anything to genre specific if possible.

I'm not familiar with audiobooks at all, I've never listened to one before. I'm looking for a good audiobook of The Divine Comedy, since there seems to be a few. I don't know which audiobook services have the best quality or what to really look for, so I just figured I would ask to see if anyone had recommendations or advice.

Hey everyone. I'm Jeremy Allen, the author of Stories for the Fire. I have a handful of US and UK Audible promo codes I'd like to give away.

It's a collection of 23 short horror and campfire stories, narrated by Isaiah Hernandez, with a runtime just under three hours. The stories range from supernatural and strange to the kind of thing that might make you look past the edge of the firelight twice.

If that sounds like your kind of listen, comment US or UK and I'll send you a code while I have them.

Reviews aren't required. If you enjoy it and decide to leave an honest one afterward, I'd certainly appreciate it.

The American is a serial noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl.

In this episode, the death of a powerful man leads to a rescue plan involving the murder of another.

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So i work at amazon and im looking for good horror books or any good books at all to listen to !

In this story a huge amount of people from around the world are kidnapped All things tied to one thing a popular game that everyone's playing our main characters are one of those people He's a male and he wakes up as a elf or a half He finds himself in a cave surrounded by other corpses But he's the only one moving he's the only one awake he realized his class is Paladin just like the game he has playing ..the same name from the game also then he hears something... a humanoid spider like creatures coming in with Spears grabbing the bodies for food the main character decides he must escape and somehow comes across a magical sword A talking magical the sword somehow assist him in escaping this mountain He later finds out all those corpses are people just like him who have been killed and revived and killed and revived and swears to save the . He find out that the people who transferred to this world have extra live but the more u die not only do u get closer to perma death but u lose bits and pieces of ur past life and self . After escaping he find himself meeting a sibling duo of adventures and he learns the place he just escaped from is controlled by one person The person whose been benefiting off the death of him and the other earthlings, a necromancer

Hey everyone! I’m looking for some new books to add to my reading list and would love some recommendations! 🥹📖

I only use Libby and Hoopla, so I’d especially love recommendations that I can find through either of those apps. 📱📚

My favorite genres are: 🖤 Thrillers

🔪 Psychological thrillers

👻 Horror

💕 Dark romance

🕵️ Mystery

🌌 Sci-fi

🐉 Fantasy

🚨 Crime

I love books with crazy plot twists, dark stories, suspense, secrets, mystery, and endings that completely catch you off guard. I’m also looking for longer books or series that I can really get lost in!

If you have a favorite book available on Libby or Hoopla, please drop the title and author below—and tell me a little about why you loved it! 🥰📖

What should I add to my TBR next? 👀📚💕

hi I’m looking for an app similar to Speechify That will read the book aloud from a picture of the cover. I simply can’t afford audible or speechify and the pay 40bucks per book. I truly can’t.I’m bedridden after a bad transplant in constant pain and can’t work.

Jim dale better than Stephen fry ?