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Best things to listen to on Audible
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Great Courses courses. They're expensive, but can be redeemed via a credit. Audio courses on almost anything.
I've had an Audible subscription for about ~7 years now, and I mostly do non-fiction on audiobook, though I had a string of fiction for a while too.
I'll recommend some of my top non-fiction audiobooks from the last ~5 years. Most of these are just good books, not particularly like... good audiobooks, but just good books that are worth listening to on audio.
The following are more or less "classic contemporary history books":
1491, A newly revealed history of pre-Columbian Americas
Path to Power, the first of Bob Carro's Lyndon Johnson series, followed up by Master of the Senate
The Great Bridge, a David McCollough classic about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge
American Prometheus, the Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer, about the man who led the Manhattan Project, the development of the atomic bomb, his rise and takedown. One of the best biographies I've ever read.
Guns, Germs, and Steel, why some societies overtake overs
I'd also recommend A Path Between the Seas about the making of the Panama Canal.
I'll recommend some of my top non-fiction audiobooks from the last ~5 years. Most of these are just good books, not particularly like... good audiobooks, but just good books that are worth listening to on audio.
The following are more or less "classic contemporary history books":
1491, A newly revealed history of pre-Columbian Americas
Path to Power, the first of Bob Carro's Lyndon Johnson series, followed up by Master of the Senate
The Great Bridge, a David McCollough classic about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge
American Prometheus, the Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer, about the man who led the Manhattan Project, the development of the atomic bomb, his rise and takedown. One of the best biographies I've ever read.
Guns, Germs, and Steel, why some societies overtake overs
I'd also recommend A Path Between the Seas about the making of the Panama Canal.
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For pop non-fiction / pop-history:
One Summer, America 1927. The quintessential Bill Bryson non-fiction novel. If you've never read Bryson (A Walk in the Woods, A Short History of Nearly Everything), then you owe it to yourself to start here. One of my favorite non-fiction books.
Flash Boys. A Michael Lewis financial pop-history book about the Flash Crash. Classic Michael Lewis (The Big Short, Moneyball, etc) style.
Devil in the White City, a story of the Chicago World's Fair and the first serial killer (I believe this is being made into a movie soon)
The Smartest Guys in the Room, the Rise and Fall of Enron
Bad Blood, the story of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Basically, if you're wondering why Netflix, CBS, movies, etc., have all made Elizabeth HOlmes / Theranos shows/docs recently, it's because of this book
I'd also recommend 'Under the Banner of Heaven,' about the rise of American Mormonism, and 'Going Clear' about Scientology. A lot of my 'pop history' non-fiction books fall into certain categories ... Financial scandals, corporate scandals, or weird times in history that define eras larger than they are. Others include 1946: The Making of the Modern World, the War that Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, every Bill Bryson book, most Michael Lewis books, Red Notice by BIll Browder, Winter is Coming by Garry Kasparov (both books about modern Russia), Havana Nocturne about the mob & Cuban revolution.
One Summer, America 1927. The quintessential Bill Bryson non-fiction novel. If you've never read Bryson (A Walk in the Woods, A Short History of Nearly Everything), then you owe it to yourself to start here. One of my favorite non-fiction books.
Flash Boys. A Michael Lewis financial pop-history book about the Flash Crash. Classic Michael Lewis (The Big Short, Moneyball, etc) style.
Devil in the White City, a story of the Chicago World's Fair and the first serial killer (I believe this is being made into a movie soon)
The Smartest Guys in the Room, the Rise and Fall of Enron
Bad Blood, the story of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Basically, if you're wondering why Netflix, CBS, movies, etc., have all made Elizabeth HOlmes / Theranos shows/docs recently, it's because of this book
I'd also recommend 'Under the Banner of Heaven,' about the rise of American Mormonism, and 'Going Clear' about Scientology. A lot of my 'pop history' non-fiction books fall into certain categories ... Financial scandals, corporate scandals, or weird times in history that define eras larger than they are. Others include 1946: The Making of the Modern World, the War that Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, every Bill Bryson book, most Michael Lewis books, Red Notice by BIll Browder, Winter is Coming by Garry Kasparov (both books about modern Russia), Havana Nocturne about the mob & Cuban revolution.
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For Biographies, I already mentioned American Prometheus. I think it's one of my favorite biographies ... ever. But, others:
Truman, by David McCullough (I think this is especially relevant today in the age of Trump)
Path to Power and Master of the Senate, the epic biographies of Lyndon Johnson by Bob Caro (I also think this is very relevant in the age of Trump)
The Power Broker, Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Again, another epic biography by Bob Caro, literally 70 hours long. A biography of the most powerful unelected person in American history (or at least, New York history).
Kissinger, by Walter Isaacson. I was really on a cold war / atomic bomb / etc bent for a while (hence American Prometheus, 1946, etc from my previous history recommendations), and I think Kissinger's biography by Walter Isaacson is an essential biography for understanding the post war world and American foreign policy.
If you've never read Team of Rivals, about Lincoln's cabinet by Doris Kearns Goodwin, I'd recommend that though I never listened to the audio book.
Truman, by David McCullough (I think this is especially relevant today in the age of Trump)
Path to Power and Master of the Senate, the epic biographies of Lyndon Johnson by Bob Caro (I also think this is very relevant in the age of Trump)
The Power Broker, Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Again, another epic biography by Bob Caro, literally 70 hours long. A biography of the most powerful unelected person in American history (or at least, New York history).
Kissinger, by Walter Isaacson. I was really on a cold war / atomic bomb / etc bent for a while (hence American Prometheus, 1946, etc from my previous history recommendations), and I think Kissinger's biography by Walter Isaacson is an essential biography for understanding the post war world and American foreign policy.
If you've never read Team of Rivals, about Lincoln's cabinet by Doris Kearns Goodwin, I'd recommend that though I never listened to the audio book.
He's such a good narrator!! Loved him narrating Stormlight Archive
Black Library has most of the Warhammer 40k stuff up there now. It is what I use my credit on every month.
My favorite audiobook series has been Red Rising narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds. If you wanna be reductive about it, it starts as a kinda of space Hunger Games and expands from there.
At first I was a bit put off by the accent used for the main character. But it has really grown on me overtime, and I understand the need for it storywise now. I love how much passion the narrator puts into his voice. It gets me pumped up to the point that I find myself pacing around the room during certain pivotal scenes. It's been the first audiobook equivalent of a page-turner for me. Where I go from my car, to my living room, to bed still listening.
At first I was a bit put off by the accent used for the main character. But it has really grown on me overtime, and I understand the need for it storywise now. I love how much passion the narrator puts into his voice. It gets me pumped up to the point that I find myself pacing around the room during certain pivotal scenes. It's been the first audiobook equivalent of a page-turner for me. Where I go from my car, to my living room, to bed still listening.
Any specific ones you recommend for newcomers besides Horus Heresy?
I heard Eisenhorn and Revenor trilogy by Dan Abnnet (narrated by Toby Longworth) is awesome.
Sorry for the Necro bump, I don't see an audible OT, but i just signed on today and they made it more netflixy
you still get your monthly credits but now they have a larger listing of books included in your subscription service.
this is different from audible originals they had at another point in time. This is regular books you would normally have to purchase.
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you still get your monthly credits but now they have a larger listing of books included in your subscription service.
this is different from audible originals they had at another point in time. This is regular books you would normally have to purchase.
Get Your Fill of Audiobooks With Audible's New All-You-Can-Listen Plan
Audible Plus subscribers can keep up with the latest in talking books for $7.95 per month.
Just got a subscription, really enjoying Dracula. Does the free selection change on a regular basis or?
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
www.audible.com
63 hours of content for 1 credit. Each book/collection features an introduction by Fry, who is a giant Holmes fanboy.
Sherlock Holmes
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. "Fry's Holmes is crisp and high-handed, his Watson enthusiastic and bemused, and the rest of the narration colorful without being mannered. Have fun. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." (AudioFile magazine) "...it was reading the Sherloc...
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63 hours of content for 1 credit. Each book/collection features an introduction by Fry, who is a giant Holmes fanboy.
A friend at work suggested I give audiobooks a try, so I subbed recently just for 40K books.
I started with Helsrearch (fantastic narration by Jonathan Keeble), and now I'm on book one of Xenos: Eisenhorn.
The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero (also narrated by him) is great. It's about the making of Tommy Wisseu's The Room. The Franco brothers based their movie on that book.
I'd say Eisenhorn is a great place to start. You don't need a vast knowledge of the 40K universe to understand what is happening, in comparison to maybe some of the Space Marine stuff.
Welcome to a limitless supply of more of that if you want it. Everything the author of Helsreach writes is absolutely fantastic. Same with Eisenhorn. I am just finishing the recent blood angels novel and its pretty great!
I can really recommend the whole Rivers of London series, written by Ben Aaranovitch and read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
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