I’m looking for easy-to-listen-to fiction audiobooks. Something I can tune in while doing other stuff without getting distracted.

I find some authors have styles that are a bit more sophisticated than others. The more thought-provoking, the more difficult I find to enjoy an audiobook while doing something else. I catch myself stopping whatever I’m doing to pay attention to the book, which is not what I want.

So for example I’ve found The Witcher books very easy to listen to, it wouldn’t matter if I missed a few seconds and I never found myself stopping to ponder about the text itself. The narrator was great too. Also bonus points as it was a long saga of books.

In contrast I would never want to listen to a Terry Pratchett book while doing something else. He’s probably my favourite English author but I find he’s too much of a genius, and my poor brain wouldn’t be able to digest it all if I’m not giving it my attention 100%.

I hope this makes sense?

How’s your experience with audiobooks?

  • MaxHardwoodEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    And it really didn’t make the ending any better… I didn’t feel rewarded after that slog. Personal victory maybe?

    • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah… Me neither.

      I like audio books because they are slower than I read, which is more peaceful. I read words all day. I’m just done with that in my personal time, aside from the fact that I can listen to books when doing other things.