Best audiobook recommendations on Reddit
129 reviews from r/audiobooks, r/Fantasy, r/redrising and 9 more subreddits
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#1
Andy Weir
5.0
(6)
"The audiobook is TREMENDOUS."
"I’d recommend Project Hail Mary as well."
"Project Hail Mary (16 hrs) or The Martian (11 hrs) by Andy Weir."
"Project Hail Mary won audiobook of the year last year."
"Incredible book, incredible narration."
"Absolutely fantastic audiobook."
#2
N/A
4.2
(6)
"The Expanse (great Sci-Fi with a lot of mystery!!), Mistborn (Fantasy with a great magic system)."
"If you have Audible you might enjoy The Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking"
"Survival by Devon C Ford, God Touched by John Conroe, Nightfall by Stephen Leather."
"The Flaxen Tyranny is some pretty sweet Sci-Fi."
"If you liked Chrysalis and DCC, try He Who Fights With Monsters."
"The rage of dragon series, The will of the many."
#3
Bill Bryson
4.8
(5)
"My favorite Bryson is A Walk in the Woods. Hilarious."
"I’ll second the recommendations here for Bill Bryson’s books."
"Oh Bill Bryson! My favorite is At Home. But his books are really good and informational."
"There are some great stories and history to learn along the way."
"Have A Walk In The Woods (or any Bill Bryson) ready to go too."
#4
Jim Butcher
4.8
(5)
"The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher."
"Jim Butcher-Dresden series."
"The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher"
"Dresden Files and/or Rivers of London. Both are not only excellent urban fantasy series, but their audiobooks are amazing."
"Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher."
#5
Matt Dinniman
5.0
(4)
"I'd 100% recommend Dungeon Crawler Carl instead."
"Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman."
"Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman"
"Audiobooks of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman are hilarious."
#6
Richard Osman
5.0
(4)
"The Thurdsay Murder Club by Richard Osman would totally fit the age."
"I would try The Thursday Murder Club."
"Thursday Murder Club."
#7
Brandon Sanderson
4.7
(3)
"If you like fantasy then Mistborn and Stormlight Archive are absolute slam dunks."
"Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy series."
"Mistborn is great fantasy."
#8
Ed McDonald
4.3
(3)
"Audiobooks for it are 🔥."
"Check out the Ravens Mark trilogy by Ed Mcdonald."
"Blackwing by Ed McDonald."
#9
Ilona Andrews
5.0
(2)
"The best and my all time favorite Kate Daniels from Ilona Andrews."
"Kate Daniel's by Ilona Andrews."
#10
Joe Abercrombie
5.0
(2)
"Top tier narration: * The First Law by Joe Abercrombie."
"Is absolutely fantastic in audio format."
#11
Drew Hayes
5.0
(2)
"Super Powereds by Drew Hayes"
"Extremely fun superhero storytelling."
#12
The Martian
5.0
(2)
"The Martian has a phenomenal audiobook."
"The Martian by Andy weir the guy who does the audiobooks is amazing voice like butter!"
#13
Beware of Chicken
5.0
(2)
"It's in my top 5 favorites of all time and I've relistened to The audiobook 3 times."
"I’m listening to the Beware of Chicken audiobooks and I agree that they would be a good fit."
#14
Tamsyn Muir
5.0
(2)
"The Locked Tomb - Tamsyn Muir."
"Moira Quirk’s narration of The Locked Tomb series is fantastic."
#15
Leigh Bardugo
5.0
(2)
"I love the audiobook for Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo."
"Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo."
#16
Susanna Clarke
5.0
(2)
"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke (I think this book is exactly what you're looking for, def try this one)"
"Is like 24 hrs of fun."
#17
Erin Morgenstern
5.0
(2)
"Narrators are the bomb."
"Narrators are the bomb."
#18
James Patterson
5.0
(2)
"Narrated by Kevin Stillwell"
"Read by Corey Carthew and Stephanie Nemeth-Parker"
#19
Kate Quinn
5.0
(2)
#20
Scott Lynch
4.0
(2)
"Also, Lies of Locke Lamora."
"**The Lies of Locke Lamora** which is the first book in **Gentleman Bastards** series."
#21
Benedict Jacka
4.0
(2)
"Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka."
"**Alex Verus** series narrated by Gildart Jakson."
#22
Ernest Cline
4.0
(2)
"Ready player one by earnest cline."
"Ready Player One. It has nostalgia and adventure."
#23
Raymond E. Feist
4.0
(2)
"Riftwar Series by Raymond E Feist."
"It’s an excellent fantasy novel."
#24
J.K. Rowling
5.0
(1)
"The Harry Potter series narrated by Jim Dale."
#25
Christopher Paolini
5.0
(1)
#26
Pirateaba
5.0
(1)
"I can't recommend it enough."
#27
Alex Michaelides
5.0
(1)
#28
H.P. Lovecraft
5.0
(1)
"I would highly recommend his standalone narration of the rats in the walls."
#29
Shirley Jackson
5.0
(1)
"The Lottery is a great short story. It's only 20 minutes long."
#30
James Masse
5.0
(1)
"I highly recommend the standalone book, "The Iceman Always Comes on Tuesday" by James Masse and read by RC Bray blew me away."
#31
Glen Cook
5.0
(1)
"Definitely think you will enjoy it, another recommendation I can give you is Glen Cook’s The Black Company."
#32
Bentley Little
5.0
(1)
"Everyone I've recommended it to has absolutely crushed it."
#33
Megan Lally
5.0
(1)
"A teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there or who she is."
#34
Julia Whelan
5.0
(1)
"She wrote and narrates and she's my absolute favorite narrator."
#35
Elizabeth Little
5.0
(1)
#36
Malcolm Gladwell
5.0
(1)
"Anything by Malcolm Gladwell."
#37
Argus
5.0
(1)
"The audiobook is so good I looked up the narrator."
#38
Alistair Reynolds
5.0
(1)
"The most epic of tales."
#39
Dolly Alderton
5.0
(1)
#40
John Gwynne
5.0
(1)
"The faithful and fallen series by John Gwynne! They’re fantasy not sci-fi, but SO good!"
#41
Olan Thorensen
5.0
(1)
"Starting with "Cast Under an Alien Sun," the inaugural installment of Destiny's Crucible."
#42
Ali Hazelwood
5.0
(1)
"Really liked it."
#43
Dennis E. Taylor
5.0
(1)
"The Bobiverse series, Dennis E. Taylor - Nerd with many interests becomes a computer and explores the universe."
#44
Neil deGrasse Tyson
5.0
(1)
"If you haven’t, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry”."
#45
Ken Follett
5.0
(1)
"It’s my favorite Ken Follett book and one of my favorite audio books."
#46
Neil Gaiman
5.0
(1)
"He narrates his own audiobooks, so they're all INCREDIBLE."
#47
Howl's Moving Castle
5.0
(1)
"Howls Moving Castle on Audible. It's so well read it adds a lot."
#48
Gideon the Ninth
5.0
(1)
"Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir has a fantastic narrator."
#49
Elizabeth Moon
4.0
(1)
"You might like, Trading in Danger Book 1 by Elizabeth Moon."
#50
Mark Manson
4.0
(1)
"For some brutal honesty."
#51
Terry Brooks
4.0
(1)
"The Shannara series by Terry Brooks."
#52
Lev Grossman
4.0
(1)
"The magicians by lev Grossman."
#53
Stephen Leather
4.0
(1)
"The Jack Nightingale series by Stephen Leather."
#54
John Conroe
4.0
(1)
"The Demon Accords series by John Conroe."
#55
Shannon Mayer
4.0
(1)
"Rylee Adamson series from Shannon Mayer."
#56
Michael J. Sullivan
4.0
(1)
"The Riyria is great."
#57
R. F. Kuang
4.0
(1)
"R. F. Kuang’s Poppy Wars was also amazing."
#58
Tad Williams
4.0
(1)
"Another (very classic) favorite of mine would be Tad Williams’ Osten Ard series."
#59
Devon Monk
4.0
(1)
"Ordinary Magic by Devon Monk."
#60
Larry Correia
4.0
(1)
"Larry Correia-Monster Hunter and Hard Magic series."
#61
Patricia Briggs
4.0
(1)
"Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs."
#62
Shemer Kuznits
4.0
(1)
"Try the Life Reset novels by Shemer Kuznits."
#63
Michael Aderle
4.0
(1)
"Kurthurian Gambit by Michael Aderle."
#64
Jenn Lyons
4.0
(1)
"A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons is pretty great on audiobook."
#65
Blake Crouch
4.0
(1)
"I like all the Blake Crouch books, Wayward Pines trilogy is a good start."
#66
Guillermo Del Toro
4.0
(1)
"Thriller and SciFi I would suggest The Strain by Guiermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan."
#67
Zoe Schlanger
4.0
(1)
"Zoe Schlanger - *The Light Eaters*."
#68
Rebecca Skloot
4.0
(1)
"I just started listening to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."
#69
Alex Trebek
4.0
(1)
"Autobiography: The answer is... Reflections on my Life by Alex Trebek."
#70
Richard Holmes
4.0
(1)
"For the history of science, The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes."
#71
Manjit Kumar
4.0
(1)
"Quantum by Manjit Kumar, narrated by one of my personal faves, Ray Porter."
#72
Caimh McDonnell
4.0
(1)
"The Dublin Trilogy books by Caimh McDonnell are pretty fun too"
#73
Neal Stephenson
4.0
(1)
"Have you heard of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, bit of sci fi, bit of history."
#74
Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith
4.0
(1)
"On the pop-science side, check out: Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith — A City on Mars."
#75
Jessica Clare
4.0
(1)
"Very sweet small town stuff."
#76
Christopher Moore
4.0
(1)
#77
Tom Holt
4.0
(1)
"It has one of my favorite depictions of Santa!"
#78
Joseph Fink
4.0
(1)
#79
Joe Hill
4.0
(1)
"If you want a little holiday themed horror."
#80
Gregory Maguire
4.0
(1)
#81
Rachel Aaron
4.0
(1)
#82
K.R. Alexander
4.0
(1)
"It's about two teens who download a ghost hunting app."
#83
Frederick Forsyth
4.0
(1)
"Kept me awake until I got home."
#84
Battle Mage
4.0
(1)
"I listened to it during lockdown and it was just a good story."
#85
Devon C Ford
3.0
(1)
"The After It Happened series by Devon C Ford."
#86
Dmitry Glukhovsky
3.0
(1)
"If you can deal with thick accents then the metro series by dmitry glukhovsky."
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