Ask HN: What's your favourite audible book?

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by amirathi • 7 years ago

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If you were to pick just one audio book to recommend to others (preferably on audible.com). Which one would that be?

Genre no bar.

gamesbrainiac• 7 years ago

It depends on what kind of genre you are talking about.

For fantasy, I would say "Lies of Locke Lamora" is one of the best Audiobooks ever narrated. There is a character called 'Father Chains', and this character is voiced in an iconic way; I am sure you will like it.

For non-fiction, I would say "The Smartest Guys in the Room" is a canonical account of what happened with Enron. This is an interesting book because there are a lot of common traits shared between Enron and many of the unicorns we see today.

I have others that you might like, but these two come to mind in their respective genres.

Tomte• 7 years ago

Harry Potter is fantastic. Because it is narrated by Stephen Fry.

NeedMoreTea• 7 years ago

To pick a standalone and ignore trilogies and series, I'd suggest Dennis Taylor, Outland -- A standalone book, with excellent and technically convincing story telling. Narrated by Ray Porter who's a gifted and engaging narrator, and exceptionally rare for Audible narrators is an American with a good grasp of convincing foreign accents.

Ask HN: What's your favourite audible book?

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