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?

  • Io Sapsai 🌱@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    Discworld is my go-to these days. Goes well with cross stitching

    In contrast I would never want to listen to a Terry Pratchett book while doing something else

    Ah well. Sarah J. Maas was also a fun experience. It's so bad it's good. I went with A court of thorns and roses but I hear her other series follow a similar vein. It's hard to miss the important details. Look for the Graphic Audio releases.

    • Mothra@mander.xyzOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      Pratchett has the highest rate of "that whole paragraph was great so I'm going to read it again now" and "that's such a clever remark I'm now taking 5 minutes to think about it" out of any other authors I've ever read.

      And you can do cross stiching whilst listening to it? I'm jealous. Thanks for the other recommendation, I'll look into it :)

      • southernbrewer@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        What other authors have high clever-remark ratings, in your experience? Because I find myself near the end of the Discworld series and want to continue with something similarly engaging. Basically, the opposite of what you requested :)

        • Mothra@mander.xyzOP
          2·
          1 year ago

          Ah, I feel for you, but unfortunately I don't know of anyone else as engaging in a similar way. He really is an outlier.

          Have you ever read anything by Joe Abercrombie? I've enjoyed the Last Argument of Kings trilogy, it's not humorous, it's not as thought provoking, but it's definitely engaging enough I couldn't divide my attention to work while listening.