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Recommendations? (lemmy.world)
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I've somewhat recently become addicted to audiobooks. Every time I'm in my car or doing something mindless I put on an audiobook. I had a good stretch of one book I liked after another but now am looking to dig a little deeper. The books I've listened to so far were all books that I kept seeing being recommended over and over again.

Dungeon Crawler Carl Expeditionary Force Bobiverse Project Hail Mary The Martian The Expanse The Children of Time The Silo series Murderbot

Am I missing anything that gets consistently recommended?

What would you recommend that would fit with that list?

Other books I've tried but didn't love

Three body problem The Witcher books Wheel of Time

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I did listen to the Foundation trilogy. It had interesting ideas and a decent plot, but something about it felt kinda dull. It wasn't too bad though. I did make it all the way through. I don't know if it was the writing style or the narrator.. It was probably the narrator. It felt like listening to someone reading a book, unlike good narrators who play the roles and become the characters.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Asimov’s writing can be off-putting in his own right. I would describe his writing as dry and factual, very little space for emotions, introspection and even action, while most scenes are almost screen plays. A lot is conveyed in very little words, a lot left to the imagination. They are all qualities I personally love and that make his books stand out, but some if not most readers find it too flat to relate to.

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