Readers, I have a confession—I don’t like audiobooks.
Or rather, I haven’t given audiobooks a chance since my days of long family trips, when my grandparents wanted to listen to thrillers in the front seat and I wanted to read Nancy Drew in the back. Try figuring out a mystery when a different plotline is pounding in your ears.
This weekend, however, I have decided to turn over a new leaf. A friend and I are driving 550 miles on Friday, and 550 miles on Monday. (We’re going from Nashville to Charleston.) That’ll be at least 18 hours in the car, which I figure is enough time to listen to at least one audiobook.
Here’s what I’ve picked up from the library. I figure I’ll have to be nice and let my traveling companion choose what we listen to . . .
Read The Help and loved it, but I hear the audio is excellent. Octavia Spencer is the voice of Aibileen, although she’ll play Minny in the movie.
I love teen books and anything Southern Gothic, so this was a natural pick for me. Plus, the story is set in South Carolina, and the sequel (Beautiful Darkness) just came out last week.
BookPage described South of Broad as a “magnificent love letter” to Charleston. I’m visiting Charleston for the first time, so I couldn’t help but make this a contender.
What are your audiobook recommendations for a road trip?
Something by Bill Bryson (he reads himself). so funny! or the Bridget Jones are so fun (there are 2)- with a great reader – Barbara Rosenblat. (Don’t even think of the movie. It’s horrible compared to the book on tape.) Also Oracle Night by Paul Auster if you like something a little mysterious and different. (he also reads it himself) Another good one is One for my baby. Can’t remember the author but very good story and reader.
Definitely The Help. I was lucky enough to have the audio and the book from the library when it first came out. The audio is wonderful!
I’m not a big audio person but two others I have enjoyed is the Agatha Raisin series by M C Beaton (it’s fun) and the Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. The one’s I’ve heard have all been well read and I love the accents.
I loved “reading” The Help. After my success with “The Help,” I listened to the first two Stieg Larsson books and David Sedaris’s “Dress Your Family in Corduroy.” That one’s great because he reads it all himself. Anyway, I would stick with mysteries, comedies, or books with multiple actors (as The Help) was.
I use audible.com because it comes straight to my iTunes and onto the ipod. The only problem is, I can’t share it as easily….
The Zoo Keepers Wife by Diane Ackerman was wonderful audio book.
Any and all by David Sedaris. His reading his own work is the best!
I’ve heard great things about The Help. Apparently Jon Stewart’s books on audio are also excellent. I’m about halfway through the audio of Secret Life of Beeds (I listen in the car to/from work) and loving that one, as well.
You’ll be going only 30.5 miles per hour on your trip?
The Help has been my favorite audiobook so far!
Our family LOVES audio books and listens to them every summer on our annual 3-week road trip.
I love your plan to listen to audios related to your destination – I love to match my books to my travel! I always set aside a road trip book for our road trip.
There’s going to be a movie made from The Help? Awesome!!
Sue
http://www.greatbooksforkidsandteens.com (lots of great audio book reviews!)
Ebooks are a man’s ideal friend as it is not only a great source of knowledge but also an successful method to improve communication skills. Be careful that you buy the legal copies, not a ripped off set.
YES! on The Help, listening to it now–beautifully read. Eat, Pray, Love–read by the author–was one of my favorites. And try “Merle’s Door”–a wonderful wonderful dog book. I couldn’t listen to last chapter or so though, can’t cry and drive at the same time.
Your reviews are really informed and very helpful. Have you considered writing professionally? Like a periodical or one thing?
most of the time i listen to audiobooks while surfing the net, i love to multitask he he :
Octavia Spencer is actually the voice of Minny in the audio version of the Help. she is also playing Minny in the movie.
i love to listen on audiobooks while travelling on a bus, i could learn a lot from it while travelling .~,
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