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?

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    9 months ago

    Reckoners Series - Written by Brandon Sanderson - read by MacLeod Andrews

    In fact, I’d probably recommend any of his books/audiobooks. His stories are very gripping but also very easy to follow, in my opinion.

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      9 months ago

      Maybe I should try it. I’ve read Mistborn only, I have mixed feelings about it but now that you mention it I think Sanderson would make a good easy listening type.