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?

  • MothraOP
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    1 year ago

    LOTR would be pretty good easy listening, it has a very slow pace and it’s a long trilogy… Which is why I never finished the books. Unfortunately I’ve watched the movies so I’ve spoiled most of the story, but I’ll keep in mind the other recommendations. Thanks!

    • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There is enough difference and stuff cut out of the movies to make it worth it to me. I watched the movies first and the books just heightened my enjoyment of both.

      To be fair my wife and I met at the third movie in the theater so I may be biased.