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Audiobook

An audiobook is a recording of text. Audiobooks are available in a variety of lengths and formats, most popularly through digital download, which allows people to listen on any smart device.

Spoken audio was first made available in the 1930s on vinyl records and has seen a resurgence in recent years with the proliferation of smartphones and other portable devices. As the medium has gained listeners—with people looking to read while driving, exercising, cleaning house and more—it has expanded past recordings of published books to work crafted exclusively for audio.

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The Martian by Andy WeirReady Player One by Ernest ClineDune by Frank HerbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction Audiobooks
201 books — 176 voters
The Land by Aleron KongCatharsis by Travis BagwellReady Player One by Ernest ClineDungeon Born by Dakota KroutOpening Moves by Cosimo Yap
LitRPG audiobooks
283 books — 218 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Lover's Dictionary by David LevithanMatched by Ally Condie
YALSA 2012 Best of the Best
82 books — 64 voters
The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. KluneHim by Sarina BowenTell Me It's Real by T.J. KluneDirty Kiss by Rhys FordAmong the Living by Jordan Castillo Price
Best Audio Narration MM
528 books — 154 voters

Lights Out by Navessa AllenButcher & Blackbird by Brynne WeaverHaunting Adeline by H.D. CarltonQuicksilver by Callie HartLeather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
Duet Narration Audiobooks
410 books — 241 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Easier To Hear Than Read
491 books — 101 voters

The evidence that the gap is to some extent "built in" is certainly consistent with some of these observations. However, advocating alternative forms of literacy seems like poor advice given that print remains an essential medium, and reading skill (the traditional kind) continues to be a prerequisite for engagement with major institutions that greatly affect quality of life. Are alternative literacies a means to empower a minority population or to ensure their disenfranchisement? A bleeding-edg ...more
Mark Seidenberg, Language at the Speed of Sight

Well, I've listened to the audiobook, if that counts.' 'It definitely counts,' Tilly said. ...more
Anna James, Tilly and the Bookwanderers

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