<p>Count me as another fan. I have a long daily commute (120 miles roundtrip) and listening to audiobooks helps the time pass quickly and also makes really good use of that time, since I have much less leisure time to sit down with an actual book these days. I tend to listen to non-fiction and subjects that I would never make the time for otherwise. On the other hand, haven’t been able to get into e-books at all yet…</p>
<p>I second Sticker’s recommendation of Will Patton reading James Lee Burke. Patton is a great reader for books set in the South/southern Plains…there was something by another author I listened to that I just can’t recall, having a Bonny and Clyde-like setting (although not them), and his reading was great.</p>
<p>I listened to Guns, Germs, and Steel: a fascinating, informative, and very long book that I probably wouldn’t have finished, due to my habit of reading several books at once, had I restricted myself to the printed version.</p>
<p>I tried an audiobook and just prefer reading on my phone. I read quickly and the audio just slows things down to a level that I don’t like.</p>
<p>I recently downloaded Pride and Prejudice from Audible to celebrate P&P’s 200th anniversary. Lindsay Duncan read the book and it was marvelous! </p>
<p>I have been going through a period where my addled menopausal mind just can’t focus and it has been hugely helpful to listen while I read. Audio books are pricey but I treat myself from time to time and when I do it makes a huge difference in what I retain.</p>
<p>Elleneast, most libraries have large collections of digital audiobooks these days. I happen to know that the Philadelphia public library has a very good collection. You can download these onto your computer and then transfer to an ipod, mp3 player, or phone. I play audiobooks on my verizon LG phone all the time. You never have to return these book, they just expire on your computer (but not on your phone!)</p>
<p>You can also get audiobooks on CD from libraries.</p>
<p>I am a fan of audiobooks. Get them from my library or download them from Audible.com.
Usually listen when I’m driving, especially on long trips. It’s 105 miles each way to get to the ferry to go to our vacation home, so I really like having an audiobook for that ride. I live in a rural area, and it’s 8 miles to the closest store, so I’m in the car quite often. Usually I’ll listen to NPR, but when I’ve heard an NPR story for the third time, I realize that it’s time to switch over to an audiobook.</p>
<p>I am also a fan. I’ve been listening to a lot of Nicholas Sparks lately. I am in my car about an hour each weekday, so having a book to listen to makes the time in the car easier. Thanks for all the great suggestions. I’m starting a list.</p>
<p>I got hooked on audiobooks years ago and have gone from cassettes to cd’s to audio downloads. DH also got hooked and he has taken over the task of reserving books for us at the library (actually, we belong to 3 library systems to increase the chance of getting best sellers early or at all). There is a service called Wowbrary from our county system…we get a list of new acquisitions every Saturday so often get on the waiting list early.</p>
<p>I listen to fiction and nonfiction, especially, in the latter case, the Teaching Company lectures. Unfortunately our libraries seem to forgo new audio versions in favor of DVD’s, which are mostly really good, but sitting down to watch them defeats my purpose of multitasking.</p>
<p>I’m not terribly picky about narrators. There are only a couple I haven’t liked.</p>
<p>I read at most 1-2 hard cover books a year, always books I desperately want to read but find they are unavailable in audio, and listen to 100 or more. We got a tablet late last year, and DH now downloads and reads ebooks, but I haven’t gotten into that yet—when I’m sitting down to read, I go thru the newspaper and magazines.</p>
<p>DD, now in grad school, did go through a phase of listening, especially at bedtime, but she gave that up a while ago.</p>