My experience has been that many well-researched and well-written nonfiction books do not do well as audiobooks. Partly this is because they got boring narrators reading the book in this monotonous voice as if it's the Yellow Pages. Of course, this is not always the case, and sometimes the real problem is the subject matter being dry or the book being written in a way that it's hard to bring the writing to life. But in other cases, it really is the narration that is at fault. It lacks energy. Or the author sounds like he/she does not really understand what they are reading. So the speed of reading, pauses, etc., all seem kind of random. Anyways, any recommendations? Open to everything that a college educated curious person may find interesting, be it biology, physics, math, robotics, history, culture, politics, philosophy…
by acrobatpsychologist
2 Comments
I really liked the audiobook for Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson. It’s written in a pretty novel-like style, so it reads really well as an audiobook!
The Hidden Life of Trees is beautifully narrated by Mike Grady. Wohlleben is passionate and informative about the book’s subject, has been my favorite audiobook for years now.