Daily Archives: June 25, 2012

Audiobook Week is an annual event hosted by Jen at Devourer of Books. If you love audiobooks or want some audio recommendations be sure to follow all the Audiobook Week discussion posts this week!

2011 is the year I got hooked on audiobooks. Before that, I would listen to audiobooks of some of my favorite books (a great way to become acquainted with audiobooks btw!) but last year something clicked with me and audiobooks and I haven’t looked back.

I listen in while I’m cooking or doing housework or working out, and listening makes those tasks something to look forward to. And I get in more “reading” time then I would have otherwise. When the narrator is just right, audiobooks can’t be beat, and take the book experience to another level.

I’ve also become more adventurous with my reading choices through audiobooks. In addition to YA, I like to listen to memoirs, historical fiction, urban fantasy, and my new favorite humor category.

Over the last year I’ve listened to 35 audiobooks, including 22 year to date. These are some of my favorites by category from the last 12 months:

Humor/Memoir: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, Tough Sh*t by Kevin Smith and my latest listen Bossypants by Tina Fey. All three books are read by the author.

Science Fiction: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, narrated by Wil Wheaton

Historical Fiction: A Good American by Alex George, narrated by Gibson Frazier

YA: Insurgent by Veronica Roth, narrated by Emma Galvin. Gilt by Katherine Longshore, narrated by Jennifer Ikeda. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, narrated by Emily Klein. Cinder by Marissa Meyer, narrated by Rebecca Soler. A Million Suns by Beth Revis, narrated by Tara Carrozza and Lucas Salvagno. And Last Breath by Rachel Caine, narrated by Cynthia Holloway.

Middle Grade: Countdown by Deborah Wiles, narrated by Emma Galvin, and The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman, narrated by Julia Whelan.

What are your favorite audiobooks?