(One exception: I love to listen to great literary fiction on the re-read: Jayber Crow is great on audio the second time through, but it’s too much to handle on the first.) Narration:Ī bad narrator can ruin a good book, but a great narrator can’t save a bad one. My brain does much better processing a complex, literary book when I can see the words on the page. I love gorgeous novels, but I don’t like to listen to them. Individual tastes aside, not every book makes a great audiobook.
For those who are unable to physically read, permanently or just in the moment, like when you’re feeling blah, or when your eyes are tired, or old. For kids who are too young to read to themselves. To redeem the time, like for a road trip, a daily commute, or folding the laundry. To “read” when your hands are occupied. (If you’re an experienced audiobook listener, I hope you learn a few things and find some new titles you love.) Why audiobooks? Many readers want to try audiobooks, but are intimidated by the process of getting started. The technology has changed: it’s not as easy as popping a cd into the player anymore. We listened to The Professor and the Madman together while we were fixing up our kitchen and were hooked. 
We were rehabbing houses, and the books made the hours spent painting go by faster. When we were first married, Will and I listened to a lot of audiobooks together.
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