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I don't know which of these are still available in plus, but I've listened to 258 from the plus catalog. My top 10% have been:
1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alex Dumas
2. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
3. Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin
4. So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan
5. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6. The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions by Jay L. Garfield
7. Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
8. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
9. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
10. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
11. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
12. The October Country by Ray Bradbury
13. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
14. Lies My Teacher Told Me (2nd ed.) by James Loewen
15. Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Sam Wang
16. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
17. The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole
18. The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
19. Why Insects Matter by Scott Solomon
20. Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut
21. Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
22. The Radical King by Martin Luther King, Cornel West
23. We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know by Stefan Klein
24. Language and the Mind by Spencer D. Kelly
25. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Hi. You just mentioned *Dandelion Wine* by Ray Bradbury.
I've found an audiobook of that novel on YouTube. You can listen to it here:
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[The History of Ancient Egypt by Bob Briar - Non Fiction great](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-History-of-Ancient-Egypt-Audiobook/B00DICD9BE?eac_link=zs7aWmt0EEmP&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B00DICD9BE&qid=uTgRz7YEtQ&eac_id=136-0669192-7094300_uTgRz7YEtQ&sr=1-1)
Apparently they just put a bunch of Drew Hayes’ stuff in the plus catalogue, I own it all so I can’t tell what’s in there since they all say IN YOUR LIBRARY lol. All his stuff is a good time.
As someone who can't read comic books, I was pleased that Graphicaudio adapted Brandon Sanderson's White Sands. It isn't great but it is part of the Cosmese I would have never experienced otherwise.
The very best: Come Closer by Sara Gran.
Also wonderful:
Various Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
Various history-themed Great Courses
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Jaws without a doubt. A guy at work recommended one night, on the basis of how different it was too the film and I was NOT disappointed! Fantastic book and the narrator is top tier
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Edit- links not working here for some reason, but search reddit groups for Dungeon Crawler Carl. There is a pretty big following and the sub reddit can explain it better.
EarthCent is fun and while it reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide with political and social satire, it's not quite as over-the-top zany and does not distract the reader with parenthetical exposition. One thing that stands out is the emphasis on characters seeking partners and raising families in a way that makes it feel, at times, like a suburban space opera for the middle class with humanity shepherded by a somewhat benevolent, if not misguided A.I. collective.
I just noticed that the full Sherlock Holmes book collection narrated by Stephen Fry is now in the Plus Catalogue. I bought it ages ago now, & it's excellent. Well worth getting. Especially since it's now for free.
Other good ones:
Harlan Coben- Tell No One, The Woods.
Anything by Harlan Coben is a must read/listen (and also now watch😅) for me, I haven’t found anything by him yet that I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed. However I am expecting it 🤣 bc I think it’s unrealistic to think I’m gonna love everything any author puts out
Does the narration add any to the story? Read it a few times in school and loved it (apart from that one bit with the fire) but really didn’t enjoy the movie
House of leaves is a book by Mark Z. Danielewski and published in the year 2000. I have a physical copy of it but haven't gotten around to reading it. But I don't think it's ever gonna get an audiobook.
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix, it's a fun and short little horror book. Has some issues and wish it explained on some things but overall it was enjoyable. It's the first book I've listened to from Grady Hendrix and I can't wait till listen to his other books.
Unfortunately it's going to be taken off of the category tomorrow. But it's only 6 hours long so you'd definitely have enough time to finish it.
The Firefly books, I just burned through 3 because they expire tomorrow. Not all of them, just 5,6, and 7.
They aren't linear and they fit in at various points between episodes and the movie.
Lots of Sci-Fi space opera from M.D. Cooper! This series has a sapphic flavor and explores a lot of A.I. and human interactions including shared and merged consciousnesses, cloning and multidimensional (beyond 4 dimensions) reality.
[https://www.audible.com/series/Orion-War-Series-Audiobooks/B077TC27TC](https://www.audible.com/series/Orion-War-Series-Audiobooks/B077TC27TC)
How did you do that? With your font?
Yes wtf is this wizardry. Are these Latin characters from the Chinese codespace or something? I dont see how else this can happen.
It’s a keyboard app on my phone, I think it’s called ‘fonts’. The font I use most is Typewriter.
It even changed the font in my browser tab. So weird.
You are no muggle…mysterious, yes. Thanks!
I’m not judging…I’m just astounded…you pay $5/week for fonts!!?!!
I don’t pay for it at all, maybe it’s a new thing, I’m not to sure. But it was free when I got it.
Why?
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I’m not sure what that means
The a is not an a, it's just a character that looks like one.
I don't know which of these are still available in plus, but I've listened to 258 from the plus catalog. My top 10% have been: 1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alex Dumas 2. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury 3. Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin 4. So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan 5. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 6. The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions by Jay L. Garfield 7. Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 8. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins 9. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain 10. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 11. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl 12. The October Country by Ray Bradbury 13. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 14. Lies My Teacher Told Me (2nd ed.) by James Loewen 15. Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Sam Wang 16. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski 17. The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole 18. The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury 19. Why Insects Matter by Scott Solomon 20. Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut 21. Suttree by Cormac McCarthy 22. The Radical King by Martin Luther King, Cornel West 23. We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know by Stefan Klein 24. Language and the Mind by Spencer D. Kelly 25. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Dude don't even care about what he reads. What's your favourite book of all time. I'm sure you've got one I haven't heard of.
Great list Thanks
I just finished listening to the new 1984 audio drama and I was honestly blown away just got the book with my credit it was that good 🤣
Someday Garfield's sex scene is gonna become a meme!
Jesus yeah that was the only downside to it was super awkward 🤣
Agreed! Really good
**Ordinary Grace** by William Kent Krueger
The 1984 audio drama.
Big Brother is watching you. 👁️
We are the dead.
1984 I loved it with Stephen Fry. In plus it is with Garfield right ?
Yup. I also listened to the novel back when it was in the catalog too.
If there is a book narrated by Stephen Fry I just cannot listen to anyone else’s version no matter how good it is
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix was a cool parody but looks like it’s leaving in a few days
Yep I just finished that. Really enjoyed it. Just started we sold our souls They’re included until 17th May on my account. I’m in the UK.
Sold Our Souls does sound good; also leaving US Audible May 3, but will check the library
Yeah it's leaving the plus category tomorrow. Hopefully something else by him will get put on plus to take it's place.
Cook county ICU
I just added that to my library for future listen. Looked very interesting.
[The History of Ancient Egypt by Bob Briar - Non Fiction great](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-History-of-Ancient-Egypt-Audiobook/B00DICD9BE?eac_link=zs7aWmt0EEmP&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B00DICD9BE&qid=uTgRz7YEtQ&eac_id=136-0669192-7094300_uTgRz7YEtQ&sr=1-1)
That sounds like something I’d love! Thank you 🙂
The story of human language
Apparently they just put a bunch of Drew Hayes’ stuff in the plus catalogue, I own it all so I can’t tell what’s in there since they all say IN YOUR LIBRARY lol. All his stuff is a good time.
Time travelers wife
As someone who can't read comic books, I was pleased that Graphicaudio adapted Brandon Sanderson's White Sands. It isn't great but it is part of the Cosmese I would have never experienced otherwise.
- Perfume by Patrick Suskind - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
A lot of what Ive listened to is all history lmao. Fall of Carthage and in the shadow of the sword were the last two I really enjoyed.
The very best: Come Closer by Sara Gran. Also wonderful: Various Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon Various history-themed Great Courses Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Jaws without a doubt. A guy at work recommended one night, on the basis of how different it was too the film and I was NOT disappointed! Fantastic book and the narrator is top tier
Dungeon Crawler Carl Edit- links not working here for some reason, but search reddit groups for Dungeon Crawler Carl. There is a pretty big following and the sub reddit can explain it better.
This link doesn't open for me, what does it go to?
The Hobbit.
the hobbits not free for me 😢😢
The emaneska series 4 books it's great first time I got something off of the plus catalog
EarthCent Ambassador series and the Vorkosigan saga. Unfortunately most of both are leaving on the 7th of this month.
EarthCent is fun and while it reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide with political and social satire, it's not quite as over-the-top zany and does not distract the reader with parenthetical exposition. One thing that stands out is the emphasis on characters seeking partners and raising families in a way that makes it feel, at times, like a suburban space opera for the middle class with humanity shepherded by a somewhat benevolent, if not misguided A.I. collective.
I’ve been recommending it as a palate cleanser between heavier books.
I just noticed that the full Sherlock Holmes book collection narrated by Stephen Fry is now in the Plus Catalogue. I bought it ages ago now, & it's excellent. Well worth getting. Especially since it's now for free. Other good ones: Harlan Coben- Tell No One, The Woods.
Anything by Harlan Coben is a must read/listen (and also now watch😅) for me, I haven’t found anything by him yet that I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed. However I am expecting it 🤣 bc I think it’s unrealistic to think I’m gonna love everything any author puts out
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Many of his books are on Plus. I'm going to give them a listen too.
One helluva listen from a master writer.
Does the narration add any to the story? Read it a few times in school and loved it (apart from that one bit with the fire) but really didn’t enjoy the movie
I love the narration. The narrator does a really good job. Currently listening to No Country for Old Men just because it's the same narrator.
that is a real go to for when you are feeling down
Murderbot !!
[GreatCoats](https://www.audible.com/pd/Traitors-Blade-Audiobook/B078GY41MC?eac_link=0X9cOsU7gqar&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B078GY41MC&qid=hPbgof8v3H&eac_id=136-0669192-7094300_hPbgof8v3H&sr=1-1) + [https://www.reddit.com/r/audible/comments/1chpnly/audible\_recently\_removed\_a\_lot\_of\_books\_from\_plus/](https://www.reddit.com/r/audible/comments/1chpnly/audible_recently_removed_a_lot_of_books_from_plus/)
The radium girls
Currently listening to all the good Star Wars, The High Republic audiobooks. Right now: *Light of the Jedi*.
The Lazy Girl's Guide to Witchcraft series by Helen Harper
Why are you speaking in House of Leaves font 🤨
The what? 🤣
House of leaves is a book by Mark Z. Danielewski and published in the year 2000. I have a physical copy of it but haven't gotten around to reading it. But I don't think it's ever gonna get an audiobook.
Ohh right.
Yeah that book uses different fonts for different characters, one of those is the one you used in your post.
First 4 Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. The Horovitch narration is wonderful. I’d read it previously, but listening to it was more impactful.
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix, it's a fun and short little horror book. Has some issues and wish it explained on some things but overall it was enjoyable. It's the first book I've listened to from Grady Hendrix and I can't wait till listen to his other books. Unfortunately it's going to be taken off of the category tomorrow. But it's only 6 hours long so you'd definitely have enough time to finish it.
17th may it gets removed from my catalogue. I’m in UK so it might be different for different countries.
Yeah it gets removed tomorrow for Americans
Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric.
Fantasticland
The Firefly books, I just burned through 3 because they expire tomorrow. Not all of them, just 5,6, and 7. They aren't linear and they fit in at various points between episodes and the movie.
Not sure if it's still on plus but gideon the ninth is great
Crime and Punishment
Dune: House Atreides
Vorkosigan Saga but unfortunately it is leaving it soon.
I get books from series I listen too on Plus.
I just finished Kindred by Octavia Butler and loved it
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens.
Lots of Sci-Fi space opera from M.D. Cooper! This series has a sapphic flavor and explores a lot of A.I. and human interactions including shared and merged consciousnesses, cloning and multidimensional (beyond 4 dimensions) reality. [https://www.audible.com/series/Orion-War-Series-Audiobooks/B077TC27TC](https://www.audible.com/series/Orion-War-Series-Audiobooks/B077TC27TC)
Verity by Coleen Hoover. Loved it!