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Are there any books that you think are actually BETTER as audiobooks?
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Absolutely.
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World War Z. Entire thing is framed as series of audio interviews. Great cast also helps.
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Those narrated by exceptionally skilled performers with strong vocal musicality who, especially in older works, preserve the authentic accents and pronunciations of the time.
Also the ones read by the author himself (bonus point if he died long ago, like Camus' reading of The Stranger)
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>>25093462
Homer, because it was originally recited orally.
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>>25093462
Only American Psycho. Otherwise I hate the idea of audio-books.
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Bible
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UBIK by Philip K Dick is narrated exceptionally well. Ditto Catch-22.
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Specifically the narration done by Alexander Scourby.
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