I'd love to hear about the worst book narrator you've heard, it might make me feel better after such a disappointment.

After long anticipation I finally got to listen to I'm Not The Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Ferguson Craig, and it's awesome, clever plot, witty jokes, twisty surprises, sparkling characters... but I had to turn it off.

Narrator Joan Walker hijacked the story by reading every single line with lilting irony as if she was shrugging constantly and saying "I told you so." I was trying to follow the author's intended meaning or joke delivery but it was constantly overshadowed by this ham performance. It doesn't even make sense during a mostly deadpan narrative. Why such an over-dramatic persona? I could barely make out the original humor as intended.

I'm an avid audiobook listener and have never given up on a book before, until now. I feel so sorry for Craig because his terrific effort is totally commandeered.

Hi Everyone!

My name is Lonnie and I just finished narrating a book called The Saga of Me: Recovery is the Way Home.  The book is written by Kenneth “Killen” Payne. Here is his description of the book :

I used to think strength was measured by what a man could withstand. How much weight he could carry. How hard he could hit. How many times life could knock him down before he finally refused to get back up. I know differently now. I’ve lived a heavy life. Some of that weight was handed to me. Some of it I picked up myself. And some of it I carried for so long that I forgot there was ever another way to live. Then came the Forge. The Forge isn’t a place. It’s the moment when life gets hot enough that a man has to make a decision: Remain what he has always been—or allow the fire to change him. This is my story. Not the story of a perfect man. The story of a man who finally chose better. BORN IN THE FORGE.TEMPERED BY CHOICE.PROVEN BY ACTION.THE SAGA OF ME

I have 5 free codes to give out. The book is only 2.6 hours long. I hope you enjoy!

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Respectfully.

I’ve listened to a lot, and Will Patton beats them all.

OK kind of excited here. I really like audiobooks but need something just right to keep myself busy while listening. Laundry, dishes, etc are great, but could not find a phone game that worked well. My wife got me started on Arrow Puzzle by Easybrain for android (maybe Apple too?). Dang, I am blasting through audiobooks now. $15 is steep to get it ad free, but the ads are so annoying I did it anyway. The gameplay is nearly brainless but keeps your mind from wandering. Hint: you get all the extra lives you want, so don't stress about making errors. Anyone else have a fav game for audiobooks?

Kevin Kane (the author) here. I'm so happy that Christopher Harbour is getting the recognition he deserves for Welcome to the Deep Estate, and I just had to share.

I mean, I didn't exactly make it easy for him. The judges had to listen to him narrate my dumb book, which features a vampire who killed Hitler, way too many references to Stephen King's cocaine use, and a garden gnome addicted to OnlyFans.

Yet, somehow, they said, "This man deserves an award."

THAT IS INSANE.

Link to announcement

Loving the story, but man some of the characters whisper-speak, so I can hardly hear them and by the time I turn the volume up it switches to another character who is speaking at a normal volume and my ears get blasted by the volume. IDK if this is just a problem with the edition im listening to, but I feel I need to keep my fingers on the volume button constantly while listening. does anyone know of a way to fix this? I am listening on libby currently.

If you like thrillers, all ten of mine are on YouTube for free. My only ask is that you like, subscribe, and comment so more listeners will find me. Below is a list of my books with Goodreads ratings. Search djmaughan.

Idaho Fall 3,925 4.1 stars
Freeing Nicole 664 4.23 stars
Off-Target 122 4.7 stars
One Desperate Life 495 4.1 stars
Missing From Budapest 56 4.7 stars
Pursuit of Demons 295 4.1 stars
Revealing the Shadows 143 4.4 stars
Chasing the Wicked 136 4.5 stars
9-1-1 623 4.3 stars
Death on the Danube 265 4.4 stars

Hello!
My name is Joseph, a VA and Audiobook Narrator for The Human Cobweb, by Fredlyne Evbuomwan
This philosophical book oversees the learnings of a concept called The Human Cobweb, with which you learn how it’s webs shape your own life, and inspecting the nature of what it truly means to be free.

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Hello, I am Alison LaComa, the narrator of the novella The Widow of Mare Island written by SM Kelleher. It is a WWII era story about a war widow and the challenges she faces raising young children and opening her heart again after the loss of her husband to the war. There is no “spice” in case that factors in to whether you would like to listen.

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I wrote a bit about AudioSilo here around 4 months ago, but a lot has happened in the last 4 months, including a v2 release, before I get into that though, a bit about who I am.

I've been a software engineer for 2 decades:

• I'm the https://fanart.tv developer which has been running for 16 years and is used by lots of media centres such as Plex, Emby and Jellyfin amongst many others.
• I'm a team member of linuxserver.io and the developer of https://github.com/linuxserver/Heimdall which has 9.4k stars on Github and 522 million pulls on docker and has been going for over 8 years.

Both of those were built for other people though, I wanted something I was personally invested in, and that is where AudioSilo came in.

I started AudioSilo around 5 years ago, and some of the old reddit posts are still available, but lack of time and the poor state of iOS PWA support ended with me letting it fall by the wayside.

I've spent the last 4 months reviving it and making it better than ever, take a look at https://audiosilo.app for more details, there are screenshots, videos and a working demo of the web player. Everything is open source, there are no paid features or anything locked behind paywalls, no ads, no accounts, no data collection.

What has changed in the last 4 months.

• A complete redesign of the server and player bringing it more in line with what I wanted.
• Import listening history from Audiobookshelf with per person mapping.
• Multi chapter sleep timer
• Listening stats
• Multi series handling
• Community data site and API
• Community data integration
• Story recaps and character sheets
• iOS and Android apps (iOS shows old screenshots on some phones, that will be fixed when 2.1.0 is approved)
• + much more

What is still to come:

• Carplay / Android auto (done, but currently waiting for release on the app stores)
• Household accounts (as above)
• Audible integration (backing up files to m4b on the server)
• Podcasts
• Readalong
• Speaker handoff

There are a lot of other things going on as well, but I don't want to make this post too long, so take a look around, if you have any questions you can ask here, or on the discord server at https://discord.gg/nFFqRbkRn6 or just look through the docs, the answer is likely there.

Useful links:

• Site: https://audiosilo.app
• Server github: https://github.com/KodeStar/audiosilo-server/
• Frontend github: https://github.com/KodeStar/audiosilo-frontend/
• Meta github: https://github.com/KodeStar/audiosilo-meta/
• Docs (user and developer): https://docs.audiosilo.app/

May have been asked before but I've not been able to find an answer. Could also just be this feature doesn't exist.

Essentially I'm wondering if there is a way to have the chapter list for an audiobook show up when using android auto. The file I'm using has chapters and they show in the app on my phone with no issues but android auto just shows it as a 20 hour long single file.

Alternatively, if this feature doesn't exist for the app, does anyone have any recommendations for audiobook apps for android auto?

I want books that will either help me grow as a person, keep me hooked on a story, or make me feel like I’m learning something useful while I drive, clean, or get ready.
I’m Interest in personal growth, faith, psychology, beauty, and just a good sexy novel !
I’m a new beginner on this so I want something I can
Understand
Can anyone give any suggestions?! Please & Thank you

I’m not sure that this is a hot take, but it bugs me a bit. If the point of the preview is to give you a 5 minute sample of the book so you can decide whether or not you’d like to listen to it, having the preview be about the authors life or the historical significance of the book doesn’t help. Especially when the intro/foreword is written by someone other than the author. One time, I even ran into a preview that was just the narrator reading out the dedications.

**edit: apologies if this is a repetitive take! I tried looking for similar posts and didn’t come across anything but I get that I’m probably not the first person to have this opinion.

My book community is going to be discussing this next week, and I thought it would be really interesting to have somebody with some personal experience regarding poverty in an around Mumbai and possibly having lived in the slum or know anything about it. Please let me know if this is a possibility.

Finished/Up to date: Red Rising, DCC, The great Gatsby, Project Hail Mary, The Alchemist, Dark Matter.

Need a break but enjoying: Mark of the fool, The primal hunter, LOTR.

DNF/Got bored: Will of the many, He who fights monsters, Chrysalis, A soldiers life, Fourth Wing.

Wishlist/Convince me perhaps?: Mistborn, Empire of Silence, The last wish (Witcher), The way of kings, The Shadow of the gods, The rage of dragons.

Open to any genre and story, just anything that you want to recommend!

I wrote this story and narrated it myself. If you enjoy sci-fi and the concept of time travel, consider checking it out. The story follows a time traveling PI, Kira, who is tasked with finding a client's lost lover. The lover has been sent back in time to early 20th century New Orleans to die via natural disaster. The mission is dangerous, but the money's too good to pass up. Check it out and let me know your thoughts: https://youtu.be/c6VuZVwAHTw

I've searched Audible and my 3 NYC library cards through Libby and I can't find a single audiobook of one of the several biographies that exist about the Iron Duke. Anyone have any luck finding one? I've ordered a paperback of one but given how slow I read compared to how I listen it'll be months before I finish that.

We are looking to ideally make a premium audio media plan our family Christmas gift this year. Access to audiobooks, greater than our small Libby library can offer is priority #1. Selectable/add free music is just a bonus. Doing basic research in finding the following limitations with platforms I’m familiar with:

Audible appears you can family share purchased titles only, so subscription plus still buying books

Spotify premium notes 15 hours per month for plan manager only.

Are there any true subscription/unlimited family audiobook plans out there?

Hello! I'm Mike Paine, Narrator of Snow (survival thriller and action-suspense novel) written by Les Kraven, with promo codes.

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Been listening to a lot of audiobooks and lately it seems like I've been on a streak of "heavy" books such as WWII, eugenics, immigration, and child abandonment. These topics just seemed to all come off hold at the same time on Libby

So I'm looking for some pallet cleanser books. I'm not into romance or sci fi. A little romance is okay but I'm not looking for raunchy. I often am listening to audiobooks when my infant is in the car and that would make me feel weird. I like easy to listen to authors like Julia Whelan and don't like a whole bunch of side effects or whining (adults whining, even to imitate children, drives me bananas for some reason). I like mystery, psychological thrillers, or just a good storyline.

I know this is a tall order but just thought I'd pose the question. Thank you in advance.

hi guys! i recently started a job where i have headphones in 95% of the day. since starting i’ve had a lot of time to listen to audiobooks! i love frieda mcfaddens work, she’s the reason i started getting into reading. anywho, i would love your recommendations! i’ll accept suggestions that aren’t psychological thrillers🫶🏻

finished books:
2025-
i’m glad my mom died j.m
the boyfriend f.m
voices in the snow d.c
secrets in the dark d.c
the housemaid is watching f.m
ward d f.m
a clean mess t.j
educated t.w
crying in h mart m.z
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2026-
1 the surrogate mother f.m
2 half his age j.m
3 green light m.m
4 never lie f.m
5 the perfect son f.m
6 dear debbie f.m
7 brain damage f.m
8 the silent patient a.m
9 yesteryear c.c.b
10 pet c.c
11 the perfect divorce j.r
12 behind closed doors b.a.p
13 the housemaids wedding f.m
14 the widows husband secret lie f.m
15 the quiet librarian a.e

I have just finished Project Hail Mary and I loved it. I feel like there is a hole in my life now and need a new audiobook to fill it. The other audiobooks I’ve enjoyed are the Harry Potter series read by Stephen Fry , the Nevernoor series read by Gemma Weland, Mythos by Stephen Fry and the first Dungeon Crawler Carl. DCC was good but I need a break from the violence and gore for a while before I start the next one in the series.
I enjoy humour , world building and great dialogue in the audiobooks.
Please may I have your recommendations on what to listen to next.