Any Audiobooks or Podcasts recommendations?

[Zorrena]

I have audible and have been listening to primarily Warhammer books but the most of the others I've tried tend to have narrarators that sound almost monotone.

The only nonwarhammer books I've listened to are the Morcster chef series, Legends &Lattes, The Kanti Cycle & the Final days of the white flower II series.

So with a few credits built up I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to try I don't mind as to what genre they are as I am ok with trying anything.
I know there's also a good few books/stories people have put in podcast form and those can be great as well so I'll take those as well. I tend to listen to these while I'm at work as I tend not to have much time to sit and read anymore.

Sorry if this was hard to read but if needed I can try and clear this up or explain better.

 

[Miles Marsalis]

I got you.

I'm guessing you're sci-fi fan looking for good stories and emotive performances, so the first two audiobooks I'd recommend are Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth, which have some commonalities with Warhammer 40K.

The first book follows a necromancer and her swordswoman as they travel to a dead Earth to participate in a series of trials to become their God Emperor's most trusted servants, though a lot more than that is afoot. The setting is science fantasy space opera where a necromancer emperor who resurrected humanity from extinction presides over a massive galactic empire where necromancy is commonplace.

The prose is unique, there is ample humor along with touching moments, the characters are well-thought out with delectable dialogue, the plot is unpredictable, and the novel moves through several genres. I can't talk about the plot too much without spoilers, but the series has been one of the better ones I've read this year.

The voice acting is extremely strong as well too, so don't worry about that.

Gideon the Ninth

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-thr...

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Harrow the Ninth

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the emperor's haunted space station. She answered...

www.audible.com

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan has always been a favorite of mine since high school and I listened to the audiobook early on in the pandemic for nostalgia's sake. It's about a Takeshi Kovacs, a former special forces soldier who is hired by an immortal billionaire to solve his own murder in a future where mind uploading has rendered death mostly a thing of the past.

The novel is well-written all-around and it's a decent mystery in the noir style. The voice acting is high quality and adds to the story.

Altered Carbon

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the...

www.audible.com

I have a few more recommendations, including that are cheap enough not to use credits for, if you're interested. I can recommend audiobooks from a few genres as well.

 

[Zorrena]

I got you.

I'm guessing you're sci-fi fan looking for good stories and emotive performances, so the first two audiobooks I'd recommend are Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth, which have some commonalities with Warhammer 40K.

The first book follows a necromancer and her swordswoman as they travel to a dead Earth to participate in a series of trials to become their God Emperor's most trusted servants, though a lot more than that is afoot. The setting is science fantasy space opera where a necromancer emperor who resurrected humanity from extinction presides over a massive galactic empire where necromancy is commonplace.

The prose is unique, there is ample humor along with touching moments, the characters are well-thought out with delectable dialogue, the plot is unpredictable, and the novel moves through several genres. I can't talk about the plot too much without spoilers, but the series has been one of the better ones I've read this year.

The voice acting is extremely strong as well too, so don't worry about that.

Gideon the Ninth

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-thr...

www.audible.com

Harrow the Ninth

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the emperor's haunted space station. She answered...

www.audible.com

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan has always been a favorite of mine since high school and I listened to the audiobook early on in the pandemic for nostalgia's sake. It's about a Takeshi Kovacs, a former special forces soldier who is hired by an immortal billionaire to solve his own murder in a future where mind uploading has rendered death mostly a thing of the past.

The novel is well-written all-around and it's a decent mystery in the noir style. The voice acting is high quality and adds to the story.

Altered Carbon

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the...

www.audible.com

I have a few more recommendations, including that are cheap enough not to use credits for, if you're interested. I can recommend audiobooks from a few genres as well.

Sure I'll take a look at those recommendations as I don't mind spending a bit especially if it's for a shorter story. Thanks for the ones you mentioned though I'll listen to the samples of them when I'm at work today to give them a try.

 

[Miles Marsalis]

I'll paste the links here and if you have any questions about the titles, I'll answer them when I can.

This is actually a fantasy story featuring anthropomorphic characters that could pass as a furry narrative.

The Builders

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to...

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Some other sci-fi short stories I've listened to that I've liked:

The Visit

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men - old friends - confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah. One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a...

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We Travel the Spaceways

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Otherworldly interference in real-world New York City? Or delusions? For the answer, follow two loving strangers in an astonishing short story of faith and hope by a World Fantasy Award winner. Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free Black...

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Emergency Skin

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. 2020 Audie Award Winner for Best Science Fiction Audible narration by Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery) What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning...

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Lost Planet Homicide

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A lost colony planet, a perplexing murder, and a dogged homicide cop in this Audible Original story from best-selling author Larry Correia. When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep...

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This is a longer Audible Original, but it's a hilarious sci-fi audiobook written by Bill Oakley, who used to write for the Simpsons.

Space: 1969

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. What if President John F. Kennedy had survived and rocketed the Space Race of the 1960s into overdrive? And what if he was, maybe, not quite...himself? Space: 1969 is a wild and outrageous sci-fi comedy from the mind of Emmy-winning writer Bi...

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These are nonfiction shorts that I liked:

Single Asiatic Male Seeks Ride or Die Chick

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. What does it mean to say “I love you” in the digital age? Fresh off the Boat author and host of Viceland’s Huang’s World Eddie Huang swipes right and meets his perfect match in this short tale of “shooting your shot.” ...

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Homecoming

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. When Eddie Huang found out Tom Hanks had COVID, he made a split-second decision to cop a flight to Taipei. It was in the thick of the pandemic, before we had much information at all besides to mummify ourselves and cry in a corner of our bedrooms...

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I also finished and enjoyed this recently:

Ymir

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A gripping, far-future retelling of Beowulf from an award-winning author, perfect for fans of Richard K. Morgan. Yorick never wanted to see his homeworld again. He left Ymir two decades ago, with half his face blown off and no love lost for the pla...

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Also, it's nice to hear from you again. I hope everything is going well.

 

[Zorrena]

Ok im back so had a trip to chicago and didnt spend much time online during it. However I listened to the gideon the ninth book and it seems somewhat interesting but the plot left me confused for a good chunk of it. I did try the other stories well the free ones for now and so far though they are only an hour at most long they've been pretty good. I'll probably be trying some of the other paid ones next.

As for me ya things are going well for the most part. I'm trying to save up money for a trip to comicon in LA in december but not sure if I'll be able to so I may instead just go to midwest furfest but am not sure if I should go as I've no idea what to expect to happen there.

 

[Miles Marsalis]

Ok im back so had a trip to chicago and didnt spend much time online during it. However I listened to the gideon the ninth book and it seems somewhat interesting but the plot left me confused for a good chunk of it. I did try the other stories well the free ones for now and so far though they are only an hour at most long they've been pretty good. I'll probably be trying some of the other paid ones next.

As for me ya things are going well for the most part. I'm trying to save up money for a trip to comicon in LA in december but not sure if I'll be able to so I may instead just go to midwest furfest but am not sure if I should go as I've no idea what to expect to happen there.

As weird as it may seem, the second book may clear up the confusion, though there are fictional glossaries in both books that provide some context.

I can give more recommendations, if you want.

I'm glad things are mostly going smoothly for you. I've been to LA, but never the CC there, so I can only speak to the city, which is alright though it can be a hassle to get around if it's you're first time. Or transportation system here has spoiled me, lol. But I hope you have a safe and fun trip if you decide to travel.

 

[Miles Marsalis]

A few more I've listened to you might like:

You Have Arrived at Your Destination

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Audible narration by David Harbour (Stranger Things) Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of the near future by the New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow. When Sam’s wife...

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Randomize

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Audible narration by Janina Gavankar (True Blood) In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip-smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian. An IT...

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The Last Conversation

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Audible narration by Steven Strait (The Expanse) What’s more frightening: Not knowing who you are? Or finding out? A Bram Stoker Award-winning author explores the answer in a chilling story about identity and human consciousness. Imagine you’...

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[Zorrena]

Ooh nice since im working tomorrow and its somewhat slow paced at the hospital I'll see about checking trying at least one of these thanks for all the recomendations as well. Honestly when it comes to going to LA im intimidated as I've only been to what I would consider 2 big cities chicago and D.C. where I was there for more than a few hours or a day. As I've been to San Antonio, Austin, and Houston but thats kinda it in Texas. As it sucks for me to leave the state as its about an 8+hour drive from my house to the state border. I live extremely close to the bottom of Texas right near the border and the little towns/cities here have nothing on Chicago or D.C.

 

[Miles Marsalis]

Ooh nice since im working tomorrow and its somewhat slow paced at the hospital I'll see about checking trying at least one of these thanks for all the recomendations as well. Honestly when it comes to going to LA im intimidated as I've only been to what I would consider 2 big cities chicago and D.C. where I was there for more than a few hours or a day. As I've been to San Antonio, Austin, and Houston but thats kinda it in Texas. As it sucks for me to leave the state as its about an 8+hour drive from my house to the state border. I live extremely close to the bottom of Texas right near the border and the little towns/cities here have nothing on Chicago or D.C.

Eh, Texas has its charms. I've been to Dallas and Austin for work and had a good time in those places. (I did some line dancing with a few coworkers, lmao.) Houston was alright, though I wasn't there under the best circumstances.

I'd definitely prefer to going LA over DC; the weather is generally nicer, the pace is more relaxed there, and there is more to do there. LA was probably one of better places stateside I've worked. My sister lived out there for a few years before coming back to East Coast, but she liked in out there.

Like, don't mess with your finances to go, but you might find some stuff to love about LA.

 

[Miles Marsalis]

Haven't been on too much, but I listened to these podcasts:

Summer In Argyle

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. One town. One murder. One million hot dogs. Welcome to Argyle. Grab a hot dog and allow town narrator Jeremy Zax (Bob Odenkirk) to regale you with this region’s rich history! Founded in 1843 by settlers with their sights set on California, these b...

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Hot White Heist

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Please note: This podcast is intended for adults only. It contains explicit language, sexual references, and adult themes. Discretion is advised. Deep under Seattle’s Space Needle in a hidden bunker sits the most valuable substance on earth: Barack...

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The Vela

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A refugee returns to her home planet in search of a missing ship that holds the key to saving humanity. As her planet’s star dies, Asala Sikou doesn’t have much hope for the future of civilization. She’s already survived disaster ...

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These audiobooks were also funny and moving:

Rare Earth

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A lost mining crew, 400 million miles from Earth. A retired miner journeys to find out why. "There's something out there...." Waldo Packwood has had a rough time of things lately. He's lost his job, his friends, and fina...

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I forgot to mention this awhile back, but this is one of my favorites and the narration is done by Nathan Fillion.

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Salvage-Crew-Audiobook/1774246775

 

[Miles Marsalis]

Much of the reading I've done has been for work or ongoing editing, but I've been listening to audiobooks and podcast in lieu of music for a few months now and got into a few things:

Moriarty

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Audible’s bold new addition to the Sherlock Holmes universe, Moriarty: The Devils Game, dares to ask: What if Holmes’ most villainous nemesis was actually an innocent man? Featuring Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings, Lost) in a riveting lea...

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Fishpriest

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Listen to Fishpriest. Available starting May 19th! The Bronx, 1993. Crack is king. Crime is rampant. Tommy “Fishpriest” Barth - nicknamed after his weapon of choice, a club that’s meant to kill fish but works on people just fine - sees ...

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The Freeze-Frame Revolution

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. How do you stage a mutiny when you're only awake one day in a million? How do you conspire when your tiny handful of potential allies changes with each job shift? How do you engage an enemy that never sleeps, that sees through your eyes and hears...

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Grand Theft Astro

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. From the author of the “Magic 2.0” series comes an outer space caper where it’s the thief who’s having something stolen from her - her life. It is the distant future, and Baird is a loner, a part time spy, and a notorious alleged ...

www.audible.com

 

[Miles Marsalis]

I haven't much time to do reading for myself recently, but I've been listening to audiobooks a bit:

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Dispatcher-Audiobook/B01KKPH1VA

If you like first one, the rest of the series is good too.

I'm listening to this while I'm off:

https://www.audible.com/pd/Project-Hail-Mary-Audiobook/B08G9PRS1K

 

[Miles Marsalis]

I finished this coming home from work:

https://www.audible.com/pd/To-Be-Taught-If-Fortunate-Audiobook/0062959042

It took awhile to build, but it was poignant at the end.

 

[Vinfang]

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