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Need to flush my remaining credits and close my account. Recommend me some books with the following criteria:

1) the longer the better, trying to use the credits on audiobooks 15$ or more
2) somewhat obscure such that it is not available through piracy

>> No.23071906

Personality by Daniel nettle
I used credits for that because I couldn't find it though piracy

>> No.23072404

Summa theologica and city of god

>> No.23073097

>>23071666
from experience
longer≠better
I got a 22 hour-long biography of Nikola Tesla and it turned into a slog.
I just checked the hours and am confused because I thought it was worse than that.
atlas shrugged was 60+ hours and really didn't need to be but that's how it was written.
basically I learned you aren't getting your money's worth by getting a bunch of hours that suck as opposed to a few good ones.

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>>23071666

Before you close account say that you are closing because its too expensive and they will give you another credit.

Go for books that are not experimental ot too dense, count of monte cristo is straightforward in presentation and doesnt need a close read, unlike something like Infinite jest (i know midwit tier, fuck your self) which ommits foot notes in the recording.

>> No.23074446

>>23071666
Tom Holland's translation of Herodotus has never been uploaded to audiobookbay, which I find puzzling considering how popular Holland is.

>> No.23074492

>>23071666
Saga of Tanya the Evil (light novel)
Only the first novel is available through piracy

>> No.23074518

>>23071666
Peter H Wilson, if you want to learn about the
>H
>R
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Europe's Tragedy, Heart Of Europe, and Blood and Iron are all full of interesting stuff and like 40 hours long IIRC.

>> No.23075776

>>23071666
Get Stella Maris. It's short but it's done like a radio play.