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Ok, /lit/. Recommendation time. I'm going on a long ass drive and need an audiobook. I've never listened to one before, but some authors I like to read include:

David Foster Wallace
Vladimir Nabokov
John Barth
Donald Barthelme
Thomas Pynchon

And I always have a non-fiction itch worth scratching. Any ideas? Pic unrelated.

>> No.872211

Nothing?

>> No.872225

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen is a killer book you might like, but the audiobook is abridged

http://www.amazon.com/Corrections-Jonathan-Franzen/dp/0743510003

>> No.872229

try twilight or harry potter

>> No.872242

You seem to enjoy postmodernism. If you can handle a bit of science fiction, I'd suggest the BBC radio productions of Neuromancer and Burning Chrome by William Gibson. Also, the New Yorker's podcast regularly features modern short fiction. Get it: it's free.

For non-fiction, look into the Very Short Introductions series. I'd particularly recommend Cold War: a Very Short Introduction if care about that historical period at all.

>> No.872257

>>872242
I definitely enjoy post-modernism (though I don't know how all of it can translate to an audiobook). I'll check this stuff out.

>> No.872277

>>872257
Look into radio dramas, too (the BBC's Neuromancer I've recommended is one). They are an interesting alternative to the simple a-book-being-read-aloud concept of audiobooks and you might well get hooked on the "theatre of the mind".

>> No.872280

finnegan's wake FTW

>> No.872281

>>872280
as if there's an audiobook of that

>> No.872289

>>872281
plenty of them

>> No.872300

>>872289
Oh fuck. I doubt it would make understanding Finnegan's Wake any easier.

>> No.872316

>>872280 finnegan's wake
>>872300 Finnegan's Wake

It's Finnegans Wake. This is /lit/, get it right.

>> No.872320

>>872242
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction, because of its story-like writing, is also a very good audio book.

>> No.872333

>>872316
Sorry, my wrong. I guess Joyce wanted to have multiple Finnegans after all.

>> No.872337

>>872316
problem?

>> No.872340

You might like Cormac McCarthy, based on your booklist. I'm sure audiobooks of The Road will be all over the place, but try to find Blood Meridian instead if you can, which is vastly superior.

>> No.872597

bump