I have recently been getting back into audiobooks and was discussing them with a friend when this question came up. Obviously picture/comic books, manga and the like would not work in the format, but what other kind of books would not work in an audio format?
I was thinking House of Leaves for the obvious reasons, but is there a book you can think of that narratively or otherwise would not be well translated to audiobook?
OR a book that would need to be read in a certain way in order for an audio format to work?
Apart from books where any kind of graphic component is important, all books work as audiobooks. It’s a matter of finding a good narrator who has understood the assignment. If Joyce’s Ulysses is on Audible, not to mention all classics…
It’s also a matter of how WELL they work. Sure everything could be vocalized somehow but it’s not necessarily the same experience as the written novel.