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?

  • RandomiseUsr0@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Any of my long time favourites, I have my own dialogue with those books, I don’t want to hear someone else’s. Otherwise - open field for me

    • the-tea-queen@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This is such a sweet answer and such a good point. I love creating the voice of the narrator in my head and having them narrated over audiobook is just not as much fun!