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?

  • 360walkaway@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Childrens’ books where animals talk while also making animal noises. My library used to do that… you could call them and there was an option to listen to a recording of a guy narrate a book for children. There was one where he would make hilarious growling sounds for a bear character and it was too funny to keep listening to.