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?

  • QuinMallery--@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Choose your own adventures wouldn’t work.

    Books like Flowers for Algernon because the miss spelling and the way the writing changes as he changes would be lost.

    I think philosophical texts are meant to be chewed over slowly. That being said, having them read out loud to you, like in an audible book, could help if one re-listens to portions and pauses as they go and such to give for that intended reader analysis.

    • the-tea-queen@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Choose your own adventure audiobooks would be fun but more interactive than the medium allows :(