There is a time and place for listening to really long audiobooks. Most times, thought, there is a sweet spot of listening duration that is enough to really get immersed in the story, and not too long you have to block out days )or weeks) to finish. I find audiobooks under 4 hours to be that for me. Below is a great mix of shorter audiobooks, and there is a mix of genres to please just about anyone. If you are looking for audiobooks for a road trip, we have a great list here.
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The Alchemist
Book Summary:
A young Andalusian sheep herder travels to Egypt to find his treasure. Along the wya, there are trials and tribulations to find his destiny. The story, through the advice he receives along the way, becomes more a self help book to achieve what you want your destiny to be.
As the Crow Flies
Book Summary:
A rock climber dies while climbing at Cheddar Gorge. The question for Detective Inspector Nick Dixon, friend and former climbing partner of the deceased, must determine if the fall was just an accident. As he delves into his friend’s life, he realizes it may be much more than just an accident.
All Systems Red
Book Summary:
It calls itself Murderbot. It is a company controlled monitor for science teams doing planet explorations. Murderbot has hacked itself, and is trying to find out who and what it is, and what its purpose is.
Between the World and Me
Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrator: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Listening Time: 3 hours, 35 minutes
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Book Summary:
Ta-Nehisi Coates provides an real life example of what it is like as a young balck man in America. Thought provoking when dealing with tough subjects.
Tuesdays with Morrie
Book Summary:
Everyone has a favorite professor. For Mitch Albom, it was Morrie, his sociology professor. After he finds out the professor has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), he spends 14 Tuesdays with him, while Morrie dispenses his final lessons.
A Place Called Freedom
Book Summary:
Ken Follett’s historical fiction follows a coal miner in late 1700’s England. Malachi McAsh believes there is more to life than eeking out a living in the coal mines and travels to London for something different. He is found guilty of a crime, and spends a lengthy time in prison, where he really questions life.
Finding Cinderella
Author: Colleen Hoover
Narrator: Jason Carpenter
Listening Time: 4 hours, 2 minutes
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Book Summary:
Colleen Hoover has a modern take on the Cinderella fairy tale. Two young people meet, fall in love, and their relationship ends in an hour. After not so great, relationships later on, can the two find each other again and find out if true love is real, or a fairy tale.
Artificial Condition
Book Summary:
Murderbot is back in the next sci-fi installment of this series. The self-aware ai enhanced robot has teamed up with another robot to find out what the murky partial memories are in its past. He knows they are bad, just not how bad.
Elevation
Book Summary:
Dog poop, losing weight without getting thinner and “unconventional” neighbors. All these combine in a story by master story teller Stephen King to explore the ideas of acceptance, forgiveness and decency, all in a small town.
Where There’s Smoke
Author: Jodi Picoult
Narrator: Kathe Mazur, Rebecca Lowman
Listening Time: 4 hours
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Book Summary:
Shouldn’t a psychic know a guest is going to be a problem? Serenity Jones brings a war widow onto her lagging TV show to prop up ratings, and things don’t turn out well. Can Serenity fix the damage caused by the controversy and repair her reputation as a top psychic?
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Katy B. Rutland
My name is Katy, and storytelling is pretty much my jam. Snuggling up with a good book and escaping into a thrilling movie has been my addiction since I was a little kid. I studied English Lit in college which was literally heaven for a word nerd like me. Since graduating I've focused my passion and energy on writing my own novels and screenplays.