Ep. 1: Best Audiobooks of 2017

By: The Audible Editors

Length: 35 mins

Publisher's summary

Catch up on recent audiobook hits as our editors entice you with the stories behind these soon-to-be classics.

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition by Margaret Atwood

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Accidental Sire by Molly Harper

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Refugee by Alan Gratz

The Nix by Nathan Hill

Artemis by Andy Weir

American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane by Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin

Black Privilege by Charlamagne Tha God

Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for UltraHuman Protection by Alexander C. Kane

©2018 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2018 Audible Originals, LLC

Great but...

Enjoyed this but really want to see a list of the books mentioned along with why nominated titles for show notes. I had to backup it catch the title more than a few times. Please!

Male Perspective?

I appreciated the doscussion. I hope since this 1st episode you've added a man or two to the lineup.

Addicted to Audicted

This is just one of the generous benefits for being an Audible member. Each of the Audicted episodes presents me with something to consider. It even helped me find my next great "Read"!

Good Reviews - Needs written back-up

Would you listen to Ep. 1: Best Audiobooks of 2017 (Audicted) again? Why?

Yes!

What about the narrator’s performance did you like?

Enjoyed the banter, but made it difficult to follow sometimes.

Any additional comments?

I listen to Audible either in the car, or while I am working, including this series. It would be very beneficial to me if each edition had an accompanying pdf with links to the books discussed in that edition.

Great listening

This is interesting to listen to, and to get ideas of books to read or get on Audio.

Episode 1

I had low expectations for this series but it’s actually pretty good! I’m always happy to hear about new book recommendations because I listen to a lot of audio books. It’s nice that this gives recommendations of books to listen to from the people of audible. I’m going to listen to a couple of the books they recommended.

Audible podcast: I love it!

This is an Audible podcast. Perfect length for a commute at around 34 minutes. In this episode, the Editors recap which audiobooks made the cut for Audible's Best of 2017 list, and they briefly discussed how they came up with those titles.

This was a super fun listen for me. These Editors have infectious enthusiasm for each of the audiobooks they discussed, and that is exactly what I wanted to hear. They actually made me reconsider listening to one or two audiobooks that weren't on my radar before now plus I now plan to re-listen to one in my own library that I didn't particularly enjoy the first time because of how much they loved it. I'm impressed!

They do mention quite a few audiobooks during the podcast, so if we want to go back and get a list of what was discussed during each episode, that information has been made available here: https://www.audible.com/ep/Audicted

After I finished this first episode, I subscribed to Audicted so each episode will be delivered directly to my library. Loved this one and highly recommend it to people who just generally love audiobooks as much as I do.

Sufficient For Its Intended Purpose

Story: 3-Stars
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I appreciated the premise of a 'best of' list. Given the enormous variety of content made available by Audible, any sort of filtering mechanism to aid in directing me to superior titles is appreciated. The best audiobooks of 2017 are presented here by genre. I can appreciate the difficulty of determining this list!

I would have appreciated more focus in the broadcast. Several other books are mentioned and discussed that are not on the list, leading to a bit of confusion. While I am sure they are all worthy titles, a more in-depth discussion of the winners would have been more valuable to me.

Performance: 2-Stars
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These are Audible editors/employees - not necessarily professional voice actors - producing a podcast-like recording. Speaker diction is a problem at several points, particularly with book title and author names (the primary information I was looking to get from the episode). Frequently, I had to rewind the episode and listen closely in order to puzzle out what was being said. Thank you for the addition of the books and authors to the online 'Publisher's Summary' for the episode.

will do a review after I see who wrote it. #U235

will do a review after I see who wrote it. #U235 Paul Bunyan 300+lbs or dead. the war of 300 started, only women who exceed 235 lbs are USA.

Very hard to follow

I thought this would be a great thing to use to find new books and authors. It didn’t quite work for me. The conversations about the books and authors seem to digress to the point where it is difficult to remember what is being discussed. It’s like listening to a sommelier describe a wine. I really like wine but I don’t want to learn a new vocabulary just to talk about them.
For me there are certain things that are still better when read. Taking notes while listening to an audio performance sort of defeats the purpose. I’ll just continue to cut and paste the stuff I think I’d like from the newsletters.