Ep. 10: Audicted Live: The Books That Got Us Hooked

In our first-ever recording before a live audience, the Audible editors share what got them hooked on listening, the audiobooks they recommend for others to get hooked, and their responses to listener comments. Our apologies to Trevor Noah’s dog, who we mis-referred to as “Foo Foo.” R.I.P., Fufi!

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Just Kids Patti Smith

Born a Crime Trevor Noah

The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger

Little Princes Conor Grennan

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

Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi

Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden

West Cork Jennifer Forde, Sam Bungey

The Hate U Give Angie Thomas

The Way of Kings: Book 1 of The Stormlight Archive Brandon Sanderson

A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin

To All the Boy I've Loved Before Jenny Han

The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith

Carol - The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith

Notes for My Friends Laverne L. Johnson

The Martian Andy Weir

One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Kim Rudyard Kipling

Gone Girl Gillian Flynn

Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs Molly Harper

Love and Other Wild Things Molly Harper

Outlander Diana Gabaldon

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho

Lolita Vladimir Nabokov

The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman

Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman

She Would Be King Wayetu Moore

Circe Madeline Miller

How to Get Back Up Neil Pasricha

The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang

#FashionVictim Amina Akhtar

Fashion Climbing Bill Cunningham

Letters From Skye Jessica Brockmole

The 3-Day Effect Florence Williams

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Episode 10

I really liked this one! I'm glad I tried out this series. I hope I find more like this soon to listen to. I always love to get new book suggestions.

I love these episodes!

I always love to hear what others are reading/listening to. This episode was the books that got us hooked on audiobooks. Mine was The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I wanted to read this book so bad but just couldn't get into it. So I thought, i wonder how it would be on audio? I signed up for Audible, got my two free books (it was 2 back then) and have been listening ever since. That was 8-07-12. My 7th anniversary with Audible was yesterday! I love Audible and audiobooks. They've got me through some difficult times.

Something Different

Story: 2-Stars
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If you have followed the show from the beginning, you will notice that a large majority of the titles discussed have been covered previously. New perspectives on prior titles, in the absence of 'new news', would have been sufficient, though even the background anecdotes from the individual hosts are, in some instances, the same. If this episode is the first you have heard in the series, then this will not be an issue.

Performance: 4-Stars
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Technically, this is a substantial departure from previous episodes. The show is an audio recording of a Facebook Live broadcast in front of a live audience of Audible employees. While there are small details specific to the video format (I can't see you waving at the camera) that break the immersion possible in the usual 'made for audio' production, for the most part it just works. The live Q&A between the editors and Facebook Live viewers was a particularly nice addition.