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Ask HN: Favorite audio book for long drives? ↗

The books people recommended

2022-08-13 · 34 points · 54 comments · 53 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 4

    The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    4 here · 114 all-time · #18 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.9 out of 5, 14,620 ratings on Amazon
  2. 3

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    3 here · 88 all-time · #38 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 281,070 ratings on Amazon
  3. 3

    The Wheel of Time

    Robert Jordan

    3 here · 43 all-time · #109 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,874 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    2 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2

    The Hobbit

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    2 here · 53 all-time · #75 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 82,135 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2

    Discworld

    Terry Pratchett

    2 here · 50 all-time · #87 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 28,137 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2

    The Expanse

    James S. A. Corey

    2 here · 43 all-time · #112 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 38,667 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2

    Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    2 here · 21 all-time · #303 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,781 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

    We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

    Dennis E. Taylor

    2 here · 21 all-time · #306 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2The Eye of the World

    The Eye of the World

    Robert Jordan

    2 here · 7 all-time · #1027 overall

  11. 2The Dresden Files

    The Dresden Files

    Jim Butcher

    2 here · 6 all-time · #1133 overall

  12. 2Blueprint for Armageddon

    Blueprint for Armageddon

    Dan Carlin

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2495 overall

  13. 1

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    1 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    1 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 101 all-time · #28 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 30,738 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 90 all-time · #35 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,344 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond

    1 here · 83 all-time · #39 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,634 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    1 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    The Feynman Lectures on Physics

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 59 all-time · #63 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,049 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    The Stormlight Archive

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 55 all-time · #73 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 93,054 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    Mistborn

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 41 all-time · #119 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 60,557 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1

    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    1 here · 38 all-time · #127 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 9,404 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1

    Don Quixote

    Miguel de Cervantes

    1 here · 33 all-time · #161 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,758 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson

    1 here · 30 all-time · #187 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,783 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

    J.K. Rowling

    1 here · 30 all-time · #188 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 160,126 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1

    The Name of the Wind

    Patrick Rothfuss

    1 here · 30 all-time · #190 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 89,463 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    The Gulag Archipelago

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    1 here · 20 all-time · #313 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 5,474 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1Remembrance of Earth's Past

    Remembrance of Earth's Past

    Liu Cixin

    1 here · 20 all-time · #321 overall

  29. 1Dark Tower Series

    Dark Tower Series

    Stephen King

    1 here · 18 all-time · #343 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 34,581 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1The First Law

    The First Law

    Joe Abercrombie

    1 here · 18 all-time · #349 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,733 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    1 here · 17 all-time · #366 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 11,110 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1American Gods

    American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 15 all-time · #415 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 58,725 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1The Book of Mormon

    The Book of Mormon

    Joseph Smith

    1 here · 15 all-time · #419 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,494 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1Good Omens

    Good Omens

    Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 14 all-time · #464 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 37,803 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1Off to Be the Wizard

    Off to Be the Wizard

    Scott Meyer

    1 here · 12 all-time · #519 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 8,733 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1Born a Crime

    Born a Crime

    Trevor Noah

    1 here · 12 all-time · #521 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 113,678 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1The Story of Civilization

    The Story of Civilization

    Will Durant

    1 here · 12 all-time · #533 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 427 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1Sprawl trilogy

    Sprawl trilogy

    William Gibson

    1 here · 11 all-time · #586 overall

  39. 1The Devil in the White City

    The Devil in the White City

    Erik Larson

    1 here · 10 all-time · #623 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 31,370 ratings on Amazon
  40. 1Red Mars

    Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 10 all-time · #624 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 7,567 ratings on Amazon
  41. 1Altered Carbon

    Altered Carbon

    Richard K. Morgan

    1 here · 10 all-time · #628 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,405 ratings on Amazon
  42. 1Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt Dinniman

    1 here · 9 all-time · #748 overall

  43. 1Sandman

    Sandman

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 8 all-time · #799 overall

  44. 1American Kingpin

    American Kingpin

    Nick Bilton

    1 here · 8 all-time · #814 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 12,197 ratings on Amazon
  45. 1Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 8 all-time · #822 overall

  46. 1A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 7 all-time · #910 overall

  47. 1World War Z

    World War Z

    Max Brooks

    1 here · 7 all-time · #922 overall

  48. 1The Invention of Nature

    The Invention of Nature

    Andrea Wulf

    1 here · 7 all-time · #945 overall

  49. 1The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1297 overall

  50. 1Jack Reacher

    Jack Reacher

    Lee Child

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1659 overall

  51. 1Born Standing Up

    Born Standing Up

    Steve Martin

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1811 overall

  52. 1The Stand

    The Stand

    Stephen King

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1971 overall

  53. 1Best Served Cold

    Best Served Cold

    Joe Abercrombie

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2206 overall