3 Entertaining Audio Book Choices on Audible.Com

With an iPod in almost every hand, the popularity of audio books is growing. Every week hundreds of titles are added to the selection at Audible.com. So many audiobooks are available that it may be difficult to choose. The key to an enjoyable audiobook experience is a combination of expert writing and talented narration. These five titles offer both. With strong writing and exciting narration an audiobook is an extreme pleasure. You will barely notice you aren't holding the book in your hand.

Arthur and George by Julien Barnes

Arthur and George with compellingnarration by Nigel Anthony is the story of the intertwined lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the creator of Sherlock Holmes and George Edalji a Birmingham solicitor (lawyer) of mixed race. The story is based on an actual case known as "The Great Wyrley Outrages". The chapters alternate between the lives of Arthur and George which gives great insight into each man's character. Julien Barnes also paints a vivid portrait of early 20th Century England. The two men meet when George, a shy and modest man, is accused heading a gang of criminals who write threatening letters and slash livestock. On the flimsiest of evidence George is sentenced to 7 years in prison. When he's released he contacts Arthur to help him clear his name so he can return to his solicitor job. Arthur, although not an actual detective, takes the case. As the story unfolds the author takes on the larger themes of racism, love and justice to create a fascinating and satisfying story.

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Brief and Wondrous life of Oscar Wao isexpertlynarratedby Jonathan Davis and Staci Snell. Nerdy Oscar, who in spite of his Dominican heritage which calls for him to be a great lover, is an overweight science fiction aficionado who scares girls away with his enthusiasm. Oscar's problems, however, are not necessarily his own fault. The book explores a multi-generational fuku (curse) that has followed his family from the Dominican Republic. As the tale unfolds the rich history of the DR and the effects of the curse intertwine with the heartfelt desires of a young man trying to find love in the world. The author draws the characters so intensely that they live on long after the story ends.

Fieldworkby Misha Berlinsky

Fieldwork narrated by William Drufris, whose narration falters with female voices but is otherwise transparent, is the story of anthropologists, Christian missionaries, demons and murder. The main character Misha is a semi-employed reporter. He follows his girlfriend to Thailand. She's landed a job as an English teacher. Misha becomes fascinated with the suicide of Martiya van der Leun an American anthropologist on expedition to do fieldwork on the Dyalo hill tribe. Martiya died while serving a 50 years sentence for murder. The narrator becomes obsessed with discovering how an American scientist from a background much like his own could become so involved in the culture of the people she studied. As he uncovers the clues he goes deeper and deeper into the mysterious world of an ancient Thai hill culture. In his balanced depiction of the story the author also explores the family and history of the victim, a missionary who along with generations of his family, works to bring Christianity to the Dyalo. The three cultures, academic, missionary, and Dyalo, clash and come vividly to life in the gifted hands of Misha Berlinsky.

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