I've somewhat recently become addicted to audiobooks. Every time I'm in my car or doing something mindless I put on an audiobook. I had a good stretch of one book I liked after another but now am looking to dig a little deeper. The books I've listened to so far were all books that I kept seeing being recommended over and over again.

Dungeon Crawler Carl Expeditionary Force Bobiverse Project Hail Mary The Martian The Expanse The Children of Time The Silo series Murderbot

Am I missing anything that gets consistently recommended?

What would you recommend that would fit with that list?

Other books I've tried but didn't love

Three body problem The Witcher books Wheel of Time

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[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These stretch your categories a bit - but we have similar tastes in books compared to your list. Here’s my recommendations

check out Blake crouch - dark matter was a fun read even if it’s a bit of a beach book
the red rising series - right up your alley, you’ll love it. Book one has a bit of YA feel to it, but they keep getting better and it was still good.
Enders game if you didn’t read that in school
what about Stephen king? Some people hate him - but he’s not just horror and his books can be fun. Some are trippy weird. The dark tower series was excellent (although long), and under the dome was good and oddly in this category (without spoiling too much).
dune
sphere by crighton - this one was fun, not a masterpiece or anything

I’ll also plug my all time favorites to get you into other genres (from someone who might have similar tastes)

lord of the rings
unbroken
the count of monte cristo
a man called ove
the book thief
Frankenstein
night

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

I loved all the books you refer to, except Red Rising. While the set up was good, the background motivation seems plastered over after the fact (even if it’s the first chapters) and felt weakened at every step. The writing wasn’t compelling. If you want something in the recent YA, I would recommend The Hunger Games. Particularly the first and last books.