Popular Books

Popular Audio Books To Use

If you lack the leisure time for reading, then audio books are the answer to your problem. You can download these audio books into your iPod or MP3 player and enjoy listening to it. However, with the different audio books available in the market today, it is hard to choose for the best one that can inspire you. From these audio books you can select for your preferred authors, characters, tales, places, and philosophies to ponder.

One popular audio book with interesting combination today is “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, authored by Junot Diaz who is one of the most reminiscent writers of all time. In this audio book, you will be immersed with the chaotic life of the shy and fat protagonist named Oscar. This audio book also tackles the chronicles of Oscar’s Dominican-American family that is rendered with great humor, insight, and great warmth into life. The narration of this audio book covers ultimately the capacity of humans to move on despite heartbreak and loss.

Another popular audio book to use is “The Tin Roof Blowdown”, which is created by James Lee Burke.  It shows the haunting picture about the life in New Orleans after Katrina. It is stuffed with dramatic depictions of destructions and death. This audio book is also complete with great complexity of characters and a narrative tale of both action and crime thriller. It had truly shown how disaster and desperation can affect people.

Included in the list of popular audio books to use is the “A Clockwork Orange”, which is authored by Anthony Burgess. This audio book tackles a 1963 classic story that is created with nightmarish scenes of the future in which criminals had ruled after the sun gone down. The central character in this audio book is named as Alex who was set out to be liberated by the state at any costs. The tale of this audio book is really frightening as it deals with evil and good, and what freedom means to humans.

Aside from being popular, the audio book of “George’s Secret Key to the Universe” is also interesting to use. This audio book is authored by Stephen Hawking and his daughter as they unravel the universe mysteries to listeners of all ages. The story in this audio book deals with on how the parents of George have been mistrustful with technology. Because of this, the parents do everything just to stay away from their new neighbors named Eric, a scientist and his daughter Annie, who is also fond of scientific inclination. Apparently, George still became friends with the new neighbors including Cosmos, a super computer. From here, listeners will also experience the wild adventure of George as he travels to black hole and other heavenly bodies. There is also a scenario wherein Cosmos got into the wrong hands.

If you prefer an audio book that consists of short fiction, relentless thrills, acid terror, and dark fantasy, go for the “Heart-Shaped Box” created by Joe Hill. The central character in this narrative is Judas Coyne, who loves collecting morbid items. There is this one dead man’s suit that he paid for a thousand dollars and supposedly haunted with restless spirit. However, Judas Coyne was never afraid because he had already coped up with different ghosts in his lifetime that include the band mates he deceived, an abusive father, and lovers whom he abandoned heartlessly. The heart-shaped box that was delivered to him is no longer imaginary or metaphorical ghosts but factual things.