Audiobook list

So, in the name of filling another day, I thought I'd go back and look at my book list, and then make a list of my favorite audiobooks that I've listened to.  In no particular order (chronological, if anything):

1. The Plot Against America -- Philip Roth.  Read by Ron Silver.  Ron Silver is a spectacular reader.  Unfortunately, he doesn't read much that I would be interested in listening to.  Still, this book was the right combination of thrill and literary fiction, and the reading made it worth it.  I would listen to all the books Ron Silver read if only they were remotely interesting to me.  I did actually listen to American Pastoral, by the same author and read by him, and that wasn't good.  But not because of Ron Silver.
2. Secret Life of Bees -- Sue Monk Kidd.  Read by Jenna Lamia.  I was VERY skeptical of this book due to its incredible amount of hype (it came out when I was working in the bookstore), but the audiobook was good.  Very good.  I definitely enjoyed this book as an audiobook more than I might have as an actual hard copy.  Sometimes, that happens.
3. Elsewhere -- Gabrielle Zevin.  Read by Cassandra Morris.  This is a YA book.  I would have loved this in hard copy, and I loved it in audiobook form.  It's about death, but in a good way.  One of those audiobooks I didn't want to stop listening to when the commute was over.
4. Company -- Max Barry.  Read by William Dufris.  I've bought other audiobooks read by this reader, simply because I enjoyed this one so much.   A lot of it was the demented portrait of corporate life that it portrayed, and a lot of it was the reader.  I didn't love the end, but I can say that about 60% of the books I read these days, so that's pretty much par for the course.
5. Lost and Found -- Carolyn Parkhurst.  Read by Blair Brown.  Anything Blair Brown reads is good (see Anne Tyler), because she's also spectacular.  But this book especially was just delightful.  A quirky concept (reality TV!  mother and daughter!  life's problems!  international travel!), and just stellar characterization and narration of those characters.  I've never re-listened to an audiobook, but this is making me want to.  This could well be my favorite of all-time.
6. Ten Days in the Hills -- Jane Smiley.  Read by Suzanne Toren.  Another great listen.  The book is based (loosely) on Bocaccio's Decameron, and it's frankly just enjoyable.  It's not really about plot or structure, but it was amusing nonetheless.  Another stellar, prolific reader, whose voice I enjoy so much I've often considered purchasing her audiobooks regardless of author.  In fact, I do own another audiobook by this reader, though it was purchased and listened to before this one.  But I was going to listen to Jane Smiley regardless of reader, so it was just a nice bonus.
7. Nineteen Minutes -- Jodi Piccoult.  Read by Carol Monda.  Jodi Piccoult is like crack for me.  I adore her books in a rushed, can't wait til the end kind of a way.  Listening to them can be torture, because you. just. want. to. know. what. happens.  And audiobooks take away some of the ability to rush through.  But Carol Monda is a good, solid reader (I also have listened to The Tenth Circle, by Piccoult, though I find this book better in general.), and like I said, I can NEVER go wrong with Piccoult.  I'm not sure I'll ever read another of her books again.  I may just audio them all.
8. God of Animals -- Aryn Kyle.  Read by Lily Rabe.  This was a hard one; the story is harsh.  But in the end, I couldn't resist the horses, and the lost little girl.
9. Love Walked In -- Maria de los Santos.  Read by Jennifer Ikeda.  I can't find the name of another narrator, but I SWEAR there are two.  Anyway, this was the subject of my rave of a few days ago, and it lived up to the hype, mostly.  I didn't love the ending (par for the course, again), and it seemed a little fantastical in places, but mostly just awesome.  Mostly just awesome.

That's really only a small snapshot of what I've listened to since I started at my current job.  I'll have numbers for you on Tuesday.  And just fyi, I do get all of my audiobooks as downloads from audible, not as the CD or tape version sold in stores.