🎧audiobooks under 10 hours i actually finish
queue for the next long flight, ranked longest to shortest so i know what fits before boarding. no 15 hour epics, i always bail
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1
We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis E. Taylor
~9h56, right at the edge of a long flight. Ray Porter narrating is the whole reason this works, book 1 of bobiverse
2
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
just over 9 hrs. George Newbern nails the grump-with-a-reason thing, cried in seat 34C, no regrets
3
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
under 9 hrs, Carey Mulligan reads it. perfect for the layover-funk mood
4
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
5
Bunny (Mona Awad)
6
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
shorter and weirder than people expect. Chiwetel Ejiofor makes the whole thing hypnotic
7
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
~7 hrs. this is the one I recommend when someone says they don't like "old" books
8
The Vegetarian, Han Kang
9
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
quietest one on this list. math, memory, and rice balls somehow
10
Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata
the short one, like 3 hrs. a woman genuinely happiest working the register, everyone else's discomfort about it. thought about it for a week
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