Minor confession time. I have never listened to an audiobook. Music? Of course. Podcasts? When I’m driving, definitely. But an audiobook? I’m a bit of a speed reader, and I feel like I would just get bored hearing someone narrate text—even Benedict himself.
I might be in the minority on this one, however. Audiobooks are clearly growing in popularity, and it’s not just you that’s listening more (or, perhaps, for the first time). Google finally added audiobooks to the Google Play store just this past January, Walmart and Rakuten are working on a co-branded app for ebooks and audiobooks, and even Spotify is looking to put audiobooks on your radar by hooking them to your favorites bands.
So I humbly turn to you, esteemed Lifehacker readers: What’s your favorite way to listen to audiobooks? Which service or app do you use when you don’t have the time (or interest) to lug around a giant, bestselling book everywhere you go?
Since this is a Hive Five vote, let us know your favorites by posting a comment that looks like this:
Vote: [BEST AUDIOBOOK SERVICE]
Why: This is where you’ll provide a brief reason for why Audible is a must-have audiobook app, why you love Google Play Music, or why an app nobody else has ever heard of is something that everyone else should be using right now. As much as you love your particular app or service, please try to keep your explanation to a succinct paragraph!
When writing your comment, please keep everything formatted as above. You can copy and paste that example above if that’s easier, just make sure you update the “Why” text. I’ll count the results in a few days and report back on which services have grabbed our readers’ audiobook attentions.
Also, please don’t comment in the thread unless you’re voting, or else the entire thread is going to become a nightmare to process. Thanks!
The Hive Five is our series where readers vote on their favorite apps and tools for any given job. Have a suggestion for a topic? Send me an email at [email protected]!