-t, I bounced off Project Hail Mary, about 1/3 in, it didn't have the humor that The Martian did. It's still in my Kindle library, so I may try it again someday.

We did it for my book club a couple of months ago, and it wasn't a struggle, as I enjoy Weir. I felt the audio added to the story.

Thanks! I forgot there was another book in there, now I kind of remember trying a sample and not wanting to go on with it. I’m probably just mixing the two up. Good to have y’all’s input to consider next time it floats up as an option

I listened to several books by Simon Winchester - non-fiction about geological events such as Krakatoa, the San Francisco earthquake, as well as his "The Professor and the Madman" about the beginning of the OED. He narrates several of them himself and is good at it. Recommended.

Back in the day, I listened to all the Patrick Obrien books while commuting. One reader was much better than the other and now I can't remember which.

These days I find I can't concentrate on new audiobooks, so I listen to old favorites while I embroider.

Hmm. Looking back thru my Audible library, I =think= the better narrator was Patrick Tull, but I couldn't swear to it.

Patrick Tull is ridiculously good in the Aubrey-Maturin novels! That's the way I read those books, with his narration. So good.

-t, I liked Project Hail Mary, and I didn't like the one in-between, so there's another data point.

Trevor Noah narrated Born a Crime in exactly the tone you would expect. I had read the book before it was chosen for book club, so I listened to it the second time. You can hear his delivery while reading, and no one else could have read it as well.

(I'm making notes of the good narrators)

Weir seems to have one character voice, so his POV characters sound exactly the same from book to book. If you can get past that, Hail Mary is fun, if a bit too long.

Yes, I enjoyed the science fun of Hail Mary, but some sections could have been far more concise.