We’re all ears for audiobooks – and here are some of the best

Sales have doubled in the past five years, with commuters and men aged 25 to 44 accounting for the bulk of purchases. But many of us are unable to finish them – so here are a few you won’t give up on

At what point do we give up on books? Big data has the answer

Information gleaned from when users stop listening to audiobooks and from kindle readers’ behaviour offer unique insight into how we consume books – neither bode well for Craig Oliver’s Brexit memoirs

‘Hot hot hot’ or not? Audible’s romance widget speeds readers to ‘the good parts’

The audiobooks site’s new feature allows you to jump to the steamy bits of romantic novels. It’s a strangely unromantic gimmick

On my radar: Eddie Mair’s cultural highlights

The broadcaster on the joys of LBC’s Steve Allen, home cinema and Alec Baldwin’s contacts book

Kindle Oasis: Amazon finally launches a water resistant e-reader

Premium device switches between ebooks and audiobooks and comes with Bluetooth, longer battery life and aluminium design to tempt readers

Is it time for a Handmaid’s Tale sequel, to reckon with the Trump era?

Revisions Margaret Atwood has made to her dystopian classic for a new audiobook suggest a followup might be coming – and it seems like a good moment

Condensed, or just dense? The apps that turn books into 15-minute reads

Many readers will recoil from these radically boiled-down versions of titles like A Brief History of Time. Me too, until I started reading them

Reading with your ears: do audiobooks harm or help literature?

Listening to this week’s Forest fables has made me wonder if the oft-maligned rise of spoken word recordings isn’t actually improving our understanding. I’d love to hear your thoughts

Audiobooks are booming – and now there’s a chart to prove it

The Bookseller’s inaugural top 20 list, led by print bestsellers, is notable for the absence of children’s titles

David Oyelowo to play James Bond … after landing audiobook role

Actor says he is ‘very honoured’ after the Ian Fleming estate asked him to be the voice of 007 in upcoming thriller Trigger Mortis

France leads the way on audiobooks for blind and visually impaired people

New technology and download services allow for fast and easy access

Open thread: who would be the best audiobook narrators?

David Morrissey is a surprise choice to read the audiobook of Morrissey's memoir. A good one? And which voices match which books best?

Morrissey’s Autobiography audiobook to be read by … Morrissey

Liverpool-born actor David Morrissey named as man to read the singer's bestselling memoir in audio version

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There are several fine websites that save you the trouble of having to read books for yourself, writes Anna Baddley