The introduction of downloadable audio books from the local library makes for nerd-fun.
- My Favorite: Golden Ocean - a non-Aubrey O'Brian
- Unexpectedly Good: the Cadfael series, which I have another dozen to enjoy.
- Unexpectedly Bad: World is Flat - when reading, I was able to skim through the endless repetition; I was not afforded the same when listening in the car. The book is excellent, and twice the length it deserves.
- Fellowship of the Ring (dramatized) - JRR Tolkien
- The House on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier
- Ben Hur - Lew Wallace
- The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander
- Moneyball - Michael Lewis
- The Wild Things - Dave Eggers
- The Heretic's Apprentice - Ellis Peters
- Doctor No - Ian Fleming
- Monk's Hood - Ellis Peters
- In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson
- A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
- Brother Cadfael's Penance - Ellis Peters
- Unnatural Causes - P.D. James
- All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot
- In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson
- The Broken Gun - Louis L'Amour
- Isaac's Storm - Erik Larson
- Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
- Surgeon's Mate - Patrick O'Brian
- The Golden Ocean - Patrick O'Brian
- A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans - Michael Farquhar
- The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
- Genghis: Lords of the Bow - C. Iggulden
- The American presidency: from Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan