Well suited for audiobooks

I listened to On the Road while doing my commute instead of reading it. It was great, but some other books I've tried didn't seem as well suited for listening or listening in a car.

Can anyone suggest any other books from the list that would be good choices for listening while commuting?

I found Uncle Tom's Cabin on audio, read by Buck Shirmer, and while it seems like perhaps an odd choice for audio, Mr. Shirmer reads it beautifully, and the particularly preachy sections seem to go by faster in audio than trying to read it.

I listened to a very well-read version of Animal Farm (narrated by Richard Brown) that was good....

And at the other end of the spectrum, listening to Thank you, Jeeves read by Jonathan Cecil was a fun diversion on the commute.

I listened to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; disliked the story, but the reading was good. Ditto with Cannery Row.

Tom Hanks did a good job reading The Bonfire of the Vanities; The Moonstone (read by various narrators) and The Woman in White were pretty good; Brideshead Revisited, read by David Case/Frederick Davidson, wasn't bad.

I recall listening to Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mrs Dalloway, What Maisie Knew, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Vanity Fair on audio, and thinking they were pretty good, but don't have any other impressions.

I gave up on listening to The Golden Bowl early on - ugh! On the other hand, Sherlock Holmes on audio is always great! Gave up on The Vicar of Wakefield, too. The Mayor of Casterbridge is dreary no matter how you do it, but I was able to stick that one out to the end.

I have The Age of Innocence ripped from CD, but haven't listened to it yet. I'm also planning on re-reading (re-listening-to?) Bleak House.

I couldn't get through Cold Mountain when I bought the boo, but heard it recently on audio by Charles Frazier. Very good read by the author.

Both Middlesex and Life of Pi are fantastic on audiobook. Maybe better than in print.

I've attempted War and Peace on audio several times, and I get a little further each time, but still haven't been able to get through it.

I listened to Saturday on tape and I think that was a mistake. I didn't like it very much...the writing, which is probably beautiful on the page, was very tedious spoken aloud. Of course, I haven't read the book yet, so the final verdict is still pending.

-- M1001

I would love to listen to an unabridged (!) version of Don Quijote!

There's a free audiobook of volume 1 of Don Quixote from LibriVox (read by volunteers). Don't know if its any good, though... :)

http://www.archive.org/details/don_quixote_vol1_librivox