I'm slowly working my way through my collection of unread audio books (I too used to use Audible, but then I got a job closer to home, and stopped listening). So far I've read The Far Side of the World and The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brien. Both are Jack Aubrey books (naval historical fiction during the Age of Sail, late 1700s, early 1800s).
I have the print edition of
Master and Commander, the first Aubrey/Maturin novel by Patrick O'Brien, but I've never finished it. I need to put it on one of my future reading lists.
On the topic of historical naval fiction, I think Naomi Novik = Patrick O'Brien Lite + Dragons. When I say "Patrick O'Brien Lite", I don't mean it to be disparaging at all; I just think Novik's handling of the era—while certainly done very well in my uneducated opinion—is a little more accessible than O'Brien's. As I mentioned elsewhere, my fear in going back to O'Brien after reading Novik is that I'll want Jack Aubrey to find a dragon egg...
In print I just read a bunch of space opera books, including Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton and Dauntless by Jack Campbell. I just moved on to the Space Opera Renaissance (a rather hefty short story anthology), which I've only just cracked.
I'd like to pick up some Reynolds at some point, especially after hearing Overlord Miller talk about it with Thomas Gideon on the show. Alas, Peter F. Hamilton and Jack Campbell are two names that I've seen on the shelf but haven't been compelled to pick up before.
