Satanic Verses was incredible, and one where having it read with the accents and cadence was so much better than what my brain would have been able to come up with.

Neil Gaiman reading his own books is always a delight. Ocean at the End of the Lane and Neverwhere are two particular favorites.

Ulysses was one I probably wouldn’t have made it through if I wasn’t going the audio route, and it was performed beautifully.

The full Sherlock Holmes set read by Stephen Fry was wonderful, and also a great bang for your buck because it counts as 1 book.

If you’re up for a long haul and into that sort of thing, the Wheel of Time books are great on audio.