[Genflag]

Any books will help really, but if you know for a fact there is an audiobook that would be great.

[Perdogg]

You need to buy all of the Ian Fleming Bond audiobooks.

[Uncle Miltie]

For Economics, be sure to listen to:

“The Road to Serfdom” - Friederich Hayek
“Free to Choose” - Milton Friedman

[altsehastiin]

I’ve been listening to Atlas Shrugged on audiobook during workouts for the last few months.

That would keep you occupied for months!

[backwoods-engineer]

Listen to The Survival Podcast. You might learn to survive the coming storm.

[smokingfrog]

http://archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry

[31R1O]

I’m reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. It is non fiction but pretty good so far.

[eagleye85]

You could also try listening to lectures about Hayek and others. For example, Heritage has a free podcast regarding the new book “The Indispensable Milton Freedman” at http://www.heritage.org/events/2012/12/indispensable-milton-friedman.

[Genflag]

Gonna have to get offline for a bit, but thanks already guys, I knew I was coming to the right place, such a fast response. Will check back soon to see what all everyone suggests.

[Boogieman]

The “Confederacy of Dunces” audiobook is hilarious with the character voicings.

[jboot]

Since you already like sci-fi, anything by the inestimable Jerry Pournelle should appeal to you. There is no SF writer today who is better at sharpening critical thinking skills than Jerry.

[SMARTY]

Where did you end your formal education? That would help me suggest other reading.

[madmominct]

You could try www.openculture.com - lots of free audiobooks and lectures. Also there’s librivox.com - free audiobooks in the public domain. And also The Gutenberg project - again books in the public domain, but some good - and free classics that you can download and listen to.

[RoosterRedux]

If you have a laptop, check out KhanAcademy.org for a great education.

That said, my favorite audio book is "A Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchman (probably on audio at your local library).

[Neoliberalnot]

“Flashback” by Dan Simmons. The book is fiction, but you will see our future in this book.

“1984” by George Orwell; again our future predicted from this book circa 1948.

“The Coming Plague” by Laurie Garrett for a bit of education on infectious diseases.

“Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand from 1957.

[Stegall Tx]

I enjoyed “The Swiss Family Robinson” when I was much younger. It made me think about what I would do should I find myself having to do without modern conveniences. Plus, it’s just a good story. The Swiss Family Robinson

“Robinson Crusoe” would probably be good for the same reasons. Robinson Crusoe

[TomGuy]

Project Gutenberg has audiobooks for free.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Audio_Books_Project

[BobL]

Personally, I like books on plumbing. It’s incredible how far the field has advanced in the past few decades.

[Ellendra]

For sci-fi, anything by Timothy Zahn or Terry Brooks. Both are outstanding authors.

[latina4dubya]

you can really further your education... i like the Great Courses from The Teaching Company... some courses are very expensive, but they all go on sale at least once a year... you can always find a few good ones at excellent prices... courses in literature, science, history, art, music... etc, etc... to simply listen, i highly recommend selections from NAXOS audio... wonderful selection... it all depends on what type of education you want... would you like to listen to the classics? or books by Ayn Rand, Mark Twain, Jane Austin? audio is a good and practical way to go about getting those books in! choose books you've always wanted to read but never got around to... if we were in a Fahrenheit 451 situation and i had to memorize just one book, i would choose Victor Hugo's Les Miserables... aside from THEE greatest story ever told, i think this book is the greatest story ever told... never stop learning!

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/

http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/home.htm

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I would suggest downloading and listening to the free audio version of Prophet of Doom: Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words

Prophet of Doom Audio Version

It takes the Holy Queeran apart, lie by lie.

It will equip you for the battle against Sharia Law.