Picking the best audiobooks for learning a foreign language [written with the purpose of exercising my writing, but also gathering and sharing my personal thoughts about audiobooks as a tool for practising English as a second language] I’ve been told audiobooks are a good way to study English. But actually, it’s difficult to find an audiobook really suitable for me. My level is probably something like intermediate/advanced (B2/C1), so listening to a standard audiobook in English (aimed at native English people) is far from being as easy as listening to an audiobook in my native language. A short story (or a collection of short stories) rather than a full length novel may be preferable, in order to get the satisfaction of finishing a story in a quicker fashion. Some people advise to read books (or listen to audiobooks) aimed at children. Actually, I don’t believe it’s a good idea. The vocabulary and context are often not useful for an adult. Even a book as popular as Harry Potter, as pleasant as its story can be, isn’t very helpful to get better at everyday English. Listening to an audiobook which story I already know (??) (if I watched the movie from the book or if I read the book in my native language) can make it easier (because you can understand difficult words or idioms through context), but I won’t get the excitement of a new and fresh story. A lot of old books are suggested for learning English as a second language. But I prefer reading stories in a contemporary context (or at least post world war II), because the language used in older books is not very useful in a current context. As I currently target American English, an American narrator is recommended, and even a American context. Books (and even better, audiobooks) providing a lot of dialogues seem like a excellent idea, as conversational English should really be the number one priority of any learner. I haven’t find the perfect audiobook meeting all these requirements yet, but I’m pretty sure it exists! Any suggestion?