I love to read all kinds of books, and I enjoy listening to a good book even more. Right now I am listening to "What is the What" by Dave Eggers. It is about the civil war in Sudan and the "lost boys". Not a happy story, but very touching; what an awesome writer Dave Eggers is.
I also enjoyed "The Help"; the narrators on audio do a superb job telling the story.
Audio books are super because I can quilt, clean, garden, etc while "reading."