I had a nice visit with a quilt group that meets at a local library yesterday. Again, combining books and quilting
I met the host/driving force while I was at an auto repair because she was wearing a quilting t-shirt and we were chatting.
I agree, Longmire books look like a good fit to me and I like that there are quite a few of them! Also the Marc Cameron books.
Tap Code sounds fascinating but as the daughter of Viet Nam veteran, I largely avoid that point in history. My father went twice, was never captured but was injured/shot. Families back home pay a price that is rarely mentioned. I can handle other conflicts better, like maybe Herman Wouk books.
I have listened to several of the Great Series courses and among scientific genres I keep pretty well up on various concepts in physics and some mathematics.
My brother is huge into Ken Follett, haven't listened to Pillars of the Earth but have done another book or two. He tells a good long story.
Sadly some of the books mentioned are not available (through my library at least) on audio. Granda Gatewood's Walk is one of those. But I did laugh hysterically over parts of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.
About the readers/no readers, my husband was definitely in the no reader camp of things and thought all history was boring until recently, When he went keto and was successful in his weight loss he started listening to podcasts, mostly about food and nutrition and the keto view. He was able to listen to them at work and quickly went through his favorites, so started listening to books by some of the hosts and guests. In the last couple of years he has branched out into fiction and is seeing a point in more history, or as I say "we are living in history now". LOL and PBS helps too! I was watching Call the Midwife and he went by and got pulled in. Also he really likes the James Herriott/All Creatures stories. For years I would quote James Herriot at him and I thought he understood the references, and now he does!
Poor husband, with our moving and staying in small B&Bs he is being subjected to more and more of my insomnia listening. On the good side of things, he actually has found some of my books interesting and has checked them out for himself! Even including some of my physics sort of subjects and has asked for some introductions. Pretty much anything by Michio Kaku and Neil deGrasse-Tyson is interesting and accessible.