Club Benefits
Ever since Claude expanded its lineup of “Connectors,” I’ve been testing them to see how they stack up against ChatGPT’s growing list of apps.
So far, the results have surprised me. In my head-to-head tests, I’ve actually preferred Claude when it comes to recommending Spotify playlists and finding great hikes through AllTrails. But for this next experiment, I focused on something ChatGPT doesn’t offer, at least not yet.
The Connector is Audible. When prompted directly, it taps into Audible’s catalog to deliver audiobook recommendations tailored to your tastes. To see how well it works, I tested it with 10 prompts designed to surface highly rated audiobooks.
The results genuinely caught me off guard. Claude surfaced a range of titles I’d never come across before and after looking into them, I immediately added several to my listening queue for the weeks ahead.
Article continues belowThe prompts that helped me on my audiobook recommendation journey
When the time arrived for me to see if Audible on Claude could fulfill my audiobook requests, these are the ones I came up with:
- Find me a gripping thriller audiobook. Make sure it’s something fast-paced that I won't be able to stop listening to.
- I just finished [name of book] by [name of author] and loved it. Recommend me audiobooks similar to it.
- Find audiobooks narrated by a full cast that evoke the feel of a radio drama.
- Suggest audiobooks that are perfect for a long road trip. I want to listen to something engaging but easy to follow while driving.
- Recommend me audiobooks under [number of hours]. I want something I can finish listening to in one day.
- Find [name of book genre] audiobooks for adults that are epic in scope, like a long series I can really sink my teeth into.
- What are the best audiobooks written by [name of author]?
- Recommend nonfiction audiobooks about the [topic/subject].
- Find audiobooks with exceptional narration. They have to have the type of performances that are truly award-worthy.
- Show me highly rated [name of book genre] audiobooks that are included in Audible Plus at no extra cost.
Out of those 10 Claude requests, I used the first, second and eighth prompts with Audible in Claude.
The audiobooks that joined my listening journey
With the first prompt, Audible in Claude dropped a chart with six standout selections that listed each book’s title, author, total runtime, star rating and total number of ratings.
After letting me know how great its picks are, Audible in Claude provided a brief overview of the six audiobooks it brought to my attention:
- Verity (Colleen Hoover) — Arguably the most addictive on this list. A dark, twisty psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping manuscript hidden inside a house. At just over 8 hours, you could easily devour it in one sitting — over 138K ratings speak for themselves.
- The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides) — A woman shoots her husband five times and then never speaks another word. A therapist becomes obsessed with uncovering why. The ending will genuinely blindside you.
- Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn) — The gold standard of "unreliable narrator" thrillers. Nearly 20 hours of escalating tension and dark twists — great if you want a longer binge.
- The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins) — The most-rated on this list for a reason. A messy, compelling protagonist witnesses something from a commuter train and can't let it go. Incredibly propulsive.
- The Woman in Cabin 10 (Ruth Ware) — A locked-room mystery on a luxury cruise ship. Ruth Ware is a master of claustrophobic, can't-put-it-down suspense.
- The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman) — A slightly different vibe — witty and charming rather than dark, but still gripping and mystery-packed.
From that first batch of recommendations, Claude highlighted Verity and The Silent Patient as the standout picks. I ended up choosing The Girl on the Train—mostly because listening to it during my actual commute felt like the perfect mood match.
For my second prompt, I told Audible in Claude that I had just finished "Remember the Times: A Memoir by Teddy Riley" and asked for similar audiobooks. It returned a strong list of highly rated, music-focused titles from names like Angie Martinez, Dante Ross, Rakim, Questlove and Jonathan Abrams. From those, I picked "The Come Up" by Abrams.
Finally, I used another prompt to explore audiobooks about the history of video games. The recommendations included heavy hitters like "The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volumes 1 & 2" and "All Your Base Are Belong to Us."
In the end, I went with "Masters of Doom" by David Kushner. I’m honestly surprised I hadn’t heard of it before — it dives into the legendary story behind DOOM’s creators, John Carmack and John Romero, and it immediately jumped to the top of my list.
Final thoughts
Claude’s Connectors are quickly becoming one of my favorite ways to utilize Anthropic’s AI tool. With Audible, I came away from my experience with it inside Claude with a largely positive opinion.
The way it used Audible’s signature display to exhibit all of its top picks to me was great, plus I liked the way it generated brief descriptions for each of those highly-rated audiobooks. I’ll be sure to come to Audible in Claude more frequently whenever I need something new to listen to from a wealth of my favorite literary genres.
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