I listened to several books by Simon Winchester - non-fiction about geological events such as Krakatoa, the San Francisco earthquake, as well as his "The Professor and the Madman" about the beginning of the OED. He narrates several of them himself and is good at it. Recommended.
Back in the day, I listened to all the Patrick Obrien books while commuting. One reader was much better than the other and now I can't remember which.
These days I find I can't concentrate on new audiobooks, so I listen to old favorites while I embroider.