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What operating system do you use? Because I do not know of any other audiobooks but I have some books to recommend. You could use text to speech software to make it into an audiobook.
Here below are some books I recommend.
Google play or Amazon kindle may offer text over speech builtin(meaning you don't have to copy and paste into a special outside program) but I think it is only for certain books but I am not sure.


https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Epicurus-ebook/dp/B014FK6OH8/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518919480&sr=8-1&keywords=the+essential+epicurus

https://www.amazon.com/Tending-Epicurean-Garden-Hiram-Crespo-ebook/dp/B00O2D62QW/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518919901&sr=1-1&keywords=tending+the+epicurean+garden

https://www.amazon.com/EPICURUS-PLEASANT-LIFE-Philosophy-Nature-ebook/dp/B071KKHF3Y/ref=pd_sim_351_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JR1XY1B5HHSZ5ZPJXMT0

I appreciate your post. I'm in my mid-thirties now, and think we share some similarities (as, likely, do many people reading an Epicurus board on Reddit), and I wanted to affirm that yes, I too have really struggled with trying to adhere to Buddhism and being raised in a very modern, consumerist society. I also came to Buddhism through seeking wisdom, and if it's helpful as an indication of that, I've read almost everything Marx has written and almost everything Ayn Rand has written.

One of the things that really spurred me on the path of wisdom was Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius. Shortly after that was reading Epicurus, what was left of his writings, anyway, and then about Epicureanism in general. I've reread Meditations a number of times, and also given it as a gift to people. When I was 19 and asked for only book store gift cards for my birthday, I was stoked to buy the Oxford Classics of Philosophy, largely because of the Epicureanism and Stoicism sections.

Ultimately nothing is as powerful to me as Buddhism, Zen, mindfulness, or whatever you prefer to think of it as. The struggle through the practice of living a more mindful life, that is, to be mindful of the present moment and not future-tripping or monkey-braining, feels more visceral to me than the more theoretical pleasures of Stoicism/western philosophy in general. Part of this comes from my understanding of how and why our brains act the way they do, from an evolutionary psychology standpoint.

There is a path, it is not a secret, and it is difficult. And I believe it works. But I am very imperfect and sometimes have doubts, and so I wanted to share.

Ah, oh well.

I'm looking to pick up The Nature of the Gods for Christmas or whatnot since Oxford World Classics has a translation. From everything I've read that was published by them, they've tended to be the best, as well as safest, bet when it comes to translations. They've also got a great looking translation of Lucretius.

Yes. Albert Ellis, one of the first cognitive behavioral psychologists, based his cognitive therapy (specifically Rational Emotive therapy) on Stoicism. Aaron T. Beck, considered the father of Cognitive therapy said the 'philosophical origins of CBT can be traced back to the Stoic philosophers.'

There was a book written about the subject, and some articles such as here, here, and here. I don't think Stoicism is always used for CBT, but the underpinnings of it are clear and the methodology are very much intimately linked.

I'm not trying to crap on Epicureanism or anything, they probably have more in common than most would think. But I lean towards the Stoics as Epicureanism always seemed...IDK, incomplete? Or simplistic? It has clear goals, but it doesn't state many ways to achieve them, or have many exemplary or practical applications in the way the Stoics do. Though to be fair, it's very likely a lot of that is due to many of the writings, such as most of Epicurus' have been lost to history, and only a few remain, including second hand accounts. Which is unfortunate.

I wish I knew. There was a good series of articles about Philodemus' works by the Society of Epicurus. There is the one on 'On music.'

Except... I now see that there is a huge French book called Les Epicuriens which brings together lots of Philodemus' work, and it's not too expensive...

I read this one recently and would recommend:

https://www.amazon.com/Epicurus-Reader-Selected-Writings-Testimonia/dp/0872202410/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?keywords=epicurus&qid=1564757535&s=gateway&sr=8-11

It’s a short collection of his texts, letters and other fragments. The introduction is really good.