Your child would rather listen than read, and that is completely fine — listening is still the story getting in. This is a shelf of books that shine out loud: a narrator who does all the voices, a story that carries you along by ear, the kind of thing that makes a car trip fly by or settles a wound-up child at bedtime. Any single one is a wonderful listen. Pick by what sounds fun to your child.
Every book here earned its spot the same way: it comes alive out loud. Some have a narrator who becomes the character — Ivan's flat, funny gorilla-voice, Percy's dry teenage sarcasm — and some, like Wonder, use a whole cast so each narrator is a different child. A couple, like Holes, are built like a puzzle that snaps together beautifully when you just let it wash over you. Reach for whichever sounds like tonight. They do range in weight, and I'll be plain about it: The Lightning Thief and Amari are the big, fast, funny adventures; The One and Only Ivan, The Wild Robot, and Wonder carry more real feeling. Pick by mood as much as anything.