The Best Audiobooks to Listen To

The right audiobook can turn a commute, a workout, or the dishes into the best part of your day — but only if the narration does the story justice. Below are our favourite audiobooks worth listening to right now, grouped by what you’re in the mood for. Every title links to our full review and the best way to listen to it.

Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Audiobooks

Worlds worth getting lost in for hours — audio is the best way to live inside them.

1984by George Orwell — The dystopia every other dystopia answers to.Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley — Huxley’s chilling vision of engineered happiness.Dune Messiahby Frank Herbert — Herbert’s haunting sequel turns Paul Atreides’ triumph into tragedy.Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury — Bradbury’s poetic warning about a world that burns its books.Fourth Wingby Rebecca Yarros — Deadly dragon-rider academy meets scorching romantasy.Project Hail Maryby Andy Weir — A lone amnesiac astronaut, humanity’s survival, and Weir’s signature problem-solving brilliance.Red Risingby Pierce Brown — A brutal, breakneck rebellion on Mars — sci-fi for skeptics.The Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. Tolkien — Tolkien’s foundational epic, made for immersive listening.The Three-Body Problemby Cixin Liu — Mind-bending first-contact hard sci-fi.The Time Machineby H.G. Wells — Wells’ original time-travel adventure and social parable.11/22/63by Stephen KingA Darker Shade of Magicby V.E. SchwabA Game of Thronesby George R.R. MartinAmerican Godsby Neil GaimanBabelby R.F. KuangCirceby Madeline MillerDark Matterby Blake CrouchDungeon Crawler Carlby Matt DinnimanEnder’s Gameby Orson Scott CardGideon the Ninthby Tamsyn MuirGood Omensby Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettHouse of Earth and Bloodby Sarah J. MaasHyperionby Dan SimmonsIron Flameby Rebecca YarrosKlara and the Sunby Kazuo IshiguroLegends & Lattesby Travis BaldreeLeviathan Wakesby James S.A. CoreyMistbornby Brandon SandersonNeuromancerby William GibsonOathbringerby Brandon SandersonOnyx Stormby Rebecca YarrosPiranesiby Susanna ClarkeReady Player Oneby Ernest ClineRecursionby Blake CrouchSnow Crashby Neal StephensonThe Atlas Sixby Olivie BlakeThe Eye of the Worldby Robert JordanThe Fifth Seasonby N.K. JemisinThe Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienThe House in the Cerulean Seaby TJ KluneThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRueby V.E. SchwabThe Lies of Locke Lamoraby Scott LynchThe Martianby Andy WeirThe Name of the Windby Patrick RothfussThe Poppy Warby R.F. KuangThe Priory of the Orange Treeby Samantha ShannonThe Standby Stephen KingThe Way of Kingsby Brandon SandersonThrone of Glassby Sarah J. MaasWords of Radianceby Brandon Sanderson

Best Mystery & Thriller Audiobooks

Twists and tension that keep you in the driveway to hear what happens next.

And Then There Were Noneby Agatha Christie — Christie’s flawless closed-circle masterpiece.Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoevsky — Dostoevsky’s gripping descent into a murderer’s mind.Draculaby Bram Stoker — Stoker’s gothic epistolary horror, eerie on audio.Jurassic Parkby Michael Crichton — Crichton’s white-knuckle techno-thriller, darker than the film.Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha Christie — Poirot’s most ingenious snowbound puzzle.Rebeccaby Daphne du Maurier — Du Maurier’s haunting tale of obsession and a dead first wife.The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar Wilde — Wilde’s seductive gothic fable of vanity and corruption.The Silent Patientby Alex Michaelides — A psychotherapist, a silent killer, and that ending.Where the Crawdads Singby Delia Owens — A coming-of-age mystery wrapped in marshland lyricism.Behind Closed Doorsby B.A. ParisBehind Her Eyesby Sarah PinboroughBig Little Liesby Liane MoriartyBilly Summersby Stephen KingFool Me Onceby Harlan CobenGone Girlby Gillian FlynnHome Before Darkby Riley SagerItby Stephen KingLocal Woman Missingby Mary KubicaMexican Gothicby Silvia Moreno-GarciaNone of This Is Trueby Lisa JewellPretty Girlsby Karin SlaughterSharp Objectsby Gillian FlynnThe Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownThe Devil in the White Cityby Erik LarsonThe Family Upstairsby Lisa JewellThe Girl on the Trainby Paula HawkinsThe Guest Listby Lucy FoleyThe Housemaidby Freida McFaddenThe Instituteby Stephen KingThe Last Thing He Told Meby Laura DaveThe Maidby Nita ProseThe Only One Leftby Riley SagerThe Outsiderby Stephen KingThe Paris Apartmentby Lucy FoleyThe Shiningby Stephen KingThe Thursday Murder Clubby Richard OsmanThe Wife Upstairsby Rachel HawkinsThe Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth WareThe Yellow Wallpaperby Charlotte Perkins GilmanThen She Was Goneby Lisa JewellVerityby Colleen Hoover

Best Romance Audiobooks

Banter, tension, and heat — narration that makes the chemistry crackle.

A Court of Thorns and Rosesby Sarah J. Maas — The romantasy juggernaut — a mortal huntress pulled into a dangerous fae court.It Ends with Usby Colleen Hoover — The emotional contemporary romance that defined a moment.Jane Eyreby Charlotte Brontë — A beloved classic of love, conscience, and independence.Persuasionby Jane Austen — Austen’s quietest, most romantic second-chance love story.Quicksilverby Callie Hart — A viral fae romantasy of thieves, ice, and forbidden magic.Regretting Youby Colleen Hoover — Colleen Hoover’s emotional mother-daughter drama.Twisted Liesby Ana Huang — The Twisted finale’s coldest, most obsessive hero.Twisted Loveby Ana Huang — The BookTok phenomenon that launched the Twisted series.Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte — Brontë’s stormy, all-consuming gothic romance.A Court of Mist and Furyby Sarah J. MaasA Court of Wings and Ruinby Sarah J. MaasBeach Readby Emily HenryBook Loversby Emily HenryEthan Fromeby Edith WhartonFunny Storyby Emily HenryHappy Placeby Emily HenryHaunting Adelineby H. D. CarltonIcebreakerby Hannah GraceIt Starts with Usby Colleen HooverJust for the Summerby Abby JimenezKing of Wrathby Ana HuangLove and Other Wordsby Christina LaurenLove on the Brainby Ali HazelwoodLove, Theoreticallyby Ali HazelwoodNorth and Southby Elizabeth GaskellNorthanger Abbeyby Jane AustenPart of Your Worldby Abby JimenezPeople We Meet on Vacationby Emily HenryRed, White & Royal Blueby Casey McQuistonReminders of Himby Colleen HooverThe Dealby Elle KennedyThe Friend Zoneby Abby JimenezThe Hating Gameby Sally ThorneThe Love Hypothesisby Ali HazelwoodThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugoby Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Year Slipby Ashley PostonThe Unhoneymoonersby Christina LaurenThings We Never Got Overby Lucy ScoreTwisted Gamesby Ana HuangUgly Loveby Colleen Hoover

Best Young Adult Audiobooks

Fast, bingeable stories that make great company for a commute or a long afternoon.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneby J.K. Rowling — Where the most beloved fantasy series of a generation begins.Midnight Sunby Stephenie Meyer — Twilight retold from Edward’s perspective — catnip for the saga’s fans.Powerlessby Lauren Roberts — Lauren Roberts’ TikTok-famous romantasy of powers and palace intrigue.The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins — Gripping, relentless survival in the ruins of Panem.The Summer I Turned Prettyby Jenny Han — Jenny Han’s swoony beach romance and summer love triangle.A Good Girl’s Guide to Murderby Holly JacksonA Little Princessby Frances Hodgson BurnettA Wrinkle in Timeby Madeleine L’EngleAlice in Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollAn Ember in the Ashesby Sabaa TahirAnne of Green Gablesby L. M. MontgomeryAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universeby Benjamin Alire SaenzBetter Than the Moviesby Lynn PainterCaravalby Stephanie GarberChildren of Blood and Boneby Tomi AdeyemiCinderby Marissa MeyerCrooked Kingdomby Leigh BardugoDivergentby Veronica RothLittle Lord Fauntleroyby Frances Hodgson BurnettLooking for Alaskaby John GreenOne of Us Is Lyingby Karen M. McManusPeter Panby J.M. BarrieRed Queenby Victoria AveyardShadow and Boneby Leigh BardugoSix of Crowsby Leigh BardugoThe Cruel Princeby Holly BlackThe Fault in Our Starsby John GreenThe Giverby Lois LowryThe Inheritance Gamesby Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingThe Lightning Thiefby Rick RiordanThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeby C. S. LewisThe Maze Runnerby James DashnerThe Perks of Being a Wallflowerby Stephen ChboskyThe Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Selectionby Kiera CassThey Both Die at the Endby Adam SilveraTreasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonTwilightby Stephenie MeyerWe Were Liarsby E. Lockhart

Best Literary Fiction & Classics Audiobooks

The books that have earned their place, brought to life by superb narrators.

Frankensteinby Mary Shelley — The gothic novel that invented science fiction.Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen — Austen’s witty, beloved romance — irresistible aloud.The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald — The great American novel, dazzling on audio.To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee — An American touchstone of conscience and childhood.A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensA Gentleman in Moscowby Amor TowlesA Little Lifeby Hanya YanagiharaA Man Called Oveby Fredrik BackmanAll the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony DoerrAnimal Farmby George OrwellAnxious Peopleby Fredrik BackmanAs I Lay Dyingby William FaulknerBleak Houseby Charles DickensCannery Rowby John SteinbeckDaisy Jones & The Sixby Taylor Jenkins ReidDavid Copperfieldby Charles DickensDemon Copperheadby Barbara KingsolverEast of Edenby John SteinbeckGreat Expectationsby Charles DickensLessons in Chemistryby Bonnie GarmusLittle Fires Everywhereby Celeste NgLittle Womenby Louisa May AlcottMiddlemarchby George EliotMoby Dickby Herman MelvilleMy Antoniaby Willa CatherNormal Peopleby Sally RooneyNotes from the Undergroundby Fyodor DostoevskyOf Mice and Menby John SteinbeckOliver Twistby Charles DickensPachinkoby Min Jin LeeRemarkably Bright Creaturesby Shelby Van PeltSilas Marnerby George EliotThe Alchemistby Paulo CoelhoThe Awakeningby Kate ChopinThe Call of the Wildby Jack LondonThe Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasThe Goldfinchby Donna TarttThe Grapes of Wrathby John SteinbeckThe Great Aloneby Kristin HannahThe Idiotby Fyodor DostoevskyThe Midnight Libraryby Matt HaigThe Nightingaleby Kristin HannahThe Odysseyby HomerThe Old Man and the Seaby Ernest HemingwayThe Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneThe Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneThe Secret Historyby Donna TarttThe Song of Achillesby Madeline MillerThe Sound and the Furyby William FaulknerThe Things They Carriedby Tim O’BrienThe Vanishing Halfby Brit BennettThe Womenby Kristin HannahTheir Eyes Were Watching Godby Zora Neale HurstonTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrowby Gabrielle ZevinWar and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude – translator & Aylmer Maude – translatorYellowfaceby R.F. Kuang

Best Self-Help & Business Audiobooks

Practical, motivating listens you’ll actually retain — not just read.

Extreme Ownershipby Jocko Willink & Leif Babin — Navy SEAL leadership, narrated by the authors.How to Keep House While Drowningby KC Davis — A gentle, shame-free reset for care tasks.How to Win Friends and Influence Peopleby Dale Carnegie — The timeless classic on dealing with people.The 48 Laws of Powerby Robert Greene — Robert Greene’s ruthless, quotable manual on power.The Art of Warby Sun Tzu — Sun Tzu’s ancient strategy, endlessly applicable.The Power of Your Subconscious Mindby Joseph Murphy — A classic on the mind’s hidden influence.The Richest Man in Babylonby George S. Clason — Money wisdom in memorable ancient parables.12 Rules for Lifeby Jordan B. PetersonAs a Man Thinkethby James AllenAtomic Habitsby James ClearDaring Greatlyby Brené BrownDeep Workby Cal NewportDie with Zeroby Bill PerkinsEgo Is the Enemyby Ryan HolidayFreakonomicsby Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. DubnerGritby Angela DuckworthInfluenceby Robert B. CialdiniMeditationsby Marcus AureliusNever Split the Differenceby Chris VossOutliersby Malcolm GladwellOutliveby Peter AttiaQuietby Susan CainRich Dad Poor Dadby Robert KiyosakiSapiensby Yuval Noah HarariShoe Dogby Phil KnightStart with Whyby Simon SinekThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleby Stephen R. CoveyThe Almanack of Naval Ravikantby Eric JorgensonThe Body Keeps the Scoreby Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.The Daily Stoicby Ryan Holiday and Stephen HanselmanThe Four Agreementsby Don Miguel RuizThe Laws of Human Natureby Robert GreeneThe Let Them Theoryby Mel Robbins and Sawyer RobbinsThe Obstacle Is the Wayby Ryan HolidayThe Power of Habitby Charles DuhiggThe Power of Nowby Eckhart TolleThe Psychology of Moneyby Morgan HouselThink and Grow Richby Napoleon HillThinking, Fast and Slowby Daniel KahnemanZero to Oneby Peter Thiel

Best Memoir & Biography Audiobooks

Real lives and true stories, often read by the people who lived them.

A Promised Landby Barack ObamaBecomingby Michelle ObamaBetween the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi CoatesBorn a Crimeby Trevor NoahBossypantsby Tina FeyCan’t Hurt Meby David GogginsCrying in H Martby Michelle ZaunerEducatedby Tara WestoverFinding Meby Viola DavisFriends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thingby Matthew PerryGreenlightsby Matthew McConaugheyHillbilly Elegyby J.D. VanceI Am Malalaby Malala YousafzaiI’m Glad My Mom Diedby Jennette McCurdyInto the Wildby Jon KrakauerJust Kidsby Patti SmithKitchen Confidentialby Anthony BourdainMan’s Search for Meaningby Viktor E. FranklNightby Elie WieselSpareby Prince Harry, The Duke of SussexThe Glass Castleby Jeannette WallsThe Woman in Meby Britney SpearsUntamedby Glennon DoyleUp from Slaveryby Booker T. WashingtonWaldenby Henry David ThoreauWhen Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

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