Best Audiobooks by Year

Every month since October 2018 our editors have picked a top ten audiobooks. Here they are, year by year. For this month's ten, see the top 10 right now.

• Best audiobooks of 2025 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2024 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2023 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2022 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2021 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2020 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2019 (12 monthly top 10s)
• Best audiobooks of 2018 (3 monthly top 10s)

Or by genre

Best Romance Audiobooks  ·  Best Mystery and Thriller Audiobooks  ·  Best Health and Wellness Audiobooks  ·  Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Audiobooks  ·  Best Biography and Memoir Audiobooks  ·  Best History Audiobooks  ·  A–Z of narrators