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Best Audiobooks of 2019

The 113 audiobooks our editors picked as a monthly top ten in 2019, in the order they ranked them. For this month's ten, see the top 10 right now.

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January 2019

The Binding

Bridget Collins (Author), Carl Prekopp (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 46 mins

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My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite (Author), Weruche Opia (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 30 mins

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The Boy: A Novel

Tami Hoag (Author), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs

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The Accident

Dawn Goodwin (Author), Esther Wane (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 41 mins

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The Hunting Party

Lucy Foley (Author), Cathleen Mccarron, Clare Corbett, Ellie Heydon, Joshua Manning, Laura Kirman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 4 mins

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Game Changers (Game Changers, Book 1)

Mike Lupica (Author), Fred Berman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 53 mins

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Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)

Philip Reeve (Author), Barnaby Edwards (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 57 mins

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February 2019

Fierce Fragile Hearts

Sara Barnard (Author), Charlie Sanderson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 3 mins

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The Ruin of Kings

Jenn Lyons (Author), Feodor Chin, Soneela Nankani, Vikas Adam (Narrator)

Audiobook · 27 hrs 15 mins

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The Hunting Party

Lucy Foley (Author), Cathleen Mccarron, Clare Corbett, Ellie Heydon, Joshua Manning, Laura Kirman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 4 mins

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The Wall

John Lanchester (Author), Will Poulter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 43 mins

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Mentors: How to Help and be Helped

Russell Brand (Author), Russell Brand (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 14 mins

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The Winter of the Witch

Katherine Arden (Author), Kathleen Gati (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs

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March 2019

Atomic Habits: The life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller

James Clear (Author), James Clear (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 35 mins

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We Set the Dark on Fire

Tehlor Kay Mejia (Author), Kyla Garcia (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 55 mins

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Cherry

Nico Walker (Author), Jeremy Bobb (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 59 mins

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Past Tense: (Jack Reacher 23)

Lee Child (Author), Jeff Harding (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 28 mins

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Eve of Man

Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher (Author), Charlotte Ritchie, Josh Dylan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 31 mins

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April 2019

Girls with Sharp Sticks

Suzanne Young (Author), Caitlin Davies (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 36 mins

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The Forgotten Guide to Happiness

Sophie Jenkins (Author), Beth Chalmers (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 23 mins

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May 2019

Supermarket

Bobby Hall (Author), Bobby Hall (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 35 mins

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The Missing Sister

Dinah Jefferies (Author), Anna Bentinck (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 40 mins

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Best Self: Be You, Only Better

Mike Bayer (Author), Mike Bayer, Phil Mcgraw (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 10 mins

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Educated: The international bestselling memoir

Tara Westover (Author), Julia Whelan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 10 mins

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The Half-God of Rainfall

Inua Ellams (Author), Inua Ellams (Narrator)

Audiobook · 1 hr 17 mins

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June 2019

Stop Doing That Sh*t

Gary John Bishop (Author), Gary John Bishop (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 41 mins

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Let Love Have the Last Word

Common (Author), Common (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 1 min

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The Mister: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller

E L James (Author), Dominic Thorburn, Jessica O'hara-Baker (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 30 mins

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The Doll Factory

Elizabeth Macneal (Author), Tuppence Middleton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 54 mins

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July 2019

In at the Deep End

Kate Davies (Author), Lucy Briggs-Owen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 46 mins

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The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas (Author), Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 43 mins

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The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties

Paul Collier (Author), Peter Noble (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 26 mins

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Best Self: Be You, Only Better

Mike Bayer (Author), Mike Bayer, Phil Mcgraw (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 10 mins

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August 2019

Lock Every Door

Riley Sager (Author), Stephanie Cannon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 7 mins

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Wilde Women

Louise Pentland (Author), Anna Acton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 42 mins

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The Runaway Daughter

Joanna Rees (Author), Sarah Ovens (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 57 mins

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Kneel

Dani René (Author), Elizabeth Hart, Troy Duran (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 33 mins

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Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths about Aging

Dick Van Dyke (Author), Dick Van Dyke (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 30 mins

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The Genius Within

David Adam (Author), David Thorpe (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 14 mins

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September 2019

On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons

Laura Cumming (Author), Laura Cumming (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 42 mins

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Quitters Never Win

Anthony Evans, Michael Bisping (Author), Dean Williamson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 38 mins

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The Lost Girls

Sarah Painter (Author), Angela Ness (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 46 mins

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The Orphans of Bell Lane: 'A real page turner' Sheila Newberry

Ruthie Lewis (Author), Ruby Thomas (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 31 mins

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg (Author), Greta Thunberg (Narrator)

Audiobook · 1 hr 15 mins

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War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

David Nott (Author), David Nott (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 55 mins

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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Toni Morrison (Author), Karen Murray, Toni Morrison (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 33 mins

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I Spy

Claire Kendal (Author), Imogen Church (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 22 mins

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October 2019

Entangled

J. S. Scott (Author), Elizabeth Powers (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 38 mins

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The School of Life: An Emotional Education

Alain de Botton (Author), Alain de Botton, Charlie Anson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 28 mins

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Sweet Sorrow

David Nicholls (Author), Rory Kinnear (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 6 mins

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November 2019

Me: Elton John Official Autobiography

Elton John (Author), Taron Egerton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 29 mins

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The Guilty Mother

Diane Jeffrey (Author), Charlie Sanderson, Philip Stevens (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 52 mins

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Postscript

Cecelia Ahern (Author), Amy Huberman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 51 mins

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Indulge

Dani René (Author), Elizabeth Hart, Troy Duran (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 44 mins

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The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future

David Wallace-Wells (Author), David Wallace-Wells (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 34 mins

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December 2019

488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct

Kitty Flanagan (Author), Kitty Flanagan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 42 mins

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Magpie

Sophie Draper (Author), Antonia Beamish, Richard Trinder (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 17 mins

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A Midwinter Promise

Lulu Taylor (Author), Eilidh Beaton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 56 mins

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Lessons In Lust

Gaelforce (Author), Gaelforce (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 43 mins

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The Hunting Party

Lucy Foley (Author), Cathleen Mccarron, Clare Corbett, Ellie Heydon, Joshua Manning, Laura Kirman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 4 mins

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