Best Audiobooks of 2021

Burnt Sugar: The Booker Prize-shortlisted novel

Avni Doshi (Author), Vineeta Rishi (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 29 mins

Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

Jennie Allen (Author), Jennie Allen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 29 mins

The Cousins: A twisty, explosive YA thriller from the bestselling author of One of Us is Lying

Karen M. McManus (Author), David Garelik, Julia Whelan, Kate Reinders, Sarah Skaer (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 28 mins

A Time to Lie

Simon Berthon (Author), John Hopkins (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 8 mins

Dark Tides: The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tidelands

Philippa Gregory (Author), Louise Brealey (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs 22 mins

The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977

Robert Lacey (Author), Alex Jennings (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 16 mins

The Harpy

Megan Hunter (Author), Clare Corbett (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 20 mins

Anything is Possible: Inspirational lessons from one of the greatest England football managers

Gareth Southgate (Author), Gareth Southgate (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 59 mins

Girl A

Abigail Dean (Author), Holliday Grainger (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 12 mins

We Are All Birds of Uganda

Hafsa Zayyan (Author), Sagar Arya, Taheen Modak (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 34 mins

A Prince and a Spy: The gripping novel from the master of the wartime spy thriller

Rory Clements (Author), Adam Sims (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 39 mins

People Like Her: The Deliciously Dark Richard and Judy Book Club Pick

Ellery Lloyd (Author), Anna Bentinck, Finlay Robertson, Nathalie Buscombe (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 23 mins

Luster

Raven Leilani (Author), Ariel Blake (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 39 mins

Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be

Dave Asprey (Author), Dave Asprey (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 3 mins

Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

Glennon Doyle (Author), Glennon Doyle (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 23 mins

Bossman

Vi Keeland (Author), Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 31 mins

The Dog Share

Fiona Gibson (Author), Cathleen Mccarron, Robin Laing (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 54 mins

The Mermaid of Black Conch

Monique Roffey (Author), Ben Onwukwe, Vivienne Acheampong (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 37 mins

Firefly Lane: A Novel

Kristin Hannah (Author), Susan Ericksen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs 58 mins

A Wedding in the Country: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction

Katie Fforde (Author), Tuppence Middleton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 44 mins

The City of Tears: A Sweeping Historical Adventure from the No. 1 Bestselling Author

Kate Mosse (Author), Hattie Morahan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 42 mins

Jews Don’t Count

David Baddiel (Author), David Baddiel (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 48 mins

The Betrayals

Bridget Collins (Author), Sam Woolf, Sarah Ovens (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 14 mins

The Friendship Formula: Add great friends, subtract enemies and multiply your happiness

Caroline Millington (Author), Caroline Millington (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 11 mins

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo (Author), Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 32 mins

Unsettled Ground: Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2021

Claire Fuller (Author), Rachel Bavidge (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 29 mins

King of Rabbits

Karla Neblett (Author), Amaka Okafor, Theo Solomon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 40 mins

Find You First

Linwood Barclay (Author), George Newbern (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 19 mins

Just Work: How to Confront Bias, Prejudice and Bullying to Build a Culture of Inclusivity

Kim Scott (Author), Gabra Zackman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 48 mins

The World at My Feet

Catherine Isaac, Rose Akroyd (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 47 mins

Tap to Tidy: Organising, Crafting & Creating Happiness in a Messy World

Stacey Solomon (Author), Stacey Solomon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 34 mins

Many Different Kinds of Love: A story of life, death and the NHS

Michael J. Rosen (Author), Michael J. Rosen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 57 mins

A Touch of Ruin

Scarlett St. Clair (Author), Meg Sylvan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 32 mins

A History of What Comes Next: The captivating speculative fiction perfect for fans of The Eternals

Sylvain Neuvel (Author), Andrew Byron, Dugald Bruce Lockhart, Imogen Wilde, Jilly Bond, Kevin Shen, Laila Pyne, Richard Trinder, Sylvain Neuvel, Thoms Judd (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 21 mins

The Therapist

B.A. Paris (Author), Olivia Dowd, Thomas Judd (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 2 mins

The Dream Weavers

Barbara Erskine (Author), Jilly Bond (Narrator)

Audiobook · 18 hrs 22 mins

Working Hard, Hardly Working: How to achieve more, stress less and feel fulfilled: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Grace Beverley (Author), Grace Beverley (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 6 mins

The Summer Job: A hilarious story about a lie that gets out of hand – soon to be a TV series

Lizzy Dent (Author), Emma Sidi (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 13 mins

Dreamland: An Evening Standard 'Best New Book' of 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 8 mins

The Wolf Den

Elodie Harper (Author), Antonia Beamish (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 31 mins

Transcendent Kingdom: Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021

Yaa Gyasi (Author), Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 41 mins

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

Charlie Mackesy (Author), Charlie Mackesy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 58 mins

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time

Craig Brown (Author), Kate Robbins, Mark Mcgann (Narrator)

Audiobook · 20 hrs 21 mins

Outlander 'International Edition'

Diana Gabaldon (Author), Davina Porter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 32 hrs 38 mins

The Final Twist

Jeffery Deaver (Author), Kaleo Griffith (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 6 mins

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Malcolm Gladwell (Author), Malcolm Gladwell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 49 mins

Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

Jon Acuff (Author), Jon Acuff (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 34 mins

Win at Work & Succeed at Life: 5 Principles to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork

Megan Hyatt Miller, Michael Hyatt (Author), Megan Hyatt Miller, Michael Hyatt (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 3 mins

Left You Dead: A Realistically Creepy Crime Thriller

Peter James (Author), Daniel Weyman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 58 mins

Protector: The powerful second historical novel in the Athenian series from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Conn Iggulden (Author), George Blagden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 52 mins

Because of You: The moving Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Enough

Dawn French (Author), Dawn French (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 7 mins

The Wife Who Got a Life

Tracy Bloom (Author), Fiona Boylan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 7 mins

Covet

Tracy Wolff (Author), Heather Costa, Tim Paige (Narrator)

Audiobook · 21 hrs 39 mins

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - The Much-Anticipated Sequel to the Global Bestseller Prisoners of Geography

Tim Marshall (Author), Tim Marshall (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 14 mins

Little Secrets

Jennifer Hillier (Author), Kirsten Potter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 34 mins

Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Craig Groeschel (Author), Craig Groeschel (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 58 mins

Shelter in Place

Nora Roberts (Author), January LaVoy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs

People Like Us

Louise Fein (Author), Holli Dempsey (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 52 mins

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

Alka Joshi (Author), Ariyan Kassam, Deepa Samuel, Sneha Mathan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 8 mins

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Oprah Winfrey (Author), Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 26 mins

The Squiggly Career: The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller - Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career

Helen Tupper, Sarah Ellis (Author), Helen Tupper, Sarah Ellis (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 28 mins

False Witness

Karin Slaughter (Author), Kathleen Early (Narrator)

Audiobook · 18 hrs 39 mins

Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics: My Life as an MP

Jess Phillips (Author), Jess Phillips (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs

A Different Kind of Happy: The Sunday Times bestseller and powerful fiction debut

Rachaele Hambleton (Author), Rachaele Hambleton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 8 mins

Relentless: Secrets of the Sporting Elite

Alistair Brownlee (Author), Alistair Brownlee (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 56 mins

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

Charles Spencer (Author), Richard Trinder (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 8 mins

Healing Is the New High: A Guide to Overcoming Emotional Turmoil and Finding Freedom

Vex King (Author), Sid Sagar (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 20 mins

Yours Cheerfully

AJ Pearce (Author), Anna Popplewell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 55 mins

She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

Shelley Parker-Chan (Author), Natalie Naudus (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 36 mins

Nine Lives

Danielle Steel (Author), Alexander Cendese (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 32 mins

Erotica For Women: Exciting Erotic Sexy Stories of Pure pleasure, forbidden lust, Dirty Talk and Much More

Sandra Novel (Author), Chaleeya Yee (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 46 mins

The Silence of Scheherazade

Defne Suman (Author), Lara Sawalha (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 59 mins

Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want

Grace Lordan (Author), Grace Lordan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 35 mins

Appetite: A Memoir in Recipes of Family and Food

Ed Balls (Author), Ed Balls (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 13 mins

A Line to Kill: a locked room mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Anthony Horowitz (Author), Rory Kinnear (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 42 mins

Such a Quiet Place

Megan Miranda (Author), Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 39 mins

1979

Val McDermid (Author), Katie Leung (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 6 mins

The Reckoning: America’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

Mary L. Trump (Author), Mary L. Trump (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 30 mins

Land of Big Numbers

Te-Ping Chen (Author), Chris Noaki Lee, Christine Lakin, Eddy Lee, Fiona Rene, Katie Tang, Lynn Chen, Matt Yang Kim (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 35 mins

Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose

Richard Rudd (Author), Jennifer M. Dixon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 31 mins

What We Find

Robyn Carr (Author), Therese Plummer (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs

freckles

Cecelia Ahern (Author), Amy Mcallister (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 2 mins

A Slow Fire Burning: The addictive new thriller and No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins (Author), Rosamund Pike (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 20 mins

Snow Country: The epic historical novel from the author of Birdsong

Sebastian Faulks (Author), Tania Rodrigues (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 9 mins

[Spanish] - Piranesi

Susanna Clarke (Author), íñigo álvarez De Lara (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 29 mins

168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

Laura Vanderkam (Author), Elizabeth London (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 50 mins

Impostor: An Alexander Gregory Thriller (The Alexander Gregory Thrillers Book 1): The Alexander Gregory Thrillers, Book 1

Lj Ross (Author), Hugh Dancy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 4 mins

State of Terror: The Unputdownable Thriller Straight from the White House

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny (Author), Joan Allen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 41 mins

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl (Author), Dave Grohl (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 35 mins

Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

Gary Hamel, Michele Zanini (Author), Graham Halstead (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 14 mins

Bad Boss

Stella Rhys (Author), Cassandra Myles, John Masterson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 44 mins

And Away...: The million copy bestselling memoir – 'joyful' Sunday Times

Bob Mortimer (Author), Bob Mortimer (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 59 mins

The Man Who Died Twice: (The Thursday Murder Club 2)

Richard Osman (Author), Lesley Manville (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 31 mins

The Betrayals

Bridget Collins (Author), Sam Woolf, Sarah Ovens (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 14 mins

Win at Losing: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains

Sam Weinman (Author), Tim Andres Pabon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 19 mins

The House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

Sara Gay Forden (Author), Fajer Al-Kaisi, Sara Gay Forden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 20 mins

A Touch of Darkness

Scarlett St. Clair (Author), Meg Sylvan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 6 mins

We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power

Rachel Rodgers (Author), Rachel Rodgers (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 40 mins

Silverview: The Sunday Times Bestseller

John Le Carré (Author), Toby Jones (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 29 mins

Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop

Rebecca Raisin (Author), Katy Sobey (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 55 mins

The Facilitator, Part 2

Tracie Podger (Author), India Rose (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 22 mins

The Promise: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE

Damon Galgut (Author), Peter Noble (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 12 mins

Dune: Book One in the Dune Chronicles

Frank Herbert (Author), Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Euan Morton, Ilyana Kadushin, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Orlagh Cassidy, Patricia Kilgarriff, Scott Brick, Scott Sowers, Simon Vance (Narrator)

Audiobook · 21 hrs 2 mins

The Christmas Escape

Sarah Morgan (Author), Rose Robinson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 56 mins

Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

Sathnam Sanghera (Author), Homer Todiwala (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 16 mins

As Good As Dead

Holly Jackson (Author), Clare Corbett, Jot Davies, Kristin Atherton, Maryam Grace (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 55 mins

How to Kill Your Family

Bella Mackie (Author), Charly Clive, Paul Panting (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 49 mins

Never: A Globe-spanning, Contemporary Tour-de-Force from the International Bestselling Author of the Kingsbridge Series

Ken Follett (Author), January LaVoy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 23 hrs 57 mins

Will: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

Mark Manson, Will Smith (Author), Will Smith (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 16 mins

Touch of Regret

Autumn Reed (Author), Hayden Bishop (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 54 mins