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Best Audiobooks of 2022

The 116 audiobooks our editors picked as a monthly top ten in 2022, in the order they ranked them. For this month's ten, see the top 10 right now.

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January 2022

The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time

Robert Jordan (Author), Rosamund Pike (Narrator)

Audiobook · 32 hrs 55 mins

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Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone

Diana Gabaldon (Author), Davina Porter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 49 hrs 27 mins

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Go Set a Watchman: Harper Lee's sensational lost novel

Harper Lee (Author), Reese Witherspoon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 57 mins

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It Ends With Us

Colleen Hoover (Author), Olivia Song (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 18 mins

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Ride

Harper Dallas (Author), Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 45 mins

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February 2022

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan (Author), Natalie Naudus (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 1 min

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The Arctic Fury

Greer Macallister (Author), Eva Kaminsky (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 4 mins

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Pieces of Her

Karin Slaughter (Author), Kathleen Early (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 5 mins

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From Blood and Ash

Jennifer L. Armentrout (Author), Stina Nielsen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 19 hrs 46 mins

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Elise Christie: Resilience: Resilience

Elise Christie (Author), Cathleen Mccarron (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 16 mins

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The Lighthouse

Beth Eyre, Fran Dorricott (Author), Imogen Wilde, Kate Louise Okello (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 8 mins

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March 2022

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr (Author), Marin Ireland, Simon Jones (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 52 mins

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Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing Shadows

A. J. Hartley, Tom Delonge (Author), Paul Costanzo (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs 45 mins

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Both of You

Adele Parks (Author), Laura Aikman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 54 mins

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The Ballerinas: A Novel

Rachel Kapelke-Dale (Author), Ell Potter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 21 mins

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The Unhoneymooners

Christina Lauren (Author), Cynthia Farrell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 14 mins

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The Vatican Secret

David Leadbeater (Author), Damian Lynch (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 1 min

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April 2022

The Maid

Nita Prose (Author), Lauren Ambrose (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 37 mins

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Still Life

Sarah Winman (Author), Sarah Winman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 55 mins

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Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Dolly Parton (Author), Dolly Parton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 19 mins

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The Elements of Investing

Burton G. Malkiel, Charles D. Ellis (Author), Erik Synnestvedt (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 40 mins

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Live Me

Celeste Grande (Author), Brian Pallino, Cj Bloom (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 32 mins

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May 2022

It Happened One Summer: A Novel

Tessa Bailey (Author), Charlotte North (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 48 mins

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The Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton Book 2

Julia Quinn (Author), Rosalyn Landor (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 30 mins

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Arsenic and Adobo

Mia P. Manansala (Author), Danice Cabanela (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 20 mins

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The Cabinet

Un-Su Kim (Author), Jun Hwang (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 30 mins

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Open Mind

Luna David, Morningstar Ashley (Author), Kale Williams (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 27 mins

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June 2022

Less Doing, More Living: Make Everything in Life Easier

Ari Meisel (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 26 mins

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A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting

Sophie Irwin (Author), Eleanor Tomlinson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 40 mins

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Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II

Robert Hardman (Author), Robert Hardman (Narrator)

Audiobook · 25 hrs 22 mins

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You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be

Marcus Rashford (Author), Kenton Thomas (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 1 min

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Let’s Get Textual

Teagan Hunter (Author), Emma Wilder (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 27 mins

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July 2022

Over My Dead Body

Jeffrey Archer (Author), George Blagden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 40 mins

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Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Bridgertons Book 4

Julia Quinn (Author), Rosalyn Landor (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 17 mins

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Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari (Author), Aziz Ansari (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 14 mins

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Counterfeit

Kirstin Chen (Author), Catherine Ho (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 20 mins

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Richer Than Sin

Meghan March (Author), Erin Mallon, Joe Arden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 41 mins

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August 2022

The Things We Do in the Dark: A Novel

Jennifer Hillier (Author), Carla Vega (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 22 mins

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Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency

Bea Koch (Author), Rengin Altay (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 48 mins

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The Water Dancer: The New York Times Bestseller

Ta-Nehisi Coates (Author), Joe Morton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 14 mins

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Rising Tiger: A Thriller

Brad Thor (Author), Thomas Weichler (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 32 mins

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Stay with Me

Alexandria House (Author), Mari, Sean Crisden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 32 mins

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September 2022

November 9: A Novel

Colleen Hoover (Author), Angela Goethals, Zachary Webber (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 47 mins

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The Last Housewife: A Novel

Ashley Winstead (Author), Alexis Van Aiken (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 11 mins

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Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel

Beth Revis (Author), Marc Thompson, Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 45 mins

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Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen (Author), Bruce Springsteen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 18 hrs 11 mins

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Owning Violet

Monica Murphy (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 40 mins

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October 2022

Stone Blind: the breathtaking Sunday Times bestseller

Natalie Haynes (Author), Natalie Haynes (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 41 mins

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The Bullet That Missed: (The Thursday Murder Club 3)

Richard Osman (Author), Fiona Shaw (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 17 mins

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I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy (Author), Jennette McCurdy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 26 mins

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Create Space: Declutter your home to clear your mind

Dilly Carter (Author), Dilly Carter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 19 mins

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 50th Anniversary Edition

Ken Kesey (Author), John C. Reilly (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 32 mins

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Ugly Love

Colleen Hoover (Author), Deacon Lee, Grace Grant (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 14 mins

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas (Author), Jennifer Ikeda (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 7 mins

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Black Ice: A Thriller

Brad Thor (Author), Thomas Weichler (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 29 mins

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Stealing Rose

Monica Murphy (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 31 mins

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November 2022

It Ends With Us

Colleen Hoover (Author), Olivia Song (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 18 mins

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Down to Earth: Gardening Wisdom

Monty Don (Author), Monty Don (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 46 mins

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Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk (Author), Jim Colby (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 38 mins

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Taming Lily

Monica Murphy (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 8 mins

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December 2022

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

Charlie Mackesy (Author), Charlie Mackesy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 58 mins

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[Spanish] - 1984

Anna Lea, George Orwell, Jordi Boixaderas, Roger Pera (Author), Isabel Valls (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 3 mins

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A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas (Author), Jennifer Ikeda (Narrator)

Audiobook · 23 hrs 16 mins

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Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Jenny Bayliss (Author), Heather Long (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 27 mins

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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

Agatha Christie (Author), Hugh Fraser (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 9 mins

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Wintering: The life-changing Sunday Times bestseller

Katherine May (Author), Rebecca Lee (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 54 mins

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Naughty & Nasty

Sabrina B. Scales (Author), Jakobi Diem, Wesleigh Siobhan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs

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