Best Audiobooks of 2023

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times. From the former First Lady and bestselling author of Becoming

Michelle Obama (Author), Michelle Obama (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 59 mins

Lessons in Chemistry: The modern classic multi-million-copy bestseller

Bonnie Garmus (Author), Miranda Raison (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 56 mins

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean (Author), Katie Erich (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 54 mins

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Health & Healing in a Toxic Culture – The Sunday Times Bestseller

Daniel Maté, Gabor Maté (Author), Daniel Maté (Narrator)

Audiobook · 18 hrs 12 mins

A Court of Wings and Ruin

Sarah J. Maas (Author), Amanda Leigh Cobb (Narrator)

Audiobook · 25 hrs 8 mins

How to Do Hard Things: Actual Real Life Advice on Friends, Love, Career, Wellbeing, Mindset, and More.

Veronica Dearly (Author), Isabelle Farah (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 14 mins

Apples Never Fall: Now a major TV series starring Annette Bening and Sam Neil, from the creator of Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty (Author), Caroline Lee (Narrator)

Audiobook · 18 hrs 4 mins

The Searcher: The mesmerising mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper

Tana French (Author), Roger Clark (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 32 mins

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase

Douglas Adams (Author), Full Cast, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Stephen Moore, Susan Sheridan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 56 mins

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

Julia Quinn (Author), Jenny Sterlin (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 20 mins

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Secondary Phase

Douglas Adams (Author), Geoffrey Mcgivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Stephen Moore, Susan Sheridan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 51 mins

Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries: Four original short stories

John Taylor (Author), Benedict Cumberbatch (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs

You've Reached Sam: The bestselling heartbreaking YA romance with a touch of magic

Dustin Thao (Author), Soneela Nankani (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 39 mins

Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married

Marian Keyes (Author), Amy Mcallister (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs 47 mins

Better off Dead: (Jack Reacher 26)

Andrew Child, Lee Child (Author), Jeff Harding (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 3 mins

A Rising Man: A richly atmospheric historical crime novel from the award-winning author of HUNTED

Abir Mukherjee (Author), Simon Bubb (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 41 mins

This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium—Caffeine—Mescaline

Michael Pollan (Author), Michael Pollan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 37 mins

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle (Author), Eckhart Tolle (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 37 mins

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena (Author), Kirsten Potter (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 40 mins

A Court of Silver Flames

Sarah J. Maas (Author), Stina Nielsen (Narrator)

Audiobook · 26 hrs 5 mins

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Tertiary Phase

Douglas Adams (Author), Full Cast, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Simon Jones (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 13 mins

Persuasion

Jane Austen (Author), Yolanda Kettle (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 9 mins

Closer to Love: How to Attract the Right Relationships and Deepen Your Connections

Vex King (Author), Vex King (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 41 mins

Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life – the instant Sunday Times bestseller!

Hayley Morris (Author), Hayley Morris (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 36 mins

A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth (Author), Ayesha Dharker, Full Cast, Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 48 mins

They Walk Among Us: New true crime cases from the No.1 podcast

Benjamin Fitton, Rosanna Fitton (Author), Benjamin Fitton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 28 mins

Fix Her Up: A Novel

Tessa Bailey (Author), Charlotte North (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs

Death on the Nile

Agatha Christie (Author), David Suchet (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs

The Dark King

Gina L. Maxwell (Author), Aiden Snow, Avery Reid (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 26 mins

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quandary Phase

Douglas Adams (Author), Full Cast, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Simon Jones (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 24 mins

The Women of Troy: A retelling of the classic Greek myth from the author of The Silence of the Girls

Pat Barker (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 18 mins

Fire Rush: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION

Jacqueline Crooks (Author), Leonie Elliott (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 3 mins

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Brianna Wiest (Author), Abby Craden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 45 mins

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

Shannon Chakraborty (Author), Amin El Gamal, Lameece Issaq (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 59 mins

Bullet Train: NOW A MAJOR FILM

Kotaro Isaka (Author), Adam Sims (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 54 mins

The Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection

M.C. Beaton (Author), Full Cast, Penelope Keith (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 5 mins

Rootless

Krystle Zara Appiah (Author), Clifford Samuel, Diana Yekinni (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 13 mins

Shadow Kissed: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance

Sarah Piper (Author), Aletha George, Tristan James (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 36 mins

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quintessential Phase

Douglas Adams (Author), Full Cast, Geoffrey Mcgivern, Simon Jones (Narrator)

Audiobook · 2 hrs 26 mins

Thank You For Listening: A Novel

Julia Whelan (Author), Julia Whelan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 15 mins

The Book-Lovers' Retreat: the perfect summer getaway

Heidi Swain (Author), Karen Cass (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 53 mins

Dear Future Mama: A TMI Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood from Your Bestie

Meghan Trainor (Author), Amanda Sanfilippo, Daryl Sabara, Meghan Trainor (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 16 mins

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

Henry L. Roediger Iii, Mark A. Mcdaniel, Peter C. Brown (Author), Qarie Marshall (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 34 mins

Sea Bean: The powerful nature memoir, winner of the Highland Book Prize

Sally Huband (Author), Sally Huband (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 53 mins

Theatre of Marvels: A thrilling and absorbing tale set in Victorian London

Lianne Dillsworth (Author), Kathryn Drysdale, Lianne Dillsworth (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 51 mins

Pure Evil: The gripping and twisty new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama

Lynda La Plante (Author), Nathaniel Priestley (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 36 mins

Hooked

Emily McIntire (Author), Felicity Munroe, Rupert Hawthorne (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs

Take Your Own Advice: Learn to Trust Your Inner Voice and Start Helping Yourself

Jeffrey Marsh (Author), Jeffrey Marsh (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 19 mins

The Ultra-Processed People: The Definitive #1 Bestseller You Need to Understand Ultra-Processed Food

Chris van Tulleken (Author), Chris van Tulleken (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 10 mins

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros (Author), Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 22 hrs 2 mins

The Secret, Book & Scone Society

Ellery Adams (Author), Cris Dukehart (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 32 mins

The Murder of Mr. Wickham

Claudia Gray (Author), Billie Fulford-Brown (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 3 mins

Landlines: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Multi-Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path

Raynor Winn (Author), Raynor Winn (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 54 mins

Local Woman Missing

Mary Kubica (Author), Brittany Pressley, Gary Tiedemann, Jennifer Jill Araya, Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 35 mins

Scarred

Emily McIntire (Author), Ella Lynch, Paul Woodson (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 40 mins

The Castaways

Lucy Clarke (Author), Helen Phillips, Jess Nesling (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 19 mins

The Heatwave: The gripping Richard and Judy bestseller

Kate Riordan (Author), Miranda Raison (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 45 mins

Looking for the Durrells: A heartwarming, feel-good and uplifting novel bringing the Durrells back to life

Melanie Hewitt (Author), Angharad Price (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 7 mins

You and Me on Vacation: Now People We Meet on Vacation, the ultimate friends-to-lovers romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Emily Henry (Author), Julia Whelan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 46 mins

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot: The unforgettable Richard & Judy Book Club pick

Marianne Cronin (Author), Rebecca Benson, Sheila Reid (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 54 mins

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell (Author), Malcolm Gladwell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 18 mins

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight (Author), Norbert Leo Butz (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 21 mins

Morning Star

Pierce Brown (Author), Tim Gerard Reynolds (Narrator)

Audiobook · 21 hrs 50 mins

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

Lisa Feldman Barrett (Author), Lisa Feldman Barrett (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 53 mins

Wretched

Emily McIntire (Author), Robert Hatchet, Vivian Bradford (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 24 mins

The Witches of Vardo: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: 'Powerful, deeply moving' - Sunday Times

Anya Bergman (Author), Sofia Engstrand (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 35 mins

Pageboy: A Memoir: The instant Sunday Times bestseller

Elliot Page (Author), Elliot Page (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 23 mins

Central Park West

James Comey (Author), Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 27 mins

Mrs S

K Patrick (Author), Nicolette Chin (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 45 mins

Nowhere for Very Long: The Unexpected Road to an Unconventional Life

Brianna Madia (Author), Brianna Madia (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 31 mins

The Girls of Heatherly Hall

Julie Houston (Author), Laura Brydon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 2 mins

The House in the Olive Grove

Emma Cowell (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 2 mins

Killing Jericho: The award-winning crime thriller like no other

William Hussey (Author), Damian Lynch (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 49 mins

No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline; 21 Ways to Achieve Lasting Happiness and Success

Brian Tracy (Author), Brian Tracy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 53 mins

Twisted

Emily McIntire (Author), Marcio Catalano, Sandi Hunts (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 43 mins

The Book of Fire: The moving, captivating and unmissable new novel from the author of THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO

Christy Lefteri (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs

Iron Gold

Pierce Brown (Author), Aedin Moloney, John Curless, Julian Elfer, Tim Gerard Reynolds (Narrator)

Audiobook · 23 hrs 23 mins

My Husband: ‘A gripping read’ Sunday Times

Maud Ventura (Author), Kiiri Sandy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 32 mins

Bad Men: The serial killer you've been waiting for, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick

Julie Mae Cohen (Author), Nathalie Buscombe (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 56 mins

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin (Author), Jeff Cummings (Narrator)

Audiobook · 26 hrs 30 mins

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity: The Million-Copy Bestseller

Bill Gifford, Peter Attia (Author), Peter Attia (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs 8 mins

Limberlost

Robbie Arnott (Author), Zoe Carides (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 30 mins

The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency: The Complete BBC Radio Series

Alexander McCall Smith (Author), Ben Onwukwe, Claire Benedict, Full Cast, Janice Acquah, Joseph Marcell, Nadine Marshall (Narrator)

Audiobook · 26 hrs 12 mins

Sometimes People Die

Simon Stephenson (Author), Greg Miller Burns (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 27 mins

Red, White & Royal Blue: The TikTok Sensation, A Royally Romantic Enemies to Lovers Bestseller

Casey McQuiston (Author), Ramon De Ocampo (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 15 mins

Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (Author), Full Cast, Mark Heap, Peter Serafinowicz (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 20 mins

New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-Enchantment

Amy Torok, Risa Dickens (Author), Amy Torok, Risa Dickens (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 48 mins

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree (Author), Travis Baldree (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 18 mins

Suddenly A Murder: It's all pretend ... Until one of them turns up dead

Lauren Muñoz (Author), Stacy Gonzalez (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 54 mins

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

Malcolm Gaskill (Author), Kristin Atherton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 4 mins

Graveyard Shift: and Other Stories from Night Shift

Stephen King (Author), John Glover (Narrator)

Audiobook · 3 hrs 24 mins

The Watchers

A.M. Shine (Author), Jacqueline Milne (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 27 mins

The Dead Romantics

Ashley Poston (Author), Eileen Stevens (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 24 mins

Frankenstein: Penguin Classics

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Colin Salmon, Peter Noble (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 45 mins

Chosen by the Vampire Kings

Charlene Hartnady (Author), Tatiana Sokolov (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 21 mins

Cahokia Jazz

Francis Spufford (Author), Andy Ingalls (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 36 mins

Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros (Author), Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton (Narrator)

Audiobook · 28 hrs 17 mins

Orbital: Winner of the Booker Prize

Samantha Harvey (Author), Sarah Naudi (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 7 mins

Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction)

Cat Bohannon (Author), Cat Bohannon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 54 mins

On the First Day of Christmas

Faith Hogan (Author), Aoife Mcmahon (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 9 mins

The Woman in Me

Britney Spears (Author), Michelle Williams (Narrator)

Audiobook · 5 hrs 31 mins

One Day I Shall Astonish the World

Nina Stibbe (Author), Joanna Scanlan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 54 mins

Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups

Ben Holden (Author), Ben Holden, Esther Wane, Gareth Armstrong, Luke Thompson, Sandra Duncan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 41 mins

The Hollows

Daniel Church (Author), Gloria Sanders (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 55 mins

Stolen by the Alpha Wolf

Charlene Hartnady (Author), Tatiana Sokolov (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 16 mins

The Twelve Days of Murder: The perfect festive whodunnit to gift this Christmas

Andreina Cordani (Author), Chloe Pirrie (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 29 mins

Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

Sophie Hannah (Author), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 58 mins

A Stroke of the Pen: Rediscovered stories from the UK’s bestselling science fiction and fantasy author

Terry Pratchett (Author), Claire Foy, Colin Morgan, David Jason, David Tennant, Derek Jacobi, Indira Varma, Jan Harkin, Pat Harkin, Paterson Joseph, Rhianna Pratchett, Stephen Briggs (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 46 mins

That Festive Feeling: the cosiest, most joyful novel you'll read this Christmas

Heidi Swain (Author), Karen Cass (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 40 mins

The Perfect Christmas Village

Bella Osborne (Author), Helen Phillips (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 6 mins

The Little Book of Mindfulness: 10 minutes a day to less stress, more peace

Dr Patrizia Collard (Author), Camilla Rockley (Narrator)

Audiobook · 1 hr 24 mins

Silent Agreements: How to Free Your Relationships of Unspoken Expectations

Linda D. Anderson, Michele L. Owens, Sonia R. Banks (Author), Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 42 mins

Surviving to Drive: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller as seen on Netflix’s Drive to Survive

Guenther Steiner (Author), Guenther Steiner (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 40 mins

The Drift: The spine-chilling ‘Waterstones Thriller of The Month’ from the author of The Burning Girls

C.J. Tudor (Author), Nathalie Buscombe, Rachel Handshaw, Richard Armitage (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 49 mins

Icebreaker

Hannah Grace (Author), Elizabeth Louise, Tim Paige (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 23 mins