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Best Romance Audiobooks

Chosen and ranked by LoveReading · Updated 19 September 2026

Our editorial panel includes Julia Eccleshare MBE, Maxim Jakubowski and more

The short answer

The one to start with: Fourth Wing (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1 — read by James Konicek, 10 hrs 39 mins
The longest listen here: Game Changers Volume 2 — 33 hrs 1 min
Typical length: About 10 hrs 48 mins across the 48 on this page
Most-recorded narrator: Sebastian York — 44 well-rated romance titles

We hold 85,157 romance audiobooks. 1,573 of them carry at least 20 listener ratings, and these are the 48 rated highest — 48 of them with the narrator named, and the running time on every one.

Fourth Wing (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1 Audiobook

Fourth Wing (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1

Rebecca Yarros (Author), James Konicek, Jessica Lauren Ball, Gabriel Michael, Laura C. Harris, Megan Poppy, Rob Mcfadyen, Robb Moreira, Torian Brackett, Taylor Coan, Khaya Fraites, Lamont Ridgell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 39 mins

Iron Flame (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 2 Audiobook

Iron Flame (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 2

Rebecca Yarros (Author), Jessica Lauren Ball, Gabriel Michael, Danny Gavigan, Amanda Forstrom, Chris Davenport, Robb Moreira, Torian Brackett, Taylor Coan, Henry W. Kramer, Khaya Fraites, Lamont Ridgell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 38 mins

The Long Game Audiobook

Rachel Reid (Author), Cooper North (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 52 mins

Beneath These Lies Audiobook

Beneath These Lies

Meghan March (Author), Andi Arndt, Sebastian York (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 21 mins

The Shadow Sister Audiobook

The Shadow Sister

Lucinda Riley (Author), Fiona Button (Narrator)

Audiobook · 19 hrs 53 mins

Lothaire Audiobook

Kresley Cole (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator)

Audiobook · 17 hrs

The Storm Sister Audiobook

The Storm Sister

Lucinda Riley (Author), Hattie Morahan (Narrator)

Audiobook · 19 hrs 47 mins

The Takeover Audiobook

T L Swan (Author), Sebastian York, Cj Bloom (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 29 mins

Those Who Wait Audiobook

Haley Cass (Author), Lori Prince (Narrator)

Audiobook · 21 hrs 6 mins

Keeping 13: Part One Audiobook

Keeping 13: Part One

Chloe Walsh (Author), Matthew Forsythe, Jacqueline Milne (Narrator)

Audiobook · 15 hrs 58 mins

Storm Audiobook

Carian Cole (Author), CJ Bloom (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 38 mins

A Court of Wings and Ruin (10th Anniversary Recording) Audiobook

A Court of Wings and Ruin (10th Anniversary Recording)

Sarah J. Maas (Author), Elizabeth Evans (Narrator)

Audiobook · 20 hrs 49 mins

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Blood and Ash 2 Audiobook

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Blood and Ash 2

Jennifer L. Armentrout (Author), Stewart Crank, Dawn Ursula, Wyn Delano, Rayner Gabriel, Robb Moreira, Torian Brackett, David Cui Cui, Katie Boothe, Arden Wannall, Wayne LeGette, NJ Agwuna (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 16 mins

The Pearl Sister Audiobook

The Pearl Sister

Lucinda Riley (Author), Kathryn Wilder (Narrator)

Audiobook · 20 hrs 37 mins

Dawn On A Distant Shore: A Novel Audiobook

Dawn On A Distant Shore: A Novel

Sara Donati (Author), Kate Reading (Narrator)

Audiobook · 20 hrs

Breaking Character Audiobook

Breaking Character

Lee Winter (Author), Angela Dawe (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 48 mins

When You Least Expect It Audiobook

When You Least Expect It

Haley Cass (Author), Lori Prince (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 7 mins

Empire of Flame and Thorns Audiobook

Empire of Flame and Thorns

Marion Blackwood (Author), Laura Horowitz (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 48 mins

Wicked Abyss Audiobook

Kresley Cole (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 2 mins

Keeping 13: Part Two Audiobook

Keeping 13: Part Two

Chloe Walsh (Author), Matthew Forsythe, Jacqueline Milne (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 42 mins

The Crown of Gilded Bones (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Blood and Ash 3 Audiobook

The Crown of Gilded Bones (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Blood and Ash 3

Jennifer L. Armentrout (Author), Stewart Crank, Todd Scofield, Lise Bruneau, Robb Moreira, Torian Brackett, David Cui Cui, Aure Nash, Troy Allan, Katie Boothe, Chris McLinden, NJ Agwuna (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 53 mins

Let Me Free You Audiobook

Let Me Free You

Alexandria House (Author), Adenrele Ojo, Jakobi Diem (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 32 mins

Surrender to Me Audiobook

Surrender to Me

K. A. Tucker (Author), Avery Reid (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 40 mins

The Record Keeper Audiobook

The Record Keeper

Charles Martin (Author), Jonathan K. Riggs (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 6 mins

Binding 13: Part Two Audiobook

Binding 13: Part Two

Chloe Walsh (Author), Matthew Forsythe, Jacqueline Milne (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 40 mins

A Claiming of Souls: A gripping, high-stakes desert fantasy romance Audiobook

A Claiming of Souls: A gripping, high-stakes desert fantasy romance

R. A. Sandpiper (Author), Helen Keeley (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 21 mins

Let Me Show You Audiobook

Let Me Show You

Alexandria House (Author), Adenrele Ojo, Jakobi Diem (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 39 mins

Teach Me Audiobook

K. A. Tucker (Author), Avery Reid (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 57 mins

Slightly Scandalous Audiobook

Slightly Scandalous

Mary Balogh (Author), Rosalyn Landor (Narrator)

Audiobook · 11 hrs 57 mins

Two Weeks: A Novel Audiobook

Two Weeks: A Novel

Karen Kingsbury (Author), Kirby Heyborne, January LaVoy (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 47 mins

Game Changers Volume 2 Audiobook

Game Changers Volume 2

Rachel Reid (Author), Cooper North (Narrator)

Audiobook · 33 hrs 1 min

The Carver Audiobook

Penelope Sky (Author), Michael Ferraiuolo, Ramona Master (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 54 mins

Ask Me Again Audiobook

E.J. Noyes (Author), Abby Craden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 45 mins

Higher Love Audiobook

Alexandria House (Author), Jakobi Diem, Mari (Narrator)

Audiobook · 4 hrs 46 mins

The Bride of Ivy Green Audiobook

The Bride of Ivy Green

Julie Klassen (Author), Elizabeth Jasicki (Narrator)

Audiobook · 16 hrs 8 mins

Untamed Delights Audiobook

Untamed Delights

Suzanne Wright (Author), Jill Redfield (Narrator)

Audiobook · 13 hrs 18 mins

The Rebel Audiobook

Marni Mann (Author), J. F. Harding, C.J. Bloom (Narrator)

Audiobook · 9 hrs 50 mins

Trick Play Audiobook

Eden Finley (Author), Alexander Cendese, Iggy Toma (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 9 mins

A Column of Fire: The Groundbreaking Historical Novel from the No. 1 Bestseller Audiobook

A Column of Fire: The Groundbreaking Historical Novel from the No. 1 Bestseller

Ken Follett (Author), John Lee (Narrator)

Audiobook · 30 hrs 19 mins

Savage Bonds Audiobook

J Bree (Author), Wen Ross, Kasi Hollowell (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 30 mins

King & Queen Audiobook

Maz Maddox (Author), Kirt Graves (Narrator)

Audiobook · 6 hrs 33 mins

The Snowball Effect Audiobook

The Snowball Effect

Haley Cass (Author), Lori Prince (Narrator)

Audiobook · 19 hrs

At At Attention Audiobook

At At Attention

Annabeth Albert (Author), Cooper North (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 40 mins

Sweet Ruin Audiobook

Kresley Cole (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator)

Audiobook · 14 hrs 47 mins

On Point Audiobook

Annabeth Albert (Author), J. F. Harding (Narrator)

Audiobook · 8 hrs 6 mins

Bite the Terror That Feeds Audiobook

Bite the Terror That Feeds

Penelope Barsetti (Author), Michael Ferraiuolo, Ramona Master (Narrator)

Audiobook · 7 hrs 45 mins

Long Live the Soulless Audiobook

Long Live the Soulless

Kel Carpenter, Lucinda Dark (Author), Amy Mcfadden (Narrator)

Audiobook · 10 hrs 29 mins

Natural Born Charmer Audiobook

Natural Born Charmer

Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Author), Anna Fields (Narrator)

Audiobook · 12 hrs 3 mins

The voices of Romance

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How we chose these

No page of ours should call a book one of the best because one person gave it five stars. Every title here had to clear the same bar:

At least 20 listener ratings, then ranked by rating and then by how many people gave it.
Narrated by a person. Machine-narrated recordings are excluded — one synthetic voice alone is credited on 5,582 audiobooks in our catalogue.
In English. Around a third of the wider catalogue is recorded in another language and says so in its own title; those are not on this page.
Explicit erotica has its own page rather than the front of this one.

Stock, prices and samples come from Audiobooks.com. Running times are theirs too, and we publish them only where the stored figure is credible.

LoveReading has been recommending books for two decades, with named experts behind the reviews. Members of the panel include:

Julia Eccleshare MBEAward-winning children’s literature expert and former Guardian Children’s Editor

Maxim JakubowskiCrime writer, editor and critic, and founder of London’s Murder One bookshop

Alison FloodBooks journalist and critic whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Observer and Sunday Times

Andrea ReeceChildren’s literature expert, editor and former children’s publisher

Joanne OwenAuthor, publishing expert, and LoveReading’s Literary Fiction Champion and YA Lead Reviewer

Liz RobinsonLoveReading reviewer since 2014 and former judge of the CWA Gold Dagger

Paul BlezardMulti-award-winning broadcaster, author and literary commentator

Julie VuongPublishing journalist, BookBrunch feature writer and Mslexia columnist

Lyndy CookeFormer Managing Director of Hay Festival, with more than 35 years in books and literature

Lois CudjoeBook critic, content creator and passionate cross-genre reader

Maureen StapletonWriter and journalist with international publishing experience

Joy CourtLeading children’s literature expert and former Chair of the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals

Tricia AdamsFormer Director of the School Library Association and Carnegie & Kate Greenaway judging Chair

Victoria GoldmanAuthor, health journalist and editor with more than 25 years’ experience

Reader reviews on our book pages come from our 900-strong Reader Review Panel. More about our editorial experts.