500+ Audiobook Recommendations

500+ Audiobook Recommendations

• *Anxious People (Mel’s review: 4/5 really enjoyed this story and love the author’s writing style)
• *As You Wish (non-fiction about The Princess Bride Movie) (Mel’s review: 5/5 an exceptional audiobook and so many behind-the-scenes info about this beloved movie)
• *Be Ready When the Luck Happens (Ina Garten Memoir)
• *Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Mel’s review: 5/5 one of the most gripping WWII stories I’ve ever read/listened to – it’s based on a true story)
• *Born a Crime
• *Broken Country
• *Code Name Helene
• *Daisy Jones and the Six
• *Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
• *Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
• *Everything is Tuberculosis
• *Flavia de Luce Mystery Series
• *From Scratch by Lembi Locke
• *Frozen River (Mel’s review: 3.5/5 I have mixed feelings about this one; the story was interesting but the audiobook felt like it was a modern day novel – the way the characters spoke and sometimes acted – instead of being set in the 1700’s. Content warning: discusses rape and has a few gruesome/violent scenes)
• *Go as a River (Mel’s review: 3/5 I really wanted to love this book, but there were so many unbelievable elements (for me), that I had a hard time giving the rest of the book a fair chance)
• *Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
• *James by Percival Everett (Mel’s review: 5/5 one of the best books I’ve ever read/listened to. Content warning: violence, a bit of language, sexual assualt)
• *Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
• *Leanne Morgan’s autobiography What in the World
• *My Lady Jane (Mel’s review: it’s been a LONG time since I read this, but I remember it being a 5/5 for wit and humor)
• *Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
• *Project Hail Mary (Mel’s review: 5/5 I didn’t think I would be interested in this sci-fi subject matter, especially since this book is exceptionally long, but I was hooked and ended up loving it)
• *Remarkably Bright Creatures (Mel’s review: 4/5 reviews on this book are mixed, but I really enjoyed it and found the humor and storytelling exceptionally endearing)
• *Sunrise on the Reaping
• *The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
• *The Dutch House read by Tom Hanks (Mel’s review: 3.5/5 I recommend this book, for sure, but it is a slow-paced read and may not be for everyone – the story was interesting but I wouldn’t list it as one of my favorite books of all time)
• *The Favorites by Layne Fargo (Mel’s review: 3/5 the subject matter was fascinating – ice dancing and Olympic dreams – but I felt like the story dragged on and on and by the end, I really didn’t care what happened to most of the rather unlikeable characters. Content warning: quite a bit of language and some sexual content)
• *The Finlay Donovon series
• *The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley
• *The House in the Cerulean Sea
• *The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
• *The Labors of Hercules Beal
• *The Lion Women of Tehran
• *The Lovely War (Mel’s review: 5/5 another exceptional book that translates so well to audio with a whole cast of characters; I absolutely loved this one)
• *The Maid (Mel’s review: 4/5 this book was really fascinating to me – very different from any other book I’ve listened to; I enjoyed it as a quirky mystery)
• *The Nightingale (Mel’s review: 5/5 it’s been years since I read this book, but it remains a favorite. The weaving of stories/history is unmatched, and it’s one of the few books that had me crying at the end)
• *The Second Life of Murielle West
• *The Small and the Mighty (Mel’s review: 5/5 the stories encapsulated in this book should be known to the whole world – such an inspiring read. Disclaimer: I read this one, didn’t listen to it)
• *The Things We Cannot Say
• *The Thursday Murder Club
• *The Unmaking of June Farrow (Mel’s review: 3.5/5 this book has a very slow start. I stopped and started it multiple times. About halfway, it really gets going, and has a good story arc. The time travel was a bit mind bending to me and I couldn’t rationalize some of the loose ends, but I enjoyed the story for the most part)
• *The Wedding Dress Sewing Circles
• *The Women (Mel’s review: 3/5 I’m in the shocking minority of people who didn’t love this book, so I’ll just say that most people will love this one, but I didn’t – for multiple reasons that I’ve waxed poetic about on Instagram, which has led to a lot of hatemail 😜)
• *Thursday Murder Club
• *Tom Lake (narrated by Meryl Streep)
• *Tress of the Emerald Sea
• *Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Vera Wong
• *We Solve Murders
• A Calamity of Souls
• A Court of Thorn and Roses
• A Fall of Marigolds
• A Gentleman in Moscow (Mel’s review: 4/5 this book is not a page-turner; it is a slow read, but I really, really enjoyed the beautiful writing style and story)
• A Girl Called Samson
• A Good Girls Guide to Murder Trilogy
• A Heart Worth Stealing
• A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin
• A Life in Parts
• A Long Way Down
• A Long Way from Chicago
• A Man Called Ove (Mel’s review: 4/5 I found this story completely endearing and loved the writing style)
• A Most Agreeable Murder
• A Place to Hang the Moon
• A Shadow in Moscow
• A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
• A Thousand Naked Strangers (strange title but funny book about paramedic’s account)
• A Thousand Ships
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Woman in the Polar Night
• Abby Jiminez books
• About Average by Andrew Clements
• Agatha Raisin series by MC Beaton
• Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians
• All Creatures Great and Small
• All in Her Head
• All That Life Can Afford
• All That Really Matters by Nicole Deese
• All the Broken Places
• All the Colors of the Dark (Mel’s Review: 3/5 I don’t think this book was for me. I felt like the story dragged on double the amount of time actually needed. The first part of the book was gripping and so interesting, but I had a hard time connecting with the characters and barely finished. Super interesting story, for sure.)
• All the Glimmering Stars
• All the Light We Cannot See (Mel’s review: 4.5/5 a longer book that takes a while to get into – at least for me – I ended up loving this one.)
• All the Lonely People
• All the Other Mothers Hate Me
• American Dirt
• Amy Snow
• An oral history of 9/11 by Garrett Graff
• And Then There Were None
• Andy Carpenter Series
• Anneka Walker books
• Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (Mel’s review 4/5 John Green is an exceptional writer and this informative, witty, quirky book was pure enjoyment)
• As Bright as Heaven
• As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
• Ashley Weaver series
• Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
• Bad Blood
• Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Beartown
• Becky Wade
• Becoming Madam Secretary
• Before We Were Yours
• Being Mortal
• Beneath the Wide Silk Sky
• Beyond the Bear
• Beyond the Lavender Fields
• Bluebird
• Bone Houses
• Book of Doors
• Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
• Boys in the Boat
• Brad Metzler’s presidential conspiracy books
• Brandi Carlile book
• Brave
• Broken Horses
• Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old
• But He’s a Carter Brother series by Anna Conwell
• By Any Other Name
• Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
• Careless People
• Carrie Soto is Back
• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
• Cathedral of the Wild
• Challenger by Adam Higginbotham (Mel’s Review: 4/5 this book is intense with all of the astronautics/space engineering info, but it is a fascinating account of the history that led up to the Challenger disaster)
• Christy by Catherine Marshall (Mel’s Review: 5/5 I read this book as a young girl, so it’s very nostalgic, but it is a classic and so good)
• Cindy Steel books
• Circe narrated by Perdita Weeks
• City of Tranquil Light
• Code Name Blue Wren
• Colleen Colby books
• Compared
• Counting the Cost
• Courtney Walsh books
• Crimes Against a Book Club
• Criminal
• Crimson Moth Series
• Culinary Mysteries by Josi Kilpack
• Cynric Temple (macabre…forensic pathologist)
• Davis Copperfield
• Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer
• Death and Life of Aida Hernandez
• Death on the Nile
• Delete That by John Crist
• Demon Copperhead
• Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
• Did I Ever Tell You?
• Divine Rivals series (Mel’s Review: 3.5/5 this isn’t my usual genre, but I enjoyed these stories for what they were. Content warning: a bit of language and some sexual content)
• Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table
• Drowning Woman
• Dune
• Eddie Winston is Looking for Love
• Edenbrooke (Mel’s Review: 3/5 this book was a bit too airy and cheesy for me – the story and writing lacked a lot of depth, and I just did not enjoy it)
• Educated
• Eleanor Oliphant (Mel’s Review: 3.5/5 I love a good story with quirky, nuanced characters, and this book definitely had that – the story alternates between gentle comedy and lightheartedness into fairly heavy content)
• Ember in the Ashes
• Emily of New Moon
• Emma St Claire books
• Empire of Pain (Mel’s Review: 5/5 I consider this non-fiction book a must-read; it is absolutely fascinating…and horrifying)
• Enchantment
• Endurance by Alfred Lansing (unabridged)
• Enola Holmes series
• Even This
• Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
• Fairy Tale by Stephen King (not a horror book)
• Falling for Your Best Friends Twin (clean series)
• Fallout by Steve Sheinkin
• Fear is Just a Word (true story)
• Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
• Finding Me by Viola Davis
• Fiona Barton books
• Firekeepers Daughter
• Forty Autumns
• Fountains of Silence
• Four Winds
• Frankenstein
• Frieda McFadden Books
• From Here to Eternity
• Fury series by Sara Larson
• Gamache series by Louise Penny Armand
• Giver of Stars (Mel’s Review: 4/5 I really, really enjoyed this book. It was a subject I didn’t know much about, and I think JoJo Moyes is an exceptional writer. Content warning: some language)
• God of the Woods
• God’s Smuggler
• Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
• Good Energy
• Harry Potter
• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
• Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
• Healing the Mountain Man’s Heart
• Heartstone (Pride and Prejudice with dragons)
• Heartwood
• Hello Beautiful
• Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
• Henry Winkler Autobiography (he reads it)
• Here Be Dragons
• Here One Moment (Mel’s Review: 4/5 this story kept me guessing the entire time. I enjoyed the different perspectives and the message to live life to the fullest. Content warning: language and some sexual content)
• Hidden Places
• Hobbit
• Home Front by Kristin Hannah
• Homecoming
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• How to Age Disgracefully 
• How to Hide and Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
• How to Read a Book
• Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
• I Must Betray You
• I Thought it Would be Better Than This
• I’ll Push You
• If I Were You by Sarah Zimmerman
• In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber
• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
• Inspector Gamache books by Louise Penny
• Iona Iverson Rules for Commuting
• Isola (historical fiction)
• It’s Strange and Fascinating
• Jane Eyre
• Jeneva Rose books
• Jennifer Peel books
• Joanne Flue
• Joe Pickett books
• John Marrs books (The One, The Family Experiment)
• Josiah’s Fire
• Jurassic Park
• Just the Nicest Couple
• Karen Witemeyer
• Kate Morton books
• Katherine Center Books
• Katherine May books
• Keeper of the Bees
• King: A Life
• Kristin Hannah books
• Lakeshire Park
• Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor (narration is fabulous)
• Law of Love by Steve Young
• Left to Tell
• Lessons in Chemistry
• Let Them by Mel Robbins
• Let Us Descend
• Library of Borrowed Hearts
• Life Is So Good
• Lilac Girls
• Lisa See books for historical fiction
• Lockwood and Co
• London Edward Rutherford
• Lonesome Dove
• Long Bright River
• Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
• Lulu Deans Little Library of Banned Books
• Lunar Chronicles series
• Mad Honey
• Magic Hour
• Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear
• Making Faces
• Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
• Mary Conner Sky
• Mastering the Art of French Murder (fun story)
• Max in the House of Spies
• Meet Me in the Margins
• Michelle Obama’s autobiography
• Miss Fortune Series by Jana de Leon
• Mistborn
• Morgan is My Name by Sophie Keetch
• Mother Daughter Murder Night
• Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nihm
• Mrs Pollifax Series
• Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame
• Ms. Bensons Beetle
• Murder in Highbury
• Murder of Roger
• Murder on the Orient Express 
• Murderbot Series (Probably PG-13 for language)
• Museum of Ordinary People
• My Antonia
• My Brilliant Friend
• Mystic Jesus by Williams
• Mythos
• Nesting by Rosie O’ Donnell
• Nevermoor series
• Nichole Van’s Penn-Leith Scot Regency Romance (Start with Love Practically)
• Night Road
• Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
• None of This is True (thriller)
• Northwoods
• Novel Threat by Tracy Hunter Abramson
• Once Upon a Wardrobe
• One by One by Ruth Ware
• One for the Blackbird One for the Crows
• Only the Beautiful
• Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
• Out of Egypt Series (lots of crossover between ancient Hebrews and LDS)
• Outlive by Peter Attia
• Pale Horse by Scott Payne
• Partials by Dan Wells
• Peace Like a River (Mel’s Review: 4/5 it’s been a long time since I read this book, but I recall it as one of my favorite books from a decade ago)
• Persian Pickle Club
• Peter and the Star Catchers
• Pictures of You
• Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
• Powerless
• Prayers for Sale
• Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
• Raising Hare
• Ready Player One narrated by Will Wheaton
• Red Queen
• Red Rising
• Robinson Crusoe
• Robinswood series by Jean Granger
• Rock Paper Scissors
• Rom-commers
• Rook by Sharon Cameron
• Room for Good
• Rosecode
• Running with Sherman
• Ruta Sepytus books
• Ruth Ware books
• Sackett series by Louis Lamour
• Sand and Ash
• Sara Eden
• Sarah Adams books
• Saving CeCe Honeycutt
• Say You’ll Remember Me
• Scot Regency Romance Series
• Season for Second Chances
• Secret Life of Addie Larue
• Seeking Persephone by Sarah M Eden
• Self Help by G. Bernstein
• Set The Stars Alight
• She Would be King
• She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
• Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
• Sisters Under the Rising Sun
• Six Crimson Cranes
• Slow March of Light
• Solito
• Spare by Prince Harry
• Star Spangled Jesus
• Start with Love Practically
• Steven Fry’s Greek Mythology books (start with Mythos)
• Summer of Yes
• Summerhaven by Tiffany Oedkirk
• Summerlin Groves
• Sweethaven Summer
• Take My Hand
• Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
• Talking to Strangers
• Tattoo on the Heart (incredible but some swearing)
• Taylor Jenkins Reid books
• Thank you for Listening
• That’s Not My Name
• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
• The Anxious Generation
• The Art of Gathering
• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
• The Berry Pickers
• The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
• The Blonde Identity
• The Body in the Library
• The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell
• The Book Lover’s Library by Madeline Martin
• The Book of Doors
• The Book of Longings
• The Book of Lost Friends (Mel’s Review: 5/5 highly recommend this book)
• The Book of Lost Names
• The Book Thief 
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (Mel’s Review: 4.5/5 this book has a similar story to Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes; I greatly enjoyed both books)
• The Boys in the Boat (Mel’s Review 4.5/5 another story I didn’t think I’d be interested in – rowing – but this story is fascinating, and I could not put it down)
• The Briar Club
• The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett
• The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Covenant of water
• The Crash
• The Darling Dahlias
• The David Rose Felt Series
• The Day the World Came to Town
• The Devil Wears Scrubs (short, funny, light-hearted)
• The Diamond Eye
• The Downstairs Girl (read like a k-drama)
• The Dread Penny Society by Sarah M Eden
• The Dresden Files
• The Eagle and the Hart by Helen Castor
• The Elephant Whisperer
• The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko
• The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold
• The Extraordinary life of Sam Hell
• The Eyes and The Impossible
• The First Girl Child
• The First Ladies
• The Flight Girls
• The Forbidden Orchid
• The Forgotten Garden (Mel’s Review: 4/5 I love Kate Morton’s style, and this is one of her best books)
• The Four Winds
• The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
• The Girl with Seven Names
• The Girl with the Louding Voice
• The God of the Woods
• The Good Sister
• The Grace Year
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (Mel’s Review: 4/5 highly recommend this one – great writing and gripping story)
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• The Help (Mel’s Review: 5/5 one of my favorite books)
• The Hiding Place
• The Hobbit/LOTR (narrated by Andy Serkis)
• The House is on Fire
• The House of Eve Johnson
• The Huntress by Kate Quinn
• The In-Between
• The Invention of Wings
• The Island of the Sea Women (Mel’s Review: 4/5 I learned a lot about a culture and era I was unfamiliar with – I really enjoyed this book!)
• The Kitchen Front
• The Lady and the Highwayman
• The Last Bookshop in London
• The Last Love Note
• The Last Thing He Told Me
• The Last Train to Key West
• The Last Year of the War
• The Law of Love
• The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon (Mel’s Review: I love all of Amy Harmon’s books)
• The Lemon Tart by Josi S Kilpack
• The Let Them Theory
• The Letter Tree
• The Lies We Leave Behind by Noelle Salazar 
• The Life Giving Home
• The Light in Hidden Places
• The Lincoln Highway
• The Lost Bookshelf
• The Lost Passenger
• The Love Note by Emma Gray
• The Magic of Lemon Drop Ie
• The Many Lives of Mama Love
• The Marriage Portrait
• The Marsh King’s Daughter
• The Martian
• The Measure
• The Midnight Library
• The Minders
• The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
• The Mountain Between Us (Mel’s Review: 3.5/5 this book made me feel conflicted; on one hand, it gets great reviews and the story is interesting, but I don’t like being “tricked” and I felt like that happened with this book)
• The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
• The Nature of Fragile Things
• The Next Conversation by Jefferson Fisher
• The Night Circus
• The Night of the Living Deed by EJ Copperman
• The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
• The One with the Kiss Cam
• The Only Plane in the Sky
• The Other Bennet Sister
• The Outlaw Noble Salt
• The Outlaws Scarlet and Browne
• The Paper Daughters of China
• The Paris Daughter
• The Pecan Man
• The Perfect RomCom
• The Power of Moments
• The Powerless trilogy
• The Radium Girls
• The Reading list
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
• The Rent Collector by Camron Wright (Mel’s Review: 4/5 I read this a long time ago, but it was completely, completely fascinating and humbling)
• The Residence (household staff in the White House)
• The River We Remember
• The Robe by Lloyd Douglas
• The Romcommers
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (Mel’s Review: 4/5 really enjoyed this book!)
• The Rosie Project
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• The Saint Squad by Traci Hunter Abramson
• The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennett, Witch
• The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry (clean and hilarious)
• The Secret Keeper
• The Selection Series
• The Seven Sister by Lucinda Riley
• The Shoemakers Wife
• The Silent Patient
• The Snow Child
• The Spy and I
• The Stolen Queen
• The Story She Left Behind
• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
• The Strike Series by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
• The Summer of Yes
• The Summer She Went Missing
• The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
• The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat
• The Third Gilmore Girl
• The Thirteenth Tale
• The Timeless series by Gabrielle Meyer
• The Utterly Uninteresting Unadventurous Tales of Fred the Vampire Accountant
• The Vaster Wilds
• The War that Saved My Life
• The Warmth of Other Suns
• The Wedding People
• The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
• The wife Upstairs
• The Will of the Many by James Islington
• The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
• The Woman They Could Not Silence (Mel’s Review: 5/5 this book was absolutely and completely eye opening…I consider it in the “must be read by everyone” category)
• The Women on Platform Two
• The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese
• The Younger Wife
• These Is My Words (Mel’s Review: 5/5 this will always and forever be one of my favorite books of all time)
• These Silent Woods (not scary)
• Things to Run Wild by Josh Nadeau
• Things We Never Say by Weaver
• Things You Save in a Fire
• This is How it Always is
• Throne of Glass series
• Through Thorny Ways
• Timeless Series
• Tracie Peterson
• Tracy H. Abramson
• Under the Java Moon
• Unlikely Animals
• Unreasonable Hospitality
• Uprising
• Waves of Mercy
• We Were the Lucky Ones
• Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
• West with Giraffes
• What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
• What Happened to You with Oprah
• What the Wind Knows
• When in Rome by Sara Adams
• When the Day Comes by Gabrielle MEyer
• When We Were Young
• Where the Lost Wander
• Whistling Past the Graveyard
• Wild Dark Shore
• Word Gets Around
• Wrapped in Rain
• Wrong place, Wrong Time
• Yellow Wife
• You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
• You Killed Me First
• Young Woman and the Sea