Listen to a Selection of 2025’s Best Fiction Audiobooks (12/17/25)

If you’re looking for a new audiobook, take a peek at these titles that were named some of the best to listen to this year!

Washington Post’s 10 Best Audiobooks of 2025
THE QUEENS OF CRIME by Marie Benedict; read by Bessie Carter | 9781250379597 | 2/11/25

BookPage’s Best Audiobooks of 2025
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar; read by Gem Carmella | 9781250353351 | 3/4/25
WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy; read by a full cast | 9781250381538 | 3/4/25
DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens; read by a full cast | 9781250402349 | 8/19/25

Slate’s 10 Best Audiobooks of 2025
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by Amal El-Mohtar; read by Gem Carmella | 9781250353351 | 3/4/25

Booklist’s Best Audiobooks of 2025 

AUTOMATIC NOODLE by Annalee Newitz; read by Em Grosland | 9781250395627 | 8/5/25
BEST OFFER WINS by Marisa Kashino; read by Cia Court | 9781250432322 | 11/25/25
HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL by Dennard Dayle; read by William DeMeritt | 9781250401977 | 6/17/25
SISTERS IN THE WIND by Angeline Boulley; read by Isabella Star LeBlanc | 9781250411402 | 9/2/25

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2025

THE BUSINESS TRIP by Jessie Garcia; read by a full cast | 9781250379054 | 1/14/25
UNDER THE SAME STARS by Libba Bray; read by a full cast | 9781250353993 | 2/4/25
SISTERS IN THE WIND by Angeline Boulley; read by Isabella Star LeBlanc | 9781250411402 | 9/2/25