When you're listening to a 'multi-voice' audiobook, it can feel as if you're right there, in the middle of the action, like a movie. Here are five of the best multi-voice audiobooks of 2025, recommended by audiobook experts AudioFile magazine.
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky by Garrett M. Graff, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and a full cast
This oral history of the Manhattan Project and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dramatically made aural, thanks to the talents of some 30 narrators, plus the author. This audiobook features snippets of first-person accounts of those who lived the history. The individuals included number more than 450, and most of the narrators portray many characters, with Edoardo Ballerini narrating the connective tissue that binds them all together. Listeners may be so engrossed they don’t think of the production’s tremendous complexity—if they do, they’ll find it all the more astounding.
(20.25 hours)
The Big Fix by John Mankiewicz, Jamie Napoli, Daniel Pyne, Katie Pyne and Aaron Lipstadt, narrated by Jon Hamm, Ana de la Reguera, and a full cast
Listeners are treated to the rich audio experience of being immersed in the uproar of a 1950s community as major deals unfold to bring the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Listeners will be immersed in a rich audio world filled with revving engines, flying punches, gunshots, bodies dropping, and even a woman speaking from inside an iron lung. The result is an entertaining noir layered with history and surround sound.
(4.5 hours)
Les Normaux by Janine Janssen, S. Al Sabado, narrated by Janine Janssen, S. Al Sabado, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Jean Brassard, Xavier Casals, Alexander Cendese, Kyla Garcia, Ramón de Ocampo, Abby Manning, Christopher Salazar, André Santana, Devon Sorvari, Jeanne Syquia
This audiobook adaptation of the graphic novel features a stellar cast and vibrant soundtrack. Sébastien, portrayed by Ramón de Ocampo with a French accent, is freshly moved into a new apartment and ready to finally learn magic. Elia, depicted suavely by Fajer Al-Kaisi in an Italian accent, is the hot supermodel vampire next door. The banter between de Ocampo and Al-Kaisi is filled with tension. Music and sound effects immerse listeners in the rich setting of a supernatural Paris.
(2 hours)
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, narrated by Chris Devon, Emana Rachelle, Charlie Albers, Eve Passeltiner, Zura Johnson, Cary Hite, Gail Shalan
This heartfelt sci-fi monster mash-up of an audiobook is stunningly narrated by an excellent ensemble. Charlie Albers voices DEMETER, a spaceship that travels between planets whose human passengers keep getting murdered through paranormal encounters. Albers’s impressive skill at differentiating voices enlivens the robotic DEMETER, who is filled with anxiety. This is a laugh-out-loud audiobook full of thrills and a touch of romance as DEMETER and her surviving passengers set out for revenge against Dracula.
(12.75 hours)
Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds, narrated by Nile Bullock, Mekhi Hewling, Jade Williams, Brandon Miles, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Amir Royale, and a full cast
A full cast gives a wonderfully vibrant performance of Jason Reynolds’s powerful story about found family and music. Nile Bullock heads up the ensemble as 18-year-old Stuyvesant (Stuy), an avid drummer. The uniformly excellent performances make the characters feel real, developed, and relatable, and the lively conversations among teenagers sound absolutely authentic. Justin Ellington’s extensive and essential musical score gives SOUNDTRACK its soundtrack. The result is a production that’s full of heart.
(6.5 hours)
December 28, 2025. Updated: January 4, 2026
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