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The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
If you’re looking for audiobooks that will make a good book even better, AudioFile magazine’s best of the year lists are a great place to start. Here’s their list of best audiobooks for 2025 in the science fiction and fantasy genres—from retellings of mythical tales to the hell of dark academia.
Best Audiobooks for Young Adults of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
If anything can get a teen or young adult off their phone and immersed in a story, it’s a good audiobook. Here, we present the best audiobooks for young adults of 2025, as recommended by the dedicated editors of AudioFile magazine, the best place for audiobook recommendations on the web.
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The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
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The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery
by Aaron Lipstadt, Daniel Pyne, Jamie Napoli, John Mankiewicz & Katie Pyne -

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Les Normaux
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Of Monsters and Mainframes
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Soundtrack
by Jason Reynolds
The Best Multi-Voice Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best Multi-Voice Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
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 Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
From in-depth accounts of the lives of literary giants to the ups and downs of an American frozen food dynasty, some notable biographies of 2025 have been turned into outstanding audiobooks. AudioFile magazine’s best audiobooks of the year also include heartfelt, bestselling memoirs—narrated by the authors themselves.
The Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
With their built-in suspense, mystery and crime novels are ideal for audiobooks. To help identify standout listens this year, we turned to the audiobook experts at AudioFile magazine for their recommendations. Here are their top mystery and suspense audiobooks of 2025.
The Best Romance Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
There are few things more fun than listening to entertaining and emotion-filled love stories read by talented narrators. These are the best romance audiobooks of 2025, as chosen by editors of AudioFile magazine and including romantasy, enemies-to-lovers, and new takes on beloved classics.
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The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
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Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
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Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church
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Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
by Eve L. Ewing -

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Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
by Alton Brown
The Best History & Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best History & Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
Editors at AudioFile magazine, who reviewed more than 2,000 books in 2025, pick out their favourites in the ‘history and nonfiction’ category—from the American struggle for independence to the ruminations of a food celebrity.
The Best Fiction Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors
Picking out quality audiobooks is important. With an accomplished narrator, a good novel can be transformed into an even more moving or enjoyable experience—while a lackluster performance can ruin it. Fortunately, there’s AudioFile magazine, whose editors pick out standout audiobooks throughout the year. These are their picks for the best novels of 2025.
The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
With so many good audiobooks to choose from, it’s helpful to have a team dedicated to picking out the best ones. In the final instalment of our series of best audiobooks of 2024, we present the best ones for kids, as chosen by the editors of AudioFile magazine.
The Best Audiobooks for Young Adults of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
Audiobooks are a great way to get teens into books, as good stories read by expert narrators bring characters and the challenges they face to life. Here are recommendations for the best young adult audiobooks of 2024 from the experts at AudioFile magazine, the best place for audiobook recommendations on the web.


























































