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The Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
Mysteries and crime novels make for great listening as audiobooks, as suspense about what’s going to happen next keeps you completely engaged. For advice on which ones to listen to, we turned to the audiobook experts at AudioFile magazine. Here’s their list of the best audiobooks of 2024 in mystery and suspense, great choices if you’re looking for a good whodunnit to listen to in early 2025.
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When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
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George Orwell's 1984 (Audiobook Adaptation)
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Dangerous Visions
by Harlan Ellison (editor) -
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Journey's End
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Moon Called
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How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music
by Alison Fensterstock (editor)
The Best Multi-Voice Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best Multi-Voice Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The quality and range of audiobooks has exploded in recent years and books with ‘multi-voice’ performances—where it can feel as if you’re right here, in the middle of the action—are amongst the most exciting. Here are six of the best multi-voice audiobooks of 2024, recommended by audiobook experts AudioFile magazine.
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Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
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The Message
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Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
by Michele Norris -
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A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver -
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
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What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready
by Frederik Pferdt
The Best Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
In another of our end-of-year series highlighting the best audiobooks of 2024, our friends at AudioFile magazine offer an overview of the best new nonfiction audiobooks—including a sparky history of reality TV by New Yorker staffer Emily Nussbaum and highly acclaimed works of memoir and cultural criticism by Hanif Abdurraqib and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Bits and Pieces
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Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year
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John Lewis: A Life
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Profiles in Mental Health Courage
by Patrick J. Kennedy & Stephen Fried -
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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
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What I Ate in One Year
by Stanley Tucci
The Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
From Whoopi Goldberg telling you the story of her life to the biography of a civil rights icon, from the lives of three jazz greats and Billie Holiday’s last year to what Stanley Tucci ate in a year, AudioFile magazine’s best biography and memoir audiobooks of 2024.
The Best Fiction Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
Always looking for the perfect audiobook to listen to in the car, during exercise, or while cleaning—and never know where to start? We've got you. Our friends at AudioFile magazine have put together their definitive guide to the best audiobooks of 2024. Here are the recent fiction releases they recommend most strongly: six novels read by gifted narrators that will keep you captivated.
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Birnam Wood: A Novel
by Eleanor Catton & Saskia Maarleveld (narrator) -
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All the Sinners Bleed
by S.A. Cosby -
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
by Jesse Q. Sutanto and narrated by Eunice Wong -
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The Secret Hours
by Mick Herron -
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I Have Some Questions for You
by Rebecca Makkai and narrated by Julia Whelan and JD Jackson
The Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks of 2023, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks of 2023, recommended by AudioFile Editors
It’s a lot of fun listening to mystery books or crime novels as audiobooks, with good narrators adding suspense and enjoyment to the reading experience. Editors at AudioFile magazine, who specialize in reviewing audiobooks, pick out the best ones of 2023, good books made even better by being read aloud by a skilled narrator.