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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.

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.

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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