We’ve compiled all the best audiobooks of the year lists, top check-outs, and even audio trends of 2025 in one place! Find phenomenal listens to recommend for both kids and adults! How many of these audiobooks have you listened to?
Audible
Best of the Year 2025
Audible’s Audiobook of the Year: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, read by Kristen DiMercurio & Julia Whelan, with a note read by the Author
AudioFile
AudioFile‘s Best Audiobooks of 2025
Barnes & Noble
Booklist
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Youth Audio, 2025
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Audio, 2025
BookPage
Kobo
Libro.fm
New York Public Library
NYPL’s Top Audiobook Checkouts of 2025
The #1 check out? James by Percival Everett, read by Dominic Hoffman!
Slate
The 10 Best Audiobooks of 2025
Spotify
Spotify Wrapped: the 2025 Audiobook Trends
