Press Play on Spring Audiobooks: Preview 8 Exciting Listens

By Jennifer Rubins | February 6 2026 | Audiobook News

Find audiobooks that speak to your patrons. We’ve selected 8 great audiobooks sure to attract listeners at your library this spring! It’s gonna be golden for KPop Demon Hunters fans with a Jr. novelization on audio that may attract adult fans, too! Award-winning narrator Julia Whelan lends her voice to the next Thousand Voices venture from Jenna Bush’s exciting book list with Into The Blue. Elizabeth Strout’s previous 8 recordings have all been Earphones Award Winners. . . the things we always say about her audiobooks? It’s gonna be great! Don’t miss her new novel, The Things We Never Say. Plus, we’re welcoming Danielle Steel to our audio list for the very first time! There’s so much in bloom on audio this spring. . . find all these and more below!

A Novel

On Sale March 3rd

Read by Jim Frangione

Books on Tape is thrilled to welcome Danielle Steel to their audio list for the first time! But it’s not narrator Jim Frangione’s first time teaming up with this #1 New York Times bestselling author. Fans will be waiting to hear this profoundly moving novel about the power of a mother’s love and the importance of fully embracing life!



A Novel

On Sale May 5th

Reader to be announced

Elizabeth Strout’s novels always translate beautifully to audio, and she has the Earphones Awards and starred reviews to prove it. Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher’s life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world.