AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2025

Hearing a story told to you, a voice in your ear, is a special experience. AudioFile’s mission has always been to evaluate and recommend audiobooks so that we can help connect audiobook and listener. And at the end of each year, we have the privilege of shining a spotlight on some of our favorites. Consider these your can’t-miss listens. On the following pages, you’ll find AudioFile’s picks for the Best Audiobooks of 2025 in nine categories. A world of thanks and appreciation to all of the authors, narrators, producers, and publishers who, together, create such fantastic listening.

Thank you to our partners: The Big Thrill, Book Trib, The Children's Book Review, LitHub, Locus.