Editors’ Picks

Whether you're listening as a family, on the go, or for quiet time, this terrific curated list for kids & teens gives you dozens of awesome choices. Browse by the age groups below to find...

While an anthology brings together literary works by different authors, usually collected around a theme by judicious editorial staff, an ensemble cast brings together the voices...

Audiobooks provide a deep and remarkably textured variety of great listening written and performed by Americans from a wide range of Asian heritages including China, Japan, Korea,...

Talented narrators give voice to America’s past and present in these recommended audiobooks. Their performances enhance the histories, biographies, memoirs (some narrated by the...

With so many amazing narrators bringing queer stories to life, it's easy to celebrate Pride with audiobooks. Here you'll find audiobooks on the history of Pride as well as...

Audiobooks written by tribally enrolled Native Americans and authentically performed by Indigenous narrators offer listeners a wide variety of genres, subject matter, and...

What happens when visual sequential art moves to aural storytelling? Among the audiobooks on this list, you’ll find productions for children, teens, and adults in which the...

Writers have been inspired by Greek mythology for thousands of years. These audiobooks and performances offer perspectives on mythological characters, settings, and events, from...

Jane Austen fans who love audiobooks are in luck. In addition to many versions of Austen's famous novels, from single-voice narrations to full-cast performances, there is also a...

The audiobooks we bring together in this list offer literary interpretations of the experiences of Japanese Americans before, during, and after WWII’s domestic Internment and the...

Explore our list of recommended jazz audiobooks! Biographies and memoirs of jazz greats, histories on the culture and music of jazz, and engaging jazz stories for young listeners...

Diverse in ethnic and national origin backgrounds, Americans with Latine heritage contribute to every corner of literature and performance styles. The audiobooks here are intended...

When books in other languages are translated into English and then performed by English-speaking narrators, listeners can experience a powerful combination of creative energy....

The perspectives of those who have already lived long and discerning lives can enrich and illuminate our own lives. Autobiography is the main genre here, although they are...

Listening to poetry can make it more accessible as well deepen our understanding of a poet's work, especially when the poet is sharing it in their own voice. With audiobooks, we...

These audiobooks will have you looking at the natural world in a new way. Whether you’re exploring your own backyard or venturing farther afield, there’s much to learn about the...

AudiobookSYNC first launched in 2010 as an effort by AudioFile Magazine to provide teens with access to audiobooks to support summer engagement with literacy, develop listening...

Play ball! Sports audiobooks put listeners in the middle of the action and take us behind the scenes. Learn what it takes to be an elite athlete and hear inspiring stories of how...

Memoirists, researchers, historians, and novelists create bodies of work presented with sensitivity through shared transgender identity, and transgender narrators extend that...

Explore the lives behind the music with these biography and memoir audiobooks. Hear Barbra Streisand, Alicia Keys, Cher, and more talk about their triumphs, setbacks, and...

AudioFile’s Women’s Voices collection of audiobooks features both familiar and less well-known women writers and performances by skilled women narrators. Subject matter ranges,...