Many readers love listening to audiobooks because it helps them imagine the story in a different way than reading print or digital editions. Hearing a narrator’s voice can ground a listener in the story or provide extra context, like inflections in dialogue. Audiobook listeners enjoy being able to immerse themselves in the stories with the way the narrators bring the novels to life.
In this audiobook appreciation post, you’ll be introduced to a wide variety of novels and narrators from which to choose. And test out each novel with a short audio excerpt below each description!
Twenty Something Else
By Stephanie Mack
Narrated by Christine Lakin
On the eve of her fortieth birthday, a woman wakes up from a pickleball accident with the unexpected chance to relive her twenties in this sparkling novel from a fresh, new voice.
The Women of Oak Ridge
By Michelle Shocklee
Narrated by Caroline Hewitt
In the hills of Tennessee, two women work at a Manhattan Project site during World War II and uncover truths that irrevocably change their lives in this captivating new story from award-winning Southern fiction author Michelle Shocklee.
The Collector of Burned Books
By Roseanna M. White
Narrated by Lisa Flanagan
In this gripping World War II historical about the power of words, two people form an unlikely friendship amid the Nazi occupation in Paris and fight to preserve the truth that enemies of freedom long to destroy.
Silent Horizons
By Chad Robichaux and Jack Stewart
Narrated by Ray Porter
From former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux and Navy TOPGUN fighter pilot Jack Stewart comes the first book in a thrilling new series that gives readers a pulse-pounding glimpse into the clandestine side of special operations.
The Lawyer and the Laundress
By Christine Hill Suntz
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Lawyer James Kinney isn’t looking for love, and laundress Sara O’Connor doesn’t want to be found. When their paths cross in a British colony on the brink of rebellion, a marriage of convenience may be their best hope of survival.
A Piece of the Moon
By Chris Fabry
Narrated by Chris Fabry
When eccentric millionaire Gideon Quidley receives a divine revelation to hide his earthly treasure somewhere in the hills, he sets out to find a fitting hiding spot, choosing only a few Bible verses as clues leading to untold riches of gold, silver, cash . . . and one very unexpected—and very costly—item.
The Pharisee’s Wife
By Janette Oke
Narrated by Lisa Negrón
From the beloved author of Love Comes Softly comes an inspiring work of historical fiction about a young Jewish woman, plucked from obscurity and thrust on a perilous journey, only to witness the world’s most life-changing story.
If I Were You
By Lynn Austin
Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman
This sweeping story transports readers to one of the most challenging eras of history to explore the deep, abiding power of faith and friendship to overcome more than we ever thought possible.
The Left Behind series
By Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
Narrated by A.W. Miller
The twelve books in the series by New York Times bestselling authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins cover the events of biblical prophecy surrounding the rapture and the seven-year period known as the tribulation that follows.
