Highest Rated Audiobooks

The highest-rated audiobooks across all genres — sorted by Audible listener rating with a minimum of 10K Goodreads reviews to ensure quality and reach.

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    Devoradores de estrelas

    by Andy Weir, Natalie Gerhardt

    Narrated by Rafael Maia

    4.21 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 5 Audible (12)
    17h 26m listening time • Released 2023
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    Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt cover

    Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

    by Michael Lewis

    Narrated by Bruno Leut

    4.05 ABR Score (91.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (91.3K) ★ 5 Audible (3)
    11h 4m listening time • Released 2023
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    The Field of Swords cover

    The Field of Swords

    Emperor • Book 3

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.97 ABR Score (18.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (18.9K) ★ 5 Audible (1)
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    A Christmas Carol cover

    A Christmas Carol

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Tim Paige, Lucy Rivers, Tieran Wilder, Devon Ryder, Gary Furlong, Joe Arden, Sebastian York, Troy Duran

    3.96 ABR Score (947.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (947.6K) ★ 5 Audible (6)
    2h 47m listening time • Released 2025
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    Boleyn Traitor

    The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels • Book 11

    by Philippa Gregory

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    3.91 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 5 Audible (2)
    19h 29m listening time • Released 2025
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    This Was a Man

    The Clifton Chronicles • Book 7

    by Jeffrey Archer

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.90 ABR Score (34.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (34.1K) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    12h 47m listening time • Released 2025
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    Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

    by Muhammad Yunus, Alan Jolis

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    3.90 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 5 Audible (4)
    7h 12m listening time • Released 2025

    Ray Porter's measured, thoughtful delivery transforms this memoir into something urgent without ever raising his voice—the perfect match for a visionary banker quietly explaining how he upended global finance to fight poverty.

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    The Innovator's Solution, with a New Foreword: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

    by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

    Narrated by Joel Leffert, Jonathan Todd Ross

    3.89 ABR Score (13.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (13.8K) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    9h 30m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Woman in Me cover

    The Woman in Me

    The Crown • Book 2

    by Britney Spears, Robert Lacey

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.87 ABR Score (583.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (583.4K) ★ 5 Audible (4)
    7h 16m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Masque of the Red Death : Edgar Allan Poe cover

    The Masque of the Red Death : Edgar Allan Poe

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Stuart Summers

    3.85 ABR Score (48.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (48.1K) ★ 5 Audible (2)
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    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio : complete and unexpurgated cover

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio : complete and unexpurgated

    by Richard Aldington, Rockwell Kent

    Narrated by Terry Jones, John Finnemore, Samuel Barnett, Colin McFarlane, Tim McInnerny, Neil Pearson, Louise Brealey, Paul Ritter, Tameka Empson, Full Cast

    3.77 ABR Score (43.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (43.9K) ★ 5 Audible (3)
    2h 22m listening time • Released 2022

    A stellar ensemble cast transforms Boccaccio's bawdy medieval tales into pure theater—each narrator finds the wit and mischief that makes these 14th-century stories feel startlingly alive.

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    Mothering Sunday

    by Graham Swift

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.64 ABR Score (18.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.69 Goodreads (18.7K) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    3h 30m listening time • Released 2023
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    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows cover

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

    Harry Potter • Book 7

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (4.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.62 Goodreads (4.1M) ★ 4.96 Audible (150.8K)
    21h 36m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale transforms the final battle into something genuinely haunting—his voice work across 21 hours never wavers, making this the definitive way to experience the series' emotional and narrative payoff.

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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Harry Potter • Book 3

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (5.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 4.94 Audible (130.7K)
    11h 49m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale's narration transforms this into the series' emotional turning point, giving each character distinct life while building genuine dread alongside the mystery. His performance alone justifies the nearly 12-hour listen.

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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter • Book 4

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (4.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M) ★ 4.94 Audible (125.6K)
    20h 36m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale's performance transforms this darker turn into something almost unbearably gripping—his voices for the Triwizard Tournament's chaos and Voldemort's return will haunt you long after the 20+ hours end.

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    Finding Me

    by Viola Davis

    Narrated by Viola Davis

    4.91 ABR Score (228.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (184.9K) ★ 4.94 Audible (43.9K)
    9h 15m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Butcher's Masquerade cover

    The Butcher's Masquerade

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 5

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays

    4.88 ABR Score (135.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.69 Goodreads (108.1K) ★ 4.94 Audible (27.2K)
    23h 33m listening time • Released 2022

    Jeff Hays transforms this jungle-survival escalation into pure narrative adrenaline—his distinct voices for Carl, Donut, and the new threats make the chaos feel genuinely dangerous and darkly funny.

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    Un rien peut tout changer

    by James Clear

    Narrated by Antoine David-Calvet

    4.33 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.94 Audible (17)
    6h 57m listening time • Released 2020

    Antoine David-Calvet's measured, conversational delivery transforms Clear's atomic habit framework into something you actually *want* to apply, making the science feel less like theory and more like permission.

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    A Man Named Dave

    Dave Pelzer • Book 3

    by Dave Pelzer

    Narrated by William DeMeritt

    3.97 ABR Score (35.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (35.6K) ★ 4.94 Audible (33)
    9h 19m listening time • Released 2025
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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix cover

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter • Book 5

    by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (3.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (3.8M) ★ 4.93 Audible (117.3K)
    26h 28m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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    This Inevitable Ruin

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree

    4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)
    28h 40m listening time • Released 2025

    Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree elevate this escalating war arc into pure theatrical spectacle—28 hours of faction battles, shifting alliances, and genuine stakes that hit harder because the narration sells every betrayal and impossible choice.

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    The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 6

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, Annie Ellicott

    4.83 ABR Score (110.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.66 Goodreads (91.7K) ★ 4.92 Audible (18.5K)
    26h 46m listening time • Released 2023

    The ensemble narration transforms this sixth book into pure audio theater—Warburton's deadpan delivery against the chaos of a collapsing dungeon level makes it impossible to pause.

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    The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings • Book 1

    by J. R. R. Tolkien

    Narrated by Andy Serkis

    4.82 ABR Score (3.2M ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (3.2M) ★ 4.92 Audible (24.9K)
    22h 38m listening time • Released 2021

    Andy Serkis doesn't just narrate this—he inhabits every voice so vividly that Middle-earth becomes a living, breathing world in your ears. His performance transforms the audiobook into something almost cinematic, making this the definitive way to experience Tolkien.

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    The Hobbit

    The Lord of the Rings • Book 1

    by J. R. R. Tolkien

    Narrated by Andy Serkis

    4.79 ABR Score (4.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.5M) ★ 4.92 Audible (28.4K)
    10h 25m listening time • Released 2020

    Andy Serkis transforms this into a masterclass in voice acting, giving each character such distinct presence that you forget you're listening to one narrator. It's the definitive audio experience of Middle-earth's greatest gateway story.

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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    Harry Potter • Book 1

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    4.96 ABR Score (11.7M ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (11.5M) ★ 4.91 Audible (203.3K)
    8h 18m listening time • Released 2015

    The book that got a generation reading, and Jim Dale's narration is so perfectly cast it's hard to imagine the story any other way.

How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

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