Best First Love / First Heartbreak Audiobooks

The Score

Off-Campus • Book 3

by Elle Kennedy

Narrated by Savannah Peachwood, Andrew Eiden

A Walk to Remember

by Nicholas Sparks

Narrated by Frank Muller

Looking for Alaska

by John Green

Narrated by Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton's narration captures the raw vulnerability of adolescence so perfectly that you'll feel like you're living in the dorm room alongside Pudge—and when the emotional gut-punch lands, it hits harder through audio.

Bookshops & Bonedust

Legends & Lattes • Book 2

by Travis Baldree

Narrated by Travis Baldree

Travis Baldree narrating his own work elevates what's already a grounded, character-driven fantasy about finding home in unexpected places into something genuinely intimate and alive.

They Both Die at the End

They Both Die at the End • Book 1

by Adam Silvera

Narrated by Michael Crouch, Robbie Daymond, Bahni Turpin

The three narrators perfectly capture Mateo and Rufus's distinct voices, making their one-day connection feel genuinely earned rather than rushed—this is the rare YA audiobook where the performance elevates an already powerful premise into something unforgettable.

White Nights

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, TAZIRI, Constance Garnett

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini's tender narration captures the ache of Dostoevsky's dreamer—lonely, hopeful, and utterly human—making this slim masterpiece feel like a confession whispered across two hours.

My Oxford Year

by Julia Whelan

Narrated by Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan narrates her own romantic debut with such natural charm and specificity that you forget you're listening to a performance. It's the rare author-narrator match where the voice feels inseparable from the story itself.

An Unexpected Affair

Unexpected • Book 1

by Skye Von Triessen

Narrated by Abby Craden, Audrey Obeyn

The Other Side

by Kim Holden

Narrated by Michael Crouch, Natasha Soudek, Bahni Turpin, Kirby Heyborne, Adenrele Ojo, Graydon Long, Erin Spencer, Vikas Adam, Kim Holden

A cast of nine narrators brings genuine depth to Toby's fragmented world, each voice anchoring a different layer of his reality until the full picture hits you like a gut punch.

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

Narrated by John Chancer

Spirits Abroad

by Zen Cho

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller's narration brings these Malaysian-inflected ghost stories to vivid life, shifting effortlessly between the mundane and uncanny to capture Zen Cho's sharp, funny voice. Each story lands harder on audio than on the page.

The Whyte Python World Tour

by Travis Kennedy

Narrated by Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton captures the reckless ambition and paranoia of 1986 LA metal culture so completely you'll forget you're listening to fiction. A coming-of-age story that uses hair bands as the unlikely backdrop for Cold War intrigue.

Swim the Fly

Swim the Fly • Book 1

by Don Calame

Narrated by Nick Podehl

Nick Podehl nails the rapid-fire comedic timing that makes this teenage summer comedy land—his delivery transforms the joke-packed dialogue into something genuinely hilarious rather than just crude.

Pioneer Summer

Лето в пионерском галстуке • Book 1

by Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, Anne O. Fisher

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

by Ebony LaDelle

Narrated by Jelani Alladin, Preston Butler, Nicole Cash, Kevin R. Free, iiKane, Ozzie Jacobs, Ebony LaDelle, Angel Pean, Malik Rashad, Andre Santana, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Zenzi Williams, Bahni Turpin

A stellar ensemble cast brings these HBCU love stories to vivid life, with each narrator perfectly matched to their story's voice and emotional core.

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by Robertson Dean

Robertson Dean's narration captures Amory Blaine's restless charm perfectly—he makes Fitzgerald's debut feel like overhearing a brilliant friend's confessions rather than reading a century-old novel.

Hot Little Hands

by Abigail Ulman

Narrated by Gemma Whelan