7 Best Audiobooks on Amazon to Listen to This Year

1. The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, which you can find on Amazon, is one of the best audiobooks on Amazon and also won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction novels. It’s a story of a small boy who survives an accident that leads to the death of his mother. After he’s taken into care by a family friend, he suffers a great deal of loneliness, yet finds comfort in a specific painting in the friend’s home. This ultimately leads to a lifelong obsession with art. The Goldfinch is a story of love, obsession, and survival that is sure to have you up all night listening to how it will end.

2. Gone Girl

Gone Girl is a novel by Gillian Flynn that has flown off the shelves due to its popularity. This suspense masterpiece is available on Amazon. The New York Times Bestseller is the story of a couple, Nick and Amy, who while celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary experience less than marital bliss. Amy goes missing while Nick appears to be the culprit behind the crime. A twisted story of love, mystery, lies, and suspense, Gone Girl is sure to steal your attention in no time.

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3. Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King’s bestseller, Mr. Mercedes, tells the tale of three unlikely heroes racing against time to keep a lone killer from killing thousands of people. You can find this title on Amazon. A story of good versus evil, this is another one of King’s novels you won’t wait to be able to hear the end of.

4. Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken: A World War II Story of Love, Resilience, and Redemption is based on a true story of a man she met during a random interview. You can grab your copy on Amazon. Its popularity was so great that it was adapted into a major motion picture. Unbroken tells the story of an Olympic runner, Louis, who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II and overcomes the worst of obstacles to survive. Hillenbrand is author of Seabiscuit, which was also a bestseller and major motion picture.

5. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood

This novel, available on Amazon, is the eighth book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. If you enjoy historical novels, you’re sure to enjoy this series about an English ex-combat nurse who disappears in 1743 and whose story continues in Written in My Own Heart’s Blood. Most definitely a page-turner, the Outlander series leaves you wanting more all the way up to this latest book where the plot thickens even further.

6. Top Secret Twenty-One: a Stephanie Plum Novel

Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter and finds her latest suspect in Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich, which you can find on Amazon. Plum is on the hunt to catch a criminal, solve a mystery, and keep things top-secret in the meantime. Check out this book if you’re a fan of suspense, humor, and downright good fiction.

7. Orphan Train

Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train, available on Amazon, is one I personally recommend on all levels. If you enjoy a story of love, friendship, and the will to believe in others and yourself, you’ll love this book. It’s the story of a young immigrant Irish girl, Vivian, who is put on a train with other orphans from New York City to the Midwest, with fate the only determining factor as to what will happen to them. Vivian meets Molly, who not only helps her find out why she was orphaned and about her past, but also finds that Vivian helps her discover things about herself.

Most of these bestselling audiobooks on Amazon cost under $15 and are yours to keep forever. You can even let others borrow them if you like through your Amazon accounts, so you can share them with your friends and family. You can visit Amazon’s audio book site to learn more if you’ve never used audio books or are just more curious about how they work. Do you listen to audio books on Amazon? Which ones do you love?