Favorite Audiobooks of 2022

Demon Copperhead

A Novel

By: Barbara Kingsolver
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 21 hours 2 minutes

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2022" • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller "Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even... Read more

Fairy Tale

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Seth Numrich & Stephen King
Length: 24 hours 4 minutes

“I've been very much enjoying my first foray into audiobooks: Stephen King's Fairy Tale. I listen to Seth Numrich's narration every time I'm in my car. I'm not the first to say that King is a master storyteller. As a writer myself, I've long been intrigued by his ability to flesh out characters well enough so that I can actually visualize them... Read more

The Family Game

A Novel

By: Catherine Steadman
Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

“This book is an intense, fast-paced, nail biting thrill ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat with your heart racing. All of this against a delicious, intoxicating backdrop of wealth, power, and excess. The author’s imagination is so twisted and bizarre, you will still be thinking about it long after you finish listening. Nothing is... Read more

The Language Game

How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World

By: Morten H. Christiansen & Nick Chater
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Forget the language instinct—this is the story of how we make up language as we go 

Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity—and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong.... Read more

Stories from The Tenants Downstairs

By: Sidik Fofana
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nile Bullock, Sidik Fofana, Dominic Hoffman, DePre Owens, André Santana, Bahni Turpin & Jade Wheeler
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

“Probably one of my favorite listens (audio book) from this year. Read more

Atlas of the Heart

Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

By: Brené Brown
Narrated by: Brené Brown
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, “If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.”

In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a... Read more

The Family Remains

A Novel

By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn, Bea Holland, Hugh Quarshie, Josh Dylan, Thomas Judd & Eleanor Tomlinson
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“Beginning with a body, long-ago murdered, washing up on a bank of the Thames, The Family Remains takes the listener on a wonderfully twisting journey to learn the victim’s identity - and so much more. In this exceptionally well-crafted suspenseful story of dark secrets past and present, Jewell masterfully weaves together the lives of her... Read more

The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

“It starts with a missing popsicle girl, a murderer, and a sister on the hunt for the truth. The multiple narratives of The Last House on Needless Street create a web of half truths whose threads slowly drift apart to reveal the horrors they have propped themselves upon. The rot beneath the fragile beauty. You experience a personal and intimate... Read more

Nightfall

By: Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

The dark will bring your worst nightmares to light in this gripping and eerie survival story, perfect for fans of James Dashner and Neil Gaiman.

On Marin’s island, sunrise doesn’t come every twenty-four hours—it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are... Read more

Ghost 19

By: Simone St. James
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

“Aspiring actress Ginette is recovering from a breakdown in a small town. There she becomes obsessed with watching her neighbors from the back window of the house she’s renting. But there is something sinister in the house, something that won’t let her leave. Is she losing her mind or is the house really haunted? This was a great story. The... Read more

The Visitors

By: Miranda Rijks
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Hannah’s life is almost perfect. She’s a full-time mother to two young children and married to successful cardiologist Daniel. The only thing missing is a project of her own. So she poured heart and soul into converting their stone barn into a beautiful holiday rental. Things take a dark turn when visitors Mike and Nadia come to stay. They are... Read more

Our Missing Hearts

A Novel

By: Celeste Ng
Narrated by: Lucy Liu & Celeste Ng
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

“Set in a dystopian America in an undocumented time (our past, our present, or our future), Our Missing Hearts shines a light on the power that the worst of humanity can yield. What would you do if your family was threatened to be split apart? At what length would you reach to keep the ones you love safe? And what if all your efforts ended with... Read more