Gabby's Favorite Audiobooks of 2024

The Measure

A Novel

By: Nikki Erlick
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

“I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the premise of this book! While reading I found myself very thought provoked as I imagined if something like this were to occur in real life. The setting of the book is modern time, so it’s easier to relate to. I really enjoyed how the author told the story from eight different characters'... Read more

My Husband

A Novel

By: Maud Ventura
Narrated by: Kiiri Sandy
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

“Our unhinged narrator is completely fixated on her husband-he's all she thinks about and everything she cares about. She'll go to any lengths to create the perfect love and marriage. This darkly funny novel explores themes of gender norms, patriarchy, and anxiety in a captivating way. Read more

Annie Bot

A Novel

By: Sierra Greer
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

“ As her coding makes her more human, Annie's job as the 'perfect girlfriend' becomes increasingly difficult. Read more

Margo's Got Money Troubles

A Novel

By: Rufi Thorpe
Narrated by: Elle Fanning
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

“So: a professional wrestler, an unemployed teen mom, and a sex worker walk into a bar...But this isn't a setup for a long-winded joke - it's the premise of Margo's Got Money Troubles. By turns tender, bold, and comical, Thorpe's tale of a teen-mom-turned-OnlyFans-personality is a thought-provoking exploration of what it means to survive and own... Read more

Slow Dance

A Novel

By: Rainbow Rowell
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

“Rowell's Slow Dance is a SLOW BURN! Told in present day and flashbacks, Rowell infuses Shiloh and Cary with all the leftover angst of never telling the love of your life the truth. As the flashbacks unfolded, I found myself wanting to shake both characters in hopes of saving them from themselves. But in the end, we have to make the mistakes to... Read more

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

“At first, My Year of Rest and Relaxation feels like the end of something, like a novel about the end of someone’s life. But Moshfegh has a way of affirming life unlike any other author. Repercussions of grief, emotional exhaustion, and the general anchors of life hurl a young woman into the warm embrace of the idea of hibernating for a year. Of... Read more

The Memory Police

A Novel

By: Yoko Ogawa
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

“On a small unnamed island, the government can make things disappear, never to return, lost to both memory and sense. Yet what is lost is never truly forgotten: some still remember, threatening the rule of the draconian Memory Police. This book fills you with a slow burning dread as the disappearances become increasingly sinister. The Memory... Read more

The Most Fun We Ever Had

A Novel

By: Claire Lombardo
Narrated by: Emily Rankin
Length: 20 hours 33 minutes

“Claire Lombardo has written a rich and rewarding novel brimming with the messiness of families. Secrets kept and revealed provide a backdrop for the life-long love affair of Marilyn and David Sorenson as they raise their four daughters. The years are filled with joy, angst, anger, longing, and love as the members of the Sorenson family struggle... Read more

Under the Rainbow

A Novel

By: Celia Laskey
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole, Abigail Revasch, Will Damon, Lisa Flanagan, Michael Crouch, Kaleo Griffith, Kristen Sieh, Jonathan Todd Ross, Dani Martineck, Brittany Pressley & Lorna Raver
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize

“Delivered with such conviction and grace … fresh … essential.” —The New York Times Book Review

When outsiders on a mission arrive to change a small town’s attitudes, residents and newcomers alike end up transformed.

Big Burr, Kansas is the kind of place where everyone seems to know... Read more

Shiver

By: Allie Reynolds
Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm.

When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate... Read more

Blue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick

A Novel

By: Coco Mellors
Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

“This heartbreaking, bittersweet journey of three sisters struggling with grief is not for the faint of heart. Addiction, loss, endometriosis, complex relationships- this book covers it all, and more. At the core of it is the loss of Nicky, the fourth sister who passed away and has left a hole in each of their hearts and their relationships with... Read more

Funny Story

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“Funny Story is probably my favorite Emily Henry novel right now. There’s light fake-dating, broken hearts, new friendships, new love and so much more within this story. Read more

Incidents Around the House

A Novel

By: Josh Malerman
Narrated by: Delanie Nicole Gill
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

“A truly enjoyable and creepy haunting that will leave you with a creeping sense of dread as you wonder… will it be enough to save her? Read more

The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

“A fast-paced and terrifying tale of a woman who loses control over her body. Is her uncontrollable sleep walking caused by an undiagnosed medical problem? A mental illness left untreated? The ghost of her drowned sister? Read it and find out. Read more

The Wedding People

A Novel

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Helen Laser
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

“Not your typical rom-com. Humorous, gritty and compelling. I really enjoyed the contrasting personalities of all the main characters and the subtle but strong message that in all dark situations, there is always hope. Read more

Savor It

A Spunes Novel

Spunes: Book #1

By: Tarah DeWitt
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker & Zachary Webber
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

“This hilarious, fun, but also serious RomCom was a flirty and delightful love story. Sage is someone I would pick as a best friend. She was funny, spunky, strong, kind and very positive. Fisher was sweet, charming, open minded and honest. Their banter was perfect! I loved their connection over grief, it really touched me in a special way, it was... Read more

Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle
Narrated by: André Santana, Charlie Jane Anders, CJ Leede, Georgia Bird, Liz Kerin, Mara Wilson, Mark Oshiro, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, T. Kingfisher & TJ Klune
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

“Bury Your Gays is a trippy existential adventure packed with Hollywood & horror tropes. I'm not typically a huge horror fan (read: at all), but this book was so compelling that I couldn't make myself stop listening once I'd started. Entertaining for horror fans & scaredy cats alike! Read more

Once There Were Wolves

A Novel

By: Charlotte McConaghy
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

“Inti has always relied on tough, talkative Aggie, whether they're with one parent surviving in the wilderness of North America or with the other, a tough cop in Australia. Her sense of security, constantly undermined by her rare neurological disorder - a tactile form of synaesthesia, is fragile at best. We can all relate to Inti's growing fears... Read more

FantasticLand

A Novel

By: Mike Bockoven
Narrated by: Angela Dawe & Luke Daniels
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and... Read more

Just for the Summer

By: Abby Jimenez
Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Zachary Webber & Abby Jimenez
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

“A "top 5 of 2024" listen!! Read more