The Best Audiobooks of 2023, According to AudioFile

A pair of weeks in the past, we coated the bestselling audiobooks of 2023. Now, the 30-plus-year-old bimonthly journal AudioFile has launched its annual listing for the very best audiobooks of 2023. This yr’s listing contains 53 titles unfold out over 9 classes: Fiction, Nonfiction & History, Biography & Memoir, Mystery & Suspense, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror, Children & Family Listening, Young Adult, Romance, and Audio Originals.

AudioFile additionally has opinions of every audiobook’s efficiency, in addition to Behind the Mic options on Spotify for sure audiobooks.

To begin issues off, listed below are 9 of the very best audiobooks of 2023, in accordance to AudioFile:

Biography & Memoir

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair, learn by the writer

Fiction

cover of The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor audiobook

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor, learn by Kevin R. Free

Fantasy

cover of The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang, read by Emily Woo Zeller (audiobook)

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang, learn by Emily Woo Zeller

Nonfiction & History

cover of Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond, read by Dion Graham (audiobook)

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond, learn by Dion Graham

Mystery & Suspense

cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, read by Eunice Wong (audiobook)

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, learn by Eunice Wong

Children & Family Listening

cover of the audiobook of Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas, learn by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Young Adult

cover fo the audiobook of Only This Beautiful Moment by by Abdi Nazemian , read by Vikas Adam, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Iman Nazemzadeh

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian, learn by Vikas Adam, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Iman Nazemzadeh

Romance

audiobook cover of Even if the Sky Is Falling, edited by Taj McCoy, read by Adenrele Ojo, Soneela Nankani, Karen Murray, Marissa Hampton, Donnabella Mortel, Joy Beharie, Teddy Hamilton

Even if the Sky Is Falling, edited by Taj McCoy, learn by Adenrele Ojo, Soneela Nankani, Karen Murray, Marissa Hampton, Donnabella Mortel, Joy Beharie, Teddy Hamilton