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Top 10 Fiction audiobooks

The most popular fiction audiobooks right now: big book-club picks, literary page-turners, and the novels everyone at work keeps bringing up. Updated October 21, 2026.

1NYT Best Seller
Fiction
The Calamity Club
by Kathryn Stockett · narrated by Jenna Lamia, January LaVoy

“Three women defy 1933 society. You can't even defy the couch. Press play; they'll do the brave part.”

2NYT Best Seller
Fiction
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi · narrated by David Morse

“A man collects people's stories. Grumpy collects excuses not to read. Only one of us is inspiring.”

3
Fiction
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck · narrated by Richard Poe

“Six hundred pages of Steinbeck? Absolutely not. Thirty-some hours of someone else doing it? Fine. Fine!”

4NYT Best Seller
Fiction
Hollow Bones
by Jodi Picoult · full cast

“She prepares for every emergency. Grumpy's emergency plan: never open a 464-page book. Audiobook it is.”

5NYT Best Seller
Fiction
Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke · narrated by Rebecca Lowman

“An influencer loses Wi-Fi and goes to 1855. Grumpy lost his bookmark once. Equally traumatic.”

6
Fiction
Whistler
by Ann Patchett · read by the author

“Ann Patchett reads it to you herself. That's basically bedtime story privileges for grown-ups. No flashlight needed.”

7NYT Best Seller
Fiction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Other Worlds Than These
by Stephen King and Peter Straub · narrated by Patton Oswalt, Stephen King

“Forty years of waiting for a sequel and you still won't read it. Respect. Press play.”

8NYT Best Seller
Fiction
Partita
by Barbara Kingsolver · narrated by Megan Tusing

“A novel about a piano prodigy, enjoyed by someone who quit recorder in third grade.”

9
Fiction · Mystery & Thriller
Big Little Truths
by Liane Moriarty · narrated by Caroline Lee, Ella Le Fournour, Liane Moriarty

“Five moms, one mystery, zero pages for you to turn. Gossip was always meant to be heard.”

10
Fiction · History
The Pirate Queen
by Ariel Lawhon · narrated by Tara Flynn, Ariel Lawhon

“A pirate queen conquers the seas. You can conquer your commute. Arr, no reading required.”

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