Whether you're interested in thrillers, romance, poetry, or travel, hundreds of authors return with beautiful yet complicated worlds of their imaginations. Going through the journey of unforgettable words and scenarios, books have transformed and taken their journey into "audioland". Audio books are no longer favorite with kids alone, as many people (out of choice or circumstances) love to "read" books through tapes. Keeping this in mind, we have put together a list of best selling audio books for you. With a surge of most popular audio books making the rounds in bookstores, no wonder it has become such a popular phenomenon.
Bestseller List
I'll admit, I am a huge fan of Harry Potter series. However, I can't really find the time to read them (I do regret that I can't give the books its deserved credit). The only way I can fuel my addiction of Harry Potter series is by listening to Jim Dale's voice. And if you're a bookworm like me, you'd know that Harry Potter series audio books are the largest and best selling audio books in history.
Of course there are tons of best selling audio books that are favorite among many. Plus, as long as there will be books written and published, we will have audio versions of them as well. It's like, when books get made into motion pictures, instead, here books are being converted into audio files. So whenever you can't find enough time to read your books, why not just grab the audio versions of them. And so, with this article, why not take a quick look at which audio books are topping the charts.
| Audio Books for Adult |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | Stieg Larsson and Reg Keeland | Simon Vance | General Fiction |
| 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel | Lee Child | Dick Hill | Mystery, Thriller, Suspense |
| The Spy | Clive Cussler and Justin Scott | Scott Brick | General Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense |
| Oprah: A Biography | Kitty Kelley | Kitty Kelley | General Non-Fiction, Memoir and Biography |
| Lucid Intervals: A Stone Barrington Novel | Stuart Woods | Tony Roberts | General Fiction |
| Blue-Eyed Devil | Robert B. Parker | Titus Welliver | General Fiction |
| This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel | Elizabeth George | John Lee | General Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense |
| Live to Tell: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel | Lisa Gardner | Ann Marie Lee, Rebecca Lowman and Kristen Potter | General Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense |
| My Name Is Memory: A Novel | Ann Brashares | Lincoln Hoppe and Kathe Mazur | General Fiction, Women's Fiction and Romance |
| The Passage | Justin Cronin | Scott Brick | General Fiction |
| The Lake Shore Limited | Sue Miller | Sue Miller | General Fiction |
| Rules of Betrayal | Christopher Reich | Paul Michael | General Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense |
| This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection | Carol Burnett | Carol Burnett | General Non-Fiction, Memoir and Biography |
| Private Life | Jane Smiley | Kate Reading | General Fiction |
| Promises to Keep: A Novel | Jane Green | Cassandra Campbell | General Fiction, Women's Fiction and Romance |
| I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood | Dave Barry | Dave Barry | General Non-Fiction, Humor |
| The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel | Aimee Bender | Aimee Bender | General Fiction |
| The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama | David Remnick | Mark Deakins | General Non-Fiction |
| The Executor | Jesse Kellerman | Kirby Heyborne | General Fiction |
| The Cookbook Collector: A Novel | Allegra Goodman | Ariadne Meyers | General Fiction |
| Audio Books for African-American |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| Natural Born Hustler: A Novel | Nikki Turner | TBD* | General Fiction |
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Walter Mosley | Dominic Hoffman | Mystery, Thriller, Suspense |
| Getting to Happy | Terry McMillan | Terry McMillan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Gloria Reuben and LaChanze | General Fiction |
| Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All | Russell Simmons | TBD | General Non-Fiction, Self-Help and Inspiration |
| Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family | Condoleezza Rice | Condoleezza Rice | General Non-Fiction, Memoir and Biography |
| The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration | Isabel Wilkerson | Adenrele Ojo | General Non-Fiction, History |
| The Grace of Silence: A Memoir | Michele Norris | Michele Norris | General Non-Fiction |
| More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education | Harold Ford Jr. | Harold Ford | General Non-Fiction |
| Audio Books for History and Biography |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| Washington: A Life | Ron Chernow | Scott Brick | General Non-Fiction, Memoir and Biography |
| Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories | Simon Winchester | TBD | General Non-Fiction |
| Cleopatra: A Life | Stacy Schiff | TBD | General Non-Fiction |
| White House Diary | Jimmy Carter | Jimmy Carter and Boyd Gaines | General Non-Fiction, Current Affairs and Politics |
| A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness..and a Trove of Letters..Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression | Ted Gup | TBD | General Non-Fiction, Self-Help and Inspiration |
| Escape from the Land of Snows: The Young Dalai Lama's Harrowing Flight to Freedom and the Making of a Spiritual Hero | Stephan Talty | TBD | General Non-Fiction |
| American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 | H.W. Brands | Robertson Dean | General Non-Fiction |
| Audio Books for Women's Fiction and Romance |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| Juliet | Anne Fortier | Cassandra Campbell | General Fiction |
| Mini Shopaholic: A Novel | Sophie Kinsella | Rosalyn Landor | General Fiction |
| The Widower's Tale: A Novel | Julia Glass | Mark Bramhall | General Fiction |
| Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel | Fannie Flagg | TBD | General Fiction |
| The False Friend | Myla Goldberg | Myla Goldberg | General Fiction |
| Love Me to Death: A Novel of Suspense | Allison Brennan | TBD | General Fiction |
| I Still Dream About You: A Novel | Fannie Flagg | Fannie Flagg | General Fiction |
| Audio Books for Christian Interest |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| Love at Last Sight: Thirty Days to Grow and Deepen Your Closest Relationships | Kerry Shook and Chris Shook | Kerry Shook and Chris Shook | General Non-Fiction |
| Lady in Waiting: A Novel | Susan Meissner | Donna Rawlins and Samantha Eggar | General Fiction |
| An Amish Christmas: A Novel | Cynthia Keller | TBD | General Fiction |
| Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible | Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick | General Non-Fiction |
| The Seventeen Second Miracle | Jason F. Wright | Lincoln Hoppe | General Fiction |
| Dragons of the Valley: A Novel | Donita K. Paul | Ariadne Meyers | General Fiction |
| The Bridge of Peace: A Novel | Cindy Woodsmall | Cassandra Campbell | General Fiction |
| Audio Books for Poetry |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| The Voice of the Poet: Langston Hughes | Langston Hughes | Langston Hughes | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Robert Frost | Robert Frost | Robert Frost | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: E. E. Cummings | E. E. Cummings | E. E. Cummings | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: T. S. Eliot | T. S. Eliot | T. S. Eliot | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Women Poets | Louise Bogan, Muriel Rukeyser and Stein | Various | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: American Wits | Dorothy Parker and Ogden Nash | Dorothy Parker and Ogden Nash | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Allen Ginsberg | Allen Ginsberg | Allen Ginsberg | General Fiction |
| Billy Collins Live | Billy Collins and Bill Murray | Billy Collins | General Non-Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: W. H. Auden | W. H. Auden | W. H. Auden | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Anne Sexton | Anne Sexton | Anne Sexton | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: William Carlos Williams | William Carlos Williams | William Carlos Williams | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Elizabeth Bishop | Elizabeth Bishop | Elizabeth Bishop | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Adrienne Rich | Adrienne Rich | Adrienne Rich | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Robert Lowell | Robert Lowell | Robert Lowell | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Wallace Stevens | Wallace Stevens | Wallace Stevens | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Randall Jarrell | Randall Jarrell | Randall Jarrell | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: John Ashberry | John Ashberry | John Ashberry | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: Frank O'Hara | Frank O'Hara | Frank O'Hara | General Fiction |
| The Voice of the Poet: James Merrill | James Merrill | James Merrill | General Fiction |
| Audio Books for Travel |
| Title | Author | Narrator | Genre |
| A Good Year | Peter Mayle | John Lee | General Fiction |
| A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler | Frances Mayes | Cassandra Campbell | General Non-Fiction |
| A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | Richard Matthews | General Non-Fiction |
| Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America's Hallowed Ground | Jeff Shaara | Robertson Dean | General Non-Fiction |
| Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life | Frances Mayes | Frances Mayes | General Non-Fiction |
| A Walk in the Woods | Bill Bryson | Rob Mcquay | General Non-Fiction |
| Provence A-Z | Peter Mayle | John Lee | General Non-Fiction |
| Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer | Philip Franklin | General Non-Fiction |
| Time and Tide: A Walk Through Nantucket | Frank Conroy | Grover Gardner | General Non-Fiction |
| My Kind of Place: Travel Stories From a Woman Who's Been Everywhere | Susan Orlean | Karen White | General Non-Fiction |
| In a Sunburned Country | Bill Bryson | Bill Bryson | General Non-Fiction |
| A Year in the Merde | Stephen Clarke | John Lee | General Fiction |
| City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome | William Murray | Grover Gardner | General Non-Fiction |
| Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown | Michael Cunningham | Scott Brick | General Non-Fiction |
| Notes From a Small Island: An Affectionate Portrait of Britain | Bill Bryson | David Case | General Non-Fiction |
| Downtown: My Manhattan | Pete Hamill | Don Leslie | General Non-Fiction |
*TBD - To Be Disclosed
There you have it guys, a list of interesting audio books that you can listen to depending on your interest. You too can keep this list going by giving us some more audio books from different genres. Until then, keep reading... or should I say, keep listening!
