Audiobook Overwhelm? My Top 10 Audiobook Recs From My Two Decades of Listening

Never listened to audiobooks? Or need new recs? Nicole has been listening for 20 years and walks you through her top ten picks with quick emotional takes—why Tom Lake felt intimate with Meryl Streep’s voice, why Tress of the Emerald Sea is an accessible, warm fantasy, and why James and Sunrise on the Reaping are tough but rewarding listens. She describes Heartwood’s multi-narrator structure, the guilty-pleasure fun of Abby Jimenez’s duet POV romance, and the enduring joy (and complexity) of Jim Dale’s Harry Potter performances. The episode closes with an invitation: try audiobooks as self-care and a way to push your reading boundaries.

Three Weeks with My Brother

Tom Lake

Tress of the Emerald Sea

James

Just for the Summer

Sunrise on the Reaping

Harry Potter-The Jim Dale Narrations

Heartwood

You Deserve to Know

Untamed