With over a billion dollars in annual revenue, audiobooks are one of the premier ways for people to consume content in the 21st century. Whether fantasy or sci-fi, fact or fiction, more people are listening to great audiobooks than ever. Likewise, more companies than ever are producing them.
So how do you choose which audiobook to settle down with when there’s so much choice available?
Well, you sit down and take a look at our list of the best audiobooks of 2021!
Let’s go!
1. A Promised Land (Author: Barack Obama)
Delivered in Obama’s signature mellifluent tones, this is a deeply insightful account of US politics in the 21st century.
2. The Four Winds (Author: Kristin Hannah)
A work of historical fiction, The Four Winds is unique among great audiobooks for its Texan, Depression-era setting.
3. The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Authors: Malcolm X, Alex Haley)
A fiery new rendition of the black revolutionary’s memoirs, read by the inimitable Laurence Fishburne.
4. A Memory Called Empire (Author: Arkady Martine)
One of the best audiobooks around, this Mesoamerican-influenced sci-fi story tells the tale of culture, politics, and imperial power.
5. I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story (Author: Anthony Daniels)
Star Wars fans rejoice! Audiobook readers will delight in this tale of life as one of the most iconic characters of one of the world’s most iconic franchises.
6. October (Author: China Melville)
For the history fans out there: this dramatization of the events of the 1917 October Revolution that led to the birth of the Soviet Union is read in great style by John Banks.
7. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Author: George Saunders)
Less a story than a writing class through the lens of Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Gogol. This is one of the best audiobooks of all time for any budding writers out there.
8. The Emperor of All Maladies (Author: Siddharta Mukherjee)
A history of cancer; not the cheeriest of autumnal reads, but a fascinating account of the impact cancer has had on lives and societies over the ages.
9. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Author: James Joyce)
A literary classic performed by the super-talented Colin Farrell. This classic tells the tale of a boy casting off his various social connections in order to pursue a life dedicated to writing.
10. Love in the Time of Cholera (Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
A love story that will still be a classic in a hundred years. This performance by Armando Duran is an excellent way to experience this triumph.
And those are our top ten audiobooks!
Listen Up and Read the Best Audiobooks of 2021
And that concludes our list of the best audiobooks of 2021. Whether you’re a fiction-lover or a dedicated non-fiction listener, there’s something here to suit your tastes.
Just don’t blame us when you get through all of them and are still hungry for more!
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