Audiobook guides, rankings and news
Our verdicts settle one book at a time. The blog goes wider: the best audiobooks in each genre, ranked; comparisons like Audible vs Kindle; and articles on new recordings and narrators. Deciding about one book? Search the verdicts.
Guides
Ranked, researched and kept up to date
The best Christmas audiobooks
Ranked, with who narrates each, how long it takes and which edition to buy.
Gift guide
Book gift ideas for 2026
What each book is about, and whether to give the book or the audiobook.
Comparison
Audible vs Kindle: which one for which book?
What each costs, including Kindle+, and the test that tells you which suits your book.
Ranked guide
The best full cast audiobooks
Full cast, sound design, multi-narrator and dramatisations, ranked and told apart.
Ranked guide
The best fantasy audiobooks
Ranked on awards, narration and ratings, with full cast, series and romantasy picks.
Seasonal guide
The best Christmas romance audiobooks
Ranked, with the narrators, the length and the heat level for each.
Ranked guide
The best sci-fi audiobooks
Ranked on awards, narration and ratings, with the edition to buy.
Latest articles
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