Sandie Herron sent the entire list of Best Audiobooks of 2016, as selected by Audible. I thought some of you might want to see a few more selections after I highlighted the mysteries and thrillers yesterday. Here’s the best of 2016, as selected by Audible.

Narrator Bahni Turpin has been a part of many truly ground-breaking audio productions spanning every imaginable genre. For many, it was her contribution to the multicast recording of 2009’s The Help that made her a household name to the audio aficionado: a book that soared to the top of Audible’s Best Sellers list even before becoming a hit in print and a blockbuster movie. In 2016, Bahni has lent her voice to award-winning works of literature, hard-hitting feminist manifestos, and heart-felt stories for kids and young adults. Bahni Turpin can do it all and her performances have brought audio-as-art-form to a whole new level. We are proud to have her as our pick for Audible’s 2016 Narrator of the Year.

Homegoing, simply put, is incredible. The plot, the prose, the characters, the writing…there’s not one aspect of this book that “carries” the rest. Each is, well, incredible. Author Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel is none other than a feat – an engrossing family epic spanning multiple centuries and multiple continents. The stories of two half-sisters born in 18th century Ghana, in different villages, begin this memorable novel of triumph, heartbreak and resilience. One is married off to a well-educated and wealthy Englishman. The other is shipped off to America and sold into slavery. These sisters’ stories, their children’s stories, and their children’s children’s children’s stories will stay with you long after the book ends.


And, here are the other winners, as selected by Audible.

Self Development Romance Celebrity Memoirs

Historical Fiction