Find Your Perfect Narrator: Audiobook Chemistry Test

Conversational & Warm: A cozy, friendly narration style that feels like a close friend sitting down to tell you an engaging story. 

Crisp & Fast-Paced: A high-energy, clear, and rapid delivery style designed to keep momentum high.  

Soothing & Calm: A gentle, relaxed, and measured tone that is peaceful to listen to. 

Big Character Voices: A theatrical style where a narrator uses distinct, dramatic, and heavily accented or expressive voices to clearly differentiate every character.

Minimal Performance (Clean Delivery): A straightforward, unembellished reading style that focuses strictly on the text itself, letting the listener’s imagination do the work rather than acting out the scenes. 

Cinematic/Full Cast: A highly immersive experience featuring multiple voice actors for different characters, accompanied by sound effects and music to mimic a movie or audio drama.  

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab and read by Julia Whelan 

In 1714 France, Addie LaRue makes a deal to live forever but is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. After 300 years of wandering history alone, everything changes when she walks into a hidden bookstore and a young man actually remembers her name. 

Legends and Lattes written and read by Travis Baldree  

After decades of fighting, Viv the orc barbarian is trading her sword for coffee beans to open Thune’s first-ever café! But between shady locals and old frenemies, keeping the peace won’t be easy. To make her dream last, Viv will need new friends and a whole different kind of grit. 

Silent Horizons by Chad Robichaux and read by Ray Porter 

Former Force Recon Marine Foster Quinn is torn between his family and his elite squad after a teammate’s death. Stepping into his late friend’s cover identity in Iran, Foster must navigate a web of shady locals to prep for a high-stakes mission. With the clock ticking, everything rests on him. 

Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose and read by January LaVoy, Cassandra Campbell, Brittany Pressley, and Andrew Eiden 

Three estranged siblings reunite after their mom’s death, only to discover a shocking 1999 home video. The footage shows their dad covered in blood, a dead body, and their parents plotting a cover-up. Now they have to decide whether to dig up the dark secret or leave it buried. 

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett and read by Tom Hanks 

After striking it rich in real estate, Cyril Conroy purchases the luxurious Dutch House, a move that inadvertently fractures his family. Exiled by their stepmother, siblings Danny and Maeve are cast into poverty. Bound by an unbreakable bond, they struggle for decades to overcome the shadow of their lost childhood home. 

Braiding Sweetgrass written and read by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer blends science and Native traditions to show how plants and animals are our oldest teachers. Braiding Sweetgrass invites us to listen to nature and build a reciprocal relationship with the world, learning to appreciate its life-giving gifts and offer our own gratitude and care in return.  

Quicksilver by Callie Hart and read by Stella Bloom and Anthony Palmini 

At 24, thief Saeris Fane accidentally reopens a realm portal and lands in a frozen Fae war zone. The first human there in a millennium, she accidentally binds herself to Kingfisher, a brooding Fae warrior. He wants her magic, but he’s also her only ticket home.

Full House by Janet Evanovich and read by Lorelei King 

Polo instructor Nick Kaharcheck avoids stability, making divorced mom Billie Pearce his exact opposite. Yet he can’t resist her. As they fall for each other, encouraged by Nick’s quirky cousin, they realize how much they actually share. But danger is creeping closer…and a killer is closing in. 

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre and read by Simon Vance 

Pulled from forced retirement, George Smiley is tasked with finding a high-ranking Soviet spy within the British Secret Intelligence Service. With the mole already ruining major operations and networks, Smiley must use every skill he has, with almost no resources, to root out the traitor threatening the entire agency. 

This Tender Land by William Kent Kreuger and read by Scott Brick 

In 1932 Minnesota, four orphans flee a cruel boarding school in a canoe, heading down the Mississippi River. Over one unforgettable summer, they journey into the unknown, crossing paths with fellow drifters, from struggling farmers to faith healers, while searching for a place to finally call home. 

Red Rising by Pierce Brown and performed by a full cast 

Darrow thinks his hard work underground is prepping Mars for future generations. Instead, he discovers humanity has already built lush cities, and his people are just slaves. Driven by revenge and justice, he infiltrates the brutal ruling Gold caste’s academy to destroy the elite from the inside out.

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry and performed by a full cast 

Raised to obey rather than rule, a princess is forced into an unwanted marriage by an ancient treaty. Trapped alongside a warrior husband she can’t stand, she’s expected to be a mere pawn. Instead, she decides to stop playing by their rules and seize power for herself.