The end of the year is nearly here and it's time for readers and booklovers everywhere to start deciding how they'll remember 2016. Did you read a bunch of different books from different genres and authors, or stick to a shorter, pre-decided list? Did you find a new favorite you weren't expecting? Readers and publications are all figuring out their "Best Of" lists and AudioFile, a magazine that reviews audiobooks, profiles narrators and is always the first to know about hot new listens, has compiled their list of the best YA audiobooks from this year!
From incredible fantasies like RIVERKEEP to hard-hitting contemporary works of fiction like TELL ME THREE THINGS and even BEING JAZZ, the nonfiction story of Jazz Jennings, a transgender teen, there is something for everyone here, no matter your reading or listening style. Read below to see which audiobooks AudioFile is recommending this year and find some great samples underneath the list!
For more information, you can see AudioFile's full E-Zine here!
- AND I DARKEN by Kiersten White, read by Fiona Hardingham (Listening Library)
- ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN by Gavriel Savit, read by Allan Corduner (Listening Library)
- BEING JAZZ by Jazz Jennings, read by Jazz Jennings (Listening Library)
- GIRL IN PIECES by Kathleen Glasgow, read by Julia Whelan (Listening Library)
- MY NAME IS NOT FRIDAY by Jon Walter, read by Dion Graham (Scholastic Audiobooks)
- RADIOACTIVE! by Winifred Conkling, read by Andrea Gallo (Recorded Books)
- REBEL OF THE SANDS by Alwyn Hamilton, read by Soneela Nankani (Recorded Books)
- RIVERKEEP by Martin Stewart, read by James Cosmo (Listening Library)
- SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys, read by Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch (Listening Library)
- STILL LIFE WITH TORNADO by A.S. King, read by Karissa Vacker (Listening Library)
- TELL ME THREE THINGS by Julie Buxbaum, read by Jorjeana Marie (Listening Library)
- THE GREAT AMERICAN WHATEVER by Tim Federle, read by Tim Federle (Simon & Schuster Audio)
- THE LIGHT FANTASTIC by Sarah Combs, read by Lauren Ezzo, Todd Haberkorn (Brilliance Audio)
- THE NAZI HUNTERS by Neal Bascomb, read by Jason Culp (Scholastic Audiobooks)
- THE RAVEN KING by Maggie Stiefvater, read by Will Patton (Scholastic Audiobooks)
- THE SERPENT KING by Jeff Zentner, read by Michael Crouch, Ariadne Meyers, Ethan Sawyer (Listening Library)
To get you listening, AudioFile has included these great samples of some of their favorite books:
If you loved the sample of GIRL IN PIECES as read by Julia Whelan, you'll love this video:
