“What are the best Audiobook books released in 2020?” We looked at 85 of the top Audiobook books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 13 books, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Audiobook” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 50+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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• The Best Art, Photography, And Coffee Table Books
• The Best AudioBooks
• The Best Biography And Memoir Books
• The Best Graphic Novels And Comics
• The Best Cookbooks
• The Best Fiction Books
• The Best Books (All Catergories)
• The Best History Books
• The Best Kids, Children, and Youth Books
• The Best Mystery, Horror, and Thriller Books
• The Best Nonfiction Books
• The Best Poetry Books
• The Best Science And Nature Books
• The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Books
• The Best Young Adult Books

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Top 13 Best Audiobook Books From 2020

13.) A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team written byAdam Lazarre-White and read by Arshay Cooper

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Five Books

12.) Caste written byIsabel Wilkerson and read by Robin Miles

Lists It Appears On:

• Libro
• AudioFile

11.) Deacon King Kong written byJames McBride and read by Dominic Hoffman

Lists It Appears On:

• Washington Post
• AudioFile

10.) Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family written byRobert Kolker and read by Sean Pratt

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• AudioBookReviews

9.) Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir written byNatasha Trethewey and read by Natasha Trethewey

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Washington Post

8.) Mexican Gothic written bySilvia Moreno-Garcia and read by Frankie Corzo

Lists It Appears On:

• Libro
• AudioFile

7.) Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You written byJason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi and read by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Libro

6.) The Pull of the Stars: A Novel written byEmma Donoghue & Emma Lowe and read by Emma Donoghue & Emma Lowe

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Five Books

5.) The Sandman written byDirk Maggs and read by Full Cast & Neil Gaiman

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Five Books

4.) The Searcher: A Novel written byRoger Clark and read by Tana French

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Five Books

3.) Vesper Flights written byHelen Macdonald and read by Helen Macdonald

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioFile
• Five Books

2.) The City We Became written byN. K. Jemisin and read by Robin Miles

Lists It Appears On:

• Libro
• AudioFile
• Popsugar

1.) The Vanishing Half written byBrit Bennett and read by Shayna Small

Lists It Appears On:

• AudioBookReviews
• Libro
• AudioFile
• Popsugar

The 50+ Additional Best Audiobook Books Released In 2020

7 Best Audiobook Book Sources/Lists