21 PRH Audio Titles Featured in Audible's Best Audiobooks of the 21st Century (So Far)
Audible recently launched a feature list, called the “Best Audiobooks of the 21st Century (So Far)”. To identify the prominent titles, Audible excluded recent audio adaptations of classics and older books, focusing solely on original works created in the 21st century. These selections had to stand out in the audio format, showcasing exceptional performances and state-of-the-art audio production.
Of the 50 titles included in the list, a whopping 21 were Penguin Random House Audio titles! The full list can be found here.
Listed chronologically by publication date, these listens include 25 fiction and 25 nonfiction titles that have significantly influenced the past quarter-century.
Our Titles in Audible’s “Best Audiobooks of the 21st Century (So Far)”:
WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith (Random House Audio)
CLOUD ATLAS (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) by David Mitchell (Random House Audio)
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro (Random House Audio)
WORLD WAR Z: The Complete Edition by Max Brooks (Random House Audio)
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson (Random House Audio)
GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn (Random House Audio)
A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara (Random House Audio)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders (Random House Audio)
DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Random House Audio)
JAMES by Percival Everett (Random House Audio)
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain (Random House Audio)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson (Random House Audio)
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot (Random House Audio)
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House Audio)
EDUCATED by Tara Westover (Random House Audio)
BECOMING by Michelle Obama (Random House Audio)
EMPIRE OF PAIN by Patrick Radden Keefe (Random House Audio)
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles (Penguin Audio)
THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan (Penguin Audio)
ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear (Penguin Audio)
ALL MY RAGE by Sabaa Tahir (Listening Library)
Congratulations to our publishers and authors on this incredible accomplishment!