No time to sit down with a book? These are made for listening while your hands are busy. Every pick is an audiobook, and a paperback from $3 to $16 if you'd rather hold it. Prices checked October 19, 2026.
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For a rough weekTJ Klune
When you need low stakesTravis Baldree
For your commuteRichard Osman
For when it snowsAgatha Christie
For book clubShelby Van Pelt
For October nightsAlice Hoffman
For DecemberCharles Dickens
For the holiday driveJ.R.R. TolkienTapClick for the audiobook
A rule-following caseworker is sent to inspect an island orphanage for magical kids and slowly lets himself be happy. Daniel Henning voices the whole cast, from the grumpy caseworker to a six-year-old Antichrist.
Listen free with an Audible trial Or get the paperback · $16.27TapClick for the audiobook
An orc mercenary hangs up her sword and opens the first coffee shop in a fantasy city. No big battles, just cinnamon rolls, new friends and a shop worth saving. The author is a full-time audiobook narrator and reads it himself.
Listen free with an Audible trial Or get the paperback · $9.05TapClick for the audiobook
Four friends in an English retirement village meet every Thursday to go over cold cases, until a real murder happens down the road. Funny, warm and read by Lesley Manville. It's a Netflix movie now too.
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A snowdrift stops the train in the middle of the night, and by morning a passenger is dead. Hercule Poirot has a carriage full of suspects and nowhere for anyone to go. Dan Stevens does every accent on board.
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Grumpy, then lovableA Man Called Ove
Funny and kindAnxious People
If you could start overThe Midnight Library
Book club favoriteLessons in Chemistry
Set in a snowy villageEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of FaeriesTapClick for the audiobook
A widow who cleans an aquarium at night makes friends with a grumpy giant Pacific octopus who knows more than he lets on. Two narrators, with Michael Urie as the octopus.
Listen free with an Audible trial Or get the paperback · $11.99TapClick for the audiobook
The Owens sisters grow up with two aunts who mix love potions for the neighbors, then spend their lives trying to outrun the family magic. Witchy without being scary, read by Christina Moore.
Listen free with an Audible trial Or get the paperback · $12.53TapClick for the audiobook
The Christmas story everyone knows, performed by Tim Curry. Short enough to finish over an evening or two of wrapping gifts, and the paperback costs about as much as a coffee.
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Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in the films, reads the whole book and does the voices, Gollum included. A story the whole car can follow, kids too.
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