2023 Summer Reading Guide: Absorbing Audiobooks

Audiobooks are my favorite soundtrack to summer – whether you’re road-tripping or need some entertainment while you fold pool towels, these audiobooks are funny, fascinating and very hard to turn off! Here are picks for adults or the whole family!

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Nathaniel is a young magician’s apprentice. He is hoping to get revenge on a magician who humiliated him by summoning a powerful dijinni he cannot control. When he sends the dijinni out to steal the Amulet of Samarkand, he is thrust into a world of espionage, murder, and rebellion. This first book in the series is gripping and the narration is INCREDIBLY good!

Healing HeartsHealing Hearts by Sarah Eden

This audiobook is read by Kristen Potter, whom I have long loved. In this one Miriam arrives in the tiny town of Savage Wells for a nursing job, only to discover that the doctor in question had actually sent in for a mail-order bride who could act as both wife and nurse. After the wedding does NOT take place, she accepts the nursing job anyway because she can’t go back to where she’s come from. As the mystery of her past starts to unravel, a romance between the two starts to slowly develop (surprise!).

The AccompliceThe Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

Owen and Luna have been close friends since college (but never romantically involved). The one thing they seem to have in common is that people around them keep showing up dead. Twenty years later, it happens again…Luna finds Owen’s wife brutally murdered. You better believe all sorts of secrets are going to start coming out.

genius files bookThe Genius Files by Dan Gutman

In this funny and delightful novel, twins, Coke and Pepsi think they are on an ordinary family vacation. But when that family vacation turns into fending off crazed assassins, they try to come to terms with the fact that they are part of a top-secret government organization. This one is filled with crazy plots and the audio narration is fantastic! This book and the next several in the series are included in your Audible Plus membership, so you can listen for free if you have a subscription!

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ALL OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES OF THE SUMMER READING GUIDE CAN BE FOUND HERE:

LOVE STORIES

TERRIFIC NON-FICTION

PAGE-TURNING NOVELS

BOOKS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

HISTORICAL FICTION

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