Because June is Audiobook Month, we decided it would be fun to take a look at some of the most popular audiobooks of the last month! These lists include include both CD checkouts and e-audiobook downloads through digital apps like CloudLibrary and RBdigital. 

Adult Fiction

It turns out that authors that are popular in print – John Grisham, John Sandford, and William Kent Krueger – are also popular checkouts in audio format! 

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

• The Whistler by John Grisham 

• Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger 

• Heartless by Marissa Meyer

• Gray Mountain by John Grisham 

• Fifty Fifty by James Patterson and Candice Fox 

• Extreme Prey by John Sandford

• Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger    

• Dark of the Moon by John Sandford  

• Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger 

• Beyond Reason by Kat Martin 

Adult Nonfiction

Our most popular nonfiction audiobook selections for the month were actually Spanish language CDs, but listing a bunch of those didn’t seem interesting. Instead, we’ve instead focused on narrative nonfiction titles that were popular in May. 

• Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson 

• The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

• The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence by Jessica Ortner

• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

• Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Juvenile Fiction

Across all platforms, audiobooks from the Harry Potter series were overwhelmingly the most popular last month. With seven titles, it’s not surprising to see many of them rising to the top! This list includes the rest of the popular kids fiction in May. 

• The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

• Swindle by Gordon Korman

• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

• Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan

• Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard

• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

• Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard