Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express when a man is found dead in a compartment locked from the inside. This Audible Original uses a full cast and won the 2018 CAMEO Book to Audio Award. It has a 4.6 from more than 6,000 ratings.

Russian terrorists seize the Empire State Building with twenty thousand hostages inside, and FBI crisis negotiator Theo Requa is pulled back into action. It runs under four hours with a full cast, and has a 4.6 from more than 8,000 ratings.

Korede is a nurse in Lagos who keeps cleaning up after her beautiful younger sister, whose boyfriends keep ending up dead. This darkly funny thriller won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, and it has a 4.2 from more than 6,000 ratings.

A young woman reads auras at Spiritual Palms and commits various levels of mostly harmless fraud, until a client’s house starts to cause trouble. Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning story is a homage to the classic ghost story. It has a 4.1 from nearly 1,500 ratings.

Six years after four members of the Blackwood family died of arsenic poisoning, the three who remain live in isolation in the family home. Jackson’s novel is unsettling and darkly funny. It has a 4.1 from nearly 6,000 ratings.

The first Murderbot Diaries novella follows a deadly security android dealing with questions about what it means to be a sentient machine. Kevin R. Free reads it, and it has a 4.5 from nearly 23,000 ratings.

Binti is the first of the Himba people to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of learning in the galaxy. The novella won both the Hugo and the Nebula Award for Best Novella. It has a 4.4 from more than 4,000 ratings.

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death’s adopted daughter in this near-future novella. Adjoa Andoh’s narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award, and it has a 4.5 from nearly 800 ratings.

It begins on an ordinary Thursday morning, and Stephen Fry reads Douglas Adams’ comic classic with the deadpan it needs. It is the longest book on this page and has a 4.6 from nearly 57,000 ratings.

Bradbury’s dystopian classic about a future where books are banned gets a new recording read by Penn Badgley. It has a 4.6 from about 760 ratings.

Coraline steps through a door and finds another house that is strangely similar to her own, only better, and things go wrong from there. Gaiman reads his Newbery Medal-winning story himself, and it has a 4.7 from more than 10,000 ratings.

Centuries ago the robots of Panga gained self-awareness, walked into the wilderness and were never seen again. Becky Chambers’ gentle novella, the first in her Monk and Robot series, follows what happens when one of them returns. It has a 4.5 from about 3,000 ratings.

Steinbeck’s story of two migrant workers is one of the most widely read American novels. Gary Sinise reads this anniversary edition in about three hours, and it has a 4.7 from more than 12,000 ratings.

The animals of Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm are overworked and mistreated, and they take over in this satire of the Russian Revolution. It has a 4.7 from more than 44,000 ratings.

A Cuban fisherman struggles against a giant marlin in Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning story of courage and loss. Donald Sutherland’s reading was a 2007 Audie Award finalist, and it has a 4.7 from about 14,000 ratings.

Tim Curry gives Dickens’ ghost story a one-of-a-kind performance that inspired Audible’s line of Signature Classics. It has a 4.7 from nearly 24,000 ratings.

Irene Redfield runs into her childhood friend Clare, who is now passing as a white woman and married to a racist man who does not know her background. Tessa Thompson reads it, and it has a 4.3 from nearly 3,000 ratings.

Woodson follows how history shapes a contemporary family, starting with Iris and the generations before and after her. A cast of narrators including Woodson reads it, and it has a 4.3 from more than 1,600 ratings.

At a cafe table in Lahore, one man tells another his story. The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and Hamid reads it himself. It has a 4.5 from about 120 ratings.

Paulo Coelho’s international bestseller has sold more than 120 million copies. Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons narrates it in four hours, and it has a 4.7 from nearly 87,000 ratings.

It is 1985 in a small Irish town, and Bill Furlong, a coal merchant, makes a discovery at the local convent that forces him to confront his past and the town’s silences. Aidan Kelly reads it in just under two hours, and it has a 4.5 from about 4,000 ratings.

Coates writes a letter to his son about living in a Black body in America. It won the National Book Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He reads it himself, and it has a 4.8 from more than 31,000 ratings.

Mitch Albom’s story of an unforgettable friendship and the lessons on loss and grief that came with it. This 25th anniversary edition adds a new afterword. He reads it himself, and it has a 4.8 from more than 8,000 ratings.

Jessamyn Stanley uses yoga as a way into everyday life, applying the idea of yoking mind and body to the rest of it. She reads her own essays, and it has a 4.7 from about 200 ratings.

Tina Fey’s autobiographical essays cover her life before 30 Rock, Weekend Update and Sarah Palin. She reads them herself, and the book has a 4.5 from more than 61,000 ratings.

This essay was adapted from Adichie’s TEDx talk and is the shortest book on this page at 51 minutes. She reads it herself, and it has a 4.8 from more than 2,300 ratings.

Viktor Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric clinic, and his book is about finding strength and purpose in times of great despair. It has a 4.7 from about 2,500 ratings.

Brené Brown offers ten guideposts for living wholeheartedly in this tenth-anniversary edition, which includes a new foreword. She reads it herself, and it has a 4.8 from more than 11,000 ratings.

The author of Eat Pray Love writes about living a creative life with curiosity and courage. She reads it herself, and it has a 4.7 from more than 27,000 ratings.

This bestselling guide to personal freedom has been published in dozens of languages. Peter Coyote reads it in about two and a half hours, and it has a 4.8 from more than 62,000 ratings.