2021 Favorite Listens

Okay so, like, 2021 was kinda noooooo place to be as a Follow-Up Year to the apPALling 2020 what with continued division and a virus that had more spin-off variants than a popular TV show.

Still? Lights in the Dark?

Some TERRIFIC audiobooks!

Soooo Welcome to my Faves of the Year—maybe not released this year but CERtainly discovered and embraced.

Or to dive into all of my favorites regardless of listening year, go to all my Faves →

Dude! a mighty HUZZAH for audiobooks!!!

Do you have a favorite audiobook that you’ve listened to this year? Email me at Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com and I’ll get it on the reviews!


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Favorite Historical Fiction:

Project: Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust Rediscoveries

By: Clair Huffaker / Narrated By: Phil Gigante

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

The Most SpecTACular Listen of the Year! By FAR!!!

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Favorite Contemporary Fiction:

By: Jess Kidd / Narrated By: Aidan Kelly

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Jess Kidd’s style, this brutal yet lovely debut, knocked m’ socks off

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Much Loved Animals:

Series: Pax, Book 2

By: Sara Pennypacker / Narrated By: Michael Curran-Dorsano

Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins

Here, m’ Fave of all my beloved Animal Picks—Prepare for tears, all ye who Listen here!

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Favorite Kids / Teens:

By: Annabel Pitcher / Narrated By: David Tennant

Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins

Drop dead DEVastating! Gorgeous

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Favorite Sci Fi:

By: Matt Haig / Narrated By: Carey Mulligan

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

In Which: I Bared my Soul in the review…

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Favorite Fantasy:

By: Joseph Skibell / Narrated By: Allen Lewis Rickman

Length: 7 hrs

BeYONd Creative Storytelling!

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Favorite Bio / Memoir:

Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle

Length: 10 hrs

Got past m’ Crotchety first attempt? SOBBING by the end

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Favorite Self Development:

Written and Narrated By: Kevin Hart

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Soooo NOT into Self-Development this year but dude! This one’s a Life Changer!

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Favorite History:

By: James D. Hornfischer / Narrated By: Barrett Whitener

Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins

Just KIDS for cripes sake, Just flesh-and-blood men—SUCH Bravery and Devotion

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Favorite Classics:

By: Harper Lee / Narrated By: Sissy Spacek

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

The Fave of MANY a fellow Accomplice becomes yessss, one of my own

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Favorite Humor:

Written and Narrated By: Sandra Tsing Loh

Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Yesssss this 2021 Favorite had me crying as well… from laughing so danged hard I done-near choked

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Favorite Romance:

By: Alicia Cameron / Narrated By: Rafe Beckley

Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins

This Swoon-Worthy Romance had me SOBBING my head off!

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Most Enjoyable Thrashing Dealt:

By: Kathryn Haueisen / Narrated By: Elizabeth B. Splaine

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

Wherein I RANT, I RAVE, and I crack m’self UP!!!

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