Falling in love with your next best listen has never been easier, thanks to the bounty of buzz-worthy new releases cropping up in the coming months. This season, we are sinking our teeth into everything from blockbuster celebrity memoirs to cult classic reboots, tales of love, loss, and plenty of spooky stories—bringing you our most anticipated titles of Fall 2023.
Bios and Memoirs
Between highly anticipated tell-alls from some major celebs to thoughtful examinations on the relationship between self and society, this autumn’s slate of bios and memoirs is as fresh and crisp as that first fall breeze. These listens underscore the rich diversity of lived experiences across the human spectrum, stories of everything from stardom to survival delivered with a warmth rivaling your favorite cardigan.
In this soul-searching self-reflection, multihyphenate Kerry Washington sets out on a pursuit of authenticity, finding herself while sharing recollections from her life and career along the way.
Babs takes listeners on a journey from Brooklyn to Broadway in this long-awaited memoir. Don’t miss the EGOT-winning legend spill on 60 years in showbiz.
Finally liberated, the Princess of Pop reclaims her story, laying bare in her own words the manipulation and abuse buried behind the glitz, glamor, and fame.
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Business
Now is the best time to take advantage of that post-vacation glow before end-of-year performance reviews start. This fall, focus on your career, business, and personal finance goals. This season's lineup unpacks the ethics of AI, dives into the lives of moguls, and contains the tips you'll want to hear to succeed at work and in life.
New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill uncovers the facial recognition technology from one law enforcement-backed startup that threatens privacy for users and everyday non-users alike.
The Budgetnista is back! One of our top 10 finfluencers you should know serves us a practical guide for reaching our financial goals.
We'll listen to anything Adam Grant writes. This fall, the bestselling author shares how to tap into your inner strengths to reach the next level.
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Comedy
The comedy gods have brought unto us a bevy of gems this fall. Memoirs from some of your favorites, essay collections by some of your future favorites, and even a splash of surrealist fiction, all in the name of humor.
Mansbach blends ancient Jewish mythology with present-day America in this hilarious and utterly original novel.
Comedian and internet sensation Sarah Cooper’s debut memoir is honest, self-aware, and, of course, very, very funny.
Gulman’s keen and hilarious observations about all the weirdness of childhood is a reminder of why after all these years he’s still one of the best comics out there.
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Fantasy
This fall, we're looking forward to long-awaited, much-anticipated entries in favorite series. And there's also plenty of new standalone listens to look forward to—including an Audible Original from the queen of the geeks herself, Felicia Day—as well as exciting series starters from V.E. Schwab and Nnedi Okorafor.
Neil Gaiman, Sean Astin, LilyPichu and more make up the dream cast that performs Day's wildly funny, action-packed fantasy Original.
Reunite with Viv in narrator-cum-author Travis Baldree's follow-up to his cozy fantasy sensation, Legends & Lattes.
The listener-favorite Empyrean series continues as Violet must survive her second year at Basgiath War College.
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Fiction
This season’s bounty of historical and contemporary fiction brings a blend of fresh and familiar storytellers, all ready to become the soundtrack to our long drives through autumnal splendor and our walks among the changing leaves—warming our hearts and keeping us entertained as shorter days' chilling nights arrive.
Author Nathan Hill and narrator Ari Fliakos join forces once again to give us another great American novel. This modern-day epic explores and exposes the beauty and absurdity of love, marriage, and our pursuit of wellness.
Blending magical realism, historical narrative, and literary inspiration from Dante’s Inferno, this instant classic tells the story of an enslaved girl’s harsh journey of survival and triumph over darkness.
Grace Adams is a 45-year-old woman on the brink. One hot summer day, while stuck in traffic, she decides that enough is enough. Heart-wrenching hilarity ensues!
Contemporary Literature & Fiction
Historical Fiction and Sagas
History
From the ancient world to the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, this season’s history explores a breadth of topics and periods. Featuring a mix of new and prolific voices, there’s a history for just about every kind of listener here, including the most impactful as well as more niche accounts of both the far-reaching and more recent times.
This groundbreaking study of America’s first known Black woman novelist finally tells the story of Hannah Bond “Crafts” and her contribution to the American literary canon.
From the author of Code Girls, this monumental new history of the CIA explores the often-unacknowledged roles that women played in American spycraft and espionage.
Anderson Cooper is back with another unconventional history of the Gilded Age and the family at the center of its politics, culture, and high society.
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Horror
Is it really fall without some great frightful stories to get and keep us in a spooky mood? Packed with big name releases, terrifying debut tales, and a variety of scary short stories, this year’s horror releases in autumn are coming right in time to give you a proper chill.
From the mind of the greatest horror master of all time comes the return of his popular character Holly Gibney, first ever seen in the The Outsider.
Writer and director Jordan Peele brings Black horror from screen to page with the talents of some great Black authors in a new anthology.
From the combined minds of bestselling authors Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw comes a fantastical horror listen set in NYC.
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Kids
Spooky season is officially upon us, and that means we have some amazingly creepy kids listening to look forward to—perfect for the enthusiastic "Halloween parent" to share with their kiddos while decking out the house with giant skeletons. Additionally, some new celebrity voices (including a Spice Girl!) have stepped into kidlit this fall, and several beloved, long-running series are dropping new releases.
This six-part podcast based on the Nickelodeon hit is just as epically creeptastic as the classic show you know and love!
As a lockdown project, actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk, along with his family, revisited and honed this collection of delightfully nonsensical poems, first dreamed up years ago to entertain his then-young children.
In a thrilling reimagining of the beloved adventure novel, bestselling author and educator Jewell Parker Rhodes gives us the ultimate treasure hunt set in modern-day Manhattan.
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Latino
It's only coincidental that Hispanic Heritage Month begins at the start of fall, but that means it's the perfect time to discover a world of captivating stories, in both English and Spanish, that span across all genres. From magic realism to fiction, self-dev, and memoirs, these listens are just right to welcome cozy sweater season.
This Spanish version of Elizabeth Acevedo's latest listen is a complex and beautiful story centerered around the women of a Dominican family.
Calle y Poché, Latin America’s most in-demand influencers, return with their second Spanish-language listen.
Michelle Poler's first Spanish-language self-dev listen focuses on training anyone to be their better self.
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Mysteries and Thrillers
Summer might be over, but we are here and ready for the thrills and chills of the great listens lined up for fall. So many titles, so many twists and turns—you will not be disappointed. (Okay, maybe with certain characters but that's to be expected when murder enters the plot.) And don't get us started on the narrators—they deliver outstanding performances, and there are some ensemble casts not to be missed. You haven't heard nothing yet!
We loved The Maid by Nita Prose—no wonder it was our best mystery of 2022. Get ready because Prose and narrator Lauren Ambrose have done it again with The Mystery Guest.
Years in the waiting, The Exchange is John Grisham's riveting follow-up to The Firm, which kept us at the edge of our seats. We wonder what Abby and Mitch McDeere have been up to.
This thriller/caper with a touch of humor (think Ocean's 11) takes us along on a young inventor's quest to regain her stolen memory technology. Latin creators and a multi-racial cast will put some flavor in your fall.
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Nonfiction
From the vast mysteries of space, the ocean, and artificial intelligence to underexplored realms of twinhood, infrastructure, and the female body, the season’s noteworthy nonfiction is packed with ambition, ideas, and exhilarating perspectives.
Are we really ready to colonize Mars? Bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith ask the tough questions about space settlement in this entertaining guide to the red planet.
For fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, Cat Bohannon’s ambitious, revelatory Eve reaches through eons to explore human evolution through the long-neglected lens of the female body.
From the cofounder of AI pioneer DeepMind (now part of Google) comes an essential and urgent examination of how humanity can—and must—harness the power of artificial intelligence.
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Romance
Prepare to fall in love with this season’s new romances. Enemies-to-lovers stories are booming, along with plenty of fantasy and paranormal titles to get you in the mood for spooky season. Romance heavyweights Sophie Kinsella, Lily Chu, Josie Silver, and Lucy Score return with new swoon-worthy love stories, while young love shines in new titles from Elena Armas, Amy Lea, Kacen Callender, and more.
A high school senior hits her head and wakes up 30-years-old and engaged to her high school nemesis in this sweet coming-of-age romance from Mindy’s Book Studio.
Sophie Kinsella returns with a relatable romance performed by Bridgerton star Bessie Carter about two workaholics who find solace in each other while vacationing in their childhood happy place.
Phillipa Soo of Hamilton fame once again lends her voice to a funny, insightful, and deliciously romantic novel from Lily Chu, this time set in the world of luxury fashion.
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Sci-Fi
With new entries from favorites like John Scalzi, Martha Wells, and Robert J. Sawyer alongside exciting debut novelists, this is poised to be a solid season of sci-fi listening. These adventures take place in both faraway galaxies and near-future, uncomfortably close Earth.
An irreverent, action-packed standalone superhero adventure as only the dream author-narrator team of John Scalzi and Wil Wheaton could tell it.
We can't wait to get hooked on this twisty debut space opera from an exciting new voice in sci-fi. Natalie Naudus's narration only ups our anticipation.
In her first novel since The Power, Naomi Alderman delivers a heist story set in an eerily plausible dystopia—performed by a full cast.
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Self-Dev
Millennials, introverts, homeopathic enthusiasts, home improvers, and Terminator fans rejoice! Between survival guides, organization tips, and behind-the-scenes therapy sessions, this fall's lineup of well-being listens has life-changing advice for everyone.
Comedian Aparna Nancherla has held a mic countless times—but that doesn't mean she's used to it. Hear her and her guests' secrets for surviving as an introvert.
In a refreshing spin, psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fun Chung explores her clients sexuality, trauma, and mental health to unpack the inner desires of modern women.
Comedian Maria Bamford invites listeners into the privacy of her OCD-addled thoughts in this unique audiobook unpacking her experiences with self-help cures that have been anything but.
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YA
Some might say that YA series are the best series, and this fall is a showing of the category's strength. We're finishing up a hotly anticipated trilogy with Stephanie Garber and receiving a surprise continuation of the long-beloved Inheritance Cycle that started with Eragon. Plus, there are some entirely new stories from authors known and unknown that we’re going to be looking to for palate cleansers.
For fans of chess and The Queen’s Gambit, scene-stormer Ali Hazelwood makes her young adult debut with a charming romance between two rival chess players.
After The Ballad of Never After ended in a cliffhanger, we’ve been clamoring for this listen. Dan Bittner joins Rebecca Soler on the narration for the finale, and we’re pumped.
Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle is a childhood staple for many of us, so you can imagine our burning anticipation for an entire story about spurned dragon rider Murtagh.
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