2025 Audiobook Challenge @caffeinatedreviewer.com @caffeinatedreviewer @jentwimom.bsky.social @jen_twimom #2025AudiobookChallenge

The Audiobook Challenge is back for 2025! I’ll be joining Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About,  the co-hosts for the 12th year of this challenge. I’m going for I Can’t Hear You since I achieved that in 2024 and I continue to listen to more audiobooks than I read!

Challenge Details

• Runs January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025. You can join at any time.
• The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2025 than you did in 2024.
• Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)
• All genres count.
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
• You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads, Facebook, etc. I recommend creating a shelf on Goodreads titled 2025 Audiobook Challenge. You can keep track and link the shelf.
• Grab the button and do a quick post about the challenge to help spread the word. You can post on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or X, Threads, Mastodon, your blog etc. about the challenge.
• Updates plus a giveaway will be posted twice during the year. The first update will be July 5, 2025, and the last update will take place on December 27, 2025.You’ll have one week to link up and share your progress and enter giveaway.
• Use hashtag #2025AudiobookChallenge on social media to alert others to your listens and progress!

Levels

• Newbie (I’ll give it a try) 1-5
• Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10
• Stenographer (can listen while multi-tasking) 10-15
• Socially Awkward (Don’t talk to me) 15-20
• Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30
• My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+
• Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+
• Over-Achiever (Power Listener) 75+
• The 100 Club (Audiobook Elite) 100+
• I Can’t Hear You (earbuds always in) 125-150
• Audibly Addicted (listening to all the books 24/7) 150+

Tracking

1. Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
2. What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange
3. Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde
4. The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale
5. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
6. Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh
7. The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia
8. See How They Hide by Allison Brennan
9. Her Mother’s Grave by Lisa Regan
10. Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
11. Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force
12. Head Cases by John McMahon
13. The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
14. Lost by Michael Robotham
15. Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass
16. Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen
17. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
18. A Five-Letter Word for Love by Amy James
19. Cross My Heart by Megan Collins
20. Eleven Numbers by Lee Child
21. First-Time Caller by B. K. Borison
22. Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan
23. Fatal Accusation by Marie Force
24. God’s Away on Business: Sean Duffy Year 1 by Adrian McKinty
25. Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
26. The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez
27. Blood Moon by Sandra Brown
28. Missing in Flight by Audrey J. Cole
29. Story of My Life by Lucy Score
30. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
31. Beach Vibes by Susan Mallery
32. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
33. The Bones She Buried by Lisa Regan
34. Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
35. Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben
36. Penitence by Kristin Koval
37. Fatal Fraud by Marie Force
38. Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
39. State of Affairs by Marie Force
40. The Sublet by Greer Hendricks
41. Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
42. Count My Lies by Sophie Stava
43. You Killed Me First by John Marrs
44. My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills
45. Her Silent Cry by Lisa Regan
46. Strangers in Time by David Baldacci
47. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
48. The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
49. The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens
50. The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
51. Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine
52. Ask for Andrea by Noelle Ilhi
53. Michael Without Apology by Catherine Ryan Hyde
54. Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay
55. The One That Got Away by Mike Gayle
56. The Love Haters by Katherine Center
57. The Seven O’Clock Club by Amelia Ireland
58. One in Four by Lucinda Berry
59. Dead of Night by Lisa Gray
60. Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
61. Lessons in Heartbreak by Karla Sorenson
62. Long Time Coming by S. L. Scott
63. Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan
64. Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey
65. A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni
66. I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney
67. The Expat Affair by Kimberly Belle
68. Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen
69. The Names by Florence Knapp
70. Jill is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda
71. Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot
72. Nightshade by Michael Connelly
73. My Darling Jane by Ilsa Madden-Mills
74. The First Hunt by Audrey J. Cole
75. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
76. Bald-Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone
77. A Happy Marriage by A. R. Torre
78. Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
79. Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds by Allison Brennan
80. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
81. Find Her Alive by Lisa Regan
82. Death Row by Freida McFadden
83. Cake by J. Bengtsson
84. Whistle by Linwood Barclay
85. Let’s Make a Scene by Laura Wood
86. The Ex-Wives Club by Sally Hepworth
87. Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry
88. Night Watcher by Daphne Woolsoncroft
89. False Note by David Lagercrantz
90. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
91. Pugs and Kisses by Farrah Rochon
92. The Girls in the Snow by Stacy Green
93. The Secret Between us by Kate Hewitt
94. The Skydivers by Chris Bohjalian
95. What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
96. The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
97. The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak
98. Good Neighbors by Chad Zunker
99. Save Her Soul by Lisa Regan
100. He Falls First by Jill Shalvis
101. Lead Me Knot by S. L. Scott
102. Small Things by Wanda M. Morris
103. Guess Again by Charlie Donlea
104. These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
105. Not Our Daughter by Chad Zunker
106. A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
107. Don’t Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine
108. Beach Hut 512 by Dorothy Koomson
109. Someone Knows by Vi Keeland
110. Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
111. One Perfect Grave by Stacy Green
112. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
113. I Become Her by Joe Hart
114. We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
115. Breathe Your Last by Lisa Regan
116. Other People’s Summers by Sarah Morgan
117. The First Shot by Liv Constantine
118. The Making of Jackson Parrish by Liv Constantine
119. Little Children by Angela Marsons
120. All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan
121. Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino
122. Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang
123. Beyond Her Reach by Melinda Leigh
124. Lost Angels by Stacy Green
125. Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood
126. Reckoning Hour by Peter O’Mahoney
127. The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
128. Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert
129. Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
130. Hush Little Girl by Lisa Regan
131. Falling by Christina Lauren
132. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
133. In a Distant Valley by Shannon Bowring
134. A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan
135. The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
136. This is a Safe Space by Lucinda Berry
137. You’ll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan
138. Out of the Shadows by Allison Brennan
139. The Lines by Matt Brolly
140. Small Town Frenzy by S. L. Scott
141. Good Spirits by B. K. Borison
142. Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon
143. The Widow by John Grisham
144. The Cross by Steve Cavanagh
145. The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill
146. Someday, Now by Tembi Locke
147. While It Was Snowing by Julia London
148. The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane
149. Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein
150. Her Deadly Touch by Lisa Regan
151. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
152. The Christmas Stranger by Richard Paul Evans
153. We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
154. In the Bones by Tessa Wegert
155. Forget You Saw Her by Noelle Ihli
156. Nash Falls by David Baldacci
157. My Boyfriends are All Monsters by Kimberly Lemming
158. The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
159. The Girl in the Ground by Stacy Green
160. Heart the Lover by Lily King
161. You’ll Never Know by Caleb Stephens
162. Single Dad Dilemma by Karla Sorensen
163. The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens
164. The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger
165. The Drowning Girls by Lisa Regan
166. The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score
167. Final Descent by Audrey J. Cole
168. The Girls in the Cabin by Caleb Stephens
169. What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
170. Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace
171. Spicy Little Curses by J. T. Geissinger
172. If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia
173. Love Me Stalk Me by Laura Bishop
174. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
175. Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben
176. The Elements by John Boyne
177. Break Me Down by Anna Downes