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Best Young Adult Audiobooks for 2022 by AudioFile

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AudioFile’s 2022 Young Adult Audiobooks include a brief but breathtaking story from Jason Reynolds, bone chilling horror audiobooks, a remixed classic, and beautiful contemporary fiction. Each audiobook comes to life with powerful narrations. For the full list of 2022 Best Audiobooks, visit AudioFile’swebsite. https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best-audiobooks-2022/

AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT

by Jason Reynolds| Read by Jason Reynolds, Nile Bullock, Tatum Marylin Hall, JaQwan J. Kelly, DePreOwens

AudioFile Earphones Award

[Simon & Schuster Audio | 37 mins.]

How do you create an amazing audiobook from an illustrated novel in which the vibrant art takes center stage? Record two takes: one deftly narrated by Reynolds himself, and the second voiced by an outstanding cast. 

REVIEW: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/211710/

ALL MY RAGE

by Sabaa Tahir| Read by Deepti Gupta, Kamran R. Khan, Kausar Mohammed

AudioFile Earphones Award

[Listening Library | 10.5 hrs.]

A stellar trio of narrators delivers the alternating viewpoints in this superb contemporary novel and National Book Award-winner set in California’s desert. Grief and loss paint narrator Kamran R. Khan’s voice as he portrays Salahudin, who fears the loss of his mother and the breakdown of his friendship with Noor.  

REVIEW: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/211863/

BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN

by Natalia Sylvester| Read by Frankie Corzo

AudioFile Earphones Award

[Harper Audio | 9.25 hrs.]

Frankie Corzo delivers a satisfying and beautiful performance with her heartfelt and nimble narration. Peruvian-American teenager Veronica has hip dysplasia; being in the water is the only way she feels relief. She longs to become a mermaid performer—but her parents don’t approve.

REVIEW: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/214701/

THE HONEYS

by Ryan La Sala| Read by Pete Cross

[Scholastic Audiobooks | 10.5 hrs.]

AudioFile Earphones Award

Narrator Pete Cross delivers a compelling performance of this supernatural thriller filled with secrets and emotional twists and turns at a summer camp full of surprises—and the not-so-sweet Honeys. 

REVIEW: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/220096/

THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD

by Tiffany D. Jackson| Read by JD Jackson, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Joy Nash, Christopher Salazar, Karen Malina White

AudioFile Earphones Award

[Harper Audio | 11 hrs.]

Versatile narrators effectively differentiate interwoven characters’ perspectives in this retelling of Stephen King’s CARRIE. Maddy, a timid biracial teen who is bullied at school, has secret psychic powers that explode on prom night with disastrous consequences. 

REVIEW: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/216419/

WHAT SOULS ARE MADE OF

by Tasha Suri| Read by Alex Williams, Becca Hirani

AudioFile Earphones Award

[Macmillan Audio | 8.25 hrs.]

Alex Williams and Becca Hirani give impassioned performances in a captivating retelling of Emily Brontë’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Suri’s adaptation gives listeners perspectives on the minds of two teenagers who are desperately in love, while also delving into their backstories and underscoring the impact of British colonization.

REVIEW: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/219026/

AudioFile will feature exclusive interviews with narrators from this year’s Best Audiobooks on our podcast, Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine. You can check these out by subscribing to the podcast: https://audiofilemagazine.com/podcast/

Be sure to check out the rest of AudioFile’s Best of 2022 webpage: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best-audiobooks-2022/