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The Most-Rated Essays & Anthologies Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 1,523 unabridged Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog carry store ratings. These are the 25 with the most ratings.

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The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and IndonesiaElizabeth Gilbert12.9 hrs
2Beneath a Scarlet SkyMark Sullivan17.8 hrs
3A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian TrailBill Bryson9.9 hrs
4The Invention of WingsSue Monk Kidd13.7 hrs
5The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club PickMarie Benedict12.4 hrs
6A Million Little PiecesJames Frey17.2 hrs
7Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimDavid Sedaris6.3 hrs
8The Funny Thing Is...Ellen Degeneres3.2 hrs
9Great American Indian Stories - Part I - IIOhiyesa2.1 hrs
10The Best of MeDavid Sedaris13.1 hrs
11Three Weeks with My BrotherMicah Sparks9.3 hrs
12Happy-Go-LuckyDavid Sedaris7.5 hrs
13The Dictionary of Lost WordsPip Williams11.2 hrs
14Half Broke Horses: A True-Life NovelJeannette Walls7.9 hrs
15America's First DaughterLaura Kamoie23.5 hrs
16When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid Sedaris9.1 hrs
17The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie PostAllison Pataki14.6 hrs
18World Travel: An Irreverent GuideLaurie Woolever12.2 hrs
19Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche8.1 hrs
20Code Name HélèneAriel Lawhon17.3 hrs
21The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered PlanetJohn Green10.1 hrs
22Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. LewisPatti Callahan12.7 hrs
23My Dear HamiltonLaura Kamoie23.1 hrs
24Communist ManifestoFriedrich Engels1 hrs
25The Christie AffairNina De Gramont10.4 hrs

Ordered by the number of store ratings, most first; the counts are used only for ordering and never shown. A rating count measures popularity, never quality. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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