On both Bookbeat and Nextory, Camilla Läckberg's "The Weeping Woman" was the most listened to book in 2025, followed by Sofie Sarenbrant's "The Follower" - which topped the list on competitor Storytel.
The most listened to author of the year at Bookbeat was Camilla Läckberg followed by Lucinda Riley, Sofie Sarenbrant, Kristina Ohlsson and Viveca Sten.
On Storytel, Sarenbrant topped the list, followed by Anna Jansson, Denise Rudberg, Dag Öhrlund and Viveca Sten, with Camilla Läckberg in sixth place. Nextory does not report the most popular authors.
Nine out of ten books on Storytel's top list and eight out of ten on Bookbeats are various types of detective stories and suspense novels. Half of Nextory's top ten are detective stories.
Facts: The most listened to audiobooks of 2025
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The most listened to audiobooks of the year on Storytel:
1. "The Companion" by Sofie Sarenbrant
2. "The Artist" by Dag Öhrlund
3. "The Weeping Woman" by Camilla Läckberg
4. "The Border Crosser" by Viveca Sten
5. “Our Sixth Attaché” by Denise Rudberg
The most listened to audiobooks of the year on Bookbeat:
1. "The Weeping Woman" by Camilla Läckberg
2. "The Companion" by Sofie Sarenbrant
3. "Night Thinker" by Kristina Ohlsson
4. "A Hidden Beauty" by Lucinda Riley
5. "The Border Crosser" by Viveca Sten
The most listened to audiobooks of the year on Nextory:
1. "The Weeping Woman" by Camilla Läckberg
2. "The Companion" by Sofie Sarenbrant
3. "The Phenomenal Women at the Grand Hotel" by Ruth Kvarnström-Jones
4. "The Friends at the Nordic Company" by Ruth Kvarnström-Jones
5. "A Hidden Beauty" by Lucinda Riley
