{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"AB 24 | The Best Audiobooks of 2015","description":"Site: http:\/\/www.audiobooks.com\/podcast  | Email: podcast@audiobooks.com\r\nWelcome back to the Audiobooks.com Podcast! We're wrapping up this year in audiobooks with the Best of 2015. We've coalesced this list of top audiobooks based on sales and public response and segmented them by fiction and non-fiction so we can dish it up for you with some color commentary. \r\nYou'll recognize several titles on these two lists from previous discussions on the podcast. We talked about Elon Musk in episode 2. Why Not Me, Go Set a Watchman and Girl in the Spider's Web in episode 12. And even though Addy has been struggling to read a Stephen King novel, we got a voicemail from a listener encouraging her to give it another go!\r\nReflecting back on 2015, we see trends amongst the most popular books. One is gender flipping, such as with Grey by E. L. James, when an author, who has written from one gender’s point of view, writes another novel in the voice of another gender in the original, or a novel that jumps between the point of view of a man and a woman. \r\nAnother trend is comedians writing autobiographies, or otherwise works of non-fiction. In addition to Aziz Ansari and Mindy Kaling on the non-fiction list below, 2015 also saw books from David Spade, Rainn Wilson, Tim Hawkins, Amy Poehler, and Judd Apatow. We’re not complaining!\r\nThe final trend is similar to the second but even more, indicative of how much our culture is changing. YouTubers and Bloggers are also writing books, which brings us new authors like Miranda Sings, Shane Dawson, and Jenn McAllister, amongst a shocking number of other book deals from the visual internet mediums.\r\nWithout further ado, here are the lists! Let's see if they match up with your top 10 of 2015!\r\nFiction\r\nThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins\r\nGrey by E.L. James \r\nGo Set a Watchman by Harper Lee \r\nThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah\r\nLuckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll\r\nGirl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz\r\nFinder's Keepers by Stephen King\r\nRogue Lawyer by John Grisham\r\nSee Me by Nicholas Sparks\r\nSeveneves by Neal Stephenson\r\nNon-Fiction\r\nModern Romance by Aziz Ansari\r\nDown the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison\r\nThe Wright Brothers by David McCullogh\r\nElon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future\r\nDead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitana by Erik Larson\r\nWhy Not Me by Mindy Kaling\r\nTroublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Rimini\r\nBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates\r\nThe Road to Character by David Brooks\r\nBig Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Elizabeth Gilbert\r\nShow us some love!\r\nTweet this episode: http:\/\/ctt.ec\/3eLZ5\r\nSubscribing, rating and reviewing the show: iTunes\r\nBooks & Resources Mentioned\r\n\r\nThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins\r\nGray by E.L. James \r\nGo Set a Watchman by Harper Lee \r\nThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah\r\nLuckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll\r\nThe Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz\r\nFinder's Keepers by Stephen King\r\nRogue Lawyer by John Grisham\r\nSee Me by Nicholas Sparks\r\nSeveneves by Neal Stephenson\r\nModern Romance by Aziz Ansari\r\nDown the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison\r\nThe Wright Brothers by David McCullough\r\nElon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future\r\nDead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson\r\nWhy Not Me by Mindy Kaling\r\nTroublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Rimini\r\nBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates\r\nThe Road to Character by David Brooks\r\nBig Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert\r\n","author_name":"The Audiobooks.com Podcast | Let Us Tell You A Story","author_url":"http:\/\/www.audiobooks.com\/podcast","html":"