The 100 Best, Pretty Clean Fiction Audiobooks
I had a few extra Audible credits to use, so I asked if anyone had any great fiction audiobooks that were worth the listen, and I was BLOWN AWAY by the response. I got so many awesome suggestions that I can’t wait to try. Of course, everyone wanted the list, so here it is!
I asked for relatively clean suggestions, but I haven’t listened to all of them, so I cannot vouch for every suggestion and everyone’s idea of clean is different, so follow your gut or turn it off the book if it gets uncomfortable for you (you can also check Common Sense Media for a content review).
I asked for engaging books with good narrators and boy did people deliver.
I am breaking them down into fiction audiobooks, informative audiobooks, and family friendly audiobooks. Starting with fiction today!
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If I am missing something you loved or something needs a content warning, please let me know and I will add it right away!
Historical Fiction Audiobooks
Unforgettable stories of world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement and more.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (sexual assault)
The Nightingale (sexual assault)
The Help (language)
The Rose Code (sexual content)
The Giver of Stars (sexual discussion)
Book of Lost Names (one scene of intimacy that is not graphic)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
A Place to Hang the Moon
America’s First Daughter (promiscuity)
Mystery Audiobooks
Gripping audio filled with sleuths, thrills and suspense.
The Mother In Law (language warning)
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
The Last Thing He Told Me
Anxious People (language)
Fiction Audiobooks from Around the World
Extraordinary tales that transcend all borders.
The Girl with the Louding Voice
American Dirt (might be on the line of clean)
This Tender Land (language)
Firekeepers Daughter (murder and drugs)
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (medium clean)
Fiction Audiobooks about Friendship
Once you know how to be a good friend, you’ll crave these stories of honesty, trust, and compassion.
Firefly Lane (sexual assault, promiscuity, language)
A Man Called Ove (language and topic of suicide)
Miss Benson’s beetle: Quirky and cute, travel focused.
Fiction Audiobooks about Family
Compelling stories featuring families of all shapes and sizes.
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
Sweet Home Alaska
The Great Alone (domestic violence, sexual content)
Before We Were Yours (some heavy topics)
Still Alice (some language)
Coming of Age Fiction Audiobooks
Becoming an adult isn’t always fun and games.
Ordinary Grace (some language)
Dutch House (language, depression, revenge)
Daisy Jones and the Six (some language and drugs)
Where the Crawdads Sing (medium clean, a scene or two you might need to skip)
The Seventh Most Important Thing
Memoir Audiobooks
Captivating and inspiring stories based on real events
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Fantasy Audiobooks
Magic! Science fiction! Adventure! Time Travel! It’s all right here.
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (suggested as not clean)
The Bloody Jack Series (sexual assault)
Selection (mild sexual content, language)
The Midnight Library (strong language, string of F words)
The Bear and the Nightingale Trilogy (sexual content)
American Royals (promiscuity)
Station Eleven (Language)
Romance Audiobooks
Love stories to stand the tests of time.
Looking for More?
Fiction audiobooks not your thing? Try some of these titles from other genres.
Have you ever read The Blue Castle? So good and so clean!
Thank you!!!
I mostly enjoyed A Man Called Ove but it was a little hard for me to get through and I would have liked knowing it dealt with attempted suicide before I read it. Thanks for this great list!
Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for this fantastic compilation!! Do you have authors available? The Heist is a title for a few different books.
Each book is linked, so it should share the author there!
Oh thank you!! Haha I didn’t realize that! Lol
Is the link for the Heist correct? I tried and the book doesn’t seem link a comedy.
I am sorry! I will look into it!
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel is fascinating and pretty clean. Language may be the only issue.
Great list! I’ve read or listened to half of them! The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue probably needs a content warning. It says the F word several times & talks about sex. Firefly Lane probably needs one too for language too.
Thanks so much for that! This will be helpful to those reading the post!
Invisible life of Addie Larue had a lot of sexual content. I would definitely not recommend it as clean or mostly clean.
Thanks for the heads up. I haven’t listened to most of them so comments are helpful!
I have been working my way through this list and have really appreciated having it as a resource! I want to add one title: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel. It has one scene of intimacy that is not graphic.
Thank you so much for the addition!