Spotify Wrapped Unveils Top 9 Romance Audiobooks of 2025
Spotify Wrapped is finally here, but this year, we can confirm that the annual listening rewind is better than ever. That’s because, for the first time, Spotify Wrapped 2025 includes the site’s vast library of audiobooks.
On December 3, Spotify revealed, “This year, for the first time, Spotify is excited to introduce Audiobooks Wrapped for consumers! Users can now instantly dive into and share their personalized listening stats via customized social share cards highlighting top audiobook, top audiobook genre, total audiobook listens, [and] a message from your top authors.”
Spotify also let us know that Romance was the fourth-most-listened-to genre globally, falling just below Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Thriller, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy (in that order). That being said, out of Spotify’s Top 10 most-listened-to audiobooks of the year, nine contain epic love stories. Note: Shari Franke’s autobiography, The House of My Mother, came in sixth on Spotify’s Top 10 list. Our list is limited to only romance/romantic novels.
From the top author of the year to Sarah J. Maas to the top global narrator, Julia Whelan, it’s clear that Spotify listeners’ love for romance runs deep. Find out the Top 9 most-listened-to audiobooks from around the globe in 2025 below!
Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry
If you love rom-coms, you love Emily Henry‘s novels. It’s science. Great Big Beautiful Life hit shelves and our ears in April before quickly rising to the ninth spot on Spotify’s romance chart. Following rival biographers Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson, this novel weaves together a stunning modern-day love story and the truth behind a decades-long Hollywood legacy.
Listen to Great Big Beautiful Life on Spotify here.
Quicksilver
Callie Hart
Callie Hart‘s Quicksilver is one of many romantasy novels to top Spotify’s audiobook charts this year. This enemies-to-lovers romance follows Saeris Fane, a 20-something with strange powers, who comes face-to-face with Death himself. Get ready to listen to plenty of banter with this one!
Listen to Quicksilver on Spotify here.
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
Naturally, Spotify’s top author of the year takes up a third of the top nine romance novels. A Court of Wings and Ruin, which concludes Feyre’s journey as the ACOTAR narrator, comes in as the seventh most popular romance audiobook of the year. Warning: You’re gonna need some tissues!
Listen to A Court of Wings and Ruin on Spotify here.
The Wedding People
Alison Espach
While The Wedding People leans a little bit more towards fiction than romance, the whole “wedding” angle definitely earns it a spot on this romance ranking. This hilarious novel follows a solo traveler, Phoebe, who crashes a Newport wedding. Befriending the bride, and yes, feeling some sparks with a “real” guest along the way, Phoebe goes on an adventure you won’t soon forget.
Listen to The Wedding People on Spotify here.
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas
Anyone care for some soup? In SJM’s second ACOTAR novel, A Court of Mist and Fury, Feyre’s world expands even further, introducing readers to beloved characters and the vast world beyond the walls of Spring Court. A Court of Mist and Fury ranks closely above A Court of Wings and Ruin, so you’ll never guess what’s coming next!
Listen to A Court of Mist and Fury on Spotify here.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
If you’re looking to embark on a romantasy journey and don’t know where to start, look no further than Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first book in the series by the same name. Loosely based on Beauty and the Beast, ACOTAR is a perfect spell of swoonworthy romance and wild adventure. Let’s just say, there’s a reason SJM is Spotify’s top author of the year — even though she didn’t publish anything in 2025!
Listen to A Court of Thorns and Roses on Spotify here.
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
The sequel to Rebecca Yarros‘ Fourth Wing, Iron Flame took the first spot on Spotify Wrapped’s 2025 audiobook podium. This epic sequel was published in 2023 following the massive success of the first book in Yarros’s Empyrean series. Following Violet Sorrengail’s second year at Basgiath War College, this romantasy is one wild ride from beginning to end.
Listen to Iron Flame on Spotify here.
Lights Out
Navessa Allen
Navessa Allen‘s dark romance Lights Out takes the second spot on Spotify’s list. Beloved by readers who yearn for morally gray men, Lights Out features a trauma nurse caught up in a hot and heavy stalker romance with a masked social media star. Be sure to check out the content warnings before tuning in to this story!
Listen to Lights Out on Spotify here.
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
Coming in as Spotify’s top audiobook of the year is Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. While this steamy romantasy has been out since 2023, the publication of the series’ third novel, Onyx Storm, definitely brought new readers to Basgiath War College and inspired thousands of Fourth Wing rereads. When it comes to audiobooks, it’s clear nothing can beat listening to telepathic dragons.
Listen to Fourth Wing on Spotify here.
