All Emily Henry, All on Audio
By Erin Murphy
It’s hard to believe that there are still people out there who have yet to fall into the love-drenched worlds of Emily Henry’s romance novels, but rumor has it they exist.
Emily Henry has become a sensation in the world of romance and beyond, with incredibly good reason: dreamy settings that will have you Googling if certain quaint islands really exist, the most crushable love interests of all time, and struggles with friends, family, and ambition that are relatable to so many. Plus, the audio editions are all narrated by the inimitable Julia Whelan, who brings the love, the humor, and the heart of these stories to life.
If you’re trying to pick your first EmHen listen, or just need a refresher to solidify your personal favorite rankings (hello, fellow Funny Story lovers) before pressing play on her latest release, Great Big Beautiful Life, we’ve gathered all of Emily Henry’s audiobooks in one place. Just for you.
Great Big Beautiful Life
Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on the coast of Georgia for the same reason: Margaret Ives, a former tabloid princess who no one has seen in years, has invited them to partake in a one-month writing trial period to decide which one of them will get to tell her story. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA… and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
Funny Story
Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. He really was good at telling it: How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together…until he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded without friends or family and proposing to be roommates with Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a plan that involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together. But it’s all for show, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right?
Happy Place
Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they’re not. They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?
Book Lovers
The only people Nora Stephens is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a trip, with visions of a small town transformation for Nora. But instead of run-ins with a handsome country doctor, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve already met and it’s never been cute. Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine and Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again, what they discover might unravel the stories they’ve written about themselves.
People We Meet on Vacation
Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. And somehow, they are the very best of friends. Every summer they have taken one glorious week of vacation together…until two years ago, when they stopped speaking. Now, Poppy is stuck in a rut. She knows the last time she was truly happy was on that final trip with Alex, so she convinces her best friend to take one more vacation—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees. Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship.
Beach Read
Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a Happily Ever After, he kills off his entire cast. The only thing they have in common is that they’re living in neighboring beach houses and bogged down with writer’s block. Then one hazy evening they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult. Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.
