10 audiobooks for fans of A Stolen Life
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The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
by Hadley Vlahos
Narrated by Hadley Vlahos R.N.
★ 4.72 ABR Score (54.7K ratings)★ 4.49 Goodreads (50.9K) ★ 4.89 Audible (3.8K)More about this pick
Hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos narrates her own profound experiences with dying patients, bringing intimate authenticity to these stories of life's most sacred transitions.
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God's Smuggler
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.65 ABR Score (50.5K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (47.8K) ★ 4.9 Audible (2.6K)More about this pick
Simon Vance's measured, trustworthy delivery transforms this true account of Bible smuggling into a page-turner that feels both intimate and urgent. A modern classic that still grips because the stakes, and the faith, feel devastatingly real.
- 3
Heavy
by Kiese Laymon
Narrated by Kiese Laymon
★ 4.57 ABR Score (51.8K ratings)★ 4.47 Goodreads (45.6K) ★ 4.71 Audible (6.2K)More about this pick
Laymon confronts his relationship with food, violence, and his mother in this unflinching memoir about surviving as a Black body in Mississippi.
- 4
Tell Me Everything
by Minka Kelly
Narrated by Minka Kelly
★ 4.51 ABR Score (36.2K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (34.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Minka Kelly chronicles growing up with an exotic dancer mother while navigating poverty, addiction, and Hollywood dreams. Her own narration brings raw authenticity to stories about resilience and the complicated love between mothers and daughters.
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Strangers
by Belle Burden
Narrated by Belle Burden
★ 4.47 ABR Score (24.4K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (22.8K) ★ 4.76 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Burden narrates her own memoir about a whirlwind pandemic romance that began and ended with startling speed. Her personal delivery adds raw intimacy to this story of love found and lost during lockdown.
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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
by Jonathan Franklin
Narrated by George Newbern
★ 4.46 ABR Score (21.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (16.4K) ★ 4.69 Audible (5.5K)More about this pick
Salvador Alvarenga survived 438 days adrift in the Pacific after a fishing trip went catastrophically wrong. The harrowing details of his physical and mental endurance feel viscerally real in audio.
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Raising Hare
by Chloe Dalton
Narrated by Louise Brealey
★ 4.46 ABR Score (29.6K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (586)More about this pick
Louise Brealey's narration transforms this intimate memoir into something almost magical: her voice captures both the wonder of raising a wild hare and the quiet devastation of loving something you can't keep.
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
by Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch, Martin Ganda, Chukwudi Iwuji
Narrated by Chukwudi Iwuji, Emily Bauer
★ 4.45 ABR Score (32.1K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (30.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
A Pennsylvania teen and a Zimbabwean boy become pen pals, bridging vastly different worlds through letters that reveal both poverty and privilege. Chukwudi Iwuji and Emily Bauer alternate perspectives in this true story of friendship.
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Hamilton: The Revolution
by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter
Narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda
★ 4.35 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (55.1K) ★ 4.47 Audible (4.4K)More about this pick
Lin-Manuel Miranda himself narrates the creative process behind his revolutionary musical, offering insights into how hip-hop and Broadway fused to retell America's founding.
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The Bright Hour
by Nina Riggs
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
★ 4.27 ABR Score (20.1K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (19.5K) ★ 4.6 Audible (648)More about this pick
Cassandra Campbell's tender narration honors Nina Riggs' profound memoir about living fully with terminal cancer while raising two young sons.
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