Audiobooks Like Alias Grace

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Margaret Atwood reads her own chapters in a voice that carries the historical weight of the material without ever becoming academic, and Sarah Gadon's Grace is careful and guarded in a way that makes every disclosure feel like a calculated risk — together they give this 16-hour listen the texture of a conversation where someone is telling you exactly as much as they want you to know. The recs are drawn from historical fiction and literary crime that rewards the same kind of close listening, nearly all of them highly rated.

10 audiobooks for fans of Alias Grace

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    The Things We Cannot Say

    by Kelly Rimmer

    Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon, Nancy Peterson

    ★ 4.86 ABR Score (319.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (284.0K) ★ 4.76 Audible (35.9K)
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    A modern woman discovers her Polish grandmother's wartime secrets while struggling with her own family crisis involving her autistic son. The dual timeline structure works beautifully in audio format, connecting past trauma to present-day healing through intimate family bonds.

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    Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    by Mark T. Sullivan

    Narrated by Will Damron

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (445.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (396.0K) ★ 4.73 Audible (49.7K)
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    Teenager Pino Lella guides Jews over the Alps then becomes a Nazi general's driver, spying for the Italian resistance. Will Damron captures both Pino's youthful innocence and his growing courage throughout the war.

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    The Frozen River

    by Ariel Lawhon

    Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (610.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (594.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (16.2K)
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    Maine, 1789: midwife Martha Ballard investigates a body frozen in the Kennebec River, using her detailed diary of births, deaths, and town secrets. Jane Oppenheimer's narration captures the cold grip of frontier justice.

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    Homegoing

    by Yaa Gyasi

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    ★ 4.70 ABR Score (421.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (10.9K)
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    Gyasi traces three centuries from Ghana to America through two family lines, with Dominic Hoffman's narration honoring each generation's distinct voice and struggle.

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    The Alice Network

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (694.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)
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    Two timelines connect female spies: Eve infiltrating German-occupied France in WWI, and Charlie searching for her missing cousin in 1947's aftermath.

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    Gates of Fire

    by Steven Pressfield

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (44.4K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.6K)
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    The lone survivor of Thermopylae recounts how three hundred Spartans held the pass against Persia's massive army in history's most famous last stand.

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    The Killer Angels

    The Civil War Trilogy • Book 2

    by Michael Shaara

    Narrated by Stephen Hoye

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (99.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (92.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.7K)
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    Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

    by Min Jin Lee

    Narrated by Sandra Oh, Min Jin Lee

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (642.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (641.5K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.4K)
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    Four generations of a Korean family navigate exile and discrimination in Japan, beginning with Sunja's unplanned pregnancy in early 1900s Korea. Sandra Oh's narration adds emotional depth.

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    Genghis: Birth of an Empire

    Conqueror • Book 1

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.68 Audible (876)
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    Young Temujin survives his father's poisoning and family abandonment to forge the Mongol Empire through brutal determination. Richard Ferrone captures the harsh steppe politics and personal vendettas.

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    The Lies They Told

    by Ellen Marie Wiseman

    Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers

    ★ 4.40 ABR Score (22.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.7 Audible (588)
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    Set in 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights America's eugenics movement as policies of forced sterilization target the poor and foreign-born. This devastating novel exposes a shameful chapter of American history through one family's survival.

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