Audiobooks Like Apples Never Fall

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If you loved Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Caroline Lee's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Apples Never Fall

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    The Lake House

    by Kate Morton, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Caroline Lee

    4.34 ABR Score (152.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (131.8K) ★ 4.45 Audible (21.1K)
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    A child vanishes during a 1933 midsummer party, and seventy years later a detective discovers the abandoned estate where the Edevane family's tragedy began.

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    The Last Anniversary

    by Liane Moriarty

    Narrated by Heather Wilds

    3.98 ABR Score (174.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (170.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (3.4K)
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    Sophie inherits a house on the island famous for the Munro Baby Mystery—a 1932 case of a woman and infant found with no explanation. Heather Wilds captures the ensemble cast's interconnected secrets and romantic complications with warmth and humor.

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    [Talking God] [By: Tony Hillerman] [January, 2010]

    Leaphorn & Chee • Book 9

    by Tony Hillerman, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Christian Baskous

    4.14 ABR Score (11.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (875)
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    A grave robber and mysterious corpse pull Leaphorn and Chee into connected cases involving stolen ancestral bones and Smithsonian politics. Christian Baskous navigates Hillerman's layered mystery with steady pacing.

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    Bad News

    Dortmunder • Book 10

    by Donald E. Westlake, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    3.92 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (109)
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    John Dortmunder hates manual labor, so digging up graves seems like a terrible idea—until criminal mastermind Fitzroy Guilderpost offers serious money. Michael Kramer narrates this caper about switching two 70-year-dead Indians and the mystery behind it.

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    Killer's Choice

    87th Precinct • Book 5

    by Ed McBain, Jack M. Bickham, Jeff Clinton, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.81 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (116)
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    87th Precinct detectives Carella and Kling investigate Annie Boone's murder, questioning whether she was random victim or intended target. Dick Hill's noir-perfect voice suits this classic police procedural perfectly.

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    The Ice House

    by Minette Walters, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.74 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (10.7K) ★ 4.1 Audible (240)
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    Three women living in countryside seclusion become suspects when a faceless corpse appears in their ice house. Simon Prebble navigates the gothic atmosphere and unreliable testimony with understated British precision.

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    A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four

    Sherlock Holmes • Book 2

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.57 ABR Score (593 ratings)
    ★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.17 Audible (592)
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    The Black Echo

    Harry Bosch • Book 1

    by Michael Connelly, Titus Welliver

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.65 ABR Score (224.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (218.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (5.7K)
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    Vietnam tunnel rat turned LAPD detective Harry Bosch investigates when a fellow veteran turns up dead in a drainage pipe. Titus Welliver, who plays Bosch on screen, inhabits the character's war-haunted cynicism and stubborn moral code with authentic grit.

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    Career of Evil

    Cormoran Strike • Book 3

    by Robert Galbraith

    Narrated by Robert Glenister

    4.61 ABR Score (248.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (231.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (17.7K)
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    Strike and Robin investigate a package containing a severed leg, leading them through four suspects from the detective's violent past. Robert Glenister returns to voice Galbraith's gripping procedural.

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    We Are All Guilty Here

    North Falls • Book 1

    by Karin Slaughter

    Narrated by Kathleen Early

    4.60 ABR Score (144.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (133.0K) ★ 4.67 Audible (11.1K)
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    Two teenage girls vanish during a small-town fireworks celebration, igniting secrets in North Falls where everyone knows everyone. Early's narration captures officer Emmy Clifton's desperation as her past collides with the investigation.

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