10 audiobooks for fans of Evidence of the Affair
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Maybe in Another Life
Narrated by Julia Whelan
Why this book?
Maybe in Another Life delivers the same intricate character-driven storytelling and emotional complexity that define Evidence of the Affair, with Julia Whelan's narration bringing depth to Reid's exploration of fate and personal choice across parallel timelines.
★ 3.98 ABR Score (397.1K ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (395.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
Hannah's choice to leave a bar with her ex or stay with friends splits into two parallel timelines. Julia Whelan seamlessly navigates both versions of Hannah's life, making each path feel equally real and compelling.
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
Narrated by Julia Whelan
Why this book?
Julia Whelan's compelling narration brings the same emotional intensity to *The Great Alone*, immersing listeners in a gripping mystery filled with dark family secrets and the tension of survival in an isolating setting. Both audiobooks deliver suspenseful narratives driven by complex relationships and the question of what people are capable of hiding.
★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)More about this pick
Julia Whelan captures both Alaska's brutal beauty and a family's desperate struggle when a volatile Vietnam vet moves them off-grid in 1974.
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Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid
★ 4.68 ABR Score (778.0K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (19.8K)More about this pick
Joan Goodwin abandons her quiet professor life to join NASA's first female astronaut program, chasing childhood dreams among the stars. The multi-narrator approach captures different perspectives in this space race drama.
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Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kathleen Glasgow
★ 4.30 ABR Score (276.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (273.5K) ★ 4.59 Audible (2.5K)More about this pick
Julia Whelan's raw, unflinching performance transforms this into essential listening for anyone who's felt untethered—she captures Charlie's fragmentation so viscerally you'll feel each scar, not just hear about it.
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North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter, Simon Vance
★ 4.26 ABR Score (120.3K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (117.0K) ★ 4.46 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
A single New England house witnesses centuries of human drama—Puritan lovers, a Revolutionary War soldier, a 19th-century naturalist, and many others across 400 years. Ten different narrators bring distinct voices to each historical period, creating an immersive journey through American history.
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These Summer Storms
by Sarah MacLean
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.12 ABR Score (109.3K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (2.5K)More about this pick
MacLean ventures into contemporary fiction with the wealthy Storm family's reckoning during one explosive week in New England. Julia Whelan captures the tension as Alice returns home to confront long-buried family secrets.
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No Two Persons
by Erica Bauermeister
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, Carol Jacobanis, Cassandra Campbell, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Jesse Vilinsky, Max Meyers, Rachel L. Jacobs, Stephen Graybill
★ 4.04 ABR Score (35.5K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (35.2K) ★ 4.39 Audible (308)More about this pick
Ten different narrators follow one novel's journey through nine readers' lives, showing how the same story transforms each person in unexpected ways across decades and circumstances.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 3.74 ABR Score (583.3K ratings)★ 3.6 Goodreads (577.9K) ★ 3.96 Audible (5.4K)More about this pick
A young Manhattan woman decides to sleep through a year of her life using prescription drugs, hoping to emerge transformed. Julia Whelan's deadpan delivery perfectly matches the narrator's drugged detachment from reality.
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About Grace
by Anthony Doerr
Narrated by George Newbern
★ 3.56 ABR Score (27.5K ratings)★ 3.45 Goodreads (27.0K) ★ 3.92 Audible (458)More about this pick
After dreaming his daughter will drown, David abandons his family and flees to a Caribbean island for decades. Newbern navigates the guilt and magical realism beautifully.
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Kathleen Glasgow Three-Audiobook Collection: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You'd Be Home Now
by Kathleen Glasgow
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Jorjeana Marie, Julia Knippen, Kathleen Glasgow
★ 3.56 ABR Score (33 ratings)★ 4.81 Goodreads (26) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)More about this pick
Glasgow's trilogy hits harder in audio form, where multiple narrators bring raw emotional specificity to each character's trauma and recovery. 35 hours of unsparing, necessary stories about survival.
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