10 audiobooks for fans of Heart the Lover
- 1
Euphoria
by Lily King
Narrated by Simon Vance, Xe Sands
★ 3.84 ABR Score (103.8K ratings)★ 3.87 Goodreads (103.8K) ★ 4.09 Audible (33)More about this pick
Three young anthropologists studying tribes in 1930s New Guinea become entangled in a passionate love triangle that threatens their careers and lives. Dual narrators Sands and Vance capture the intellectual and emotional intensity of King's Margaret Mead-inspired novel.
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Alanna: The First Adventure
Tortall • Book 4
by Tamora Pierce
Narrated by Trini Alvarado
★ 4.53 ABR Score (139.7K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (137.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.5K)More about this pick
Twin siblings swap destinies — Alanna disguises herself as a boy to become a knight while Thom pursues magic. Alvarado brings youthful energy to this classic tale of a girl defying medieval gender expectations.
- 3
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by James Franco
★ 4.29 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.31 Audible (19.8K)More about this pick
Billy Pilgrim's time-jumping journey through World War II and alien abduction creates Vonnegut's darkly comic meditation on war's psychological aftermath.
- 4
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.26 ABR Score (375.2K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (362.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.4K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's narration transforms this book-lover's redemption story into something genuinely moving—his gruff tenderness as A.J. feels earned, not performed.
- 5
Sunrise on the Reaping
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Narrated by Jefferson White
★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)More about this pick
Young Haymitch faces the brutal Quarter Quell with twice the usual tributes in this Hunger Games prequel. Jefferson White captures the desperation beautifully.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)More about this pick
Marin Ireland and Michael Urie breathe warmth into this unlikely story about a widow who forms a bond with a giant Pacific octopus while cleaning the aquarium at night.
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various
★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)More about this pick
Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.
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My Friends
by Fredrik Backman
Narrated by Marin Ireland
★ 4.58 ABR Score (421.8K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.5K)More about this pick
Backman explores how four teenagers' friendship changes a stranger's life decades later, with Marin Ireland capturing every nuance of this deeply moving tale.
- 9
The Body
by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.52 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)More about this pick
King's coming-of-age tale about four boys searching for a dead body captures the raw terror and wonder of childhood friendships on the brink of dissolving.
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The Giver
Giver Quartet • Book 1
by Lois Lowry
Narrated by Ron Rifkin
★ 4.41 ABR Score (2.8M ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.8M) ★ 4.44 Audible (15.4K)More about this pick
Twelve-year-old Jonas discovers his seemingly perfect society has eliminated pain, color, and choice itself. Ron Rifkin guides listeners through Jonas's awakening to both beauty and horror in this dystopian classic.
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