Audiobooks Like Homegoing

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Dominic Hoffman narrates Homegoing in a voice that has to carry eight generations and two continents, and manages it by finding a consistent quality of gravity and care that holds the novel's episodic structure together over thirteen hours. The list here is built from highly rated historical fiction with similar ambitions of scope and scale — most of the titles run comparably long, and the connecting thread is fiction that understands history as personal inheritance rather than background.

10 audiobooks for fans of Homegoing

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    The Book of Lost Friends

    by Lisa Wingate

    Narrated by Sophie Amoss, Lisa Flanagan, Dominic Hoffman, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Lisa Wingate

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (135.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (123.9K) ★ 4.72 Audible (11.8K)
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    The ensemble cast transforms this post-Civil War saga into something transcendent, each narrator embodying their character so distinctly you forget you're listening to a book rather than witnessing history unfold.

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    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    by James McBride

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (342.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (329.9K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.1K)
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    A skeleton discovered in 1972 Pennsylvania unlocks decades of secrets from Chicken Hill, where Jewish and African American families built an unlikely community. The mystery unfolds through interconnected lives spanning generations of struggle and solidarity in a forgotten neighborhood.

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    The Women

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

    ★ 5.00 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.84 Audible (56.8K)
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    Following nurse Frankie McGrath from suburban comfort to Vietnam's chaos, Julia Whelan captures the protagonist's evolution with raw emotional authenticity.

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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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    The Book Thief

    by Markus Zusak

    Narrated by Allan Corduner

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (2.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.9M) ★ 4.64 Audible (34.7K)
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    Narrated by Death himself, this follows young Liesel as she discovers the power of stolen books during Nazi Germany. Allan Corduner balances the narrator's otherworldly perspective with deeply human emotion.

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    Cilka's Journey

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz • Book 2

    by Heather Morris

    Narrated by Louise Brealey

    ★ 4.72 ABR Score (223.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (219.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.4K)
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    Louise Brealey's measured, unflinching narration transforms this haunting true story into something unbearable and necessary—she lets the quiet devastation of survival speak louder than any dramatic flourish ever could.

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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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    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 Song of Achilles

    by Madeline Miller

    Narrated by Frazer Douglas

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.61 Audible (40.8K)
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    Miller reimagines the Trojan War through Patroclus's eyes, transforming mythology into an achingly intimate love story.

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