10 audiobooks for fans of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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Songs of Willow Frost
by Jamie Ford
Narrated by Ryan Gesell
★ 3.68 ABR Score (22.1K ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (21.8K) ★ 4.09 Audible (276)More about this pick
Twelve-year-old William Eng spots an actress at a Seattle movie theater who might be his supposedly dead mother. Ryan Gesell guides listeners through this Chinese-American boy's desperate search for the truth about his past.
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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)More about this pick
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 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)More about this pick
Miller reimagines the Trojan War through Patroclus's eyes, transforming mythology into an achingly intimate love story.
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West with Giraffes
by Lynda Rutledge
Narrated by Danny Campbell
★ 4.52 ABR Score (215.7K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (205.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (9.9K)More about this pick
At 105, Woody recalls his Depression-era journey transporting two giraffes across America—a road trip that taught him about friendship and survival.
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Where the Sky Begins
Constable Evan Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
Narrated by Emma Griffiths
★ 4.36 ABR Score (35.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (34.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
London Blitz survivor Josie Banks rebuilds her life in a countryside village while bombs destroy her old world. Emma Griffiths captures both the devastation of wartime London and the hope found in rural community during Britain's darkest hour.
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Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Constable Evan Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik
★ 4.61 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
Barrie Kreinik captures the quiet determination of a betrayed 1930s wife who transforms divorce devastation into unexpected liberation and new romance.
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The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin
★ 4.61 ABR Score (309.3K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (304.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.4K)More about this pick
Irish orphan Lavinia grows up among plantation slaves, creating a powder keg of forbidden bonds that explodes into tragedy. Dual narrators Orlagh Cassidy and Bahni Turpin switch perspectives seamlessly, highlighting the racial divide at the story's heart.
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The System of the World
The Baroque Cycle #6–8 • Book 8
Narrated by Neal Stephenson (introduction), Kevin Pariseau, Simon Prebble
★ 4.49 ABR Score (25.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (24.6K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Stephenson concludes his Baroque Cycle as Newton, Leibniz, and other historical figures shape the early 18th century. Kevin Pariseau and Simon Prebble handle the dense historical material with appropriate gravitas.
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The Venice Sketchbook
Constable Evan Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik
★ 4.46 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (82.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Caroline Grant inherits mysterious keys and a sketchbook that lead her to discover her great-aunt's wartime romance in Venice. Dual timelines reveal secrets spanning from WWII resistance to modern-day family revelations.
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1776
Narrated by David McCullough
★ 4.45 ABR Score (270.0K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (250.2K) ★ 4.58 Audible (19.8K)More about this pick
McCullough narrates his own gripping account of the pivotal year when Washington's Continental Army faced near-constant defeat yet somehow kept the revolution alive through sheer determination and winter crossings.
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