Audiobooks Like If You Tell

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If you loved If You Tell by Gregg Olsen, 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 Karen Peakes's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of If You Tell

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    Finding Me

    by Viola Davis

    Narrated by Viola Davis

    4.93 ABR Score (228.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (184.9K) ★ 4.94 Audible (44.0K)
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    Viola Davis narrates her own journey from poverty in Rhode Island to Oscar-winning actress with raw honesty and power. Hearing her voice tell stories of trauma, resilience, and artistic discovery creates an intimate connection.

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    Educated

    by Tara Westover

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.87 ABR Score (2.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.9M) ★ 4.78 Audible (128.2K)
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    Westover recounts her journey from Idaho survivalist compound to Cambridge PhD, with Julia Whelan capturing both her initial naivety and hard-won wisdom.

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    The Choice: Embrace the Possible

    by Edith Eger, Edith Eva Eger

    Narrated by Tovah Feldshuh

    4.82 ABR Score (138.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (132.9K) ★ 4.91 Audible (6.0K)
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    Holocaust survivor Edith Eger's journey from Auschwitz prisoner forced to dance for Mengele to renowned psychologist becomes profoundly intimate through Tovah Feldshuh's compassionate narration.

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    Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

    by David Goggins

    Narrated by David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Jacqueline Gardner

    4.78 ABR Score (80.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (48.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (32.2K)
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    Goggins continues his brutal honesty about mental toughness, sharing strategies from his 'Mental Lab' for pushing past perceived limitations and comfortable mediocrity.

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    God's Smuggler

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.65 ABR Score (50.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (47.8K) ★ 4.9 Audible (2.6K)
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    Simon Vance's measured, trustworthy delivery transforms this true account of Bible smuggling into a page-turner that feels both intimate and urgent. A modern classic that still grips because the stakes, and the faith, feel devastatingly real.

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Maya Angelou's Autobiography • Book 1

    by Maya Angelou

    Narrated by Maya Angelou

    4.61 ABR Score (596.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (586.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.9K)
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    Maya Angelou chronicles her childhood in 1930s Arkansas, from racist violence to finding her voice through literature and poetry. Hearing Angelou read her own words creates an intimacy that print cannot match.

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    The Glass Castle

    by Jeannette Walls

    Narrated by Jeannette Walls

    4.53 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (1.4M) ★ 4.58 Audible (18.5K)
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    Walls' childhood with brilliant but destructive alcoholic parents comes to vivid life through her own narration of this harrowing yet loving memoir.

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    Born a Crime

    by Trevor Noah

    Narrated by Chumel Torres

    4.49 ABR Score (817.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (817.0K) ★ 4.86 Audible (169)
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    Noah recounts growing up mixed-race in apartheid South Africa, when his very existence was illegal. Chumel Torres' Spanish narration brings warmth and humor to these powerful stories of family and survival.

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    The Sound of Gravel

    by Ruth Wariner

    Narrated by Ruth Wariner

    4.45 ABR Score (73.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (68.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (5.0K)
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    Wariner's own narration of her polygamist childhood in rural Mexico carries the weight of lived experience, making every revelation hit with devastating authenticity.

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    The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

    by Michelle Obama

    Narrated by Michelle Obama

    4.64 ABR Score (111.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (99.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (11.6K)
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    Obama's personal narration adds warmth to her practical strategies for maintaining hope and balance during turbulent times.

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