Audiobooks Like My Friends

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Marin Ireland narrates My Friends with a quality of quiet, focused attention that suits Backman's deliberate structure — the novel works by accumulation, and her voice carries the emotional through-line across thirteen hours without forcing the feeling that the architecture earns slowly. She shares the list with another title she narrates, and the rest of the recommendations draw from award-recognized literary fiction where the storytelling is patient and the payoffs are proportional.

10 audiobooks for fans of My Friends

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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)
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    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 Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    Narrated by Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland, Owen Teale

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (49.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (47.6K) ★ 4.4 Audible (1.7K)
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    Three narrators share duties in Jones' latest horror, following characters caught between historical violence against buffalo hunters and contemporary supernatural vengeance across the American West.

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    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)
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    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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    Under the Banner of Heaven

    by Jon Krakauer

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (236.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (9.2K)
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    Krakauer dissects Mormon fundamentalist violence and polygamy through a double murder case, with Scott Brick handling the disturbing details unflinchingly.

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    The Thirteenth Tale

    by Diane Setterfield

    Narrated by Bianca Amato, Jill Tanner

    ★ 4.22 ABR Score (339.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (327.6K) ★ 4.36 Audible (11.6K)
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    Reclusive author Vida Winter finally decides to tell the truth about her mysterious past to a young biographer fascinated by stories and secrets. Gothic atmosphere permeates this tale of dark family secrets, missing stories, and the power of narrative to both reveal and conceal.

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    Summary & Analysis of Cloud Cuckoo Land

    by Benjamin Adams

    Narrated by Marin Ireland, Simon Jones

    ★ 4.13 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.55 Goodreads (38) ★ 4.58 Audible (9.4K)
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    The Lovely Bones

    by Alice Sebold

    Narrated by Alice Sebold

    ★ 3.89 ABR Score (2.5M ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (2.5M) ★ 4.01 Audible (2.2K)
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    Fourteen-year-old Susie watches from heaven as her family deals with her murder and her killer walks free. Sebold's own narration adds haunting intimacy to this story of grief, healing, and justice deferred.

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    Theo of Golden

    by Allen Levi

    Narrated by David Morse

    ★ 4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)
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    A mysterious stranger buys pencil portraits in a small Southern town, with David Morse's weathered voice adding layers of intrigue to every encounter.

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    The Hate U Give

    The Hate U Give • Book 1

    by Angie Thomas

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (45.9K)
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    Bahni Turpin's narration gives each character a distinct, lived-in voice that makes Starr's internal conflict feel devastatingly real. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand why this book became a cultural phenomenon.

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    To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird • Book 1

    by Harper Lee

    Narrated by Sissy Spacek

    ★ 4.82 ABR Score (7.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (7.0M) ★ 4.8 Audible (49.0K)
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    Sissy Spacek channels Scout's adult voice looking back on childhood innocence lost to ugly truths about justice and prejudice.

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