10 audiobooks for fans of Sing, Unburied, Sing
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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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James
by Percival Everett
Narrated by Dominic Hoffman
★ 4.76 ABR Score (552.1K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (18.6K)More about this pick
Jim's perspective on the Huckleberry Finn story reveals the brutal realities of slavery through brilliant code-switching between dialects. Dominic Hoffman's performance captures every nuanced layer of survival and dignity.
- 3
Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid
★ 4.68 ABR Score (778.0K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (19.8K)More about this pick
Joan Goodwin abandons her quiet professor life to join NASA's first female astronaut program, chasing childhood dreams among the stars. The multi-narrator approach captures different perspectives in this space race drama.
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I Must Betray You
by Ruta Sepetys
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys
★ 4.56 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)More about this pick
Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.
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Say Goodbye for Now
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Narrated by Nick Podehl, Teri Schnaubelt
★ 4.38 ABR Score (29.8K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
Nick Podehl and Teri Schnaubelt bring richness to Hyde's story of outsiders finding belonging in 1950s Texas—their dual narration deepens the emotional weight of a love and friendship that society forbids.
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Long Way Gone
by Charles Martin
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.38 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
A failed Nashville musician's journey back to his Tennessee roots unfolds with Adam Verner's warm narration perfectly matching this story of redemption and second chances.
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The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, Coleman Barks, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, A.J. Arberry, John Moyne
Narrated by Robertson Dean
★ 4.32 ABR Score (51.4K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (50.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (517)More about this pick
Coleman Barks' translations of the 13th-century Sufi mystic flow between ecstatic love poetry and profound spiritual insight. Robertson Dean's warm voice gives these timeless verses about divine longing their full emotional weight.
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple Collection • Book 1
by Alice Walker
Narrated by Alice Walker
★ 4.68 ABR Score (764.1K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (758.4K) ★ 4.81 Audible (5.7K)More about this pick
Celie's letters to God chronicle brutal abuse and gradual empowerment in rural Georgia. Walker herself reads this Pulitzer winner, adding an intimacy that matches the epistolary format.
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The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
Narrated by Tom Hanks
★ 4.59 ABR Score (631.3K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (572.7K) ★ 4.65 Audible (58.6K)More about this pick
Two siblings obsess over the grand house they lost when their father's second wife threw them out, returning for decades to stare at their former home. Tom Hanks narrates with the warmth of a favorite uncle telling family secrets.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by Ruby Dee
★ 4.47 ABR Score (402.9K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (390.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (12.1K)More about this pick
Janie Crawford searches for love and independence across three marriages in 1930s Florida. Ruby Dee's luminous performance captures both Hurston's rich dialect and Janie's evolving voice as she claims her own story.
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