Audiobooks Like Sunrise on the Reaping

10 audiobooks for fans of Sunrise on the Reaping

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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)

   11h 16m listening time • Released 2022

   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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   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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   My Friends

   by Fredrik Backman

   Narrated by Marin Ireland

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (421.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.5K)

   13h 22m listening time • Released 2025

   Backman explores how four teenagers' friendship changes a stranger's life decades later, with Marin Ireland capturing every nuance of this deeply moving tale.

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   Backman explores how four teenagers' friendship changes a stranger's life decades later, with Marin Ireland capturing every nuance of this deeply moving tale.

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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)

   12h 17m listening time • Released 2014

   Sissy Spacek channels Scout's adult voice looking back on childhood innocence lost to ugly truths about justice and prejudice.

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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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   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)

   12h 29m listening time • Released 2003

   Krakauer dissects Mormon fundamentalist violence and polygamy through a double murder case, with Scott Brick handling the disturbing details unflinchingly.

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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 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)

   10h 53m listening time • Released 2007

   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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   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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   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

   Harry Potter • Book 3

   by J.K. Rowling

   Narrated by Jim Dale

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (5.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 4.94 Audible (130.7K)

   11h 49m listening time • Released 2015

   Jim Dale's narration transforms this into the series' emotional turning point, giving each character distinct life while building genuine dread alongside the mystery. His performance alone justifies the nearly 12-hour listen.

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   Jim Dale's narration transforms this into the series' emotional turning point, giving each character distinct life while building genuine dread alongside the mystery. His performance alone justifies the nearly 12-hour listen.

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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)

   13h 12m listening time • Released 2025

   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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   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)

   11h 50m listening time • Released 2017

   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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   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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   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)

   8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

   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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   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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    The Great Alone

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)

    15h 3m listening time • Released 2018

    Julia Whelan captures both Alaska's brutal beauty and a family's desperate struggle when a volatile Vietnam vet moves them off-grid in 1974.

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    Julia Whelan captures both Alaska's brutal beauty and a family's desperate struggle when a volatile Vietnam vet moves them off-grid in 1974.

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