Audiobooks Like The Bean Trees

10 audiobooks for fans of The Bean Trees

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   Demon Copperhead

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Narrated by Charlie Thurston

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (858.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (34.3K)

   21h 3m listening time • Released 2022

   A David Copperfield retelling set in Appalachian poverty, following a boy through foster care and opioid addiction. Charlie Thurston's authentic narration captures Demon's resilient voice and mountain dialect beautifully.

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   A David Copperfield retelling set in Appalachian poverty, following a boy through foster care and opioid addiction. Charlie Thurston's authentic narration captures Demon's resilient voice and mountain dialect beautifully.

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   The Poisonwood Bible

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Narrated by Dean Robertson

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (813.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.11 Goodreads (798.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (15.4K)

   15h 34m listening time • Released 2008

   An evangelical family's 1959 mission to the Congo goes catastrophically wrong as they clash with local culture. Dean Robertson navigates the distinct voices of wife and four daughters witnessing their father's destructive zealotry.

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   An evangelical family's 1959 mission to the Congo goes catastrophically wrong as they clash with local culture. Dean Robertson navigates the distinct voices of wife and four daughters witnessing their father's destructive zealotry.

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   Flight Behavior

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Narrated by Barbara Kingsolver

   ★ 4.10 ABR Score (108.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.83 Goodreads (102.7K) ★ 4.36 Audible (5.4K)

   16h 56m listening time • Released 2012

   Climate change meets Appalachian life in this nuanced exploration of belief and denial, read with Kingsolver's intimate understanding of her characters.

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   Climate change meets Appalachian life in this nuanced exploration of belief and denial, read with Kingsolver's intimate understanding of her characters.

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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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   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)

   7h 49m listening time • Released 2024

   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.

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   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.

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   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)

   9h 52m listening time • Released 2025

   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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   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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   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)

   9h 41m listening time • Released 2016

   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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   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)

   9h 50m listening time • Released 2016

   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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   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)

   9h 24m listening time • Released 2018

   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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   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 Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games • Book 1

    by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

    ★ 4.89 ABR Score (10.0M ratings)

    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (10.0M) ★ 4.89 Audible (16.9K)

    10h 35m listening time • Released 2018

    Collins' brutal dystopia gets the perfect voice in Tatiana Maslany, whose Katniss balances teenage vulnerability with steely determination.

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    Collins' brutal dystopia gets the perfect voice in Tatiana Maslany, whose Katniss balances teenage vulnerability with steely determination.

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