Audiobooks Like The Becoming

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Barrie Kreinik navigates the emotional register of *The Becoming* with real precision — she sits in the quiet weight of a woman coming into her power, then shifts cleanly into the heat of romance or the snap of action without the transitions ever feeling forced. At sixteen hours, the runtime suits the story's ambitions: this is epic fantasy with deep personal stakes, and it earns the space. Several of these audiobooks are narrated by Kreinik herself, most run close to that same sixteen-hour mark, and the majority are Roberts — all built around that same balance of world-scale stakes and intimate emotional intensity that makes this series click as audio.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Becoming

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    Of Blood and Bone

    Chronicles of The One • Book 2

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.60 ABR Score (65.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (49.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (16.4K)
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    Julia Whelan gives Fallon's coming-of-age journey a quietly fierce intensity that makes Roberts' post-apocalyptic world feel genuinely lived-in and dangerous.

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    The Rise of Magicks

    Chronicles of The One • Book 3

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.49 ABR Score (50.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (39.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (10.5K)
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    Julia Whelan captures the raw emotional weight of Fallon's journey with such nuance that the quiet moments of healing land harder than the battles. A satisfying trilogy closer that trusts its characters over spectacle.

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    Valley of Silence

    Circle Trilogy • Book 3

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    ★ 4.52 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (32.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.0K)
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    The circle of six prepares for final battle against vampire Lilith in the magical land of Geall, completing their time-spanning quest. Dick Hill's steady narration anchors this climactic fantasy romance conclusion.

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    Year One

    Chronicles of The One • Book 1

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.47 ABR Score (125.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (96.7K) ★ 4.56 Audible (28.6K)
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    Civilization collapses overnight from a deadly plague, but magic emerges among survivors in this post-apocalyptic fantasy. Roberts balances realistic disaster with emerging supernatural elements perfectly.

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    Dance of the Gods

    Circle Trilogy • Book 2

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (36.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (33.5K) ★ 4.72 Audible (2.7K)
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    Demon hunter Blair Murphy trains an unlikely team including a 12th century Irish sorcerer and modern witch to face an ancient vampire queen.

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    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

    by Brom

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (114.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (111.1K) ★ 4.62 Audible (3.5K)
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    Morrigan's Cross

    Circle Trilogy • Book 1

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (60.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (57.3K) ★ 4.47 Audible (3.6K)
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    A twelfth-century sorcerer must assemble warriors from different eras to battle an ancient vampire queen. Hill's narration grounds this time-traveling fantasy romance in epic stakes and emotional drama.

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    We Lie With Death

    The Reborn Empire • Book 2

    by Devin Madson

    Narrated by Devin Madson, Barrie Kreinik, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Katharine Chin, Nikki Massoud

    ★ 4.02 ABR Score (704 ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (681) ★ 4.65 Audible (23)
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    We Ride the Storm

    The Reborn Empire • Book 1

    by Devin Madson

    Narrated by Katharine Chin, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.96 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.02 Audible (53)
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    The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel

    by Alyssa Palombo

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.92 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.05 Audible (185)
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