Audiobooks Like The Butterfly Garden

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If you loved The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Lauren Ezzo's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Butterfly Garden

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    Kill Shot

    Mitch Rapp • Book 2

    by Vince Flynn

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (78.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (60.7K) ★ 4.65 Audible (17.9K)
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    Assassin Mitch Rapp becomes the hunted when his latest kill in Paris goes wrong, forcing him underground while enemies close in from all sides. Guidall's narration matches the relentless pace as Rapp fights for survival.

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    Protect and Defend

    Mitch Rapp • Book 10

    by Vince Flynn

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (55.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (44.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (10.8K)
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    Mitch Rapp faces his deadliest assignment yet when nuclear tensions with Iran threaten to explode into global catastrophe.

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    The Secret Servant

    Gabriel Allon • Book 7

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by Phil Gigante

    ★ 4.43 ABR Score (33.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.6K)
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    Israeli spy Gabriel Allon races through London's underworld to save a kidnapped woman before terrorists execute their deadliest plot yet. Phil Gigante captures both the ticking-clock urgency and Allon's internal moral struggle.

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    The Collector

    Gabriel Allon • Book 23

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    ★ 4.39 ABR Score (30.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (29.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (969)
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    Art theft meets international espionage as Gabriel Allon partners with a master thief to track down a missing masterpiece that could spark war between Russia and the West.

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    This Is Where It Ends

    by Marieke Nijkamp

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Whitney Dykhouse, Kate Rudd, Lauren Ezzo, Amy McFadden, Brittany Pressley, Scott Merriman, Sean Rohani

    ★ 3.90 ABR Score (153.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (152.9K) ★ 4.29 Audible (21)
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    Fifty-four minutes inside a high school during a mass shooting, told through multiple perspectives as students fight to survive. The ensemble cast of eight narrators creates an immersive, heart-pounding experience of this real-time tragedy.

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    Oath of Loyalty

    Mitch Rapp • Book 21

    by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (31.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (24.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (7.1K)
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    Mitch Rapp goes into exile when the President declares him a threat, but global terrorism forces him back into action. George Guidall's authoritative narration suits this high-stakes political thriller perfectly.

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    War Shadows

    Tier One • Book 2

    by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.69 ABR Score (17.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (7.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (10.0K)
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    Ray Porter's commanding performance drives this globe-spanning thriller where ex-SEAL John Dempsey hunts a decade-old enemy across three continents.

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    The Housemaid's Secret

    The Housemaid • Book 2

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Lauryn Allman

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)
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    Millie's new cleaning job in a luxury penthouse reveals that her mysterious employers harbor secrets as dark as her own hidden past.

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    Order to Kill

    Mitch Rapp • Book 15

    by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (35.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (23.9K) ★ 4.7 Audible (11.8K)
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    George Guidall's veteran narration anchors Mitch Rapp's mission to Pakistan, where he faces a nuclear threat that pushes him beyond his usual capabilities.

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    Eye of the Needle

    by Ken Follett

    Narrated by Samuel West

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (174.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (171.2K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.1K)
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    German spy "The Needle" discovers Allied D-Day plans but becomes stranded on an island with a lonely woman who might expose him. Samuel West creates palpable tension between the ruthless assassin and the vulnerable Englishwoman whose attraction could doom them both.

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