Audiobooks Like The Chemist

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If you loved The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer, 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 Ellen Archer's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Chemist

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    The Devil's Hand

    Terminal List • Book 4

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.83 ABR Score (53.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (22.1K)
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    Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost hypnotic—he makes every tactical detail and moral compromise feel inevitable, turning a sprawling post-9/11 reckoning into pure momentum.

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    Only the Dead

    Terminal List • Book 6

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)
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    Ray Porter's intense delivery matches James Reece uncovering a conspiracy that reaches from a 1980 congressman's murder to current global threats.

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    American Dirt

    by Jeanine Cummins

    Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (735.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (700.6K) ★ 4.72 Audible (35.1K)
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    Bookstore owner Lydia and her son flee Mexico after cartel violence destroys their family, joining migrants on the dangerous journey north. Arizmendi's bilingual narration honors the characters' experiences.

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    Red Sky Mourning

    Terminal List • Book 7

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.8K)
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    Porter's commanding delivery intensifies the tension as James Reece confronts a rogue Chinese submarine and a tech mogul's quantum computing revolution.

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    True Believer

    Terminal List • Book 2

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.78 ABR Score (76.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (32.9K)
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    Former Navy SEAL James Reece hunts terrorists across multiple continents after coordinated holiday attacks crash global markets, with detailed military action throughout.

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    Consent to Kill

    Mitch Rapp • Book 8

    by Vince Flynn

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (66.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (53.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (13.6K)
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    Mitch Rapp's ruthless counterterrorism methods finally provoke retaliation when foreign agents target his personal life, forcing him to balance vengeance against protecting those he loves most.

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    Imitation in Death

    In Death • Book 17

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (37.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (32.8K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.7K)
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    A killer studies history's most notorious serial murderers and recreates their crimes in 2059 New York, personally challenging Lieutenant Eve Dallas to a deadly game of identification.

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    The Sixth Wicked Child

    4MK • Book 3

    by J.D. Barker

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Graham Winton

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (40.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (37.6K) ★ 4.71 Audible (2.5K)
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    Ballerini and Winton's dual narration elevates this already dark thriller into something genuinely immersive—their voices don't just read competing timelines, they make you feel the psychological fracture at the story's core.

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    Transfer of Power

    Mitch Rapp • Book 3

    by Vince Flynn

    Narrated by Nick Sullivan

    ★ 4.63 ABR Score (76.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (15.0K)
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    Terrorists seize the White House in a brutal massacre, but they didn't count on CIA operative Mitch Rapp being inside during the assault.

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    New York to Dallas

    In Death • Book 33

    by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (39.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (34.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (4.8K)
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    Eve Dallas faces her past when the pedophile she captured as a rookie escapes from prison seeking revenge. Susan Ericksen's performance captures both Eve's professional competence and the personal trauma that shaped her career.

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