Audiobooks Like The Lady of the Rivers

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If you loved The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory, 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 Bianca Amato's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Lady of the Rivers

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    Dawnlands

    The Fairmile • Book 3

    by Philippa Gregory

    Narrated by Louise Brealey

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (9.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (393)
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    As England edges toward civil war in 1685, the Ferryman family splits between rebellion and royalty, with sister Alinor caught between competing loyalties. Brealey navigates the complex family dynamics beautifully.

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    Boleyn Traitor: The new thrilling historical Sunday Times bestseller, from the internationally acclaimed author of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL cover
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    Innocent Traitor

    by Alison Weir

    Narrated by Stina Nielsen, Davina Porter, Bianca Amato

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (38.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (35.1K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.9K)
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    Multiple narrators capture the tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the fifteen-year-old girl manipulated into claiming England's throne for nine days before facing execution.

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    Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    by Mark T. Sullivan

    Narrated by Will Damron

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (445.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (396.0K) ★ 4.73 Audible (49.7K)
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    Teenager Pino Lella guides Jews over the Alps then becomes a Nazi general's driver, spying for the Italian resistance. Will Damron captures both Pino's youthful innocence and his growing courage throughout the war.

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    Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

    The Pacific War Trilogy • Book 1

    by Ian W. Toll

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    ★ 4.75 ABR Score (14.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.2K)
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    Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Toll's meticulous battle accounts into a gripping you-are-there experience—22 hours that feel essential, not exhausting.

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    The Reformatory

    by Tananarive Due

    Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

    ★ 4.68 ABR Score (81.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (78.1K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.2K)
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    Twelve-year-old Robbie faces the living and dead horrors of a Jim Crow reform school in this haunting blend of historical injustice and supernatural terror.

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    Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

    by Min Jin Lee

    Narrated by Sandra Oh, Min Jin Lee

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (642.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (641.5K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.4K)
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    Four generations of a Korean family navigate exile and discrimination in Japan, beginning with Sunja's unplanned pregnancy in early 1900s Korea. Sandra Oh's narration adds emotional depth.

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    Genghis: Birth of an Empire

    Conqueror • Book 1

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.68 Audible (876)
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    Young Temujin survives his father's poisoning and family abandonment to forge the Mongol Empire through brutal determination. Richard Ferrone captures the harsh steppe politics and personal vendettas.

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    The Shadow of the Wind

    Cemetery of Forgotten Books • Book 1

    by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    Narrated by Daniel Weyman

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (727.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (727.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (304)
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    Young Daniel discovers a mysterious book in Barcelona's Cemetery of Forgotten Books, launching him into a quest involving murder, love, and literary obsession in post-war Spain.

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    The Nightingale

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Polly Stone

    ★ 5.00 ABR Score (2.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.2M) ★ 4.84 Audible (116.4K)
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    Two French sisters choose vastly different paths of resistance during Nazi occupation, with Polly Stone capturing both their desperation and courage.

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