Audiobooks Like The Measure

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Julia Whelan narrates *The Measure* with a warmth that keeps eight separate storylines from fragmenting — she differentiates voices without making the shifts feel dramatic, and the 11-hour runtime gives the ensemble enough space to let its quieter emotional logic accumulate. The format suits her: she excels at introspective, interior prose, and a story this philosophical needs a narrator who knows when to pull back. The books here are cut from similar cloth — Whelan narrates the majority of them, they're all built to a comparable length, and the ones that rate highest tend to be the kind that ask a hard question and trust the listener to sit with it.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Measure

  1. 1
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    United States of Apocalypse

    United States of Apocalypse • Book 1

    by Mark Tufo, Armand Rosamilia

    Narrated by Sean Runnette, Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (684) ★ 4.59 Audible (2.5K)
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    WWIII erupts on American soil, forcing unlikely heroes to defend a nation brought to its knees by terrorism and global abandonment.

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    How High We Go in the Dark

    by Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, Jason Culp

    ★ 3.81 ABR Score (73.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (71.7K) ★ 4.15 Audible (1.9K)
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    A pandemic novel told through interconnected lives across generations, with fourteen narrators so perfectly matched to their characters you'll forget you're listening to a performance rather than living it.

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    Vox

    by Christina Dalcher

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (94.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.55 Goodreads (92.1K) ★ 4.22 Audible (1.9K)
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    Women are limited to 100 words per day in this chilling near-future America where Dr. Jean McClellan must choose between compliance and resistance.

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    The Andromeda Evolution

    The Andromeda Strain • Book 2

    by Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 3.89 ABR Score (17.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (14.7K) ★ 4.34 Audible (2.4K)
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    Julia Whelan's crisp, intelligent narration elevates this hard sci-fi sequel into a propulsive listen—she handles the technical detail-work without letting it bog down the tension, making a 50-year-later resurrection of a planet-killer genuinely gripping.

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    Terminated

    Revivalist • Book 3

    by Rachel Caine

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 3.88 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.57 Audible (126)
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    Bryn battles pharmaceutical addiction while investigating wealthy investors planning to eliminate existing undead addicts for military profits. Julia Whelan handles the complex zombie-pharmaceutical premise with conviction, balancing action with the protagonist's personal struggles.

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    Two Weeks' Notice

    Revivalist • Book 2

    by Rachel Caine

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 3.84 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.4 Audible (160)
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    The corporate horror of being pharmaceutically dependent on your murderers gets Julia Whelan's perfectly pitched performance.

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    The Ninth Metal

    The Comet Cycle • Book 1

    by Benjamin Percy

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 3.68 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.16 Audible (155)
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    Julia Whelan nails the grounded, urgent tone of a sci-fi thriller that feels disturbingly plausible—her performance makes the comet debris and resource-rush tension genuinely unsettling.

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    And Again

    by Jessica Chiarella

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Joy Osmanski, Rebekkah Ross, Corey Brill

    ★ 3.43 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 3.76 Audible (343)
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    Four terminal patients get perfect new bodies in this philosophical sci-fi that examines whether second chances actually change who we are.

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    The Martian

    The Martian • Book 1

    by Andy Weir

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.76 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (42.3K)
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    Stranded astronaut Mark Watney's fight for survival on Mars combines technical ingenuity with dark humor, perfectly matched by Wil Wheaton's engaging delivery.

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    For We Are Many

    Bobiverse • Book 2

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)
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    Ray Porter continues voicing Bob's expanding consciousness as the AI copies spread across space, facing system-wide war and an alien threat to humanity.

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