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

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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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    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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    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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    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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    Ender's Game

    The Ender Saga • Book 1

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.63 Audible (44.6K)
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    Child genius Ender Wiggin's military training at Battle School prepares him for humanity's war against alien "buggers" in this complex moral examination.

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    Kindred

    by Octavia E. Butler

    Narrated by Kim Staunton

    ★ 4.49 ABR Score (294.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (278.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (15.6K)
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    Dana, a modern Black woman, gets violently yanked through time to antebellum Maryland whenever her white ancestor faces mortal danger. Kim Staunton's performance navigates the brutal emotional whiplash between 1970s California and slavery-era violence with unflinching power.

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    L'Ogive du Jugement dernier

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman, Chloé Atangana

    Narrated by Sylvain Agaësse

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (209.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (209.9K) ★ 5 Audible (1)
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    Carl and Donut's apocalyptic gameshow survival gets even more absurd as they face permanent race and class selections that could change them forever.

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