Audiobooks Like The Mothers

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Adenrele Ojo narrates Brit Bennett's community-rooted novel with a voice that understands the specificity of place the story requires — her performance gives the Southern California Black church community a sonic texture that prose alone can't fully achieve across 10 hours. The story's slow revelation of consequence works because Ojo's narration never rushes toward judgment. Two of the recommendations are also narrated by Ojo, and most of the list is among the most highly rated contemporary literary fiction we carry — all of it emotionally driven, all of it about how communities shape and sometimes wound the people inside them.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Mothers

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    The Other Side

    by Kim Holden

    Narrated by Michael Crouch, Natasha Soudek, Bahni Turpin, Kirby Heyborne, Adenrele Ojo, Graydon Long, Erin Spencer, Vikas Adam, Kim Holden

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (96)
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    A cast of nine narrators brings genuine depth to Toby's fragmented world, each voice anchoring a different layer of his reality until the full picture hits you like a gut punch.

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    Just Too Good to Be True

    by E. Lynn Harris

    Narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin, Mirron Willis

    ★ 4.00 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (176)
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    Football dreams collide with family secrets in this story of Brady Bledsoe and his devoted mother Carmyn.

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    The Hate U Give

    The Hate U Give • Book 1

    by Angie Thomas

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (45.9K)
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    Bahni Turpin's narration gives each character a distinct, lived-in voice that makes Starr's internal conflict feel devastatingly real. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand why this book became a cultural phenomenon.

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    The Correspondent

    by Virginia Evans

    Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)
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    Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.

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    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    by Robert Dugoni

    Narrated by Robert Dugoni

    ★ 4.68 ABR Score (253.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (230.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (22.7K)
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    Born with red pupils that make him a target for bullying, Sam Hell navigates childhood with the help of two fellow misfits and family faith. Author Robert Dugoni narrates his own touching story.

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    Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

    by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid

    ★ 4.68 ABR Score (778.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (19.8K)
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    Joan Goodwin abandons her quiet professor life to join NASA's first female astronaut program, chasing childhood dreams among the stars. The multi-narrator approach captures different perspectives in this space race drama.

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    The Road to Tender Hearts

    by Annie Hartnett

    Narrated by Mark Bramhall

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (64.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.2K)
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    A lottery winner embarks on a cross-country quest to find his high school crush, collecting orphaned kids and a death-predicting cat along the way. Bramhall perfectly balances the story's dark comedy with its surprising warmth.

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    Say Goodbye for Now

    by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Teri Schnaubelt

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (29.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (2.3K)
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    Nick Podehl and Teri Schnaubelt bring richness to Hyde's story of outsiders finding belonging in 1950s Texas—their dual narration deepens the emotional weight of a love and friendship that society forbids.

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    Long Way Gone

    by Charles Martin

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.5K)
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    A failed Nashville musician's journey back to his Tennessee roots unfolds with Adam Verner's warm narration perfectly matching this story of redemption and second chances.

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    The Essential Rumi

    by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, Coleman Barks, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, A.J. Arberry, John Moyne

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (51.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (50.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (517)
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    Coleman Barks' translations of the 13th-century Sufi mystic flow between ecstatic love poetry and profound spiritual insight. Robertson Dean's warm voice gives these timeless verses about divine longing their full emotional weight.

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