10 audiobooks for fans of The Muse
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The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist • Book 1
by Jessie Burton, Unknown Author
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.63 ABR Score (155.3K ratings)★ 3.62 Goodreads (153.6K) ★ 4.07 Audible (1.7K)More about this pick
An eighteen-year-old bride receives a mysterious dollhouse replica of her new Amsterdam home, with miniatures that seem to predict the future. Atmospheric 17th-century mystery steeped in religious oppression and family secrets.
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The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin
★ 4.61 ABR Score (309.3K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (304.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.4K)More about this pick
Irish orphan Lavinia grows up among plantation slaves, creating a powder keg of forbidden bonds that explodes into tragedy. Dual narrators Orlagh Cassidy and Bahni Turpin switch perspectives seamlessly, highlighting the racial divide at the story's heart.
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Scarlet Carnation
Freedman/Johnson • Book 4
by Laila Ibrahim
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.17 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (8.5K) ★ 4.58 Audible (382)More about this pick
Two women navigate racial injustice and class divides in 1915 America while chasing their dreams. Bahni Turpin's nuanced performance honors the historical weight and personal stakes.
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The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club)
by Colson Whitehead
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.23 ABR Score (16.4K ratings)★ 4.4 Audible (16.4K) -
Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development
Early American Studies
by Sven Beckert, Seth Rockman
Narrated by William Hughes, Kevin Kenerly, Bahni Turpin, Pam Ward, Ron Butler
★ 3.99 ABR Score (821 ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (378) ★ 4.56 Audible (443)More about this pick
Challenges the myth of self-made American capitalism by proving slavery was foundational. Five narrators ground this revisionist argument. (142 characters)
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'Til the Well Runs Dry
by Lauren Francis-Sharma
Narrated by Ron Butler, Bahni Turpin
★ 3.89 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.35 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Ron Butler and Bahni Turpin bring Caribbean voices to this multigenerational saga of love, ambition, and secrets stretching from Trinidad to America.
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Citizens Creek
by Lalita Tademy
Narrated by Bahni Turpin, J. D. Jackson
★ 3.83 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.36 Audible (196)More about this pick
Born into Alabama slavery, Cow Tom becomes a Creek translator and eventually buys his freedom during the Indian Wars. Bahni Turpin and J.D. Jackson's dual narration spans generations of courage and survival.
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Red River
Tademy Family Chronicles • Book 2
by Lalita Tademy
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 3.75 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.15 Audible (189)More about this pick
Tademy traces three generations of her African-American family through Reconstruction-era Louisiana. Bahni Turpin's powerful performance honors these deliberately forgotten voices with dignity and strength.
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The Jewel of the Blues
by Monica Chenault-Kilgore
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 3.62 ABR Score (365 ratings)★ 3.32 Goodreads (354) ★ 4.55 Audible (11)More about this pick
1920s performer Lucille Love's family keeps moving to avoid attention, but when she reaches Chicago's jazz scene, old dangers resurface. Bahni Turpin captures both the era's glamour and underlying menace.
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A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie
Rogues and Remarkable Women • Book 3
by Vanessa Riley
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 3.61 ABR Score (646 ratings)★ 3.31 Goodreads (631) ★ 4.67 Audible (15)More about this pick
Bahni Turpin weaves Jamaican flair through Regency ballrooms as a spy chases his estranged wife through London's art world in this series finale.
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