Audiobooks Like The Sirens

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The Sirens asks a lot of its narrator — mythology and modern life have to coexist without either one feeling like the other's explanation, and Barrie Kreinik holds that uneasy tension across eleven hours without letting the material tip into something easier than it intends to be. It's the kind of audiobook where atmosphere is the point, and the pacing gives it room to accumulate rather than push. Every recommendation here is narrated by Kreinik and runs to roughly the same length, so that particular mood — quiet, literary, a little dark around the edges — tends to follow.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Sirens

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    The Mother's Promise

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (27.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (465)
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    A dying single mother must find someone to care for her troubled teenage daughter, leading to an unlikely bond between two families facing their own crises. Barrie Kreinik's sensitive narration captures both the heartbreak and hope in this emotional journey.

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    The Things We Keep

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.09 ABR Score (37.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (36.6K) ★ 4.44 Audible (1.0K)
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    Thirty-eight-year-old Anna faces early-onset Alzheimer's at an assisted living facility where she finds unexpected love and friendship despite her family's good intentions.

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    Before I Forget

    by Tory Henwood Hoen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (15.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.45 Audible (113)
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    Cricket Campbell's quarter-life crisis takes an unexpected turn when she confronts the tragedy that derailed her decade ago. Barrie Kreinik captures both Cricket's humor and her deep-seated pain.

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    No Two Persons

    by Erica Bauermeister

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, Carol Jacobanis, Cassandra Campbell, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Jesse Vilinsky, Max Meyers, Rachel L. Jacobs, Stephen Graybill

    ★ 4.04 ABR Score (35.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (35.2K) ★ 4.39 Audible (308)
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    Ten different narrators follow one novel's journey through nine readers' lives, showing how the same story transforms each person in unexpected ways across decades and circumstances.

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    The Connellys of County Down

    by Tracey Lange

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.81 ABR Score (31.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (30.9K) ★ 4.13 Audible (87)
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    Fresh from prison, Tara returns to her fractured family only to discover her teenage niece is missing from foster care. Barrie Kreinik navigates Tara's guilt and determination with understated power.

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    Forward

    Eventing • Book 5

    by Natalie Keller Reinert

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (485 ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (477) ★ 4.38 Audible (8)
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    Riding instructor Jules faces mounting pressures as her eventing career becomes more complicated than expected during Florida's summer season. Barrie Kreinik captures the equestrian world's tensions between ambition and horse welfare.

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    The Old Place

    by Bobby Finger

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.71 ABR Score (6.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.56 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.23 Audible (123)
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    Retired Texas schoolteacher Mary Alice Roth guards a decade-old secret that threatens to upend her small town when it surfaces. Barrie Kreinik brings warmth and humor to this character study of small-town life and hidden truths.

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    Charming Billy

    by Alice McDermott

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.65 ABR Score (12.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.48 Goodreads (12.2K) ★ 4.08 Audible (53)
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    McDermott's National Book Award winner explores how Irish-American families construct beautiful lies to protect each other from devastating truths. Barrie Kreinik captures the lyrical melancholy perfectly.

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    It All Comes Down to This

    by Therese Anne Fowler

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.56 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.36 Goodreads (7.4K) ★ 3.91 Audible (81)
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    Three sisters facing their mother's impending death while their own lives fall apart — family dysfunction that Kreinik handles with nuanced emotion.

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    A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself

    by William Boyle

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.68 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.57 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (41)
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    Brooklyn mob widow Rena hits her neighbor with an ashtray and flees in his '62 Impala, starting a bizarre adventure. Barrie Kreinik captures the darkly comic desperation beautifully.

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