Audiobooks Like The Terror

10 audiobooks for fans of The Terror

1. 1

   

   The Evening and the Morning

   Kingsbridge

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (136.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (12.8K)

   24h 19m listening time • Released 2020

   Set in 997 CE England, three lives intersect during Viking raids and political chaos as a new town rises. Lee's commanding voice spans decades of medieval intrigue in this Kingsbridge prequel about power, faith, and survival.

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   Set in 997 CE England, three lives intersect during Viking raids and political chaos as a new town rises. Lee's commanding voice spans decades of medieval intrigue in this Kingsbridge prequel about power, faith, and survival.

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2. 2

   

   Fall of Giants

   The Century Trilogy • Book 1

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (370.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (350.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (20.3K)

   30h 38m listening time • Released 2010

   Five families' fates entwine with war, revolution, and history. John Lee's thirty-hour narration proves that epic scope and intimate human drama aren't opposites: they're inseparable.

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   Five families' fates entwine with war, revolution, and history. John Lee's thirty-hour narration proves that epic scope and intimate human drama aren't opposites: they're inseparable.

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3. 3

   

   The Caine Mutiny

   by Herman Wouk

   Narrated by Kevin Pariseau

   ★ 4.44 ABR Score (31.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (27.2K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.2K)

   26h 31m listening time • Released 2012

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4. 4

   

   An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

   World War II Liberation Trilogy • Book 1

   by Rick Atkinson

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.44 ABR Score (25.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (23.2K) ★ 4.64 Audible (2.7K)

   26h 5m listening time • Released 2013

   George Guidall's measured, authoritative voice transforms Atkinson's Pulitzer-winning narrative into something that feels less like history and more like sitting across from a brilliant military strategist who actually lived through it.

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   George Guidall's measured, authoritative voice transforms Atkinson's Pulitzer-winning narrative into something that feels less like history and more like sitting across from a brilliant military strategist who actually lived through it.

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5. 5

   

   The Glorious Cause (The American Revolutionary War)

   American Revolutionary War • Book 2

   by Jeff Shaara

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.40 ABR Score (9.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (7.9K) ★ 4.69 Audible (1.1K)

   25h 54m listening time • Released 2003

   Jeff Shaara continues his Revolutionary War saga with the pivotal battles and political struggles that shaped America's fight for independence.

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   Jeff Shaara continues his Revolutionary War saga with the pivotal battles and political struggles that shaped America's fight for independence.

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6. 6

   

   Crash Dive

   Crash Dive Series • Book 1

   by Craig DiLouie

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.66 Goodreads (692) ★ 4.87 Audible (4.2K)

   29h 11m listening time • Released 2019

   Submarine warfare in the Pacific comes alive through Charlie Harrison's eyes as he battles the Imperial Japanese Navy. R.C. Bray's commanding performance puts you in the claustrophobic depths of a WWII sub.

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   Submarine warfare in the Pacific comes alive through Charlie Harrison's eyes as he battles the Imperial Japanese Navy. R.C. Bray's commanding performance puts you in the claustrophobic depths of a WWII sub.

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   In Danger's Path

   The Corps • Book 8

   by W.E.B. Griffin

   Narrated by Dick Hill

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.6K)

   25h 53m listening time • Released 2013

   General Fleming Pickering leads Pacific OSS operations including two covert Gobi Desert missions, unexpectedly calling his scapegrace pilot son Malcolm to dangerous duty.

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   General Fleming Pickering leads Pacific OSS operations including two covert Gobi Desert missions, unexpectedly calling his scapegrace pilot son Malcolm to dangerous duty.

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   The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

   The Revolution Trilogy • Book 2

   by Rick Atkinson

   Narrated by Grover Gardner, Rick Atkinson

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.65 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.85 Audible (379)

   32h 26m listening time • Released 2025

   Atkinson transforms the Revolution's bleakest years into a gripping military narrative where survival itself feels like victory, and Gardner's measured delivery makes every desperate decision hit harder.

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   Atkinson transforms the Revolution's bleakest years into a gripping military narrative where survival itself feels like victory, and Gardner's measured delivery makes every desperate decision hit harder.

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   Under Fire

   The Corps • Book 9

   by W.E.B. Griffin

   Narrated by Dick Hill

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (1.4K)

   24h 48m listening time • Released 2013

   Captain Ken McCoy's controversial North Korea report gets him booted from the Marines, but bureaucratic punishment won't stop him from fighting the next war on his own terms.

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   Captain Ken McCoy's controversial North Korea report gets him booted from the Marines, but bureaucratic punishment won't stop him from fighting the next war on his own terms.

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10. 10

    

    The Story of World War II: Revised, expanded, and updated from the original text

    by Donald L. Miller

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    ★ 4.48 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.9K)

    24h 52m listening time • Released 2012

    Michael Kramer's measured, gravitas-filled narration transforms Miller's firsthand WWII accounts into something visceral and immediate. This is history through the voices of those who lived it, not textbook abstraction.

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    Michael Kramer's measured, gravitas-filled narration transforms Miller's firsthand WWII accounts into something visceral and immediate. This is history through the voices of those who lived it, not textbook abstraction.

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