Audiobooks Like They Both Die at the End

10 audiobooks for fans of They Both Die at the End

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   Forever a Hustler's Wife

   A Hustler's Wife • Book 2

   by Nikki Turner

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.30 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (457)

   8h 10m listening time • Released 2009

   Yarni uses her legal skills to defend husband Des against murder charges in this sequel that proves street smarts and law school make a lethal combination. Bahni Turpin captures every nuance of urban fiction's dialogue.

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   Yarni uses her legal skills to defend husband Des against murder charges in this sequel that proves street smarts and law school make a lethal combination. Bahni Turpin captures every nuance of urban fiction's dialogue.

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2. 2

   

   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)

   11h 50m listening time • Released 2017

   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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   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 Great Believers

   by Rebecca Makkai

   Narrated by Michael Crouch

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (179.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (175.1K) ★ 4.59 Audible (4.1K)

   18h 17m listening time • Released 2018

   Yale's art world triumph collides with the AIDS epidemic devastating 1980s Chicago in parallel with a mother's search for her daughter in modern Paris. Michael Crouch navigates both timelines with emotional precision, honoring each character's pain and resilience.

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   Yale's art world triumph collides with the AIDS epidemic devastating 1980s Chicago in parallel with a mother's search for her daughter in modern Paris. Michael Crouch navigates both timelines with emotional precision, honoring each character's pain and resilience.

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4. 4

   

   If Beale Street Could Talk (Vintage International)

   by James Baldwin

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.37 ABR Score (88.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.27 Goodreads (84.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.8K)

   7h 7m listening time • Released 2016

   Nineteen-year-old Tish fights to free her imprisoned fiancé Fonny while pregnant with his child in 1970s Harlem. Bahni Turpin's performance captures Baldwin's lyrical prose and the characters' deep emotional bonds.

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   Nineteen-year-old Tish fights to free her imprisoned fiancé Fonny while pregnant with his child in 1970s Harlem. Bahni Turpin's performance captures Baldwin's lyrical prose and the characters' deep emotional bonds.

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5. 5

   

   Netherwings

   by Django Wexler, Bahni Turpin

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.07 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (187) ★ 4.72 Audible (837)

   8h 34m listening time • Released 2021

   Bahni Turpin's dual performance as narrator and co-author brings genuine warmth to Kay's underdog journey, making this middle-grade fantasy feel like a friend telling you a story you actually want to hear.

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   Bahni Turpin's dual performance as narrator and co-author brings genuine warmth to Kay's underdog journey, making this middle-grade fantasy feel like a friend telling you a story you actually want to hear.

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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)

   9h 51m listening time • Released 2008

   Football dreams collide with family secrets in this story of Brady Bledsoe and his devoted mother Carmyn.

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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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   Relapse

   by Nikki Turner

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 3.91 ABR Score (862 ratings)

   ★ 4.19 Goodreads (699) ★ 4.51 Audible (163)

   8h 35m listening time • Released 2010

   Beijing Lee runs a luxury hotel concierge service that caters to the wealthy and famous while hiding her own high-stakes hustle. Turpin captures both the glamorous surface and dangerous underbelly of a woman whose game rivals any man's criminal operation.

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   Beijing Lee runs a luxury hotel concierge service that caters to the wealthy and famous while hiding her own high-stakes hustle. Turpin captures both the glamorous surface and dangerous underbelly of a woman whose game rivals any man's criminal operation.

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   Dominion

   by Addie E. Citchens

   Narrated by Andre Giles, Angel Pean, Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham

   ★ 3.90 ABR Score (8.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.8 Goodreads (8.2K) ★ 4.42 Audible (212)

   7h 1m listening time • Released 2025

   Reverend Sabre Winfrey controls every aspect of small-town Mississippi life until his youngest son Emanuel's actions threaten the family's iron grip on power. Multiple narrators including Bahni Turpin and Dion Graham bring this Southern drama's complex family dynamics to life.

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   Reverend Sabre Winfrey controls every aspect of small-town Mississippi life until his youngest son Emanuel's actions threaten the family's iron grip on power. Multiple narrators including Bahni Turpin and Dion Graham bring this Southern drama's complex family dynamics to life.

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   Whiteout

   Blackout • Book 2

   by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

   Narrated by Danielle Shemaiah, Nic Stone, Shayna Small, Bahni Turpin, Alaska Jackson, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Kevin R. Free, James Fouhey, Korey Jackson

   ★ 3.77 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)

   ★ 3.6 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (78)

   7h 17m listening time • Released 2022

   Multiple narrators each voicing their own character make this snowy Atlanta romance feel like eavesdropping on real conversations between friends, turning an ensemble story into something genuinely intimate.

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   Multiple narrators each voicing their own character make this snowy Atlanta romance feel like eavesdropping on real conversations between friends, turning an ensemble story into something genuinely intimate.

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    Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

    by Margaret Atwood

    Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey, Allan Corduner

    ★ 3.61 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)

    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4 Audible (1)

    8h 43m listening time • Released 2023

    Atwood's meditation on long marriage and loss gets an all-star treatment, with voices including Dan Stevens and Linda Lavin. The ensemble approach mirrors the collection's range from grief to dark wit.

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    Atwood's meditation on long marriage and loss gets an all-star treatment, with voices including Dan Stevens and Linda Lavin. The ensemble approach mirrors the collection's range from grief to dark wit.

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