Audiobooks Like We Are the Brennans

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Barrie Kreinik narrates *We Are the Brennans* with a quiet steadiness that suits the material — this is a story that lives in pauses and unspoken tension, and her voice holds that weight without pushing it. At ten hours, there's enough room for Lange's characters to breathe and bruise without the story overstaying its welcome. Every audiobook here is narrated by Kreinik, so you're staying in that same measured, emotionally attuned register — and several run close to the same length, including another Lange novel that puts her in equally complicated family territory.

10 audiobooks for fans of We Are the Brennans

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    The Connellys of County Down cover

    The Connellys of County Down

    by Tracey Lange

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.80 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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    The Mother's Promise

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.15 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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    Migrations

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (108.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.7K)
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    The Things We Keep

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.07 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

    ★ 4.05 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

    ★ 4.02 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 Sirens

    by Emilia Hart

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.89 ABR Score (60.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (60.0K) ★ 4.33 Audible (390)
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    Sisters separated by centuries share a deadly gift that connects witch trials to modern-day violence across continents.

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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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    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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    The Old Place

    by Bobby Finger

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.70 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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