Best Unknown Author Audiobooks

The best Unknown Author audiobooks — 25 titles ranked by listening experience across Thriller, Business, Mystery, Biography & Memoir, Historical Fiction, Romance, Horror, Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, averaging 4.03 ABR stars.

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- **The Maidens** — Alex Michaelides - **The Miniaturist** — Jessie Burton - **Song of Solomon** — Toni Morrison - **Bring Up The Bodies** — Hilary Mantel (Thomas Cromwell series) - **Greenwitch** — Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising series) - **Wildwood Dancing** — Juliet Marillier

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Unknown Author's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is The Last Thing He Told Me, narrated by Rebecca Lowman (4.14 ABR stars). Performed by narrators including Rebecca Lowman, Simon Sinek, Caroline Lee, and more. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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    The Last Thing He Told Me cover

    The Last Thing He Told Me

    The Last Thing He Told Me • Book 1

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

    4.14 ABR Score (59.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (4) ★ 4.37 Audible (59.1K)
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    Hannah must protect her husband's resentful teenage daughter Bailey when Owen vanishes, leaving only a cryptic note. Rebecca Lowman captures the tension between the women searching for answers.

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    The Infinite Game

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Sinek

    4.75 ABR Score (13.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.78 Audible (13.2K)
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    The Lake House

    by Kate Morton, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Caroline Lee

    4.34 ABR Score (152.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (131.8K) ★ 4.45 Audible (21.1K)
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    A child vanishes during a 1933 midsummer party, and seventy years later a detective discovers the abandoned estate where the Edevane family's tragedy began.

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    Apples Never Fall

    by Liane Moriarty, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Caroline Lee

    4.09 ABR Score (472.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (449.3K) ★ 4.31 Audible (23.2K)
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    Tennis coaches Stan and Joy Delaney built their life around the sport until a mysterious young woman disrupts their retirement plans. When Joy disappears, family secrets emerge about the cost of competitive parenting and marriage sacrifices.

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    God's Smuggler

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.65 ABR Score (50.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (47.8K) ★ 4.9 Audible (2.6K)
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    Simon Vance's measured, trustworthy delivery transforms this true account of Bible smuggling into a page-turner that feels both intimate and urgent. A modern classic that still grips because the stakes, and the faith, feel devastatingly real.

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    Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd

    3.92 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)
    ★ 5 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.53 Audible (5.0K)
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    Luckiest Girl Alive--by Jessica Knoll

    by Jessica Knoll, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Madeleine Maby

    3.98 ABR Score (267.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (258.1K) ★ 4.15 Audible (9.8K)
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    Ani FaNelli's perfect Manhattan life built on lies starts cracking when a documentary filmmaker wants to interview her about a high school shooting she survived but never fully disclosed.

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    Bring Up The Bodies

    Thomas Cromwell • Book 2

    by Hilary Mantel, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.40 ABR Score (109.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (105.7K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)
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    Simon Vance's narration transforms Mantel's intricate political prose into pure suspense—you'll hear the machinery of power and betrayal click into place across 14 hours you won't want to pause.

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    Beast Behaving Badly (Pride)

    Pride • Book 5

    by Shelly Laurenston, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Charlotte Kane

    4.53 ABR Score (18.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (1.9K)
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    Charlotte Kane makes the slow burn between a patient polar bear and a sarcastic wolfdog absolutely sing in this paranormal romance where patience finally wins.

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    Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Tai Sammons, Bronson Pinchot

    3.77 ABR Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Audible (6.5K)
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    Haunted house horror unfolds inside a Swedish furniture megastore as five employees work overnight to solve bizarre vandalism—Pinchot and Sammons capture every creepy detail.

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    Song of Solomon

    by Toni Morrison, Durthy Washington, Tayari Jones, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Toni Morrison, Karen Murray

    4.43 ABR Score (131.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (129.7K) ★ 4.69 Audible (2.0K)
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    Toni Morrison herself narrates this tale of Milkman Dead's journey through family secrets and African American folklore, her voice lending authority to every mythic moment.

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    Wild Cards I (Wild Cards Series)

    Wild Cards • Book 1

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    3.57 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 5 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.05 Audible (2.7K)
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    Greenwitch

    The Dark Is Rising • Book 3

    by Susan Cooper, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.14 ABR Score (33.0K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (32.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (716)
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    Alex Jennings animates this mythology ensemble so vividly that you forget you're listening: The Dark Is Rising's finest and most assured entry in the series.

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    [Talking God] [By: Tony Hillerman] [January, 2010]

    Leaphorn & Chee • Book 9

    by Tony Hillerman, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Christian Baskous

    4.14 ABR Score (11.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (875)
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    A grave robber and mysterious corpse pull Leaphorn and Chee into connected cases involving stolen ancestral bones and Smithsonian politics. Christian Baskous navigates Hillerman's layered mystery with steady pacing.

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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)
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    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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    Great & Secret Show

    Book of the Art • Book 1

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Chet Williamson

    3.79 ABR Score (945 ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Audible (945)
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    Wildwood Dancing

    Wildwood • Book 1

    by Juliet Marillier, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Kim Mai Guest

    4.02 ABR Score (33.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.4 Audible (532)
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    Five sisters living in a Transylvanian castle discover a portal to an enchanted realm they can access only during full moons, creating a rich fantasy tapestry of sibling bonds and magical secrets.

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    A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four

    Sherlock Holmes • Book 2

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.57 ABR Score (593 ratings)
    ★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.17 Audible (592)
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    The New Rules of Marketing and PR

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by David Meerman Scott, Sean Pratt

    3.93 ABR Score (404 ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Audible (404)
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    The Killing Room (Byrne and Balzano)

    Jack Paris • Book 6

    by Richard Montanari, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    3.82 ABR Score (179 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.52 Audible (178)
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    The Ice House

    by Minette Walters, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.74 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (10.7K) ★ 4.1 Audible (240)
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    Three women living in countryside seclusion become suspects when a faceless corpse appears in their ice house. Simon Prebble navigates the gothic atmosphere and unreliable testimony with understated British precision.

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    Frost Line

    by Linda Howard, Linda Winstead Jones, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    3.79 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (166)
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    Lenna, a Tarot card manifestation pulled into the human world, must protect a young boy in this paranormal romance that Abby Craden narrates with appropriate otherworldly intensity.

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    Bad News

    Dortmunder • Book 10

    by Donald E. Westlake, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    3.92 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (109)
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    John Dortmunder hates manual labor, so digging up graves seems like a terrible idea—until criminal mastermind Fitzroy Guilderpost offers serious money. Michael Kramer narrates this caper about switching two 70-year-dead Indians and the mystery behind it.

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    Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War

    Red Dragon Rising • Book 2

    by Unknown Author

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    3.84 ABR Score (690 ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (547) ★ 4.2 Audible (143)
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    CIA officer Mara Duncan must extract a scientist and child witness from bomb-torn Hanoi while pursued by a relentless Chinese commando monk.

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    Killer's Choice

    87th Precinct • Book 5

    by Ed McBain, Jack M. Bickham, Jeff Clinton, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.81 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (116)
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    87th Precinct detectives Carella and Kling investigate Annie Boone's murder, questioning whether she was random victim or intended target. Dick Hill's noir-perfect voice suits this classic police procedural perfectly.

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