Best Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks

Barrie Kreinik has quietly become the definitive narrator for domestic psychological suspense — if you've been hooked by a Sally Hepworth novel on audio, you've been hooked by Kreinik. Her work across The Good Sister, The Mother-in-Law, and The Soulmate showcases a cool, intimate delivery that keeps tension coiled just beneath the surface; she sounds like the most reasonable person in the room, which is exactly what these unreliable-narrator stories need. Her voice is clear and measured, with enough warmth to draw you in and enough restraint to unsettle you. She's equally at home in literary fiction — Migrations is a quiet standout — and she handles the mythological weight of Ariadne with surprising grace. Listeners who love character-driven suspense, especially stories centered on women's relationships and secrets, will find Kreinik an ideal companion. She doesn't perform — she inhabits.

Where to Start with Barrie Kreinik

171 audiobooks in collection
3.89 avg ABR rating
Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Self-Help, Business, Horror

Best Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks

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    Code Name Hélène

    by Ariel Lawhon

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim

    4.70 ABR Score (90.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (82.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (7.9K)
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    Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure cover

    Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

    Constable Evan Mystery

    by Rhys Bowen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.61 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.3K)
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    Barrie Kreinik captures the quiet determination of a betrayed 1930s wife who transforms divorce devastation into unexpected liberation and new romance.

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    The Choice cover

    The Choice

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 3

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.60 ABR Score (51.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (44.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (7.5K)
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    Breen's final journey between our world and magical Talamhh gets epic battles, destiny choices, and Barrie Kreinik switching seamlessly between Irish accents and American tones for this portal fantasy conclusion.

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    The Becoming cover

    The Becoming

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 2

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.60 ABR Score (59.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (51.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (8.0K)
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    The Awakening cover

    The Awakening

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 1

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.60 ABR Score (85.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (73.7K) ★ 4.77 Audible (12.2K)
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    The Good Sister cover

    The Good Sister

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.51 ABR Score (237.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (233.2K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.2K)
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    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery cover

    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

    by Brom

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.46 ABR Score (114.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (111.1K) ★ 4.62 Audible (3.5K)
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    The Venice Sketchbook cover

    The Venice Sketchbook

    Constable Evan Mystery

    by Rhys Bowen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.46 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (82.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (3.2K)
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    Caroline Grant inherits mysterious keys and a sketchbook that lead her to discover her great-aunt's wartime romance in Venice. Dual timelines reveal secrets spanning from WWII resistance to modern-day family revelations.

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    The Sunflower House

    by Adriana Allegri

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Dallin Bradford, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.34 ABR Score (20.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (19.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (405)
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    Allina Strauss's quiet German village life shatters when she's forced into a Nazi breeding program, fighting to save herself and others in this harrowing WWII story.

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    The Paris Assignment

    Constable Evan Mystery

    by Rhys Bowen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.33 ABR Score (24.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (24.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (528)
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    Kreinik captures both Madeleine's determination and her fear as she navigates Occupied Paris, smuggling Allied airmen while protecting her young son.

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    The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy cover

    The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

    by Elizabeth Kendall, Molly Kendall

    Narrated by Elizabeth Kendall, Barrie Kreinik, Molly Kendall

    4.32 ABR Score (16.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.4K)
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    Elizabeth Kendall recounts her six-year relationship with America's most notorious serial killer, now joined by her daughter Molly's perspective. Their personal narration adds haunting authenticity to this impossible love story.

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    The Last Night in London

    by Karen White

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.30 ABR Score (10.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (839)
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    The Riviera House

    by Natasha Lester

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.29 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (14.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.1K)
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    A brilliant art theft plot unfolds as Éliane secretly decodes Nazi plans to steal Louvre masterpieces in occupied Paris. Kreinik's nuanced performance captures both the protagonist's courage and the era's tension perfectly.

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    The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

    by Allison Pataki

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.26 ABR Score (94.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (90.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.4K)
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    Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

    by Gloria Steinem

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Gabra Zackman, Gloria Steinem, Robin Miles, Soneela Nankani

    4.25 ABR Score (5.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 4.89 Audible (165)
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    The Tribes cover

    The Tribes

    by Mari Howes

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Piper Goodeve

    4.23 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (538) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.7K)
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    Two narrators handle this cult thriller about Heather Garner, accused of killing a newborn, and the lawyer who believes her innocence despite overwhelming evidence.

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    Good Night, Irene

    by Luis Alberto Urrea

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Luis Alberto Urrea

    4.23 ABR Score (29.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.62 Audible (705)
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    Based on real women, this WWII epic follows Red Cross volunteers serving on the dangerous European front lines. Urrea chronicles extraordinary female heroism often overlooked in traditional war narratives.

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    Turning Darkness Into Light

    The Memoirs of Lady Trent • Book 6

    by Marie Brennan

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Raphael Corkhill

    4.23 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (297)
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    Chaos

    I Bring the Fire • Book 3

    by C. Gockel

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.20 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.82 Audible (97)
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    Loki faces enemies from every direction—frost giants, FBI agents, and old Asgardian friends—while the World Seed Cera complicates everything. Barrie Kreinik navigates multiple mythologies and modern bureaucracy with sharp wit.

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    An Anonymous Girl

    by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Julia Whelan

    4.19 ABR Score (201.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (182.5K) ★ 4.26 Audible (18.7K)
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    The dual narration catches every twist of psychological manipulation, with Kreinik and Whelan perfectly embodying the predator-prey dynamic that makes this thriller impossible to pause.

All Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks (171)

Historical Fiction (30)

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon
4.41 17h 17m
4.46 12h 2m
4.25 11h 55m
The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri
4.34 11h 35m
4.32 11h 17m
4.22 16h 21m
The Riviera House by Natasha Lester
4.32 14h 35m
The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron
3.96 12h 27m
The Italian Ballerina by Kristy Cambron
4.13 10h 18m
Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki
4.09 13h 22m
A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
3.96 14h 19m
4.11 10h 4m
A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron
4.21 9h 54m
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
3.78 12h 17m
The British Booksellers by Kristy Cambron
4.09 11h 18m
The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson
4.04 11h 49m
4.00 12h 48m
4.06 13h 8m
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi, Anthony Berris
4.00 17h 4m
It Girl by Allison Pataki
4.13 13h 53m
Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt
4.01 14h 3m
3.76 11h 39m
The Two-Family House by Linda Cohen Loigman
  8h 54m
Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
3.82 11h 2m
The Incorrigibles by Meredith Jaeger
4.03 10h 4m
The English Wife by Lauren Willig
3.73 14h 53m
The Dressmaker's Dowry by Meredith Jaeger
3.70 9h 40m
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
3.73 18h 36m
Between Two Fires by Mark Noce
3.56 12h 27m
3.71 8h 25m

Thriller (29)

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
4.14 8h 19m
The Tribes by Mari Howes
4.19 11h 48m
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
3.79 11h 40m
You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
3.75 11h 1m
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth
3.82
Wicked Wanted Widows by Kimberly Belle, Ariel Blake, Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Barrie Kreinik, Kevin T. Collins, Helen Laser, Neil Hellegers, Vanessa Lillie, Cate Holahan
3.56 9h 3m
The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson, Emily Raymond
3.85 8h 13m
The Mother’s Secret by Kathryn Croft
3.92 9h 9m
Look Twice by Eva Hudson
4.57 9h 48m
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
3.78 9h 11m
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
3.78 7h 44m
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
3.61 13h 28m
Flight Risk by Eva Hudson
4.49 7h 39m
The Stowaway by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth
3.78 7h 54m
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
3.55 7h 43m
Everybody is a Liar by Liv Constantine, Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayr Guthrie, Jennifer Jill Araya, Dallis Seeker, Danny Campbell
3.60 3h 23m
Shoot First by Eva Hudson
4.30 9h 5m
Kill Plan by Eva Hudson
4.07 7h 9m
Final Offer by Eva Hudson
4.31 11h 25m
Fresh Doubt by Eva Hudson
3.68 8h 15m
You Better Watch Out by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth
3.58 6h 35m
3.51 4h 58m
Until Alison by Kate Russo
3.18 8h 6m
The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black, John Banville
3.13 8h 46m
The Ends of Things by Sandra Chwialkowska
2.97 7h 25m
Tangerine by Christine Mangan
3.21 9h 28m

Romance (24)

The Awakening by Nora Roberts
4.17 15h 27m
Lifeblood by Gena Showalter
3.94 12h 54m
Highcliffe House by Megan Walker
4.22 8h 58m
3.98 11h 58m
I Bring the Fire by C. Gockel
4.15 3h 25m
Luck by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.56 8h 46m
Courage (The Eventing Series, 3) by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.43 9h 40m
Home by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.63 8h 3m
Pride by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.32 9h 27m
Flight by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.49 7h 36m
Prospect by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.55 10h 14m
Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.00 10h 15m
3.76 7h 49m
Merry and Bright by Ali Rosen
3.78 1h 19m
An Inconvenient Letter by Julie Wright
3.86 7h 35m
3.74 8h 59m
Season of Love by Helena Greer
3.66 9h 43m
Love at 350° by Lisa Peers
3.72 9h 21m
3.69
The Bedding Proposal by Tracy Anne Warren
3.77 10h 17m
Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson
3.70 8h 28m
Snow Place Like Home by Laura Pavlov
3.44 5h 4m
3.48 9h 10m
The Royal Game by Linda Keir
3.29 10h 4m

Literature & Fiction (23)

Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
4.12 13h 26m
The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth
4.15 9h 16m
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
4.11 8h 54m
The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth
3.94 9h 49m
Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen
4.25 9h 11m
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
4.04 8h 54m
The Sirens by Emilia Hart
3.72 10h 56m
We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
3.80 9h 53m
Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner, Jeanne Darst
3.52 6h 53m
3.81 9h 21m
Forward by Natalie Keller Reinert
4.48 8h 45m
Crossings by Alex Landragin
3.84 24h 24m
Sun House by David James Duncan
3.90 42h 7m
The Old Place by Bobby Finger
3.56 8h 46m
3.57 9h 55m
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
3.48 8h 52m
Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton
3.45 11h 27m
Wildalone by Krassi Zourkova
3.37 14h 6m
It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler
3.36 11h 37m
The Singer Sisters by Sarah Marian Seltzer
3.44 9h 22m
The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green
3.33 9h 10m
3.26 9h 8m
3.32 5h 39m

Fantasy (22)

The Choice by Nora Roberts
4.29 15h 18m
The Becoming by Nora Roberts
4.30 15h 42m
4.20 14h 28m
4.17 11h 35m
Chaos by C. Gockel
4.23 9h 7m
4.01 4h 8m
Warriors by C. Gockel
4.36 10h 9m
Monsters by C. Gockel
4.14 7h 17m
The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor
3.96 11h 22m
We Lie With Death by Devin Madson
4.07 17h 33m
Wolves by C. Gockel
3.77 7h 24m
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
3.81 17h 4m
The Salt-Black Tree by Lilith Saintcrow
4.01 7h 44m
Spring's Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow
3.65 11h 24m
3.65 13h 34m
3.48 11h 11m
The Seventh Perfection by Daniel Polansky
3.62 3h 8m
The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White
3.71 12h 1m
4.07 11h 20m
Knaves: A Blackguards Anthology (3) by Melanie R. Meadors, Alana Joli Abbott, Maurice Broaddus, Cullen Bunn, Toiya Kristen Finley, Shanna Germain, Lian Hearn, Walidah Imarisha, Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Cat Rambo, Linda Robertson, Clay Sanger, Anna Smith Spark, Kenny Soward, Anton Strout, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Howard Tayler, Linda Robertson Reinhardt
3.50 9h 5m
4.48 10h 59m

Mystery (13)

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
3.96 9h 18m
The Last Labyrinth by Gwendolyn Womack
4.22 10h 35m
The Six by Anni Taylor
3.92 14h 23m
A Golden Grave by Erin Lindsey
3.99 11h 17m
The Night I Died by Anne Frasier
3.96 7h 39m
I Died for Beauty by Amanda Flower
4.11
4.03 8h 13m
The Silver Shooter by Erin Lindsey
3.98 10h 25m
3.80 8h 32m
3.60 10h 57m
Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver
3.73 6h 18m
3.63 9h 53m
Pearls and Poison by Erin Lindsey
4.08 10h 49m

Biography & Memoir (12)

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall, Molly Kendall
4.18 6h 18m
4.14 14h 35m
I Will Protect You by Eva Mozes Kor, Danica Davidson
4.48 4h 7m
3.93 7h 22m
Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn
4.03 15h 14m
The Velvet Rose by Susan Holmes McKagan
3.17 9h 37m
4.30 7h 43m
The Body Snatcher’s Wife: My Life with a Monster by Barbra Lynn Reifel, Johnny Russo
3.31 8h 31m
At 33 by Eva Le Gallienne
3.75 6h 30m

Sci-Fi (8)

Ragnarok by C. Gockel
4.43 20h 58m
Fates by C. Gockel
4.25 14h 57m
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
3.86 20h 42m
The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule
3.77 13h 14m
Three Days in April by Edward Ashton
4.00 9h 26m
The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton
3.90 9h 39m
The Cage by Megan Shepherd
3.65 11h 20m
The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva
4.11

Non-Fiction (4)

4.19 14h 8m
4.45 8h 54m

Horror (1)

Fiend by Alma Katsu
3.39 6h 36m