Audiobooks Like Homegoing

10 audiobooks for fans of Homegoing

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   The Book of Lost Friends

   by Lisa Wingate

   Narrated by Sophie Amoss, Lisa Flanagan, Dominic Hoffman, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Lisa Wingate

   ★ 4.55 ABR Score (135.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.15 Goodreads (123.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (11.7K)

   15h 6m listening time • Released 2020

   The ensemble cast transforms this post-Civil War saga into something transcendent, each narrator embodying their character so distinctly you forget you're listening to a book rather than witnessing history unfold.

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   The Women

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)

   ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.84 Audible (56.8K)

   14h 57m listening time • Released 2024

   Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the raw emotional cost of Vietnam through a nurse's eyes—this is immersive historical fiction that feels urgently alive, not distant.

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   The Book Thief

   by Markus Zusak

   Narrated by Allan Corduner

   ★ 4.73 ABR Score (2.9M ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.9M) ★ 4.64 Audible (34.7K)

   13h 56m listening time • Released 2006

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   Cilka's Journey

   The Tattooist of Auschwitz • Book 2

   by Heather Morris

   Narrated by Louise Brealey

   ★ 4.72 ABR Score (223.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (219.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.3K)

   11h 3m listening time • Released 2019

   Louise Brealey's measured, unflinching narration transforms this haunting true story into something unbearable and necessary—she lets the quiet devastation of survival speak louder than any dramatic flourish ever could.

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   The Frozen River

   by Ariel Lawhon

   Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

   ★ 4.71 ABR Score (610.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (594.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (16.2K)

   15h 5m listening time • Released 2023

   The dual narration captures Martha Ballard's fierce intelligence against a corrupt town that underestimates her—a historical mystery that hinges on one woman's refusal to let power bury the truth.

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   The Alice Network

   by Kate Quinn

   Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (694.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)

   15h 7m listening time • Released 2017

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   Gates of Fire

   by Steven Pressfield

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (44.4K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.6K)

   14h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   George Guidall's voice transforms this Thermopylae epic into something operatic—his measured intensity makes the brutal final stand feel inevitable and intimate, like a dying man's confession.

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   The Song of Achilles

   by Madeline Miller

   Narrated by Frazer Douglas

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.61 Audible (40.8K)

   11h 15m listening time • Released 2012

   Frazer Douglas's tender, controlled performance makes this reimagining of the Iliad feel intimate and devastating—he captures the quiet ache of a love that rewrites mythology.

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   This Tender Land

   by William Kent Krueger

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (236.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (223.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (12.9K)

   14h 19m listening time • Released 2019

   Scott Brick's weathered narration transforms this Depression-era journey into something haunting and deeply human, turning what could be a heavy historical tale into an unforgettable emotional gut-punch.

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    The Killer Angels

    The Civil War Trilogy • Book 2

    by Michael Shaara

    Narrated by Stephen Hoye

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (99.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (92.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.7K)

    13h 44m listening time • Released 2004

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