Audiobooks Like The Nightingale

10 audiobooks for fans of The Nightingale

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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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   Winter Garden

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Susan Ericksen

   ★ 4.54 ABR Score (481.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (453.3K) ★ 4.56 Audible (28.5K)

   14h 38m listening time • Released 2009

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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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   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 Shadow of the Wind

   Cemetery of Forgotten Books • Book 1

   by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

   Narrated by Daniel Weyman

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (727.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (727.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (304)

   17h 13m listening time • Released 2011

   A love letter to books and Barcelona — a boy finds a novel by a forgotten author and uncovers a mystery that threatens his own life.

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   The Devil in the White City

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (796.0K ratings)

   ★ 4 Goodreads (764.6K) ★ 4.34 Audible (31.4K)

   14h 58m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's narration transforms this dual narrative into pure suspense: his voice captures both the architect's visionary grandeur and the killer's chilling menace with such distinct intensity that you'll forget you're listening to nonfiction.

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   The Help

   by Kathryn Stockett

   Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.95 ABR Score (3.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.47 Goodreads (3.0M) ★ 4.81 Audible (46.3K)

   18h 6m listening time • Released 2009

   The four narrators each disappear into their characters so completely, you'll forget you're listening to a performance. This is how ensemble audiobooks should work.

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   The Rose Code

   by Kate Quinn

   Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

   ★ 4.85 ABR Score (406.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (381.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (25.2K)

   16h 2m listening time • Released 2021

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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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    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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