Audiobooks Like When Crickets Cry

If you loved When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Charles Martin's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of When Crickets Cry

  1. 1
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    Chasing Fireflies

    by Charles Martin

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    4.43 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (44.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.7K)
    10h 25m listening time • Released 2020
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    Long Way Gone

    by Charles Martin

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    4.38 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.5K)
    9h 50m listening time • Released 2016
  3. 3
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    The Award

    by Danielle Steel

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    4.14 ABR Score (9.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.4 Audible (1.4K)
    9h 28m listening time • Released 2016
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    A Single Swallow

    by Zhang Ling, Shelly Bryant

    Narrated by Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Feodor Chin, Tanya Eby, Christopher Lane

    4.02 ABR Score (10.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (10.2K) ★ 4.28 Audible (563)
    13h 19m listening time • Released 2020
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    You Will Be Peter

    by Jerry Lathan, Manchester

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    3.62 ABR Score (99 ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (93) ★ 4.67 Audible (6)
    10h 39m listening time • Released 2025
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    The Hop

    by Diana Clarke

    Narrated by Taryn Ryan, Olivia Mackenzie-Smith, Adam Verner, Laura Petersen, Carolina Hoyos

    3.93 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.41 Audible (59)
    11h 47m listening time • Released 2022
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    Theo of Golden

    by Allen Levi

    Narrated by David Morse

    4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)
    13h 12m listening time • Released 2025

    David Morse's weathered voice transforms this quiet parable into something hypnotic—each pencil portrait portrait exchange feels like a secret being shared directly with you, making generosity feel less like virtue and more like magic.

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    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    by Robert Dugoni

    Narrated by Robert Dugoni

    4.68 ABR Score (253.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (230.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (22.7K)
    11h 41m listening time • Released 2018

    Robert Dugoni narrating his own coming-of-age story brings an intimacy that transforms a tale of isolation into something deeply moving. His performance captures both the wounded kid and the reflective adult looking back, making this feel less like memoir and more like a friend finally trusting you with his truth.

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    My Friends

    by Fredrik Backman

    Narrated by Marin Ireland

    4.58 ABR Score (421.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.5K)
    13h 22m listening time • Released 2025

    Marin Ireland's narration transforms this story of teenage friendship into something achingly real—she captures the specific cadence of how friends actually talk, making you feel like you're eavesdropping on something sacred.

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    UnDivided

    Unwind Dystology • Book 4

    by Neal Shusterman

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    4.57 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (32.4K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.0K)
    12h 57m listening time • Released 2014

    Luke Daniels brings devastating clarity to this finale, making the moral reckoning hit harder than any previous book in the series. The stakes feel genuinely apocalyptic because he forces you to hear the humanity in every side of an impossible conflict.

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