Where to Start with Julia Whelan
- Best entry point → Thank You for Listening
- Best standalone → My Oxford Year
- What fans keep coming back to → Three Slices
- Best narrator for Julia Whelan → The Poetry of My Oxford Year
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Thank You for Listening
Thank You for Listening
by Julia Whelan
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.43 ABR Score (106.8K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (100.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (6.0K)11h 16m listening time • Released 2022Julia Whelan narrating her own story about an audiobook narrator is perfectly cast magic—she understands the intimate power of voice in a way that makes every scene resonate.
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My Oxford Year
by Julia Whelan
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.19 ABR Score (100.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (91.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (9.0K)9h 58m listening time • Released 2018Julia Whelan narrates her own romantic debut with such natural charm and specificity that you forget you're listening to a performance. It's the rare author-narrator match where the voice feels inseparable from the story itself.
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Three Slices
The Iron Druid Chronicles #7.5 - A Prelude to War • Book 7
by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig, Alex Wyndham, Julia Whelan
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 3.74 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (4.5K) ★ 4.15 Audible (2.2K)6h 7m listening time • Released 2015Luke Daniels' performances across three distinct novellas prove he's the best genre narrator working—shifting seamlessly between Hearne's mythology, Dawson's dark carnival horror, and Wendig's grimdark storytelling without losing momentum.
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The Immigrant's Wife
by J B Harris, Julia Whelan
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 3.59 ABR Score (12 ratings)★ 5 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.82 Audible (11)9h 59m listening time • Released 2025Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the devastating tension between desire and duty—her voice shifts so seamlessly between perspectives that you feel the couple's separation even as they're speaking.
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The Poetry of My Oxford Year
by Julia Whelan
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 3.52 ABR Score (31 ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (27) ★ 5 Audible (4)2h 48m listening time • Released 2025Julia Whelan's intimate narration transforms Victorian poems into personal letters, each one paired with her own candid commentary that makes even the most daunting classics feel instantly accessible and alive.
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