Best Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Barrie Kreinik — 25 titles spanning Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Biography & Memoir, Self-Help, Literature & Fiction, averaging 4.30 ABR stars.

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.

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    Code Name Hélène

    by Ariel Lawhon

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim

    ★ 4.69 ABR Score (90.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (82.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.8K)
    17h 17m listening time • Released 2020
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    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)
    12h 2m listening time • Released 2025
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    The Choice

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 3

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.52 ABR Score (51.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (44.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (7.5K)
    15h 18m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Becoming

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 2

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (59.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (51.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (8.0K)
    15h 42m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Good Sister

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (237.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (233.2K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.1K)
    8h 19m listening time • Released 2021
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    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)
    11h 55m listening time • Released 2021
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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)
    11h 35m listening time • Released 2024
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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)
    11h 17m listening time • Released 2023
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    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

    by Brom

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (114.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (111.1K) ★ 4.62 Audible (3.4K)
    14h 28m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

    by Elizabeth Kendall, Molly Kendall

    Narrated by Elizabeth Kendall, Barrie Kreinik, Molly Kendall

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (16.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.4K)
    6h 18m listening time • Released 2020
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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 (833)
    16h 21m listening time • Released 2021
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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)
    14h 35m listening time • Released 2021
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    As a Man Thinketh

    by James Allen

    Narrated by Adelia Saunders, Barrie Kreinik, Carly Robins, Eleanor Hutchins, Emily Bauer, Emily Lawrence, Fiona Hardingham, Greer Morrison, Joel Fotinos, Natalie Naudus, Sophie Amoss, Thérèse Plummer, Vivienne Leheny, Xe Sands

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (97.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (97.4K) ★ 4.65 Audible (130)
    2h 57m listening time • Released 2019
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    Good Night, Irene

    by Luis Alberto Urrea

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Luis Alberto Urrea

    ★ 4.25 ABR Score (29.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.62 Audible (705)
    13h 26m listening time • Released 2023
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    The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

    by Allison Pataki

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.25 ABR Score (93.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (90.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)
    14h 35m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Tribes

    by Mari Howes

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Piper Goodeve

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (538) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.7K)
    11h 48m listening time • Released 2020
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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 (18.6K)
    11h 40m listening time • Released 2019

    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.

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    The Mother's Promise

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (27.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (465)
    9h 16m listening time • Released 2017
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    The Paris Dressmaker

    by Kristy Cambron

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.14 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.5K)
    12h 27m listening time • Released 2021
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    Migrations

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.14 ABR Score (108.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.7K)
    8h 54m listening time • Released 2020
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    You Are Not Alone

    by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Dylan Moore

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (98.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (92.9K) ★ 4.29 Audible (5.7K)
    11h 1m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Awakening

    The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 1

    by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (73.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (73.7K) ★ 4.68 Audible (68)
    15h 27m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Italian Ballerina

    by Kristy Cambron

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (6.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (5.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (286)
    10h 18m listening time • Released 2022
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    Finding Margaret Fuller

    by Allison Pataki

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.10 ABR Score (12.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (11.7K) ★ 4.5 Audible (363)
    13h 22m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Things We Keep

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.09 ABR Score (37.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (36.6K) ★ 4.44 Audible (1.0K)
    9h 49m listening time • Released 2016
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