Audiobooks Like 3rd Degree

If you loved 3rd Degree by James Patterson, 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 Carolyn McCormick's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of 3rd Degree

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    Murder on the Orient Express

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Dan Stevens

    4.67 ABR Score (755.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (741.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (13.8K)
    6h 37m listening time • Released 2013

    Christie's most celebrated Poirot case — a murder on a snowbound train, a cast of suspects with no apparent motive, and a solution so audacious it shouldn't work but does.

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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie - HINDI Book 1) (Hindi Edition)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 4

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    4.64 ABR Score (359.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (354.0K) ★ 4.69 Audible (5.6K)
    6h 54m listening time • Released 2012
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    Junkyard Dogs cover

    Junkyard Dogs

    Walt Longmire • Book 6

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.58 ABR Score (28.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (7.1K)
    7h 33m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Western Star cover

    The Western Star

    Walt Longmire • Book 13

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.56 ABR Score (18.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (12.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (5.8K)
    7h 39m listening time • Released 2017
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    An Obvious Fact cover

    An Obvious Fact

    Walt Longmire • Book 12

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.53 ABR Score (20.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (14.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (6.0K)
    7h 50m listening time • Released 2016
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    Next to Last Stand

    Walt Longmire • Book 16

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.51 ABR Score (15.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (12.0K) ★ 4.68 Audible (3.8K)
    7h 56m listening time • Released 2020
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    People of Darkness

    Leaphorn & Chee • Book 4

    by Tony Hillerman

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.44 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (12.4K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.7K)
    7h 2m listening time • Released 2015
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    The Dark Wind cover

    The Dark Wind

    Leaphorn & Chee • Book 5

    by Tony Hillerman

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.44 ABR Score (14.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (12.7K) ★ 4.74 Audible (1.6K)
    7h 32m listening time • Released 2015

    George Guidall's measured, deliberate narration transforms Hillerman's Southwest noir into something hypnotic—he makes the desert itself feel like a character plotting against you.

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    Five Little Pigs

    Hercule Poirot • Book 24

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    4.43 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (94.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.8K)
    6h 40m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Ghostway

    Leaphorn & Chee • Book 6

    by Tony Hillerman

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.42 ABR Score (14.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (13.1K) ★ 4.74 Audible (1.3K)
    7h 8m listening time • Released 2015

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