Audiobooks Like Confess

Elizabeth Louise and Sebastian York split Colleen Hoover's dual narration with a restraint that suits a romance built around secrets kept and slowly surrendered — Louise gives Auburn a thoughtful caution, York gives Owen a contained intensity, and the eight-hour runtime moves quickly because the emotional pressure never fully releases. All ten recommendations return to Hoover's catalog, and the pattern of paired narrators and emotional stakes runs through nearly every title on the list.

10 audiobooks for fans of Confess

  1. 1
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    Ugly Love

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Deacon Lee, Grace Grant

    4.46 ABR Score (2.4M ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (2.3M) ★ 4.58 Audible (32.3K)
    9h 14m listening time • Released 2014
  2. 2
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    Point of Retreat

    Slammed • Book 2

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Kamran R. Khan

    4.29 ABR Score (298.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (296.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (1.3K)
    6h 48m listening time • Released 2022

    Khan's narration adds emotional gravity to Hoover's gut-punch sequel, making the messy side of young love feel raw and achingly real.

  3. 3
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    This Girl

    Slammed • Book 3

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

    3.42 ABR Score (185.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.69 Goodreads (184.4K) ★ 3.81 Audible (1.5K)
    9h 18m listening time • Released 2013

    Heyborne brings Layken and Will's story full circle with a male perspective that reframes everything you thought you knew about the first two books.

  4. 4
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    It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us • Book 1

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Olivia Song

    4.65 ABR Score (4.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (4.7M) ★ 4.67 Audible (87.8K)
    11h 18m listening time • Released 2016
  5. 5
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    November 9

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals

    4.60 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.7 Audible (25.0K)
    9h 46m listening time • Released 2015

    Webber and Goethals trade off chapters in dual narration that makes the once-a-year meetings hit harder, and the final twist lands like a gut punch.

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    All Your Perfects

    Hopeless • Book 3

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Angela Goethals

    4.32 ABR Score (720.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (711.6K) ★ 4.53 Audible (9.0K)
    12h 34m listening time • Released 2013

    CoHo's most emotionally brutal romance, and Goethals narrates the heartbreak with a raw intimacy that makes it hit even harder.

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    Losing Hope

    Hopeless • Book 2

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

    4.29 ABR Score (278.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (275.9K) ★ 4.53 Audible (2.9K)
    10h 33m listening time • Released 2013

    Kirby Heyborne brings raw vulnerability to Holder's POV, making this companion novel hit harder than the original for fans who thought they knew the whole story.

  8. 8
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    Maybe Someday

    Maybe • Book 1

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals

    4.21 ABR Score (677.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (10.4K)
    10h 40m listening time • Released 2014

    Webber and Goethals nail the guilty-crush tension in dual POV, making this one of Hoover's most addictive listens.

  9. 9
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    Falling for the CEO

    The Whitley Brothers • Book 3

    by Layla Hagen

    Narrated by Sebastian York, Maxine Mitchell

    4.18 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.6 Audible (275)
    7h 38m listening time • Released 2023
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    When Darkness Ends

    Moments in Boston • Book 3

    by Marni Mann

    Narrated by Sebastian York, Maxine Mitchell, Lauren Sweet

    4.10 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.75 Audible (36)
    8h 58m listening time • Released 2023

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