Audiobooks Like Daisy Jones and The Six

Daisy Jones and The Six is produced as a full ensemble piece — Jennifer Beals leads a cast that includes Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, and Pablo Schreiber, each narrator inhabiting their character's retrospective voice with a documentary-interview naturalism that makes the 9 hours feel like a binge rather than a listen. Another Taylor Jenkins Reid title is nearby, and the rest of the list shares that same multiple-voice architecture and the kind of runtimes that fit a long weekend.

10 audiobooks for fans of Daisy Jones and The Six

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    Maybe in Another Life

    by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    3.98 ABR Score (397.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (395.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (1.2K)
    9h 25m listening time • Released 2023

    Julia Whelan's dual performance makes the parallel timelines feel like two distinct emotional universes—you'll find yourself rooting for different versions of Hannah simultaneously, which is exactly the point.

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    The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games • Book 1

    by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

    4.89 ABR Score (10.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (10.0M) ★ 4.89 Audible (16.9K)
    10h 35m listening time • Released 2018

    Collins reinvented YA dystopia with a heroine who never stops fighting — propulsive, politically sharp, and impossible to put down.

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    The Correspondent

    by Virginia Evans

    Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

    4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)
    8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

    A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.

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    James

    by Percival Everett

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    4.76 ABR Score (552.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (18.6K)
    7h 49m listening time • Released 2024

    Dominic Hoffman's narration brings Jim's voice to life with such moral clarity and wit that you'll hear why Everett's reimagining won the Pulitzer—it's the definitive audiobook performance of a story that needed retelling.

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    Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

    by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid

    4.68 ABR Score (778.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (19.8K)
    9h 52m listening time • Released 2025

    Multiple narrators embody the fierce ambition and competing loyalties of women breaking into NASA, making this feel like you're in the room with them rather than just hearing their story.

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    The Color Purple

    The Color Purple Collection • Book 1

    by Alice Walker

    Narrated by Alice Walker

    4.68 ABR Score (764.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (758.4K) ★ 4.81 Audible (5.7K)
    7h 58m listening time • Released 2018
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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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    Unwind

    Unwind Dystology • Book 1

    by Neal Shusterman

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    4.43 ABR Score (252.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (250.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (1.6K)
    10h 9m listening time • Released 2020

    Luke Daniels' three distinct voices anchor this dystopian thriller so completely that you'll forget you're listening to one narrator. The moral complexity and relentless pacing make it impossible to put down.

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    Stay

    by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.41 ABR Score (34.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (31.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.6K)
    8h 12m listening time • Released 2019

    Nick Podehl captures the quiet intimacy of two broken people finding each other—his performance makes the 1969 setting feel lived-in and achingly real, turning a story about connection into something you won't forget.

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray Novel

    by Oscar Wilde

    Narrated by Ben Barnes

    4.41 ABR Score (1.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (1.9M) ★ 4.73 Audible (577)
    8h 25m listening time • Released 2019

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