10 audiobooks for fans of Daisy Jones and The Six
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Maybe in Another Life
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 2023Julia 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 2018Collins 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 2025A 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 2024Dominic 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 2025Multiple 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 -
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 -
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 2020Luke 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 2019Nick 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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