10 audiobooks for fans of Evidence of the Affair
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Maybe in Another Life
Narrated by Julia Whelan
Maybe in Another Life delivers the same intricate character-driven storytelling and emotional complexity that define Evidence of the Affair, with Julia Whelan's narration bringing depth to Reid's exploration of fate and personal choice across parallel timelines.
★ 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 Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
Narrated by Julia Whelan
Julia Whelan's compelling narration brings the same emotional intensity to *The Great Alone*, immersing listeners in a gripping mystery filled with dark family secrets and the tension of survival in an isolating setting. Both audiobooks deliver suspenseful narratives driven by complex relationships and the question of what people are capable of hiding.
★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)15h 3m listening time • Released 2018Julia Whelan's narration captures the suffocating intensity of a family unraveling in 1970s Alaska, making this survival story feel dangerously intimate and impossible to abandon.
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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 People We Keep
by Allison Larkin
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.33 ABR Score (122.8K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (117.2K) ★ 4.52 Audible (5.6K)11h 8m listening time • Released 2021Julia Whelan's performance transforms April's restless search into something deeply intimate—you're not just hearing her story, you're inside her head as she figures out who she actually is.
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Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kathleen Glasgow
★ 4.30 ABR Score (276.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (273.5K) ★ 4.59 Audible (2.5K)10h 42m listening time • Released 2016Julia Whelan's raw, unflinching performance transforms this into essential listening for anyone who's felt untethered—she captures Charlie's fragmentation so viscerally you'll feel each scar, not just hear about it.
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North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter, Simon Vance
★ 4.26 ABR Score (120.3K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (117.0K) ★ 4.46 Audible (3.4K)11h 5m listening time • Released 2023A multigenerational haunting told through ten perfectly cast narrators—each voice anchors a different era, making the house itself feel alive across centuries of secrets and sorrow.
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These Summer Storms
by Sarah MacLean
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.12 ABR Score (109.3K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (2.5K)13h 17m listening time • Released 2025Julia Whelan's narration elevates MacLean's sharp family drama into something irresistible—she makes every barbed conversation crackle with genuine tension and desire. If you want a mystery that's equal parts gossipy and genuinely moving, this is the one.
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No Two Persons
by Erica Bauermeister
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, Carol Jacobanis, Cassandra Campbell, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Jesse Vilinsky, Max Meyers, Rachel L. Jacobs, Stephen Graybill
★ 4.04 ABR Score (35.5K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (35.2K) ★ 4.39 Audible (308)8h 54m listening time • Released 2023 -
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
by Elyssa Friedland
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.01 ABR Score (30.4K ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (29.1K) ★ 4.41 Audible (1.3K)9h 26m listening time • Released 2021Julia Whelan captures the bittersweet nostalgia of a Catskills dynasty crumbling in real time, making every family argument and romantic entanglement feel like you're eavesdropping on your own relatives.
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Workbook on People We Meet on Vacation
by BookMaster
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 3.97 ABR Score (24.0K ratings)★ 5 Goodreads (2) ★ 4.39 Audible (24.0K)10h 46m listening time • Released 2021
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