Audiobooks Like Girl in Pieces

Julia Whelan narrates Girl in Pieces with the kind of care this material requires — not softening the rawness but giving it enough space that it doesn't collapse into sensation. Her voice for Charlie is young without being fragile, and the 11-hour listen maintains that emotional honesty throughout. Ten of the recommendations also feature Whelan as narrator, so if her presence is part of what made this listen work — the way she holds difficult material without flinching — you'll find that same quality across the full list.

10 audiobooks for fans of Girl in Pieces

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    Kathleen Glasgow Three-Audiobook Collection: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You'd Be Home Now

    by Kathleen Glasgow

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Jorjeana Marie, Julia Knippen, Kathleen Glasgow

    3.56 ABR Score (33 ratings)
    ★ 4.81 Goodreads (26) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)
    35h 38m listening time • Released 2025

    Glasgow's trilogy hits harder in audio form, where multiple narrators bring raw emotional specificity to each character's trauma and recovery. 35 hours of unsparing, necessary stories about survival.

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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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    Carrie Soto Is Back

    Reidverse

    by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Narrated by Stacy Gonzalez, Mary Carillo, Patrick Mcenroe, Rob Simmelkjaer, Brendan Wayne, Max Meyers, Reynaldo Piniella, Vidish Athavale, Tom Bromhead, Heath Miller, Julia Whelan, Sara Arrington

    4.38 ABR Score (739.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (731.6K) ★ 4.45 Audible (8.3K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2022

    The all-star narrator ensemble brings Reid's tennis comeback story to life with such pitch-perfect performances that you'll forget you're listening to a book, not watching a prestige drama unfold.

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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 2021

    Julia 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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    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 2021

    Julia 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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    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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    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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    The Great Alone

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)
    15h 3m listening time • Released 2018

    Julia 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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    Summary : the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

    by Good Reads Publishing

    Narrated by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles

    4.33 ABR Score (96.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (133) ★ 4.63 Audible (96.4K)
    12h 10m listening time • Released 2017

    Three stellar narrators trade off to bring Evelyn's glamorous secrets to life, and their distinct voices make each confession feel like a private confession rather than a summary.

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    The Boys' Club

    by Erica Katz

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.14 ABR Score (18.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (16.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.0K)
    11h 36m listening time • Released 2020

    Julia Whelan nails the moral quicksand of a woman ascending a corrupt power structure, making every compromise feel thrilling and then devastating. It's the rare workplace thriller that works as well on audio as on the page.

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