Audiobooks Like Good Girl, Bad Blood

The full-cast production deploys more than ten voices across this 11-hour YA mystery, with Bailey Carr anchoring Pip's investigation while the ensemble builds out a world that genuinely feels populated rather than performed. Two shared narrators carry into the recommendations, and most of the list is highly rated, so if that podcast-within-a-novel format — where the investigation is both lived and narrated in real time — is what kept you engaged, these follow the same documentary instinct.

10 audiobooks for fans of Good Girl, Bad Blood

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    One of Us Is Lying

    One of Us Is Lying • Book 1

    by Karen M. McManus

    Narrated by Kim Mai Guest, MacLeod Andrews, Shannon McManus, Robbie Daymond

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.47 Audible (8.2K)
    10h 43m listening time • Released 2017
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    The Man Who Died Twice

    Thursday Murder Club • Book 2

    by Richard Osman

    Narrated by Lesley Manville

    ★ 4.83 ABR Score (369.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (361.0K) ★ 4.82 Audible (8.6K)
    11h 49m listening time • Released 2021
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    Desert Star

    Renée Ballard • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (96.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (86.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (10.4K)
    9h 43m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (101.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (80.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (21.5K)
    10h 21m listening time • Released 2016
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    The Dark Hours

    Renée Ballard • Book 4

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (94.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (83.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (10.7K)
    11h 4m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker

    by Jelani Cobb, David Remnick

    Narrated by JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith

    ★ 3.82 ABR Score (271 ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (244) ★ 4.63 Audible (27)
    30h 1m listening time • Released 2021

    A century of The New Yorker's essential essays on race in America, from Baldwin to Coates, elevated by six narrators who bring distinct voices to each piece. The audio format transforms these arguments into intimate conversations.

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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.86 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2023
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    Survivor in Death

    In Death • Book 20

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.75 ABR Score (40.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (35.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (4.6K)
    12h 18m listening time • Released 2008
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    Innocent in Death

    In Death • Book 24

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (37.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (34.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (3.2K)
    12h 38m listening time • Released 2008
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    Seduction in Death

    In Death • Book 13

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.70 ABR Score (37.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (33.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.0K)
    12h 56m listening time • Released 2013
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