Audiobooks Like Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

10 audiobooks for fans of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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   Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

   by Ayn Rand

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (427.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.69 Goodreads (408.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (19.3K)

   62h 56m listening time • Released 2008

   Scott Brick's commanding performance transforms Rand's philosophical epic into something genuinely gripping—he gives each character a distinct voice that makes the 63-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.

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   Under the Banner of Heaven

   by Jon Krakauer

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (236.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (9.2K)

   12h 29m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's measured, unflinching narration transforms Krakauer's investigation into religious extremism from true crime into something more unsettling: a forensic examination of how faith becomes justification for the unthinkable.

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   The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

   by Gabrielle Zevin

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.26 ABR Score (375.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.04 Goodreads (362.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.4K)

   7h 2m listening time • Released 2014

   Scott Brick's narration transforms this book-lover's redemption story into something genuinely moving—his gruff tenderness as A.J. feels earned, not performed.

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   Cloud Atlas

   by David Mitchell

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Richard Matthews, David Mitchell, Gabrielle Zevin

   ★ 4.01 ABR Score (276.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (269.8K) ★ 4.11 Audible (7.1K)

   19h 48m listening time • Released 2004

   Seven narrators make this nested-worlds epic feel like a conversation across centuries, each voice perfectly matched to its era and character. It's the rare audiobook where the medium doesn't just serve the story—it becomes essential to how you experience it.

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   2666

   2666 #1-5

   by Natasha [Translator] Bolano, Roberto; Wimmer

   Narrated by Armando Durán, G. Valmont Thomas, Grover Gardner, John Lee, Scott Brick

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (49.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (49.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (13)

   39h 16m listening time • Released 2025

   Five narrators divvy up Bolaño's sprawling masterpiece, and their distinct voices actually deepen the novel's fractured structure—each section lands differently, keeping you locked in for all 39 hours.

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   The Holy Bible: King James Version

   by Anonymous

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, LJ Ganser, Jennifer Van Dyck, Suzanne Toren

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (322.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (320.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.5K)

   82h 53m listening time • Released 2020

   The King James Version's cadence and poetry hit different when spoken aloud by this all-star ensemble cast, making the language feel alive rather than archaic.

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   The Last Tribe

   by Brad Manuel

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.16 ABR Score (21.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (16.6K)

   22h 42m listening time • Released 2016

   Scott Brick's measured, haunted delivery transforms this survival story into something genuinely unsettling—he finds the quiet horror in a teenager alone with corpses and dwindling supplies.

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   The Hunger Games

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Jefferson White

   ★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)

   12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

   Jefferson White's narration transforms this prequel into something unexpectedly intimate—he finds the quiet devastation in Haymitch before the legend, making every loss feel like your own.

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   by Shelby Van Pelt

   Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)

   11h 16m listening time • Released 2022

   Marin Ireland and Michael Urie elevate this widow-and-octopus story into something genuinely moving, their dual narration making the emotional reckoning feel earned rather than sentimental.

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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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