Audiobooks Like In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

10 audiobooks for fans of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

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   Dead Wake

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.32 ABR Score (177.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.13 Goodreads (163.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (14.3K)

   13h 4m listening time • Released 2015

   Scott Brick's measured intensity transforms this into a genuine page-turner: Larson weaves together the doomed ship's final voyage with the U-boat hunt closing in, building tension that grips you across 13 hours.

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   The Devil in the White City

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (796.0K ratings)

   ★ 4 Goodreads (764.6K) ★ 4.34 Audible (31.4K)

   14h 58m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's narration transforms this dual narrative into pure suspense: his voice captures both the architect's visionary grandeur and the killer's chilling menace with such distinct intensity that you'll forget you're listening to nonfiction.

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   The Killer Angels

   The Civil War Trilogy • Book 2

   by Michael Shaara

   Narrated by Stephen Hoye

   ★ 4.57 ABR Score (99.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (92.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.7K)

   13h 44m listening time • Released 2004

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   The Women

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)

   ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.84 Audible (56.8K)

   14h 57m listening time • Released 2024

   Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the raw emotional cost of Vietnam through a nurse's eyes—this is immersive historical fiction that feels urgently alive, not distant.

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   Cilka's Journey

   The Tattooist of Auschwitz • Book 2

   by Heather Morris

   Narrated by Louise Brealey

   ★ 4.72 ABR Score (223.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (219.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.3K)

   11h 3m listening time • Released 2019

   Louise Brealey's measured, unflinching narration transforms this haunting true story into something unbearable and necessary—she lets the quiet devastation of survival speak louder than any dramatic flourish ever could.

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   The Frozen River

   by Ariel Lawhon

   Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

   ★ 4.71 ABR Score (610.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (594.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (16.2K)

   15h 5m listening time • Released 2023

   The dual narration captures Martha Ballard's fierce intelligence against a corrupt town that underestimates her—a historical mystery that hinges on one woman's refusal to let power bury the truth.

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   Homegoing

   by Yaa Gyasi

   Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

   ★ 4.69 ABR Score (421.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (10.9K)

   13h 11m listening time • Released 2016

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   The Alice Network

   by Kate Quinn

   Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (694.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)

   15h 7m listening time • Released 2017

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   Gates of Fire

   by Steven Pressfield

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (44.4K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.6K)

   14h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   George Guidall's voice transforms this Thermopylae epic into something operatic—his measured intensity makes the brutal final stand feel inevitable and intimate, like a dying man's confession.

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    The Song of Achilles

    by Madeline Miller

    Narrated by Frazer Douglas

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)

    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.61 Audible (40.8K)

    11h 15m listening time • Released 2012

    Frazer Douglas's tender, controlled performance makes this reimagining of the Iliad feel intimate and devastating—he captures the quiet ache of a love that rewrites mythology.

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